The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-29

| poll tax, leaving over 800 who must paw be-
fore they can assert their right of franchise.
Ch pley's new hotel is about ready for tho
plas.erer and painter. Maj W. o. Buffers
new lsw Offices are Fl lished. and that very
Handsomely. They are now occupied by
him.
A row occurred at the section house in
Arcadia Wednesday between two negroes
about woman. One shot the other through
the neck, infiicting probably fatal wound.
The party has been arrested.
Mis- Bantz OF St Augustine was in the
surf Tuesday, when, gong out too far, she
was carried INTO deep wa er and went to the
bottom. She was rescued by a strong
swimmer, who landed her safely in shoal
water.
Patents have been issued to citizens Of
Florida as follows: Alfred Aver, Lake
Weir, orange grader; John T. MCMILLAN,
Bay View, fruit clipper; John A. Messina
and p. Burgess, Key West, cigarmakers'
gauge.
Col. Jenkins has donated twenty acres Of
land on Mount Lee for the purpose of erect
ing q home for disabled confederate
veterans There has already been raised a
fund Of so. 900 10 erect the building. Mount
Lee h not only an historical place, but is one
Of the loveliest and most picturesque spots
in South Florida.
surprired at learning Of the sale o ( 100, 900
acres Of the Disston land by S. A. Jones to
some Chicago parties for 1928. goo. Mr..
Jones has re'old the same tract of land
again, for the Chicago parties, to the Chica-
60 and Tampa Improvement Company for
1900, 900, more than double the price of the
first sale.
John Dignan. New York journalist stop
ping at Silver Springs park was arrested
Tor g
writing an article under the nom de plume
Of jay Dee in last weeks issue of tire Park
Weekly rejecting on the town officials for
collecting 500 OF taxes and giving no state
ment Of its disbursement. Some of the
town officials caused his arrest
A 2,40O-ton ship is now loading at Punta
Gorda with Peace river phosphate for the
English markets, another of the same size
fOr France; while the Miller of 900 tons.
will be in this week from Baltimore. TIE
demand is away beyond the supply Six
teen cars are now being handled daily by
the Florida Southern railway, and in less
than twelve months there will be fifty and
more.
Last week Tampa was somewhat inter
ested In a case before the mayor in which
Mr.. Mass, a merchant, figured as defendant,
the charge being that he he'd violated the
Sunday law by selling a man a pair of slip
in his store opening his mail ana not for
business, whom the purchaser entered and
stated that his shoes hurt his feet and that
he could not leave his work to make the
purchase on trade days. The mayor de-
cided that the sale of the slippers was not
an infraction Of the law and discharged the
prisoner.
Tampa Tribune: ice Robes, who is now
73 years old and resident of this county
atoe,, IL f,st
in few weeks to his native home, Malaga
Spain, which place he left when only 10
years old Mr.. Robes is a lifelong demo
crat, having cast his first vote for Andrew
jackson for president. and has voted for
every democratic presidential candidate
'lnce, except during the war. and he then
voted for jeff Davis Mr.. Robes has served
In two Indian wars in this state and the late
civil war, and is one of the best citizens in
our county. He has been tyler of the
masonic lodge az this place for years, and
has never missed a meeting
A letter to the Jacksonville Times linton
from MatanZas saysi ut is not generally
known that the late p. s5master, F. NJ.
Stansbrough OF MatanZas is in New York
city very quietly working up the phosphate
business of Polk and Manatee counties Mr.
Scarborough has now on hand the largest
80 II is said phosphate scheme in Florida.
1t involves property of 81, 200 acres, with
over 10000 acres of bone phosphate, and hua-
dreds of acres of kaolin clay all Of which is on
water transportation. A recent letter from
him remarks that there are two companies
negotiating for the property-a Dutch
Amsterdam and an English company-both
with over 100000 capital Mr.. STAINS
brough says that in London two months ago
there was a company organized with s., 000,-
OO0 capital, with the most prominent noble
men and flnanciers of that city as directors,
called the Florida Phosphate and Investment
Company, with the Intention of buying all
the phosphate property In Florida. Mr.
Stansbrough, it is said, is now in negotiation
with this powerful company"