The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-02

a number OF acres viii be planted IN
strawberries in and around Arcadia in
August and September.
Polk county phosphate is moving at a
lNely rate. Extra trains are kept busy
hauling the products Of the Arcadia plants
TO the vessels at Punta Gorda.
J. NJ. Williams has purchased the stock
or cattle ranging in Polk county known
as circle 5, from Buck King. who retires,
| from the business. The stock is esti-
mated at $500 head.
At MT. Dora, Friday, while L. r. Clark
was shingling upon the schOol-house the
staging gave way, and Mr.. Clark fell
a distance Of nearly twenty-five feet, in
JuIlng MS spine quite seriously and giving
MN severe shaking-up generally. Mr..
Clark is not suffering so much pain now
as on Friday, but has but very little US
OF his lower eXtremities.
George Mizell, one Of the old landmarks
OF POLK county, died very suddenly Sun
day at his home at Pine Level. lie was
pulling fodder In his field about 10 o'clock
a. m, the weather was very hot, when all
at once ne became very weak and was
taken blind and deaf. in a few minutes
large quantities of blood gushed from
him and he died in a few hours.
A few nights ago. as the colored section
boys at Linden We're eating their supper
around their camp fire, some white fellows
who live in that vicinity, who want a Job
on the railroad, thought they would shoot
that they would leave the section and thev
might get a job in their places The shot
TOOK erect on three Of the cOlOred men,
but with no serious results.
James Davis of Taylor reports killing
an alligator ten feet long Friday on Gum
swamp. 1t had been playing havoc among
the hogs in that vicinity for several
months, and Mr. Davis has been hunting
for It several times. on one occasion he
found three grown hogs in the gators
cave On Friday he happened upon the
gator and shot him. He found a young
hog he had killed the day before.
John X. Martin, who did SO much hard
work 10 raise the money to get John 4.
Creagh, the Philadelphia cigar manufac-
Ocala, has returned from Tampa, where
ar. Creagh now proposes to locate. Mr..
Martin s lawyers say he has a good case
and a suit for damages will be Instituted
against Mr.. Creagh and an injunction re-
stralning him from going to Tampa will
be asked for
At the last session Of the legislature 50
W was appropriated TO be expended in adj
dluons and improvements to the Institute
Tor the Deaf and Blind at St. Augustine
Ihis amount will be devoted principally
70 Z-story building, containing school
rooms and dormitories. Only about $500
VIII be used to repair and reinstate the ex-
lstlnS buildings. Bids are now being ad-
vertised for and the work will I've com
Henced IN about week and completed
within two months.
W. Watkins of London, a well-lnown
collector OF all kinds of insects from ev-
cry part OF the world, and a gentleman
"a
large number, Of men. thoroughly familiar
f %l.h h,t entomology pm to look up specimens
~ UNI haS sent T. q. Priddey, also of
LONDON, TO Florida, and has already been
on duty in the hammocks around Sanford,
ana VIII remain there thus engaged dur
ing much of the season. He has already
secured many rare and curious things
IN the line of bug-ology in the neighbor-
hood or the city. Later on he will visit
other sections of the state. notably the
indian river country; and doubtless will
not neglect Lake Worth and the Ever
slaues, thence he goes to Jamaica for
couple OF months, and finally expects to
return to England by Christmas.
A special TO the Jacksonville Citizen
from Clermont says: "A few DAYS ago
while John Smith and F. H Hart were In
batnlng, some young fellows by the name
through their pockets and stole some
money out of Smiths pants and some
Jewelry from those of Mr.. Hart. Brown
Van Horn by name, when smith fonnd
him out and pulled him from the train.
making him give up the money and stand
Detore the crowd at the depot and confess
that he had stolen the money lust as
smith went to take Brown from the train
ms pal, Van Horn, drew an old rusty re-
volver on Smith, but when Smith went
to knock him down Van Horn put the
gun in his pocket again, saying it was
not loaded The boys were both turned
loose after the recovery of the stolen
goods, and have not yet been arrested. !"
The criminal court of record for Put
nam county adjourned for the June term
FRIDAY night, after the jury had rem
dered a verdict of not guilty in the case
OF ID. d. Cooper, who was charged as ac-
cesSory before the fact in the burning of
MS hotel at McMeekln, on the night of
April 80. The hotel was burned by Wade
sheppard, Gainesville negro. who plead
ca guilty as principal, and was sentenced
10 serve seven years in the state prison
The negro confessed to the burning, and
said that he was induced by Mr. Cooper
TO burn the hotel, claiming that CooDer
promised TO pay him S25 to do the job The
hotel was mortgaged for $1,000 and was
insured for the same amount. The negro
had IN some way procured a diagram
or the hotel, which seemed to be for a
time almost conclusive evidence and very
damaging to Cooper, in connection with
other circumstances. The jury was out
about an hour.
A special from Hawthorne to the Jack
sonville Times-Union says: saturday
morning about ! o'clock burglars entered
the store of +. j. Hammond of this citv
and, after helping themselves to about S75
worth OF goods, consisting of fine shoes,
pants, shirts, underwear, jewery cigars
and other goods. they drilled a hole in
the safe and blew it open and rifed II
OF all the ready cash, leaving all the Vouch-
ers, checks and wood checks, notes and
other papers undisturbed. Mr. Hammond
cannot correctly estimate the amount of
cash taken: James d. Leitner had placed
with him 81 COO on deposit for safekeeninrr
for \. F. Tillis. Mr.. Hammond thinks
| three men did the work, as they would
only take three pairs of pants, three pairs
| We're seen around the store. They entered
| the store from the front door by prying
| open the door with an ak secured from
| J. ID. Leitner's wood pile. Mr.. Hammond
! heard the explosion in the store, but be-
/ fore he could get up and secure assistance
| the parties had gone"