The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27
FLORIDA.

Some heavy shipments of fish are still
being made from Titusville.
DR.. F. Fremont Smith of st. Augustine
will soon build colonial cottage to cost
5000,
The Florida experiment station has dis
tributed $1,000 copies of it's tobacco PAM
phlet.
The teachers summer school for Putnam
county opens on July r. and win continue
eight weeks.
Ocaia and Palatka have been selected as
the towns for holding the state normal
schools this summer.
w. w. Decker. the leading sponge buyer
of Anclote, has sold his business to Ri
Were Montrose & Co.
Pensacola will have a corn fair July %.
Palatka is negotiating with St. Augustine
for game of ball on July g.
Isabella Anderson, the negro girl who
was cut by a small negro boy at Gaines
vile, few days ago, will die.
S. I. Hodges Co, milliners. of Jack
sonville, have made an assignment, the
assignee being Morris A. Dzlalynski.
Christine, the 12-year-old daughter OF ex-
! Postmaster and Mrs. w. s. Norwood of
! TitusvlIe, fell and broke her right leg a
| day or two ago.
The Fort White and Southern railroad
has secured a deed for a right Of way from
Santa Fe river to Trenton, a distance of
twenty-eight miles.
Some one has been sinking boats on
Alachua lake. Several good boats have
been sunk by boring large hole in the
bottom of them, and loading them with
stones.
Immense shipments of pineapples are
daily passing through Titusville, on their
way north, over the Florida East Coast
| railway. on Wednesday morning twenty
seven carloads Of pineapples went through
1t is rumored that the 5-year-old child
which was lost in osceola county several
weeks ago. has been found dead not far
from where It was left playing the day
of its disappearance.
A small eolored boy was run over by
the T. and Nj. train. near Monticello, on
last Friday, cutting Off his head. The
boy was subject to epileptic fits, and 1t Is
get of the track.
MIR. Helth, an aged inmate of the coun-
ty home near Orlando, of which he mas
been a beneficiary for two years. lef,
that institution Tuesday, saying that he
was going 10 Orlando and would soon be
back. He has not been seen since.
A chapter Of Daughters of the Confeder-
acy has been organized at Tampa with
Mrs. d. c. Abernethy as president; Mrs.
| II. NJ. Crane, vice president; Miss Sara
Hancy recording secretary; Miss Jennie
Giyens, corresponding secretary; Mrs. An
ma W. Berry, historian
st. Augustine yachtsmen have arranged
FOR a race to take place there on Monday
afternoon July g. open to all boats along
the east coast The race Will be for the
| championship cup. The entries thus far
are the Addie. Capt. Corbett; undlne, CAPT.
Gibbs; Cheemaun. Capt. Pinkham.
The town OF High Springs is flooded with
counterfeit money made to represent a sill
yer dollar. Hundreds OF them have been
! found, and many merchants have been
caught FOR several dollars worth OF goods.
| The authorities In Washington have been
notified and will send detective there az
once.
Salvador Valent, the italian who was
shot by Felipe Gulla, at Tampa, last Sat
urday night seems TO be on a fair way 70
recovery. Physicians went Friday 20
probe for the ball. They had been given
20 understand that II was on the left slde
Just about the time they we're ready 10
administer the anesthetlo he told them that
ne mad Just experienced n severe pain on
me right side. An examination was made.
ana the bullet was found lodged just under