The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-09


erected at Hawthorn.
H. H. Scarlet has disposed of his grocery
stock at Tampa to l. 5. Giddens u Co.
There are now in the bonded warehouses at
Tampa about 2 $50 bales of tobacco. This
represents In cash about 100000.
A little girls party not long since caused
the spread OF the whOoplng cough. and now
nearly every child in Ocala is suffering with
the disease.
Tuesday colored man named Robert Arm
strong stole a watch at Fort Brooke from a
colored woman named sylvia Delaney. The
thief is in jatk
The Ocala Rifles have accepted challenge
from the St. Augustine Rifles to drill picked
squad for a purse Of 500. the drill to take
place in St. Augustine at an carly date.
At Idlewild. near Thonotosassa, Mr.. Ritter
OF Washington, d. c. has purchased several
hundred acres of land, on which he will erect
a large awmtll srngle mill, box factory,
etc.
The sulphur spring which has been devel-
oped by the filing in of the saw grass marsh
in front of the abandoned passenger depot,
bids fair to prove one OF Tampa attractions.
The water has been properly Analysed ana
found to contain valuable medicinal qualities.
The report Of the Alachua county hoard Of
health for May shows the county to be In
very healthy condition. Out OF an estimated
population of $4,000 there were but 10 deaths,
white and coiorcd, There were births,
white and , colored; marriages, white and
COIOred, Death rate per annum- 6s.
r. G.. SnOwden OF Ybor City is under arrest.
w c. Bacon Of kissimmee had shipped sew
eral lots OF peaches to Capt. X. y Warren,
Charles Pinkert and c. SparicinO and Snow
den knew OF the shipments and amounts due
Bacon. il is claimed that he went TO these
parties and collected money on the shipments
to the amount of $50 or $780,
The large commisSary Of Baker g. Brooks
at Floral City was totally destroyed by fire
Sunday night The store was a large one and
filed with goods OF every kind The loss is
estimated al $1,000 with 5000 Insurance. :.
w. Moody q son OF Ocala carried policies on
stock and buildings in the Liverpool, London
ana Globe and Hartford companies. The tre
was incendiary.
Tampa News: There is a great powwow
among the real estate agents in the city.
Each one Of them are trying to secure the
agency to sell the large tract Of land recently
purchased from the IstapOOgee tribe on Tur-
key creek, The boomers are already on the
edge OF the reservation waiting for the PreSi-
dent S proclamation opening the strip. We
hope the plums may fall to skinner Jones
Cooper.
Joseph Robes OF Tampa is now picking his
crop OF oranges, He expects to pick and pack
about $50 boxes. They will 20 to Chicago
direct to the exposition grounds and Mr..
Robes expects to get high prices for them.
he is thinking about going on in person to
sell thCm. 1t is his practice to leave the fruit
on his trees late and in consequence they
bloom late. Last season the bulk of the crop
along Nebraska avenue was sold at 40 cents
to 80 cents per box on the trees, while his late
crop brought him 81 10 per box net on the
trees. The year before he Melted 81 IS per
box on the tree. He expects to get for his
present crop at least 81 per box.
At Mascotte on June q young man giving
his name as Patrick Ward entered the store
of I. Ruff and after making a few purchases
rendered in payment check for $50 50 on
Hon. Il. j. Hooks of Clermont. 1t was accepted
and having received his change the stranger
departed. shortly afterward It was dis
a 81 nlal "A var hold
forgery, Pursuit was at once made and the
man and his companion, who claims to be his
brother. were at last oVorhauled and taken
after lively chase Ward ut once acknOwl-
edged his guilt and Immediately gave up the
goods he had gotten and the balance of the
money. He said that his brother was per-
fectly innocent and took all the blame on
himself. The forgcr seemed very penitent
and wept bitterly. He claims his home to be
in Georgia and that this was his first criminal
offenso, He says 1t was induced by sickness
and his inability to secure work. They were
both held until Deputy Sheriff Terry came
and took them to Tavares.
A new company has been organized to re-
move muck and similar deposits from the bed
of the Withlacoochee river and it's tributaries.
The name OF the corporation is the Central
Peninsular Muck Mining and Development
Company. Its principal place Of business
Will be Tampa. The capital stock is $50 600
and the franchise secured from the state runs
for twenty years. The object is to remove
submerged or unsubmergCd muck but their
charter does not interfere with the rights of
private individuals along the river who are
removing muck for their own use. The state
will receive a royalty on all muck. etc, re-
moved by this company, At a meeting on
Saturday last the incorporators got together
and formed temporary organization, elect
ing DR.. w. 5. Turner of Inverness president
and Charles A. Finley of Lake City secretary
! The company now has one steamer engaged
! in getting out muck and preparing it for mar
| ltet. Col. Lamont Bailey is connected with
! the organization, and believes that they have
brilliant prospects for success.