The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-23

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moss PARTON Of Greensboro. Packed in bales
| OF 500 yards each, there would be enough to
MI fourteen freight cars-an ordinary train
load.
| FLORIDA
Vegetables and orange trees in Polk
county are beginning 70 suffer from the pro-
longed drought.
The saw-mill business is booming at Bar
tow. Gates g. Long recently had TO refuse
an order for 200, 900 feet Of lumber, as they
already have work month ahead.
Hugh G. MoFarlane, who defended Glib
son in the celebrated Gibson trial In Bar
tow recently, received a fee of $40, 900 for
closing up an estate claim in Key West.
A long-felt want OF Orlando in the nature
OF a public bath house is about to be sup
piled by the erection Of such building upon
Lake Eola by Messrs. 1. L. Tickner & Co.
Capt. E. E. Saunders. who has Just re-
turned to Pensacola from Nashville, brought
with him an elegant pair of bright bay Ten
nessee horses to be used in the police patrol
wagon.
o. T. Poyntz, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank of Orlando, has let the
contract with L. M. Boykin for the build
ing of an addition TO his Lake Minnie resi-
deDce, to cost about 81 900.
A special municipal election was held at
Mariana day or two ago to choose a sue
| cessor to the late c. W. Davis, who was a
member and the chairman of this council.
George 7. Farley was chosen
A package of registered mail received at
the Orlando postofice Wednesday Night
showed the effects of the recent Jackson
vile fire. The outside was smoked black
but 1t was otherwise unframed
Sectionmaster Jones is finding it difficult
to supply the passing trains with water at
Bronson, owing to the dry weather.. The
tank well has gone dry. and ditch has been
made to the pond. The water is lower than
was ever known in times past.
The barn of Harry MorrelI, who lives iusv
west of Rock Lake Orange county, was
burned to the ground Wednesday night.
The building caught from fire that had
been used just before shutdown for branding
calves. The loss is about 1900
| The residence Of the Misses Underwood
| at Jasper caught on fire last Friday morn
| ing and would have been consumed but for
two peddlers who were passing at the time.
| Seeing the roof in flames they ran I'D on
| top OF the house, tore off shingles, and, with
the assistance OF the ladies, who handed
them water, succeeded in extinguishing the
names before much damage was done.
At Jacksonville Thursday Fred Bucken-
stoe shot at his father, g. A. Buckenstoe.
with double-barreled shotgun. The shot
did not take effect, but went into the side
OF the house. Young Buckenstoe started to
shoot again, when John McMurray and Mr..
Wineman ran up. and, after q struggle.
took the gun away from him. He then
walked of. He claims he did it in self
| defense.
| Sunday morning one of the largest sharks
| ever seen at Port Tampa chased a school of
fish into the channel that is being dredged
by the Naugatuok. The fish sought shallow
water and Mr.. Shark, in his eagerness, fol-
| lowed them and stranded himself. His as
constituent was picture: rolling over and
| over, he snapped his immense Jaws and
| tossed up the sand. until finally he Topped
into deeper water and made off.
| A lawsuit in the court Of the county
| Judge came to an abrupt termination at Jas
| per one day last week. A man was ar
rested on charge Of hog stealing, was
brought to town and put In Jail. Witnesses
were summoned and the commitment trial
was about to commence when the defend
ant proposed that If the prosecution would
| dismiss the suit he would pay for the hogs
alleged to have been stolen by him and
leave the state The proposition was ac-
| cepted, the money paid, the prosecution dis
missed and the defendant made tracks.
Okahumpka Okdhumpbian: At the last
| democratic county convention in Lake
| county w. M. Bennett was unanimously
chosen to represent the second district Of
Lake county as county commissioner. This
preferment was wholly unsought upon his
| part, and IL was very evidently case of the
| Office seeking the man. Notwithstanding
the efforts OF st. Clair abrams and others
| to prevent the governor from appointing
Mr.. Bennett as county commissioner, the
governor still saw fit TO appoint him. Now,
st. Clair Abra ms has secretly, and without
| the least justifc alton, circulated and en-
4 0eaYOTa6 Obtain 70
| praying the state Senate not to confirm the
action of the governor.
AT Jacksonville Thursday afternoon Ed
| Tinsley, a mulatto from Madison. an
| preached a newsboy on Newman street and,
| grasping him by the arol, took his uauers
from him and tearing them up threw them
into the street. The boy reported the mat
ter to Officer Spruill, who placed Tinslsy
under arrest and started down to the police
station with him. When in front of the
Meyer & Muller block the prisoner broke
loose, and, running a little way, turned
around and leveled a pistol at the officer. j.
I. Lyons, who was standing by, ran up and
caught him by the arm, but the negro sue.
ceeded in getting away, and on run to and
three shots at him. one Of which took effect
in Tlnsley's left arm, about four inches
above the wrist. The negro was eventually
Jailed.
Tampa Journal: The county bonds were
signed Saturday afternoon by s. NJ. Spark
man, chairman of the board of county
commissioners, and W. A. Givens, county
clerk, in just forty-ave minutes. They are
on parchment. printed in black with a
chocolate border. Near the top is the state
vignette, and the whole is a handsome piece
Of engraving. There are 40 bonds of $500
each. Each bond has flfty-one coupons
attached. Forty-nine Of them are for S15
int Grcf De fo,- 60 A
1891; the fifty-first is for IS 3d. for interest
from Jan. /, 1916, to March Z, 1916. The
bonds were deposited In the First National
Bank Immediately after they were signed,
and telegram was sent George Lewis OF
Tallahassee that they were deposited there
IN the name of the trustees Mr. Lewis is
expected here this week with the money for
the bonds.