Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-26
FLORIDA.

A fine OF $1,000 was imposed upon the
barkeDtine Geneva at Apalachicola
few days since for violating quarantine
| laws.
A company is being formed In Ken
! lucky for the purpose OF erecting fine
hotel for Northern Lake Weir near the
new Hood Female College.
The wages paid out on the Lykes build
ing at Tampa amount to nearly $1,000 a
week. Two weeks from now the main
portion of the work will be completed.
The Baptist church in Madison, at its
meeting Sept. II, extended call 70 Its
present pastor, Rev. W. II. Scruggs,
for another year, and he has virtually ac-
cepted.
At meeting Of the Town Council of
Tavares, Saturday night, John Holland
was appointed Marshal, to succeed G. 81.
! Joyce. Mr.. Holland immediately entered
upon the duties of the office. s1TRVF nT
Mr.. Foster, a Northern gentleman, was
elected to the Board Of Trustees last week
to fill the vacancy Ia the faculty of the
West Florida Seminary, caused by the
resignation of Prof. Felkel.
At Lakeland W Wednesday July Maxwell
was shot and killed by Tom Nelson, both
colOred. Nelson got into a swamp, but
was captured and is ia Jail there, strongly
| guarded, as the negroes are threatening
| To mob him. The authorities are equal to
| the emergency.
The bear, which has been a kind of side
show for Tampa for some time, has
been killed. One day last week 1t caught
a small negro girl, and but for the timely
intervention OF bystRnders would have
killed her. Thinking it too dangerous to
| keep the bear only chained, the owners
| had it KILLED.
I H. 4 Al
| ton for the State Senate rendered him by
the anti-Mann faction OF Democrats, a
mass meeting was held at Brooksville
| Wednesday aud Hon. W. s. Hancock put
| In nomination in his place. There is
promise Of a hot contest between the two
! factions.
! Ocala has an educated COW and one
! that knows and attends to her own bust
ness. She uses her horns to remove a hoop
from gate, walks in, and after satisfy
ing her appetite leaves by the same route,
but fOrgets to be polite enough to replace
the hoop, Her visits are of almost nightly
| occurrence.
A Justice of the Peace in Manatee
county last week tried man on the
charge of assault and battery, and with
out the aid of Jury, as is the usual GUS
tom, ,"found him (prisoner) guilty" and
sentenced him to three months imprison-
ment. The prisoner was in Jail only q
day or two when he escaped.
The old teud between Montague and
Capulet promises TO begin again in Flori-
| da. About four miles south OF Ocala a
newly established post office is called
Montague, and a town Is arising in the
woods. But before much Roadway can
be made, it's rival, two miles to the south,
comes to the front and demands recOgni-
ton.
II. d. Bonnetheau, of the Florida Land
| and Mortgage Company, reports one
small sale in Columbia county. He also
has two sales pending, one with New
York parties for $4,000 acres, and the
other with Savannah parties for $4,000
acres, all the land In question being in
Middle Florida. The $4,000 acre tract is
being purchased for the timber on 1t.
project is on foot at Tampa, which
amounts almost to certainty, to erect O
| decentralization hotel on the burnt dis
| trict, where Miller Il Henderson's store
used to stand. The house will be supplied
with all modern improvements, including
gas, water works, steam heating appara-
tus, elevators, electric bills, etc. 1t will
cost between two and three hundred
thousand dollars.
The following civil appointments have
been made during the past week: Will
liam w agner, to be County Commission
er IN and for the county OF Dade; George
W. Hull, to be Justice of the Peace In
and for the county Of Sumter; III. r.. Beas-
ley, to be County Commissioner In and
for the county OF Bradford; ID. S. Masters,
stephen Carravas, to be County Commits
sioners in and for the county OF ST.
Johns.
A case of strange partnership might
be seen any day this summer IN the lot
adjacent to the Herald Office at Tavares,
A large white and yellow cat and lOrdly
specimen of the genus rooster, the boss
OF Bryan Bros flock, have, for several
months past, been almost inseparable
companions, and have shown unmistak-
able evidence Of strong attachment for
each other. Each are fine specimens OF
their kind, and we suppose this may &C
count for their mutual admiration
On Saturday last when Edward Sauble.
bricklayer on the opera house building at
TaVares had finished his days work, be
made the startling discovery that some.
body had ritied the pockets OF his pants
which he had hung up when he had dom ed
his working clothes. His pocketbook
contained $lC5 80 aud a time order for
about 500. A colored man who lett Tor
Orlando that night was suspected as the
thief and arrested on his arrival there,
but as no money was found on his person
he was discharged.
For some weeks past s. b. Harrington.
at the post Office az Tavares, has been
missing small sums OF money from his
money drawer and at one time as
nigh rs 81 mysterlousy disappeared. Sus-
picioning a young coicred boy, named
Williams, as the thief, he set trap for
the youngster on Tuesday, by means of
some marked silver, and only lew min
utes atterward no was caught IN the act
OF helping himself to the currency which
bore the marks. The boy is not over ten
years of age. He Is now an occupant of
the city lookup.
DIR. Ramon Montlresi, OF Tampa. was
ROBBED OF package OF currency and coin
containing In all about $3.50, last Mon
day night on board the Margaret. He bad
been gwen, by various parties, sums OF
money to take to Key West. While pur-
chasing his ticket he handed the package
TO his nephew, Jose Pita, and upon going
on board be laid this with other packages
on a seat, while ne went forward to speak
TO his nephew, who had gone to the bow
of tae boat. Upon returning he found the
money gone, aud also the crowd that had
been around him when be first came in ,
so that 10 clue could he had.
At the Alachua Democratic County
Convention, held ut Gainesville Wednes.
day to nominate legislative ticket. the