The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-18

Many new residences are going up at
Ocala.
There was quite hlilstOrm on the Alfalfa
river Tuesday.
A telephone line connecting Braidentown
and Msnatee is again being discussed.
A coroner's jury has pronounced the
steamer s. V. White, that capsized near
| Daytona a few weeks ago, as mot sea
worthy and unsafe
It is reported that O. Hayes OF Hampton
| has received 81 200 net from = acres OF
Strawberries up to this time, and has twenty
cases in the market 10 hear from.
Seventy crates Of tomatoes, shipped few
days ago by D. w. Gillett Of Palmetto,
Melted over S4O0 Mr. Gillett has about
! thirty-fYe acres planted in tomatoes alone,
and has refused $1,000 for his crop.
The body of the murdered negro floating
in the Escambia river, near Bluff Springs.
one day last week, has been identified as
that Of Johnson Beard Of Pensacola. His
murderer has been arrested at Evergreen,
Ala.
The Braidentown su5-alIiance have the
matter of establishing an alliance exchange
at BraidentoWn under advisement, and a
committee has been appointed to solicit sub
scriptions TO the capital stock, which is to
be fixed at So, 600.
At Jacksonville Thursday United States
Commissioner Ernest Wiltz issued a war
rant against Capt. Taiyes OF the schooner
City Of Baltimore upon the complaint of
one Of his crew, charging the captain with
numerically beating him on March last
on the high seas
The Tampa Journal learns from an ap-
parently reliable source that the Florida
Central and Peninsular railway has en-
tered or is about to enter into an arrange
ment with the Orange Belt railway to trans
fer all of its phosphate hauIs at Lacoochee
to be transported 10 ST. Petersburg for
shipment.
jacksonville Metropolis: Prof. Lucian
M. Underwood of the Syracuse On. "
university, was in the city Thursday stop
ping with his cousin, Councilman Kline.
Prof. Underwood had just returned from
an extended tour in the southern counties, Il
portion Of which was made on foot through
the forests for toe purpose Of investigating
the herbs and plants indigenous to the soil,
be being a botanist. His principal re-
search was confined TO the study OF the
vegetable parasite of the orange. Prof.
Underwood made number of new and
valuable discoveres which he will report to
the government on his arrival to-day in
w ashingtoD, and in whose inter-
est he came TO Florida. The
professor related an amusing incident
which occurred in the vicinity of Pember-
Ton cry. ne was clad IN SUIT not re-
markable for its tidiness or superb ct. and
with dagger in belt he tranped through the
woods and as there was an escaped muir
derer reported to be lurking In that section
the citizens thought the professor was the
man and set about to make his arrest which
was to be rewarded. He fit the description
of the fugitive except in hair chat was not
the right color, and while contemplating
his arrest Mr.. Pemberton, an acquaintance,
informed them who the stranger was and
his mission. The detention of the cole
brated botanst was then abandoned ard the
vision of Zig reward vanished. No one
enjoyed the mistake more than tho pro-
fessor when informed of the plan Of his
capture and retention for Identification,