The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-12
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Tampa Thursday, and viii adjourn to-day.
Water works, electric lights. electric
street cars and telephone exchange are
among the probabilities for Leesburg.
The. BraidentoWn cigar factory will be
continued on q much larger scale than ever
before. Hote Reed has bought an interest
therein and the business is 70 be pushed for
ell there is in it.
! A. D. Mitchell Of Summarized has made
| 800 clean cash this season from fifteen rows
! Of cabbage, each row about 500 feet long
He has sold every cabbage from his wagon
in the towns in that section.
Smyth & Co. will open up their packing
| house at Clermont, Lake county, next Mon
day. They will ship largely Of tomatoes, of
which there are between 200 and 2, 900
acres planted in that vicinity. The crop was
not damaged by the recent frost.
A day or two ago E. P. Wilbur of Sum
beam brought into Titusville from his farm
at South Lake ten punches of bananas
which made load for his wagon. The
ten punches contained, by actual count,
2, 4S0.bananas, four of the lunches holding
over 200 bananas each.
Supt. J. II. Abbott has issued an order.
/ to take effect May /. disseminating the sale
OF tickets to school children after that time.
on the East Florida and Atlantic railroad.
LII aObObL oldJoS tDtAb bub LTOuDl6 anu 6X-
pense Of this kind OF travel is too great for
the small remuneration received, hence the
above action.
Capt r. A. Hardee hos exchanged the
larger portion Of his property at Hnrdee-
vile for property located near Grand
Rapids, Mich, receiving also a considera-
ton, and retaining about twenty acres
near the river at Hardeeville and his orange
grove situated about three miles back from
the river. Mr.. Scribner of Grand Rapids
and other persons are parties to the transac-
ton.
Leesburg Leesburger: Some Of our col
ored people became unnecessarily and fool
ishly excited last week over the disappear
snce of q negro boy who goes by the name
of "Snow Ball" The boy had been caught
stealing, and he was given his choice of
going to Jail or leaving instanter for other
parts DE choose the latter alternative and
left; and after he had gone, a report be-
came circulated that no had been drowned
in one OF the lakes. This excited some Of
the colored people and came near causing
them to lose their senses. The negroes are
getting along better here and are better
paid and treated than anywhere else in the
United States, and they ought to keep cool
and 60 slow.
Gov. Fleming was asked Friday If he in
tended to appoint as county commissioners
Tor Duval those men recommended bv the
democratic executive commi tee. In reply,
he drew from his desk printed copy of
the resolutions adopted by the st. Angus
tine convention In 1888, as follows: THAT
the nominee of this convention for gov
ernor, by the acceptance of the nomina-
ton, stands pledged to regard the recon-
mendation OF the different counties
OF this state as expressed by the demo-
Gratis OF the several counties, through their
party organization, for that most vital and
important OF all positions, their commits
sioners.' 81 shall be bound by that resolu-
tion," said Gov. Fleming 81 regard the
county executive committee as the party
organization, and shall appoint the men
recommended by the committee" Those
recommended are George A. Decottes. J.
n. G. Stocton. w. s. Pickett, Benjamin r.
Powell and John d. Kelly. They are all
reappointments except Messrs. Decottes
and Powell, who take the place of Starrat
and Hopkins.
In the United States court at Jackson
Vile, Friday, Judge Swayne was engaged
almost the entire day in hearing the case OF
the Market National Bank of Boston against
+. j. Pons of Macclenny. The suit is
brought by the bank, which claims that the
assignment Of Pons is fraudulent oue
The assignee brings in a bill to re-
eASo bahh anu Jue OulJeu
marshal from taking the property, and
asks that it be turned over to him, as
the court Ehas no jurisdiction. He also
claims that large amount of the property
should be set aside under the homestead
exemption laws Of the state. After hearing
arguments by the attorneys on both sides,
1t was ordered, ndjudged and decreed that
the bill be dismissed, and without prejudice
to the right of complainant to bring anv
action at law or other proceedings which he
may be advised. The same action was
taken in the case of II. j. Pons against the
Market National Bank
The railroad case of Henrietta Florence
Wells VS.. the Florida Southern railroad for
$4,000 damages was on trial at Palatka
last week in the court of Hon. Calvin ellis,
referee, and the decision of the referee has
lately been filed. The plaintiff asked for
damages for the killing of her husband in a
collision on the Florida Southern road in
March, 1888. The accident attracted wide
spread notice at the time and Mr.. Wells
death was universally mourned, because Of
his courageous conduct His train, the fast
mail, came around a sharp curve at great
speed, and right in front was a freight
train, carelessly left on the track The fire.
man jumped, but Wells refused to do SO.
and had his hand on the reversing lever
when the engines came together. Judge
ellis decision awards the plaintiff IS, 900
of which 81 500 has been paid. This find
ing will be useful in similar cases, being a
dispassionate, well-considered decision bv
an experienced jurist, and interesting as
fixing the yalua Of human Iifa