The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-17

. SET ult TO peaches plll4'. oranges aAe et-ll
fruits.
Orlando is going 10 celebrate the Fourth
with foot. horse and bicycle races az the ihlr
grounds. q he dinner Is arranged Tor hy The
merchants OF the city. and me rest ~ under
the auspices of the Orlando Bicycle club.
A fire at Hagan station, ten miles south OF
l Lake City, on the line Of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad. Tuesday night
/ contents Of Harden Mathews. Inc prop
81 500.
Eugene Valrens OF Chicago. representing a
cigar manufacturing firm there employing
. about 100 hands. is expected TO he IN tampa
/ shortly. His hrm state that they intend 10
remove from Chicago and II Tampa oHers
/ superior advantages they may moVe there
! with their plant
The ninth annual commencement Of the
/ Florida state Agricultural and Mechanical
| College was introduced on Sunday morning
| last by the baccalaureate sermon BY Rev. A.
b. Curry. pastor Of the Presbyterian church
/ at Gainesville, delivered IN the chapel hall OF
! the college building. The exercises were
| finished Thursday.
A Young Mems Christian Association. with
| thirty-twO members, has been organized at
! Titusville under very favorable auspices,
number Of business men as well as church
/ members being interested in II. Its omcers
/ are: President. John G. Jones; vice presl-
| dent, j, Z. Walker; secretary, 9. A. Gardneri
! treasurer, II. J. Anthony,
w c. Dell. an employee Of the Florida Cen
| trail and Peninsular railroad at its depot IN
! Gainesville was assaulted by Robert Henry
| (colored) Monday. He was struck across the
forehead with walking cane, knocked down
and cash cut The cause Of the blow was
his pushing his way through crowd OF negro
eXcursiOnists and showing Henry to one side.
In default Of $500 Henry went TO jail.
Wednesday night as Miss Sallie Harrison,
young lady OF Jacksonville, who was then
! at Pablo beach, was promenading on the paV
viltOn In front of the Ocean house, she acci-
| dentally stepped over the edge and fell about
ten feet to the beach below, 1t was at first
supposed that she had seriously injured her
self, and DR.. Mathews who happened to be at
the beach. was called and found that both
bones Of her left leg were fractured a little
above the ankle, making most painful in
jury.
Orlando seems to be on the verge OF
another great wave OF prosperity II is stated
on good authority that there are now in proc
ess of erection in the city sixteen buildings
ana there are a number Of others which Will
shortly be begun, including several fine resi-
dences. The Charleston block is nearly com
pleted, and will shortly be occupied. Many
| attribute the present condition to the clayed
streets, and are strongly recommending that
the principal county roads be treated in the
same way.
At Barlow Thursday morning NJ Stanley
| took an overdose Of morphine, which very
nearly resulted in his death Mr. Stanley
moved 10 Barlow from Georgia about three
months ago. He has latterly, with his wife
and children, been staying as guests at the
mousse OF MS DfOthef, ID. w. STANLEY, city
clerk. Business disappointments have re-
Gently weighed heavily upon his mind and he
has frequently suffered from spells Of deep
depression. During one of these spells he
took the morphine which so nearly resulted
in his death. At last accounts his recovery
was probable.
A special from Clermont says tomatoes are
through being shipped for this season, and
taken as comparison with all former years
have been q disappointment The crop has
been large one and the tomatoes fair TO
good, but the markets have been bad, New
York and the principal eastern cities getting
glutted as soon as the heavy shipping started
and staying down nearly through the whole
season. The western markets handled more
vegetables and TO better advantage than any
OF the eastern markets There have been
very few truckers that have made any money
this year, but nearly every farmer will put in
tomatoes again next year, but with de-
creased acreage.
Wednesday evening about O'Clock the res
idents In the vicinity Of the intersection of
Clay and Duval streets at Jacksonville were
startled by the sound of piercing and agoniZ-
ing screams. The sounds of distress pro-
ceeded from house on Clay street near the
corner, and when the netghbors arrived they
found Rose Anderson, an aged negro woman
and the occupant of the house beating with
large club little negro boy who was pros
trate on the ground and well-nigh unconscious
from the force OF the cruel blows. The child
was rescued from the clutches of the heart
less hag and carried to place of safety and
his injuries attended 90. The woman was ar
rested and locked up. At the municipal court
she gave as excuse for her inhuman treatment
of the child that her sister, who was the
mother of the boy, had requested her to fog
him well whenever he should come to her
| (Rose's) house. The judge did not exactly
admire her strict adherence to her sisters in
| junction and fined her S25, In default Of which
She was sent to jail.
A strong wind, almost gale, prevailed at
| Tampa Thursday, accompanied by rain A
small wharf at the foot OF Hyde Park avenue
/ ah N hg do alf.1
and other buildings along the river front.
| Trees are down In various parts of the city,
and the window OF the postOftice was blown In,
| The falling glass struck a Cuban inside in.
! tiicting bad wounds on his head and hands
| No boats came in or went out. The track OF
| the Florida Central and Penlnsular railroad
at Spanish park, near Ybor City, was washed
| out for 800 yards and passengers are being
! transferred from Tampa to beyond the wash
| out by busses and the incoming trains will
then go back, At some points three feet of
| water are over the track, Although the waves
| dashed over the trestle and the wharves at
| Port Tampa no damage was done except some
| planking at the trestle was torn out, The
| water rose up into some portions of Port
| Tampa Qty, but without damage. At the
| Tampa Bay hotel the water rose over the
| grounds to a distance at some points OF 300
| feet from the bulkhead.
! At Tampa for some time man named J. H
| Daniels has been in the employ of A. j. Har-
ris engaged in looking after electric wires
| but was discharged about two weeks ago by
! MT, GdTElH, lullltlS lutI ODlulnbu a pOSlttOn
| with the Tampa Street Railway and Power
| Company, but was discharged by that com
| pany Wednesday morning. Wednesday after
noon he went into a small jewelry store at
| Ybor City, few doors east of Dugan Bros.
| place, and told the Cuban proprietor that he
had come to examine the electric light appa-
| ratus. He proceeded to inspect it and the
| proprietor stepped out in front. Shortly after
Daniels left and when the Cuban returned
| he found that quantity of rings and n gold
watch were missing He told onicer J, $,
Jones told Onlcer George BrGptley, who
soon found Daniels and arrested him,
| lock up Marshal BrGntley has recovered
the watch and twenty-four rings, besides
| twenty cheap unset stones. The watch which
| good double -cased one. worth perhaps $50.
mated at about $50 There was only one good
| paste jewels. II is believed that all of the
| property, except two or three of the cheap
| rings, has been recovered.
Tampa Times: In the Times Monday was
| given the substance Of the rumors circulating
| in regard to the proposed Investments az Port
| Tampa City. AS far as can be learned il is
| the intention OF the Louisiana State Lottery
| Company to build large brick building cost
ing 100000 on block no of Port Tampa City.
| Here they will have their immense printing
| and lfthographtng establishment. All OF their
| mail matter will come to Port Tampa. In
order to give an idea of the amount OF work
added 70 Port Tampa City it may be stated
n.