The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-11

There will be meetings of the orange
gro ReTs of several counties for the purpos 9
Of effectjng local ass ociations Of the florida
Orange Growers Union. as follows: Waldo,
Alachua county, Weinesia lay, Sep. IL, at
$50 O'CLOCK; Starke, BraIfo d county,
THURSDAY, Sept. u, at 2:30 O'Clock
At the municipal election in Orange City
last week the following ticket was elected:
For mayor, r. w SturdevsHt; marshal
and collect II, l. Y. Smith: clerk and treas
urer, George II. Parker; aldermen for two
years, A Crenshaw, J. s. B5rlsnd, Robert
Baxter; alderman for one year, w. Il.
Robbins.
The new hotel at Port Tampa is nearly
completed, aad will be opened on Sept. Is,
or as soon thereafter as President Ingraham
arrives from New York. Money has been
spent lavishly to make it as comfortable
and attractive as possible. 1t viii be fur
nished in luxurious style, the furniture,
table service, carpets, curtains, etc, all
being made 10 order.
Sunday night young white girl living
on Ashley street, Jacksonville, thought she
would have little SPORT. 50 she put on
suit OF her brothers clothes and went out
with him for little stroll. While walking
down Pine street she was recognized by a
young negro. who knocked her nat off. She
called for policeman, out the colored fell
low secured one first nd had her arrested
and taken to tine lookup, whore her brother
gave a bond of s. for her appearance Mon
DAY morning; but it is needless to say she
did not appear.
On Satu -dav. Aug. 81, while digging
ditch in the hammock back of Ormond, the
worKmen discovered fossil tooth, meas
uring on is grinding surfacs about two by
three inches. 1t was subm tied to Myron
Munson, professor of geology in Rollins
college, who is spending his vacation at
Ormond beach, AMI on Wednesday last. in
company with several citizens, he made a
thorough investigation Of the location, and
unearthed parts Of some large bones and
several teeth. Prof. Munson pronounces
them to be the remains of some animal
allied to the mastodon, and upon his re-
turn home he will endeayor to determine
the species.
Tampa Journal republican,: Monday
Mayor jackson transferred Officer Dennis
klnslow lcolCred) from his beat in the
scrub to the First ward, and put Officer
Burnsed in his place. This was merely a
temporary arrangement, the transfer being
made to let Burnsed take the census, as
kinslow could not write. The placing of a
negro policeman on Franklin street seemed
TO cause a great deal of dissatisfaction, and
mu,terlngs were heard Monday and Tues
day around the saloons about the matter.
Wednesday about . O'Clock a. m. Kinslow
says he was surrounded as he was coming
down Franklin street in front of Drawdy &
Scarlett's store by about fifteen meo,
all disguised. They all covered him
with pistols, and one of them commanded
him to throw up his hands. He then took
the officers belt and club, pistol and badge
away from him and searched his pockets,
and said: This is a warning to you and
your people. Now, you disperse, young
lelloww kinslow went to Mayor Jackson's
house and reported the matter to him i'm
mediately. The next morning the articles
taken from the officer were found banging
on lamp post at the corner of Franklin
and Lafayette streets, aud attached to them
tine following note: "Here is to the mayor
Of Tampa and negro rule: Policeman Kins-
low has resigned. So say We all" Kinslow
thinks he recognized several of the parties
but will not swear to their identify