The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-03

RW. G. Lightfoot has purchased CON
trolling interest in the Manatee Adrocdt'
from c. V. S. Wilson.
c. o. Burts has traded his interest in the
Tropical hotel at Plant City to Mr. and
Mrs. L. d. Green for a store, millinery bust
ness and goods.
H. A. Viyian's tomato patch at Apopks
has given him a profit Of 500 an acre so far
this season, and he is continuing to pick and
sell from the vines.
The Ocala Capital learns that DR.. Lafosse
has secured twelve competent nurses from
Florence and Belgium to take charge Of a
saritarium In Ocale.
II is rumored that another company will
make application for a water works charter
for Green Cove Spring when the council
holds its next meeting.
Friday evening at Bridgeport, Putnam
county, John ID. Witt shot Mitchell REM in
the neck, infiicting a painful though not
| considered dangerous wound.
Henry Dickinson, the negro who killed
Abe Coon, another negro, at Blue Springs.
Sunday, over game of cards, was taken to
Ocala Monday and lodged in Jail He has
confessed.
The estate at Winter Park Of the late
Hugh MoCallum, consisting Of. several lots
and forty acres of land. was sold, dav or
two ago, to Peleg Peckham, by j. G. Wells
by, the commissioned
A. D. Starbid of Apopka feels the rise in
freight rates on lumber in carload lots, and
the scarcity Of good timber, and contem-
plates permanent shutdown OF removal of
his mill. Mr.. Starbird has for many years
been supplying not only the local demand,
but shipping vast amount of lumber.
George Cause and Prof H. A. Smell have
formed a co-partuership and gone into the
wilma industry or Tornnn Gnriync Thovv
have already manufactured about 4, 900 gal
Ions OF grange and strawberry wine, and
are preparing to make grape. huckleberry,
lemon, elderberry and various other kinds
of wine in large quantities.
Thursday David Silvey Of Alphabetical,
on refusal to pay his street tax of 81 was
arrested and locked up Mr. Silvey is very
determined in his opposition to the collec-
ton OF a street tax, aud his proposes to test
by law the citys right to collect it, De-
string to have an opportunity to test the
matter, he refused payment and was
locked up.
In the near future the South Florida
Manufacturing Company Of Apopka pro-
pose to have q crew of men under contract
TO supply their mills with the fine cypress
sweet and black gum lash, maple and Other
timber from the Wekiva swamp. The COM
pany owns 600 acres of land In solid body,
lying to good advantage, from which TO
float the sotck to their railroad dock. 1t is
for this use that the steam hosting appar-
atus Is procured.
W. N. Brown was busily engaged burning
refuse on his place near Titusville last
week. Having completed the task, he COM
menced to rake up the rubbish, and upon
looking it over he discovered the remains of
gold watch, which upon examination ap-
peared to be similar to his own. He felt
his pocket to see IL his watch was there, and
it took pot a moment to prove the fact that
he had cremsted his own beautiful gold
watch, which had slipped unKnowingly
from his pocket into the fire during the ex
oitement Of firing up and burning the rub
bish.
Harmon Murray, the negro who killed
the marshal Of Starke and q negro In his
posse day or two ago. was arres ted on a
train near Ocala Monday. Murray arrived
hero on the afternoon Florida Southern train
and was at once spotted. He had boarded
the Silver Springs Ocala and Gulf train
for Dunnellon with his trusty and muir
derouS weapon. Winchester, q wo-
man and a bundle of
clothes. The capture by the sheriff. as
sisted by Deputy Sheriff McFarlane. on the
train was daring one from the reputation
the negro had, but no difficulty occurred.
His rifle was taken from him and he
marched to jail very quietly. A posse from
Waldo are sati fed that Murray is the man
wanted for thu killing of the officer in Fer.
nandina and the killing of the marshal and
negro at Starke.
About ~ o'clock Monday night a fire
broke out in the building known as the St.
Lawrence house, about half mile beyond
the Main street car stables, at jacksonville
Twenty minutes later an alarm was sent in
from Box 20, to which the department
answered promptly and was soon speeding
on its way out Main street and the shell
road. On. arriving about a mile this
side of the blaze the fremeu found
it was beyond their reach and
turned back. By 1890 O'Clock the whole
house was one mass of flames, aud mon,
women and children were seen hurrving
about, some In nothing but their night
clothes. The property was owned by Mrs.
Jane Butcher, who was in the house at the
time. There was store attached, in which
there was a stock of groceries This was
owned by Mr.. Storms, who also occupied a
part of the house. Mrs. Butcher was almost
crazed over the loss of her house, and very
little could be learn from her, except that
the house was valued at about IS, 900 and
insured between 81, 700 and 81, 800. She had
about $500 OF silver plate in the house, and
this, with her watch and pocketbook, was
devoured by the flames. Mr.. Storms valued
his stock of groceries and furniture al
81 900, on which there was no insurance.