The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-31
FLORIDA.

Iowa man will move his plant to that place.
At Tampa W. \. Conolsy passed his ex-
admission aud received License to practice
Ia ~ last week.
The school library at Tampa has been
augmented this week with a number of
valuable books.
At Fernandina, Friday, the Fernandins
Cigar Manufacturing Company was organ
lied with capital stock Of $4,000 for the
manufacture Of cigars.
A beautiful specimen OF bamboo, fully
forty feet long, grown on the Caloosa-
hstchee river in Lee county, was started
Wednesday for the Ocala exposition.
Ed. Ahern Of Sanford packed box of
the finest grape fruit to be found and sent
1t 10 eX-President cleveland tn take
along With him on his fishing trip to Jupiter
inlet.
More real estate is now changing hands
a. Tampa than at any time for the past
two years, and the prospect is that there
viii be a good demand during the entire
summer
Ella the little 1s-months-old daughter Of
Dr. Cochran, met with a serious accident
at Punta Gorda Thursday. Wuile playing
at the head Of tue stairs she fell over the
s.de fully 10 feet, and broke her thigh.
At Palaika Friday fire broke out in three
cottages Of William Ivers, on Third street.
Two Of them were totally destroyed, while
one Of them can be easily repaired. The
loss is about 81 800, the buildings being
only partly insured.
The Gainesville board of trade, at a
meeting Tuesday, adopted a resolution ask
ing the Florida delegation at Washington
to have the work Of the government geolo-
gist commenced in the state continued, it
having been discontinued
An unkr own coored man was run over
by the $40 O'Clock train from st. Angus
tire about three miles from the station,
Wednesday. The man evidently was de-
mented and lay down On the track inten-
tionally He was crushed across the breast.
From indications. judging from the bios
SONS tire next crop Of oranges on the II Ii
fax ill be at least 50 per cent. larger than
this season, and prices will be satisfactory
t. tlose who hold their fruit until February
and March. Harris late will bring an extra
good price.
The republican executive committee
which met in Arcadia on March 81 had no
recommendations TO make with regard to
tho postoftices Of Charlotte Harbor and
Punta Gorda. The citizens are aware Of
the fact that they have cool men and are
perfectly satisfied.
A bill leyving one mill for immigration
purposes will be offered to the legislatu e.
and the state press will back it up, the press
convention at st. Augustine having rated
to that effect. The idea is TO establish an
immigration bureau, and the tax will be
used to support it.
Robert Coleman, president Of the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West system, has
invented a spark arrester that proves
great success. For the past week a number
Of enginee in Florida have bee trying it.
II has been out to a very severe test, and
has not Get failed to hold its own
A company has been organized to con-
meet the ST. Johns river, at or near Lake
Harvey, by canal with Indian river near
Aurantia, about ten miles north Of Titus
vile. The proposed can j, it is supposed,
will be able TO float large steamers directly
from Indian river to the st. Johns.
The election Of officers of the Florida
Press Association at the St. Augustine CON
veltion resulted as foil rvs: N. NJ. Bowen,
president; Mahlon Gore, vice-preside1t /;
and Col. Elliott, score AIRY and treasurer.
| The association decided to hol the next
meeting at Lake City and then ado Irned
sine die.
Capt Whitehurst Of the Cherub, has
found the boat Of John Cone who was
drowned near Punta G1rda, and recovered
valuable papers that were thought to have
been lost A valuable gold badge which
belonged 70 Mr.. Cone, was found in the
boat. The medal was won by him when a
student ia a college as a first prize, in a
competitive examination for oratory.
Notice is given to the municipal authori-
ties of all i corporated towns and owners
aud occupants of private properties within
the limits of Volusia county to at once pro
coed to clean up and purify all premises,
cleanse and purify all sinks, vaults, water
closets, oltbulldi1gs and places that may be
dangerous to health, burn all garbage and
remove and dispose of all foul and offensive
matter.
About o'clock on Monday night some
one went to the house OF Anna Williams,
living in the Leslie division of Tampa, and
applied for admission, which was refused.
The party fired pistol shot in the window:
the woman ran out and went to the rear of
Charles Ashton's house, where she was oil
lowed Two or three shots were then fired
through the window into Ashton's house.
one shot CHANGING his head, and one shot
taking effect in Mrs. Ashton's leg.
W. F. Creary, Of the firm of Creary
Bros, who are constructing building for
a foundry on Paafox wharf at Pensacola,
Is not without inventive genius. He desired
to remove aud distribute over the whole
lot a hill Of earth that had been formed in
one corner of his premises as the founda
ton was being constructed. To shovel it
would have pnsu ned too much time. He
therefore procured 100 feet of hose and
coupled it TO a hydTant; to the hose he at
tacoed an inch nozzle; through the latter
he played on the mountain. which dwindled
away in Il short time, and the job was
done
Palatka Herald: Monday the Euening
Herald contained an article of the at
tempted escape Of John kerskine from the
county jail, and the way IN which the pri,
oner came ia possession Of the files has been
revealed. Monday, while Jailer Phillips
was at dinner, Mary Ward passed through
the residence portion of the building with
out knocking, and going around the build
ing engaged in conversation with the pris-
oner through a window on the east side
Jailer Phillips ordered her out of the yard.
The woman carried in her arms loaf Of
bread ard number of apples aud oranges,
and asked the jailer to give them to
kersSine. She also handed him a note
with the same request. Mr.. Phillips said
the eatableS he would hand the prisoner.
but the note he would read. Breaking the
envelope he read the note, which disclosed
one OF the boldest pieces Of iniamy that has
been brought 10 the attention OF the Put
nam county authorities. In that note the
woman stated that she was going TO Jack
sonvillo, aud upon arrival in that city
would write Sheriff Shelley and Jailer
Phillips, telling them that she took the
things; that when he (Kerskiue) was taken
TO the court house, he must swear that he
did not take them and must not