The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-18

/ A company has been formed 10y CITIZENS on
Jacksonville TO place % handsome steamer on
the rC1te between Jacksonville Biscayne Bay
and Nassau y. p.
Ocala capitol. Not a single plum has
dropped into the hat Of an Oyala man sin ~
Mr. Cleveland was iaauguratcd. Ocala hash
even got green apple
The committee who had IN charge the pro
posed bull tight at Tampa on the Fourth OF
July have about decided to abandon the mat
ter on account Of the heavy expense attached
to it.
Hon. F. W. Pope OF jacksonville has de
cided to take a trip TO the western states IN
I search Of a new home. He Will leave III day
| or two on that mission, first going TO Chicago
| Mr.. Pope is on excellent lawyer.
One or two sponge vessels have recently ar
rived ut Key West from the sponge grounds
ana report that very bad success has been
| met with this season. An vessels that nave
| returned brought small cargocs.
! W. II. Pierce traded his stock Of goods and
store building at Eagle Lake to G. A. Mosely
for his residence property in Barlow last
! week. Mr.. MoselY Will move TO Eagle Lake
and take charge Of his business himself.
| While Mrs Fancher and Miss Bette G.
! Robertson. daughter Of j. Il. Robertson OF
! Zelwood were rowing In a lake near that
/ town day or two since, they nearly lost their
| lives by reason Of the sinking Of their craft
! They sank out on sight once when two men
| rescued them.
S. G. Doliye s Co. OF Orlando have just
| finished picking ready for shipment about 200
| boxes Of fine oranges. They are said by Silas
| DOiiVc to have lust maturcd from October
| blooms. They are delicious in Havor, large
! and juicy fruit and will doubtless command a
| high price in the west, where they are about
| to be shipped.
! Mrs w Higinbotham Of Judson passed
| through Gainesville Friday en- route to Fort
| White to see her husband who was sentenced
I by the circuit court of Levy county to life
| Imprisonment in the penitentiary for murder
| Mrs. Higinbotham has four children, and
! bplnN q TROnln
! JudsOn kindly contributed to their need.
| Florantine Veaglor, native Of Belgium
! and seaman on the British bark SCANNED
| Brothers was drowned at the quarantine sta
| ton near Pensacola Tuesday afternoon While
| in bathing. The deceased could not
| swim and got into water too deep for him.
| When 1t was seen that he was sinking a fell
! low seaman dived and brought him up, but
| 1t was TOO late, as life was already extinct.
Jack Rony, boarder at the Robinson
house at Klssimmee. dreaming of being in
wreck last Monday night. arose from bed,
walked to the front piazza TO the second
story and leaped for life. He was found about
3 o'clock in a state Of insensihllity. DR.. Sears
was called and found him considerably
bruised but not seriously injured. About two
years ago $. l.. Gault. while asleep. jumped
from the same porch and was badly injured.
An aged white lady who desired to visit
Chattanooga, Tenn, was sent to the depot at
Jacksonville Friday by relatives residing five
miles from he city, and there she and her
baggage were dumped on the platform with
only - to pay her fare, which was Sli 60. Re-
latves in the city of the lady heard of her
pitiful condition and took charge Of her and
will provide her with money to proceed on
her journey. She IS % years of age and very
feeble.
Robert f. B. Burford the man who shot
and killed Deputy United States Marshal
L Estrange at Webster, Sumter county
Florida on Nov. "a, 1890. while trying TO ar
rest him (Burford), and who escaped and
voluntarily surrendered in Pensacola Tues
day, is not to be taken to Jacksonville for
preliminary trial as reported but Judge
Swayne, as he proceeds west, will hear the
case In his car at Pensacola Tuesday night,
and has made arrangements to that effect.
w G. Bartholomew, deputy United States
marshal at Tampa, called meeting Tuesday
evening and organized a Society for the Pre-
ventiOn Of Cruelty to Animals under the
state laws of Florida and the new laws as just
passed at this session. 1t was the intention
to become a branch of the Jacksonville So
mails but the president advised them to have
charter of their own, so they could be
benefited in the new law giving 80 per cent of
the fines to the society.
The Metropolitan Art museum in New York
city has just received a rare painting from
Mr. and Mrs A. II. Denis of Tampa. II is a
st. Jerome by Riberia, and, aside from its value
as a work of art, it has priceless historic
value, 1t was painted in 1892 and was pre-
scented to Pierre Soule by Queen Christine
when Mr.. Soule was minister to Spain. Mr.
Soule was Mrs. Denis grandfather and Queen
Christine was Princess Eulalie's grand
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Denis have a valuable
collection of rare art curios that are heir
looms
1t is stated that Sheriff Hodges OF Marion
county has located the notorious young Dan
Sinclair in northern city and will have him
returned to Ocala. His relatives and infiuen-
tial friends are said to have deserted him.
Sheriff Spencer has for some time had a war
rant ready to use on him If he shows up in
Tampa. The scheme that he is said to have
worked repeatedly was to 90 to different
places in the state, buy on credit a few car
loads of shingles, lumber lime or other goods,
have 1t shipped to a point some distance
away and then sell il for nominal price
leaving his creditors in the lurch.
On Monday night Mrs. VanFleet Of Barlow
had to get up at II o clock to give her baby a
dose of medicine, Not having spoon in her
room she started to go into an adjoining room
TO get one when getting to the door she ran
right up against big burly negro, who was
standing in the doorway. This so frightened
her that she ran from her room to the gallery
and commenced to call loudly for help. Oak
ley Lanier hearing her cries, went over as
soon as possible, but the thief had by that
time become frightened and ran of dropping
most of the wearing apparel he had bundled
up to take, in his haste TO leave the yard.
Under the resolution Of the county demo-
cratic executive committee Of Jacksonville,
j. M. Bars, chairman, has called a meeting
of the city democratic committee to meet nj
his office at O'Clock Monday afternoon to
issue a formal call for the city democratic
primaries for the nomination of mayor and
other city officers TO be elected July 49, and
also to elect a new city committee II is
thought that the primaries will be held about
July o, after the qualification of voters are
completed ana That the voting wiz be only
upon the lists Of qualified voters, so that
there can be no repeating or illegal voting.
William Taylor. the colored man who was
arrested by the city authorities of Pensacola
on last Monday for circulating obscene litera-
ture within the city limits, is in more trouble
Wednesday II, Gagnet and M. A. Fowler,
whose names appeared in the New Orleans
paper which Taylor is charged with circula-
ing, appeared before United States Commits
sloner w. w. Potter and obtained n warrant
for TaylOr's arrest on the charge of using the
United States mails for improper purposes
Taylor was arrested by Deputy Marshal r. p
Wharton. and gave bond in the sum of 200
for his appearance before the commissioner
Friday.
Tampa Times Two little boys. being anx-
ious to make an honest penny, made bucket
full OF lemonade each ana stationed them
selves on a corner to wait for customers One
had sign over his bucket rs cents a glass.
while the other sign read - cents glass" A
stranger passed by, ana thinking there was a
cut rate war In progress decided to save
cents by buying n glass from the 2-Cent lad
After drinking a tumblerful he said: MY
little man, why do you sell yours for cents
while your rival sells his for centsY" 20"
said the youngster. you see after got mine
made the puppy fell into IL, and l had to re-
duee the price. The gentleman retired into
ne1Shbor1ng alley and lost cents.
Tampa Times For some time Herman
Mcknight has made himself obnoxious around
"a fa1V A. tFN1 gHaaTHv