The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-13


fishing Rub in each county. which snail
| have It's own commissioner u look altar Its
I agricultural interests.
FLORIDA
Apopka alliance meets next Saturday at
8 O'Clock in the afternoon, and fortnigEty
| thereafter.
Mr. McDsrnid, who fell from the third
story Of the Tampa Bay hotel on Saturday,
will recover.
The pews for the new Methodist church
at Tampa will cost 81 so. They have already
been ordered.
J. A. Spann Is trying 70 establish bar
room az Aillview, and counter petition is
out agsinst him.
The Tampa Real Estate and Loan Associa-
ton has effected large number of large
sales Of real estate In the last few days.
G. l. Davis, the colore1 composer Of the
music OF The Lighthouse by the Sea" aud
other popular songs Of the day, is visiting
Jacksonville.
The Florida Fertilizer and Manufactur-
ing Company Of GAINESVILLE have, up TO
date, doubled their last years sales with
forty tons to spare.
Eugene Blaine, who for several years has
been the manager Of the Dixon saN-mil! at
Tampa, has gone to Brunswick, where he,
10 company with W. II. Ferris. will go into
the shoe business.
Five years ago T. II. Cato, who resides in
the neighborhood of Alachua, declined to
trade SCI pony for piece Of land near
his plaza. Monday the same piece of land
was sold for 1920 cash.
J. II. Vandivesr Of R1tlsdge, in Alachua
county, Gas an incubator in operation
which matches 400 chickens every three
wesks. He has several large yards in con-
M. ~Uft ha lfrU
Sligo Myers OF Jacksonville will shortly
ereci building on mis- property, corner Of
Bridge and Bay streets, costing from $780,
900 to 100000. The new building when
completed Will be used for a cigar factory.
On Saturday last the banking house of
II. r. Dutton & Co. of Gainesville did a
cash business Of S22S, 1855 81. and at /
o'clock D. m. on Monday the cash transnc-
tions Of the day had reached over $27S,-
000.
By order of the board Of trustees, Presi-
dent Kern, of the Lake City College. has
gone to attend the annual meeting of agri-
cultural colleges and experiment stations at
Campaign, III. Col. Whittier is now acting
president.
Sam Trapp (colored). for shooting and
wounding another colored man at Turner
City, was arfaigned before Judge Gardner
at Gainesville, Monday, charged with as
sault With intent to Kin. He waived an
exEmia alton and was sent to jail under $500
bonds.
d. B. Usira found in his troughs in bis
stcckyards, at st. Auguztine, few DAYS
since, ninnows, and as the water comes
from ar .esian wells, there is a mystery yet
TO be solved whether the little fishes come
from the depths Of the earth or from the
| clouds in shower.
The Tampa Lumber Company, consisting
Of j. H. Dorsey and A. d. Whaley, have
therefore S22, 800. They will add new
features TO this already fine mill. and claim
that Ia short time they will have one of
the finest plants III the state.
A prominent Wholesale merchant of Pen.
sacola says that the merchants OF tho city
Wholesale and retail, in every line of bust
ness are carrying larger stocks of goods
this season than ever before. This gentle
man thinks that this seasons trade will ex-
coed that OF any former season in the his
terry Of the city.
At Tampa, the verdict of the coroner's
| jury that sat on the body OF William Nelson
| was that the deceased came to his death by q
gunshot wound inhictcd by William Saith.
The body was found at Port Tampa City on
Nov. 4. Nelson had been missing
since Oct. 2S. Smith is now in jail
| awaiting preliminary examination.
| At Jacksonville Saturday T. A. Melter
| purchased 5, 900 sweet oranges and placed
| them on Colcord's wharf foot of Ocean
| street, for free distribution. The only pro-
viso was that the eater thould quarter the
| fruit aud place the peel in a barrel of alco-
hol standing near. About 1000 of tie
| oranges were eaten by the surrounding
| crowd, and MIR. Melter got a goodly amount
of work done for nothing. The peeling
win be shipped to England to be used for
medicinal purposes.
Inquiry at the navy department Wednes-
| day relative to the commission ordered by
| the last session of congress for the location
| of navy yard on the gulf coast, results in
the statement that nothing has been done.
so far as 10 Known by any Of the officers on
duty. Secretary Tracy Is absent and could
not be questioned on the subject. There
were whispers months ago that Secretary
| Tracy was not much enamored of the
proposition for yard on the gulf coast,
| and the fact that he has pushed along the
work for the dry dock at Po:t Royal, but
not even appointed a commission for the
| gulf, seems to add some strength to the sng-
| gestion.
Yesterday was the day set for the trial at
| Orlando of Thomas A. Johnson for the muir
der Of William Lee, whom he shot out of
the saddle one day last spring in horse
back race near town. Lee was on his way
to Orlando to testify in divorce suit which
Johnson's wife had brought against him.
The Johnsons are well known among the old
residents Of Florida, aud the family has fig
ured in murder trials more or less from the
time of old Abner, the father, down to the
present case. Only two of them are now
living--the one in jail and James F. P. of
Alachua, who lis conducting the defense.
They are well connected ard have many
friends in East and South Florida. The
wife of T. A. johnson, the defendant, is a
daughter of Bill Kendrick Of Jacksonvilie,
Lee, the murdered man, was COWBOY