The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-04
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Fifty thousand dollars worth Of sponges
were sold In Key West last week
DR.. John 2. Wall Of Tampa moved into
his elegant new residence on Tuesday
Tbs raosipts at the custom houGe AT
Tamna for the month OF December were
S26, $50 s..
The Baptists Of Tampa have established q
Sunday school for the express benefit OF
Chino Sc residents.
J. E. Brown Of Dunedin reports it very
dry on the west coast, and the oranges drop
ping considerably
Rev Mr.. Patterson Of Fernandiua is con
Quoting protrarted services IN the BAPTIST
church at Gainesville.
S. A. Jones Of Tampa, who has been
dangerously Ill for some days, IS now 50
much improved that he is considered beyond
the danger point.
Marshall Boil of Tampa lsf. for Havana
on Dec % last in charge of an escaped
Cuban murderer for whom reward OF
81 900 was offered.
Deputy Collector Gnnby aud Inspector
Of Customs W. d. Holden killed over 100
ducks near Tampa last week. They use
decoys with which TO attract the ducks.
At Jacksonville Thursday an attachment
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Hebron by a number of his late employees,
in order TO recover ST. Of wages owed Jnem.
Capt D. S. Mckay has resigned his posi-
ton as inspector Of customs at Tampa, TO
accept the position of stevedore for the
| Plant Investment Company, at Port
Tampa.
jacksonville is 20 have q dime savings
bank--or rather. she has one already. 1t
has Just been incorporated under the new
banking law Of Florida, passed by the last
| legislature.
The management Of the Sub-Tropical
exposition IS now in correspondence with
J. T. Graves of Georgia, and hope TO secure
him for The speech Of welcome Of the open
ing exercises January g.
| George r. Newell, representing Louis F.
MeDange of Minneapolis, Mimi, filed deed
at Orlando Wednesday by which Alice c.
| Hill conveyed to Mr.. Menange 400 acres
CT land in Orange and Osceola counties.
The Baker county executive COMMITTEES
met at Baker on Dec. "a and recommended
Elias Williams for appointment as county
commissioner in place of w. r. Conner.
resigned, and removed from the county.
DR.. Calhoun, the oculist Of Atlanta, Ga,
says the injury to the eve of Bodis, the
little SOD Of Hon. W. A. Blount of PeEsa-
cola, sustained in firing q cracker on Christ
mas, will not permanently affect the sight.
Judge Cline of Tampa has been expert
| mentiDg with the rock taken out at the
Magbee spring, and finds it as good for
plants as the commercial fertilizers that
have been sold at big rates to the farmers
John McKain accidentally shot and killed
himself in Savannah, Ca, a few days since.
It is supposed that he was on his way to
| Gainesville, Fla, where he was to spend the
winter with his aunts Mrs. Mccormick and
Mrs. Med well, and his half sister, Miss
Phoebe Gibbs
Col r. B. Thomas of Tampa, on Tuesday
night last, went to the depot to hand a let
ter 70 the express messenger, aud in doing
so got between the train and a baggage
wagon, when the train began to move, and
| the colonel was knocked over and came
very near being crushed to death. AS it
was, his left arm was broken aud he was
| considerably bruised up.
DeLand Nelos: There is a young lady in
this town who is very fond Of onions, but,
as she is good looking, amiable, and popu-
! lar, she understands her duty TO society too
well to indulge in the savUry but odorifer-
Gus root. Every now and then, however,
! her appetite gets too much for her, and she
goes on a regular onion drunk, eating a
dozen or twoof the tear-drawing vegetable
| On such occasions she retires to her room a
her best young man until her breath is again
competent to appear in good society.
George Hill (colored) was arrested at
Tampa last Thursday night by Policeman
Armwood lcolored) for disorderly conduct.
He at once offered to give bond for his ap-
pearance before the mayor next morning,
and Officer Armwood went with him down
the street. When he was arrested q search
revealed no weapons, as Hill had his pistol
concealed in his coat sleeve. After they had
gone only short distance Hill allowed the
officer to move Off from him little way,
and at once opened fire upon him. He fred
five shots, two of which took effect, one
grazing the breast, and the other entering
the side near the hip He then escaped and
Armwood sought assistance. Next morning
Hill was arrested in barroom, but denied
all knowledge of the affair. He was, how.
| ever, locked up in the county jail to await
the result of Armwood'S wound.
The Withlacoochee River Land and Lurn-
Der Company has recently put several
| thousand dollars worth of new machinery
into its mills at Pasadena, and is prenar-
| ing to do an immense business. It already
! has 900, 900 feet of dry stock on hand from
which to supply any orders its customers
may make, bat is preparing to enlarge its
| capacity very considerably as the improve
ments will cost fully $4,000. One feature
OF this mill will be fourteen-mile railway.
| together with new saw and planning mills,
which will raise its capacity to IS 600 feet
of sawed lumber, 100000 shingles, and
| 10000 laths These extensive works are
now under the management of H. j. Suth-
erland as superintendent. The owners are
eastern capitalists who hold an immense
acreage oflcypreSs timber on the Withla-
coochee, and who intend to work it on a
scale commensurate with its great extent
and value.
Monday night, about dark, Mr.. Sum
merville, at Oviedo, shot man named
Skies, or Seip. The shooting was done at
or near the house of Mr. Summerville. He
| shot the man twice with double-harreled
shotgun charged with small shot. One shot
took effect in the neck and the other in the
leg. A messenger reached Geneva about l
o'clock Tuesday morning, with a request
that the justice of the peace of the district
| go to Oviedo to give Summerville a prelim-
mary trial, there being no justice Of the
peace at Oviedo; but the justice
declined to go, as he thought he
had no jurisdiction III the Oviedo
| district. Sumnerville had forbidden Skies
going to his house, ana he told him that if
be went there again he would shoot him
| Notwithstanding the warning Skies went to
the house, and Summerville, true to his
word, gave him the contents of both bar
rels of the gun. Skies was filled with shot
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