The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-12
FLORIDA.

! FLORIDA.
There are now about seventy five men
employed on the work at the Tampa Bay
hotel, and the weekly pay roll closely APP
| proaches $500.
| The county commissioners have fixed
July, August, September and October as
| the months in which deer may be killed in
| Nassau county.
| At Jacksonville Thursday Jerome An
| dreu, Jr., the young son of Jerome c. An
dreu, fell from a street car and broke his
| arm in two places.
There is a rumor ahoat that surveyors are
| out laying out the route for a railroad from
New Smyrna to Sanford, and that it is
backed by Mr.. Flagler in the interest Of the
| Plant lines.
There was a special meeting OF the city
| council Friday, at which the differences
existing between the city and Gainesville
gas company were adjusted satisfac torilY
| TO both parties.
Eighteen barrels Of turtles were shipped
| from Gainesville on Wednesday via the
| Savannah, Florida and Western, to Savan-
| nah. Thursday ten barrels were shipped,
and Friday eight barrels.
The building now occupied by Capt Haus-
| man of Madison as a storeroom and the lot
| 1t occupies, were sold at special masters
sale last Monday to Randell Pope, who also
purchased two fine farms in Madison county
at the same time and under the same
authority.
The drought has been broken 10 many
| portions of Escambia county Tuesday
afternoon there was rain extending from
| Pine Orchard by Powelton and Cantonment
TO the Perdido river. The rainfall was
heavy and the crops in that section were
greatly benefited.
Last Tuesday w. B. Wofford of Cassia
presented a claim against the county for
| S25 damages for the tanning Of his mare by
| falling through "a rotten plank on the
bridge across Blackwater creek near Cassia
After hearing testimony the board unani-
mously paid the damage.
The widow Of Gen John c. Williams of
Tampa has Withdrawn all ffers Of com
| promise heretofore made to the heirs in the
contest of the will, and has employed Col.
John A. Henderson Of Tallahassee and Col.
| 7. y. Knight to assist Philips 81 Carter to
represent her in the suit.
| AT the commissioners sale at Titusville
| Monday, made by j. NJ Dixon, commits
sioner, the land belonging to the estate of
J. b. Creech late of jackson county, which
Is situated in Brevard county, was bid in
by Mrs. Mollie Hopson of Quitman, Ca,
one Of the heirs, for the sum of 81 800.
Moore, the young man who shot into the
| Mccormick house at Gainesville the other
night was tried before Mayor Brown on a
| charge OF firing OFT arms within the city
limits. He was fined S15 and costs or fif-
teen days in the city Jail. He chose the
latter and now lauguishes behind the bars.
A letter received at TitusvilIe from
Capt. @. J. Schoonmaker states that the
mRnatees arrived safely at Chicago last
Thursday. Capt. Zellers has released the
one he had corraled in the st. Lucie river
and will ship the little one which he has
at Tttusville to Columbus, o., about
June 10.
At the sale of the Commercial oompany's
property at auction at Tampa Friday the
| steam tug David Hostetter and the two
lighters were knocked down to Capt. John
Miller for $500. Charles Papy bought one
of the mule teams and G. A Joyce the
other, and the miscellaneous lot OF mer-
chandse was bid in by various parties.
Cauaveral and the Banana river section
Is still booming, and every day or two some
| new homesteader is announced, and the
thousands OF acres of wild land which have
for 80 many years laid idle and within the
| grasp of any citizen will soon be appropri-
ated to the last SO are foot 1t is said thirty
homesteads have been entered in that vicin-
ity since Feb. 10.
Last Sunday l.aborn Swinney shot and
killed Mary Ford at st. Cloud with Win
chester rifle Laborn had been living with
the woman for some time, and Sunday even
ing IN a mao III OF JeaIOuSly snOt and Killed
her. he then went to the junction and told
parties there Of the deed be had committed.
bought d box of cartridges, and said that
he would not be taken. Monday, however,
he surrendered
A very sad death has just occurred at
Rochelle. Robert Guthrie, son Of l.. Guth-
RE of that place, was bitten some two years
ago, first by a RATHER and then by moccaa
sin. He was also struck by lightning at
about the same time. The wounds all
seemed to heal up and left no trace But
about three weeks ago symptoms Of blood
poisoning were shown, and he died on
Wednesday in great agony.
The residence of Frank Marston on East
Hill at Pensacola was entered by a thief
Monday night, who acted in a most eccen-
trio manner Entering Mr.. Marsuon's bed
room the follow stole his gold watch, care
fully detachlng IL from the chain and from
tie pockets OF his pants took about SO in
money and then detached the suspenders
and carried them off. On dressing case in
the room Mrs. Marston had a sum of money
and a fine diamond ring which the thief
failed to discover. The robbery was evil
IDENTIFY committed during the rain as the
mans tracks on leaving the house could be
plainly seen in morning.
Tavares Herald: The cigar factory hers
Is now doing the heaviest business it ha-
ever done. We are informed by the presis
dent that the company is nearly 100 ordero
behind in delivery. Orders continue tg
pour in from no less than five states Owink
TO delay in receiving boxes ia which to pace
cigars already made it will be ten or twelve
days yet before the factory will be able TO