The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-28

FLORIDA.
H. B Plant went to Havana on the Mon
day nights steamer.
The cold snap last week did no damage TO
the growing vegetable crop around Tampa.
The issuing Of postal notes was ordered to
commence at the Lake Worth office on Jan.
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The South Florida Railroad will put the
rates for children attending Winter Park
College at lc. per mile as heretofore.
Peter Williams, of Millview, while drunk
at Pensacola Wednesday night fell Off OF a
dock, and had a narrow escape from being
drowned.
Monday the South Florida Railroad and
| Plant Steamship Company officials located
the site of a large brick hotel to be built at
| Lake Alfred.
J. L. Graham, Of the firm Of Graham
Bros, Staunton, Va, manufacturers of
chemical fertilizers, has arranged TO erect a
factory at Sanford
a Chinaman has gone into the fish bust
ness at Tampa. lie dries the fish and puts
them up a la Chinese, and ships to his coun-
trymen in New York.
The creosoted piling used for the wharf at
| Porto Tampa cost over SIS piece laid down
at the wharf 1t takes a bondholder to build
a 4 1000 foot wharf with such sticks
F. A. Salomonson, Of Tampa received
this week from his father in Amsterdam a
bill of exchange for $500 as present TO the
little granddaughter, recently arrived.
j. Bullivant, the contractor, is pushing
the construction of the Ghira and Leonard
brick blocks, at Tampa, rapidly upward.
! These blocks will be completed by March |.
Gavino Gutierrez wants an alligator for
! the geological garden in Spanish Park
| Tampa, that will measure twenty-five feet
in length. He will pay $50 for such speci-
men.
The Key West papers report the pay roll
of Bozano, Pendez q Co, cigar manufac-
turers who recently removed their factory
to Tampa, Mt $4,000 a week when in full
blast.
Everything has put on such luxuriant
growth at Tampa lately that should there
come severe cold spell now it would be
very disastrous However, such thing is
not probable.
The foundation has been laid at Ybor
| City, near ampa, for another cigar fac
tory, and work on the same is progressing
rapidly. The names of the projectors are,
for some reason, kept secret.
Supt. Bott has issued circular directing
all the school trustees and teachers of the
public schools of jefferson county, TO make
arrangements for the planting of trees ON
Arbor day, Feb s, and make report to him
The case of the State against John II.
| Ray, accused of an assault upon, with in
tent to kill, Harvey Hendricks, came up at
Tampa on Saturday last for a preliminary
hearing before Judge Harrison. He was
held IN $500 bond. His acquittal is almost
certain.
Mr. and Mrs Charles l.. Buck have re-
turned 10 Ellaville. Wednesday night ia
honor of Mrs Charles l.. Buclli celebrating
the anniversary of her birthday, fambeau
parade took place in the town, in which
about 300 men and children participated,
each one Of whom carried Chinese lantern
John l. Kicker publishes the following in
the Key West Equator: my daughter,
Mona Kicker, has been enticed from NV
home AID, although | have instituted legal
proceedings for her recovery, | am unable
to ascertain her whereabouts. ! now warn
any person, in whose house she now is, or
may hereafter be, that will hold them ac-
countabe to the law if they further permit
her TO remain in their houses
City Marshal Sabate endeavored to ar
rest Joe Brown at st. Augustine Thursday
The latter drew a revolver and Attempted
to shoot Sabate. The officer clinched with
him, but Brown managed to pull his pistol
and tiresthe ball cutting through Sabates
coat, vest and pants and narrowly escaping
his abdomen. Brown then ran down the
street, with the officer in pursuit, shooting
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and disappeared in the woods.
The schooner Annie Hickman, Can't
Towenn, from New York, consigned to H.
A. Darling, Jr, q Co., with a general
cargo, went ashore Thursday morning on
the North breakers, while being lowed into
st. Augustine by the steam tug Flora
Temple. Capt Eells, the underwriters
agent, was telegraphed for and boarded the
schooner, finding her hard and fast He
expects TO take out part of her cargo and
hopes TO tighten her sufficiently to float her.
| The Hickman draws II feet of water, and
! there is hardly that much water OIL the bar
at present,
Sanford journal. From what we could
gather Thursday morning the sudden dis
appearance of Banker Martin is simply one
of ms old tricks. A citizen informs us that
! Martin was some time ago met on the train
| by an acquaintance from somewhere North
who was ticKled TO learn that lac was now
in the banking business in Sanford. Mar
tin had rented, so the story goes, house
from this party, and started a grocery. and
aftefsa four months run lett between lights
with his rent unpaid. II the missing bank
! ert1 got away with any Doodle Longwood
! is the sufferer, and not Sanford.
The twelve negroes who were arrested
at Gainesville Tuesday night by Sheriff
/ Wienges and his posse, on the charge of
\ gambling, had preliminary hearing before
Judge j. &. Gardner. Wednesday. Ben
! Howard, the keeper Of the den, was re-
manded 10 Jail in default Of a bond amount
/ ing 10 500 Eight of the remaining eleven
were discharged, as they proved that they
were only "watchin dc game The other
! three, Sam Cunningham, Sherman Fair aud