The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06

The Presbyt riar church Of Tampa was
/ the recip ient of q Christmas gift Of hand
some Bible and hymn book from Miss RUSH
TOMS Sunday scaool class Of atlanta, Ga.
Miss Rushton is q sister Of Mrs. Fuller of
| Tampa.
| The Sampson River Telegraph Company
! have reoDened their line, ard are now read
for business This company we're much
embarrassei by the yellow fever IN Jack
aonville, but are now in a very prosperous
| condition.
| A rumor was current on the streets of
! Orlando, Thursday, that an attempt had
| been made TO corrupt one OF the county
officials by offering him bride. An inve5-
| tigation will probably be m3de by the
| criminal court.
There are six Massachusetts fishing
smecks in Tampa bay fishing for red snap
| pers. Their catches have been satisfactory,
| but they are unable to get a sufficient quan-
| tity Of ice or as many barrels as they iced
| to saip their Esl.
| One Of the ablest physicians Of South
! Florida aud citizen Of ange county, has
recently discovered a sure cure for that
dread disease, cstarrh. Trial after trial
has now been made, and in every case
cure mas been effected.
| The Jacksonville Light Infantry. Capt.
r 81 Call, will leave Jacksonville to-mor-
inaugural ceremonies, SDeadlng the day
there and returning home Tuesday night.
| They expect 10 carry twenty men.
Capt J. l. Brown Of Magnesa Springs
was In gainesville "Wednesday on his way
| 10 Arredondo to appear before tire board Of
exami ers Of applicants for pensions. The
captain is quite feeble the result Of terrible
wounds received In defense Of his countrvS
flag.
| IL costs 81 box 10 take box of orang Il
from Tampa TO London. The prices there
are very good The best sell at "a 50 per
box. The English buyers nave but little
use for russell oranges, which they call
''specks, and 81 box is good price for
russets in the London market.
| The steamer Mascotte viii soon sail from
| Tampa for Central America on trip of
Inspection. Mr. Plant. Supt Hanes, and
| other officials OF the Plant Investment
| Company will be passengers. TIE object of
the trip is to work 40 n trndo between tue
Central American ports and Tampa.
! The schooner Emma NJ Fox, Capt.
| Brooks, master, arrived at Tampa la
Monday from New York with a heavy
load Of freight. he Fox left New York
on the 18th, making the trip in twelve
days, the qu ckeSt iiling time on record to
Tampa, She belongs to the Beaner ne.
Three men and one woman, implicated in
| soutown, nara cd in Thursdays MORNING
NEWS, have been committed Tor trial.
| Another man who inferred the body was
| fined $50 for violating the heat ordinances
IN thus burying it. inspectors Campbell
| a1d Conova deserve cred I FIR ferreting out
! the crime.
! Mr.. Munnerlyn Of Clear Water Harbor
| has made an assignment, appointing It ed
| Thompson aSjig ice, and making G. b,
Rogers a. Co., and probably soma others,
| preferred creditors, IL Is thought that o
| creditor need suffer loss, as the assets are
c0nside ed sufficient to meet all claims, and
leave balauce, provided settlement is
not pushed
/ W. a. Hart, of Clearwate harbor, came
near being burned out q few nights since.
| The roof OF his house got on fire, aud whom
| discovered the flames were making pretty
fair Roadway. Four or five buckets Of
| water soon put out the fire, il having de-
| stroyed six or eight fee # the roof A
little later, when the family would all have
been asleep, the probabilities are that It
| would have made clean sweep.
Capt. T. j. Shine Of Orlando has sons
quaint old vou mes, which constituted part
Of the library of the great exemplar Of
democracy, Thomas Jefferson. They con-
| sist Of four volumes Of the Italian poets,
| Petrarch. Ariosto oni Tasso, and aside
! fr IN their value as relics Of this jefferson
house old, their qua Mt appearance and
antiquity OF date make the a especially n
| teres-il souvenirs. The imprint on their
| title pages bear the date 1852.
This has been some excitement at
| Yalaha. While its people were returning
| from al eGcurs On from Leesburg last Fri
| day night, the boat broke down at the
| Bloomfield wnacf and the party had to
| walk to Yalaha. While on thei' wav
| negro named Hector Thomas was shot by
| unknown parties. This mal Thomas had
made threats against several negroes and
white men. and carried his Winchester
most of the time Everything is quiet
again.
f. P. Gibson Of Tampa has ono Of the
smartest settlers in that part of the country.
| Nr. Gibson IS IA the habit OF giving him a
dime or a nicS!e and sending him 10 the
butcher shop after his rations. The other
| day he gave MIN copper and the dog went
on his marketing trip, but the butcher gave
him no meat Mex day Ny. Gibson gave
him another copper, but the dog refu ed. TO
take It and would not 20 until he got his
nickle. He has been tested several times,
but declines TO accept u copper, hut give
him a nicl1le and he is Off at once for the
| butcher shop.
Ihe Orange county commissioners met
THURSDAY for the approval Of tue DO dS of
the various county officers, and the follow
III uAillSu etlAtleIle present. u LlelT bonus,
which were approved and forwarded to the
Secretary Of state for file and tho assurance
OF the commissioners, viz: County Judge,
J. l.. Bryan. for 81 900; court and circuit
clerk, T. j. Shine. for $1,000 sheriff, J. C.
Anderson, s., 900: troasuror, . w Jacocks,
for $4,000; collector, !. ". c. Parker, for
10000; criminal clerk. NJ r. Dasha, for
81 500; assc ,sor, w. c. Nut, $1,000; j. o.
Fries, surveyor, $i0J0; J. T, Beeks, super
inteudeut schools, 81 600.
At GAINESVILLE, during the epidemic
quite number Of the houses Of the absent
ees were entered and robbed. Among
others, A. j. McArtlur'5 and Fl. W. C.
Scnroder's. Deputy She III Bayer has been
dong some detective WORK, and finally de-
cided that a certain colorei man by the
name Of Wayne Certain, bad soma hand
~ it, 1t was finally decided 50 SO ,rcl his
dwelling. which was done, and most of the
art Giles taken were found. Afterward,
sheriff Weirges and Deputy Bsyer
sesrchei some trunks at the Florida Rail
way and Navigation depot, that were coa-
signed ~ Citra and found articles belong
ing to Mr. Schroeder.
The criminal cour: at Jacksonville has
been "a led upon to adiudicate the case Of
the state OF Florida vs.. John Bixlsr, which
is one Of the most remarkable legal contests
that has been referred TO a court Of record
IN the state OF Florida. The facts of the
case are these: Harry Squires the we'll
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