The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
FLORIDA.

D. Z. Paul has leased the plant of the
Tampa Electrical Company-known as the
Mugge company.
Col. T. Albert jennings has bought out
the interest OF his partner, Mr.. Aycock, in
their turpentine works at Houston.
Arcadia is booming Last week 81, 900
were subscribed in one day toward putting
up a Is 900 Baptist school. Two new
churches are about completed.
1t is said that q we'll known newspaper
man of Jacksonville will be married in the
fall Of the year to a well known lady maya
zine writer of New York city.
1t is reported that Judge Now horter has
fled with Gov. Fleming his resignation as
one Of the railroad commissioners Of Flor
ida, to take effect on April 30.
At WilIiston, on the night of April IS,
James Adams, wife and daughter (coloredy,
were poisoned, and the wife died next day.
Rumor has 1t that their daughter, Florence,
put rough on rats in the supper because she
had been whipped.
At Barlow, last Saturday night, Ed
Lamb and Achille Devensau broke into F.
n. Warns barn, near Fort Meade, and got
several sacks Of grain, took the bolts of a
buggy and carriage, and broke up things
generally. Next morning they were arrested
by the deputy sheriff and jailed.
Lumber hes been placed on the ground
for a two-story building which will be
erected at once by the Masons of Bronson
and the Times Democrat Publishing Com
pany. The upper story will be fitted up for
a Masonic lodge room, and the lower story
will be the Times Democrat office.
Several citizens OF Pensacola have re-
ceived invitations from the state board of
health to attend the opening of tue state
maritime sanitary station, erected at Null
let Key, near Tampa. The opening cere
| monies occur on April 90, and the railroads
| have promised special rates for visitors de-
| string to attend.
]. L. Borras, consul of the republic of
| Colombia at Pensacola, has received official
notice from the Colombian state depart
ment that Borcas del Toro, Isthmus Of
| Darien. has been declared free port o.
entry, aud placed upon the same footing a,
| Colon or Panama with reference to the III
| PRODUCTION of American merchandise.
| Pensacola NelUS: The little schooner Polar
Star, which arrived from British Honduras
| Wednesday with miscellaneous fruit car
go, brought 1000 punches of piantains.
wellripened plantain, sliced and fried, is
dish to be relisned, but the natives of thu
Spanish coast prefer them green, boiled
with the flesh of young monkey or that Of
an inagua. the whole highly seasoned with
garlic and cayenne pepper.
At a meeting held at St. Petersburg OF
Monday night last to organizs a steamboat
company, stock company was formed
with $4,000 capital, under the name O.
West Coast Steamboat aud Transportation
Company, and the following directors were
elected: J. c. Williams, Jr, A. A. Torres
Capt j. B. Pepper, DR.. H. Martin and P
P. Job. A new and fast steamer will b.
put into service between st. Petersburg
and Tampa.
At Jacksonville Thursday l. B. Tinkham
a conductor OF the Jacksonville street raj
way, was run over by a car near the corne
Of Bay and Cedar streets. h
had just finished his run, and
bearing that another conducto
had been sent out with special to brint
the crowd back who attended the races e
the fair grounds, he started to meet the ca
in order to help his brother conductor out
When near Hartridge's stables he met
some friends, with whom he stopped to cha
for awhile, and as car cam
along he went out to meet il
He held up his hand for tn
driver TO stop. but he, instead Of doing SC
whipped up the mules. Mr.. Tlnkham the
made a jump for the front platform aud hl
hat was knocked off. He leaned over I
} pick it up, when the driver put on th
breaks, causing the car Co give a jerk an,
! throw Mr.. Tinkham under the wheels, on
passing over his left leg above the knee, an
tearing his pantaloons and coat almost int
! shreds. He was picked up by Officer Brun