The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-10

/ kind in the south.
FLORIDA.
/ Within one hour and quar- r. at Se7ilI
/ the other day, SIX inches u rain fell.
! There are now on the taps several larg:
! deals In Columbia county phosphate lands
! Quite number Of orange trees are put
! ting out new blooms IL Hernando coun J.
/ The Fletcher century plant at Orlando
/ has grown 10 a hight Of 4O}s feet and IS nov
/ in bloom.
Lumber has to be shipped from Mobile e
/ Punta Gorda TO meet the demand OF ihe
| phosphate miners.
TIE first shipment Of ice from the Puntf
! G rda Ice factory was made Friday-ort
| clrload-to Arcadia.
! It is limited at Fernandina that Capt.
/ Kemp's challenge to the Maud to race for a
purse Of $500 has been accepted by Capt.
! Allen, and also that the Missoe VIII take
part in the contest.
One day last week at Apalachicola the
Sigaree boys, Frank and Tonna, made a
strike" with gill net and captured eighty
seven sharks. varying from one fOOt 10 a
foot and half in length.
The new bridge across the Alfalfa river, on
the Tampa aud Manatee road, has been
completed. and Is now ready fer travel. 1t
is l72 feet long, II feet wide in the clear,
and Y feet above low tide.
The saw-mill Of the Florida Lumber
Company, at Bluff Springs, burned last
Sunday morning. The origin Of the fire is
! unknown. The loss is about $4,000, partly
covered by insurance. The company will
| rebuild at once.
". c. Allen Of Mcintosh was in Ocala
| Wednesday, he said the notorious Murray
a.e dinner with his cook yesterday. No
doubt about IT, The an had Winchester
and four pistols and said be would not DO
taken alive A dispatch reached Ocala this
evening saying that Sheriff Shelly OF Pa
la.ka and a posse arrived at Mcintosh IN
search Of Murray
Thirty thousand dollars have been ex-
pended 50 far on St Pauls Methodist Epis-
copal church, at jacksonville, and total
expenditure Of $4,000 is contemplated.
The roof OF the edifice is on and the WORK.
men are now busy on the interior finishing
Of the Sunday school room, which will be
used to hold services in until the main room
ah ve is finished
J. ". '. Mighon, representing the Ala
baMa Loan Company, with headquarters
at Selma, Ala, has been missing several
days. Rumors have been rife pointing to
crimnality. The estimated amount of his
out for his arrest. He is supposed TO be in
Pensacola. His victims are principally
farmers, with whom he placed loans.
Up to date the collector of city taxes Of
Tampa has taken in $4,631 in city taxes
classified as follows: Amount received
from saloons 81 900, merchants and drug
gists 5000 so. hotels and restaurants $50.
billiard and pool tables $40, real estate and
insurance agents $27 so, livery stables $50,
drays and carriages $155. dogs S22 80, mis-
cellaneous $40. There are quite a number
of people in Tampa doing business for which
a license tax is required, who have not yet
paid.
Apopka Advertiser. One Of the rows
that occurred on the return tram the even
ing of the Fourth is likely to result in a
tragedy. From the best information to be
obtained, it appears that bad whisky took
possession Of many of the men, and an alter.
cation ensusd between George Davis, an
employe OF South Florida Manufacturing
Company's mills here. and Lewis Pike OF
Victoria. Pike is said to have struck the
first blow, cutting Davis upon the forehead
with q pocket knife. Davis there
upon quickly drew revolver
and fired three shots before thost
about the combatants could prevent. The
cars, even to the aisles and platforms, were
all packed full Of men, women and children
One shot took effect in Pixies stomach anC
the other two narrowly escaped hitting
other passengers. One man was strucl
upon the forehead with a DETECTED ball an(
some women were besprinkled with showe
of broken glass from a window that one bul
let went through. Pike was taken to hi
home at once, and his recovery is oonsid
cred doubtful. although he was alive at las
| accounts. Davis fed.
The eyauoinati hafOra tho k,1r IN
| college board of trustees at Lake City Of tn
alleged financial crookedness of Rev. jaime
| ?. Depass, director OF the experimental
| station. has just been concluded after fou
| days session. The educational cOmmitte
! of the recent legislature directed the trus
tees to prosecute this investigation. Tn
director is well known throughout the sout
as a man Of unusually fine ability, gifte
orator with commanding presence; but, t
tho detrIment Of his popularity, has yer,
abrupt manners and an imperious presence
Evidence was given by members Of hi
staff and employees on the station
Senator r. F. Rogers and Repre-
sentative Ike Brown were prosecutor
on behalf of the trustees, while tn
director was his own defense, which b
handled admirably. exhibiting extraordi
nary tact and legal ability. From some o
the witnesses he adduced abundant proof t
| ulallClOU
evidence having been given mendaciousl
against him to a great extent. The affair
of the station have been very unmethod
ically kept, and undoubtedly all thi
disturbance would have been avoided ha
the board of trustees pursued from the be
ginning q different management Com
mitteemen Rogers and Brown render flv
distinct findings, asserting that by the ev
dence and admission of Director Depass b
had received money for the sale Of wood an
analyses of phosphate which had nc
been accounted for credited 70 tn
station fund; that by the evidence of va
Iious witnesses he had received money fror
TIE general government which likewise ha
not been accounted for; and that he ha
used the station money to pay private ez
press and freight bills. which had not bee
refunded. The public is asked to Withhold
judgment until alter July IS, to wnic
date the board ad journed TO meet in Tale
hasse when the evidence given will |
carefully revised and Depass's rebuttal {
the findings of the committee heard. The
his innocence or guilt will be announce
officially An investigation of the coll ge
affairs IS also on the programme. f. |
Kern, former Michigan pedagogue.
president As woman is said to be in til
case, something sensational may be e.
| pected.