The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18

since 1871.
". Lovengren has bought the sixty-fo5t
I front on Franklin and Polk streets, Tampa,
I known as the Franklin and Mngbee prop
eTty, for 5000
F. F. Koonce, former proprietor OF the
Alliance hotel at Ocala, has Garnlshed the
exhibits Of several OF the different counties
at the exposition for money due him by the
/ commissioners for board.
F. NJ. Villas and George F. Burnwell of
! New York and w lillian II. Lewis OF Phila-
delphia have bought the old Z. A. Clarke
store at Tampa, now known as the alliance
store, on Washington street; Madame 10
/ AtZrath's lot corner Tampa and Twigg
streets. and four acres west OF the hotel (;
total consideration, $4,000.
About 15Oacres of pineapple land. directly
| opposite Melbourne, has changed hands dur
| ing the past few days. Edward Ingranam
| OF Bristol, Conn. has secured a fine body of
! land extending from river to ocean, and
will engage in pineapple culture on a large
| scale. Mr.. Ingraham is an extensive clock
manufacturer. J. n. Phillips, who has the
largest patch on the peninsula, has pur-
chased more land, and viii increase his acre
age considerably.
At Ocala Thursday night, about -
| O'Clock, DR.. c. J. Alfred was suddenly
avail ened by the presence Of a negro
| burg ar in his room. The negro was in the
act Of stealing the doctors watch from I'm
der his pillow when he awoke. The doctor
Immediately jumped up, whereupon the
negro fed, carrying suit of the doctors
clothes with him, the coat of which he
dropped in his flight The trousers con-
tanned $50 or more In gold and bank notes.
The police are on the track Of the thief
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Steppani Of 2I7
Lafayette avenue and their daughter and
her husband. and Mr.. and Mrs. s. P. Cox Of
Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y, are
among the We Y interesting people at the
Tampa Bay hotel. Mr.. Sreppani is a
thorough New Y rker, having been born at
SO Chambers street, in the grand old days
when New Workers bought their drinking
water by the pail of the metropolitan water
works, and the mail was delivered on horse
back, as he saw it done at Silver Springs.
The people of Key West we're treated to a
novel sight Friday night between z and S
o'clock. A ship was on fire and grand
panorama was presented in the harbor. The
heavy clouds of smoke were carried away
and the blaze growing larger aud increas-
ing in splendor, created an illumination
overhead which was visible all over the
island and for miles at sea. The masts were
burned from the sockets and fell blazing
into the sea. The hundreds of yes
sells anchored in the harbor were
plainly visible, and on every deck
stood men watching this grand conflagra-
ton, which every moment grew larger
until the whole vessel was ablaze, sending
forth one mighty volume of smoke and
flame, like a crater, which lasted until
daylight Saturday morning, when this
once noble vessel was left a smolderinR
ruin. 1t was the Russian bark Anto,
which has been lying in the harbor for the
past six years, and was owned by Capt.
johnson, who recently got wrecked off st.
Augustine on his way from New York to
Key West. How the fire originated is not
known.
Starke Telegraph: About three weeks ago
a gentlemanly appearing man came to this
town and secured board at the boarding
house of William Tison. He was lawyer
and represented himself as coming from
Alabama. said be was looking for a place in
which to practice law, and had been recon-
mended to come to Starke and that he had
decided to remain here. In consequence he
made arrangements with Col. Bugg TO oc-
cupy his office and afterward decided to go
into Col Frazee's Office and made arrange
ments TO that effect. He assisted in two law
cases before the county judges court and
showed that he was man Of much ability.
He was regular at church and would
always sit at the front bench he even went
so far as to makes public confession of his
sins and promised TO be a better man in the
future. He represented himself as a man
of means and to have money in a bank in
Columbia, Ala To some he stated that he
had 81 500 in the bank here. Harrell gave
a check on the McNab bank at Columbia,
Ala, to his landlord. This draft was re-
turned the day before he left this city, as
Harrell was not known in Columbia. He
succeeded in buying some goods at credit
and borrowing some money while here,
but no one can be found to-day who will
admit that he got stuck "a red" He bar
gained for a house and lot in town and
managed TO have great many good thin gs
SAID about him. He soon became acquaint-
ed, with some of our young girls. Among
them W as Miss Mersey Austin, the 14-year-
old daughter Of Hans Austin. To this young
girl he paid his entire attention, and in
about a week after the first acquaintance he
secured a license and they were married.
On the next day Harrell proposed to his
wife that they 60 to jacksonville and
buy furniture for their home. They left
on the early train Saturday morning. At
Jacksonville they stopped at the fremont
hotel, and Monday they went hunting
household goods, buying at one place over
$500 worth, which were packed ready for
shipment. On Tuesday Harrell left his hotel,
saying that he would. see about the ship
ping of his goods. and has never been heard
from since. Mrs. Harrell, being left alone
and without money, the hotel bill unpaid,
appealed TO her relatives in that city. The
result is that the train Wednesday brought
her back, a sadder but a much wiser girl.