The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20


is receiving many letters Of inquiry from
northern pe le who wish to Invest il
Flo. ida real ate.
Tampa's liens are denied the privilege
Of making aquent visits TO Port Tampa IA
consequence u the fare, which has been
raised to IS ents for tue round trip. Last
season it wa, only % cents.
a cattle nan from South Florida said a,
Sanford, + lay, that tue cattle We're
starving, tn lat woods being SO covered
with water at it was almost impossible
for the animals to get food.
Mrs. Shane, wife Of the Rev. J. R.
Sharpe, has raceived little over 81 600 in
surancs on tas life Of her husband, VINO was
one Of the le men who fell victim to
yellow feve At Jacksonville.
Robert s. Grhlh Of Braiientown, late
CLERK Of tue rcIIt court, is moving this
week MS mi On Braden river, where ns
VIII camp u-l his residence, already un-
der constru on, IS completed
At Fogar vile Sunday night. a yer
large red fox yelturnel up, 10 DO ubt Ia
search of a q rO1s., but was daily met bv
the little wh..s dog Of Mr.. Fogarty's an
made to tax tree, from which he was
shot.
the "bellsl buzzard,n about which the
state papers ave had so much to say dur
lug the past ear, made It's appearance on
the beach near Venice. Mauatee county, on
Christmas eve, and 1t seems has decided t.
locate there rs he has been seea almost
daily since lat time.
A meeting # the board Of trade and bust
ness men of palatka was held Friday, to
discuss ths establishment of steam
schooner line from New TsJ to Palatka,
making regular trips. The nnassar was most
tayorably received, aud Negotiations are
now pendin- 20 taat eud.
Gould T. Butler, civil engineer, com
nelced oleratIo on Monday on Mr.
Borden's Ian IS in Green Cove, and through
OF. the weas a large force Of hands has
been engage in laying of drives, streets
and avenues and thus forming courts and
places As iaii down upon the map.
Austin Lewis troIoredl, was shot through
the stomach, az Tampa, on LAST SATURDAY,
b coiored Policeman Levin ArnwOod, WHO
was trying 70 arrest him. Lewis drew his
knife AMI M 20 several efforts to cue the
policeman. ~aJ was forced IN self-defense
- do tue sh Jtiog. Lewis died on Tuesday
night Armwood is under $500 bond
Whila in ,le north this fall J. Y. Datwiler
exhibited at cns fairs samples Of honey pro
iucsd on the east coast, and experts pro-
uouncei it best they ever saw, that from
the mangro7a excelling even the clover in
wht4ness. The Eew Smyrna Breeze says
that a rop-s,e ntatvs Of the government
purchased % pounds Of him to be sent to
The Paris exposition, and Mr.. Detwiler has
just sh,ppedlt 1t.
The Times Democrat says: 1.-The i'm
migration ta3t has poured iutO southern
and western Florida has made it a white
mans land. wealthy AID prosperous. While
the 10, zoo negroes south of st. Augustine
had grown from 1870 to 1880 to 5000. the
Il, 300 whit, had grown TO 45 900 and are
nearly 19,CJ0 to-day. In that section of the
! state the races were nearly equal eighteen
years ago; the whites are four t. one to-
| day, aud Ia @ number Of the counties the
negro population has actually decreased"
There vii be a meeting of the fruit and
| vegetable growers Of the state in Ocala on
| Feb. &, TO .-a1ize an association, the busl-
ness cf which will be 10 see that every move
made by the railroads before She state COM
| mission to increase rates is promptly met
End the growers interests properly pro-
| tectei Til. members on organization are
| Dr.. Fakes d l.. l.. Cnburn Of Ocala; c.
w. White and j. g. Borland, Citra; Mai,
| Rocks, FU,land Park; Gen. Tilson,
| Orange Bend, and W. w. NJ. bennett OF
| Okahumkee
Some one made a raid on the boarders at
| the Campbell boarding house at Tampa on
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a small amount Of money. Suspicion
pointed to a TRANCE lad about - years old
who had beal around town for a few days.
It was soon discovered Ia 1t he had skipped
the town. AMI ne was traced up the road
and caught near Plant City. He acknowl-
| edged the taeft, and stated that he had been
| instigated to do the stealing by one George
| Hanon. Hanlun was arrested on Monday,
! but there was no evidence to implicate him,
and he was discharged.
The bridge across tho st. Johns river at
Palatka ha been completed. The contract
was award q to T. H. Brown ana f. A. Won
| Ebersteia, who have worked increasingly
and labored under great dittic llties to &C
| CompiSh the work The trestle work is
| 1000 feet long and the draw is 23) feet in
| length, with pivot of 30 feet, which leaves
an opening f 100 feet on either side of the
pivot, thus atf5rding admittance to the
| largest vessels That may enter the st. John;
river. The rest Of the iron will be laid a;
soon as possible, and trains will doubtless
be running in few days.
Palatka Heruld, c. f. Waldron has just
returned from a trip to Savannah, where he
has been to secure himself against loss
from orange shipments. He managed tC
! squeeze tue party out of the value of a pro
| tested check for S55, and though he had the
! best counsel in Savannah finds there is nc
! prospect Of getting any more. And to those
who have shipped to w. S. Fletcher, he
SAYS they viii get nothing, as said Fletcher
| has vanished. Send him no more oranges
and do not spend anv money in trying tC
recover losses for there is nothing there
not even the oranges that were shipped.
Some excitement was Great Il at Port
| Tampa Thursday morning when Sheriff
| Martin arrested John a. DiHt6n, the tele
| graph operator at that place. He wa,
wanted at Marshalltown, Ia, for cracking
safe at that place about two years ago
and getting between $4,000 aud $40, 900
| Pinkerton's detectives have been working
Up the case and finally located the party
The detective arrived in town on Wedrss
day night with proper requisition papers
and the srrest was made quietly just as tn.
train was leaving, aud the pri .oner turned
over to the detective, and they were of
| almost before any one suspected anything
Mr.. Farrar Of Charlotte Harbor had the
uncomfortable experience Of "A cold bath ia
the bay Saturday ms boat, in the storm
capsiziHg neg- the Punta Gorda wharf AL
though Mr. Farrar is no swimmer he had
presence Of mind enough to cling to his boat
until assistance arrived. A few days be
fore this Mr. Frank and L. c. Knight had
the Same KIM Of an experience, their boat
capsizing IN he middle of the bay, during a
cold northern wind, ard they were forced
to stay in tue water several hours before
help arrived, and by this time had become
so benumbet with cold that their escape
from a watery grave was very narrow
one.
The colored people Of Gainesville have
been having some trouble over who shall he