The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-17
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
THE Tour of the Railroad Commission
Railroads ard Tobacco.

Railroads and Tobacco.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. May l6.-During
this month the members OF the Florida
railroad commission are to visit the Offices
If the different railways in the state for
the purpose Of impressing upon the officials
the importance of posting the schedules.
etc.. as required by the rules of Circular
No. o. Commissioner McWhorter will
visit The principal offices in West Florida,
commissioner Hines will go to Central and
South Florida. and Commissioner Va n to
EsSt Florida Each commissioner is to in
vestigate as far as he thinks proper as to the
General observance of the railroad commls-
: on law. and make his report thereon in
writing.
RAILROADS AND TOBACCO.
The Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
nav officials are so well pleased with the
decreased business given to their road by
the extensive operations of the tobacco
syndicate at Quincy that they have ap-
rainted Henry j. tenten as tobacco agent.
He will furnish any planter along the line
If road with choice seed free of charge, will
wish anv farm not more than tea miles off
from the r. ad and personally superintend at
differeAt times during the season the plant
ing. cultlvating, cutting, curing. ware
hyusing, stripping, packing and shipping of
tobacco, or will give a y desired advice
when called upon, none of this to cos the
PLANTER a cent, but all to be paid for by
President II. r. Duval of the Florida Gen.
trial aud Peninsular system. The agent will
have headquarters at Quincy.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR.
Gov. Fleming has appointed ]. h. Lock-
wood to be a member Of the Franklin
county board of health; John Morgan
Swain of Fort Drum to be a notary public
for the state at large, aud n. Blanton TO
be Justice of the peace in and for Bradford
county.
Miss Helen n. Harrison of New Orleans,
a niece of Prof. James Harrison of Wash
ington and Lee University, has been visit
ing her stepfather, Col. William Hines of
the Florida railroad commission.
NEGRO DEPUTIES.
United States Marshal E. c. Weeks denies
that he has appointed negro deputies in the
counties of Leon. jefferson and Gadsden,
but Notwithstanding bis denial negroes con-
tinue coming in from different voting pre-
ciucts in this county and asking their white
democratic friends If Marshal Weeks can
compel them to serve as deputies, stating
that they lad been notified that they would
be called upon to serve. The marshal may
not have appointed single negro deputy,
but from appearances he has put tags on
QUIJ5 d sDuADtT, WIZ nave Dccu Elfcu 10
understand that they must be ready to come
at his whistle. Marshal Weeks himself
says that he has found no trouble in serving
legal process in this county, and has had no
use for deputies.
DISGRACEFUL WORK.
Tuesday night some evil disposed or
mischievous person or persons brick-batted
the residence of Mrs. G. D. Crafts, the lady
who aided Marshal Weeks in arresting W.
B. Schrodtr. an account of which the
MORNING NEWS gave some days ago. This
is very much regretted by all good citizens
of Tallahassee. 1t was not merely low,
mean trick, but serves to give the Harrison
administration new sensational capital, and
Innocent parties will no doubt be made to
bear the brunt. Mayor Carpenter will do
all in his power to unravel the case, and, if
caught, the guilty parties will be punished
to the fullest extent of the law.
GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS.
S. A. Robinson, a brother of the state
chemist, has been appointed by the bureau
of immigration and agriculture to make a
collection and arrange in cabinets all the
interesting Florida geological specimens
that Re can find, one cabinet to go to each
Of the state insi itutions of education and ole
TO be placed on exhibition in the office of
the commissioner of agriculture, in the
capitol.
Prof. E. Dubois of the Tallahassee vine-
yard reports that he could sell 100 times as
much of his wines as he can at present
make, and dispose of every gallon of it at
81. while California wines are glut on the
market at 40 cents.
Tallahassee will be well prepared to care
for opera companies next season. The new
Opera House company will soon begin work
on their $4,000 opera house. and James
Munro has purchased the material to add
81 900 in improvements to the present opera
house.