The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-22

/ out TO Raglan by the Chicago house. Four
cars of meat are involved in this matter,
| from first to last, and it is four-cornered
affair and so badly mixed that the Herald
will not undertake-to unravel it.
FLORIDA.
Fishermen complainof a scarcity
of fish.
Apalachicola needs a sash, door
and blind factory.
The residence of Augustin Orihuiela
Saturday night and 81 in money and pair
of bracelets valued at SOS stolen from a
trunk.
During the fiscal year ending May 1st,
1898, there were one hundred and thirty.
five real estate transfers within the cor
pOrate limits of the city of Orlando,
many of which were heavy ones,
A good many cigarmakers are out of
work The closing down of Ellinger's fac
tory and small forces in other factories is
the reason. The business depression in the
country at large causes slack orders.
At Key West F'ridsy Yrineo Coballega
Sent A Bullet Through His Brain Cold
In Death When Found Dependency from
Being out of work was the probable cause
a letter to his sweetheart end one to friend
were left by the suicide.
The fruit and vegetable growers conven-
ton, which is called to meet at Jackson
vile to day by ex-senator Delano of Volu-
sia county, will probably bring together
quite number of the best known and
largest growers in the state.
Orange county has fifteen public schools
for the free education of the colOred youth.
The operation of these schools costs the
county S5,5l3.S7 annually. The colored pro-
perty holders pay less than $500 into this
school fund annually. The white people pay
the rest.
Bail was fixed by the commissioner in
the sum of $4,000 in each case. No attempt
was made by Buford TO furnish bondsmen
and he was returned TO jail, Judge Swayne
will probably make some order in Buford's
case tomorrow night on his arrival at
Pensacola.
The election to incorporate Palmetto
came off Tuesday, and resulted in the
election Of the following officers: For
mayor, Pete Harlie for marshal. J. j.
Wright; for clerk; G. A. McNeal; for aid
ermen, j. X. Parrish, j. w. Hendrix, S.
S. Lamb, DR.. NJ. B Harrison, r. f. Willis,
j. j. Haley, and T. A. Mitchell.
The Marine Engineers of Apalachicola
met on last Monday evening at w. 0.
Pickens' office and organized themselves
into a Mutual Benft Association by
follows: E. B. Smith, chairman Geo. w.
Witham, treasurer; w. f. Farley, seer
etary. There are about Is members so far.
A charter has been applied for.
Sunday night all of the mules belonging
to the Alabama Coal andCoke company of
Jacksonville, broke out of their pen and in
short time were scattered all over the
city. Monday morning all of them re-
turned, except two of the finest ones in
the bunch, which have not yet been heard
OF. The mules are valued at $500 each and
may be in the hands of some one who has
done the contscating act.
The work of laying the track on the
Pensacola, Alabama and Tennessee rail-
road is being vigorously pushed between
Millview and Muscogee. Lately the work
has been somewhat delayed by an accident
to the trestle over Eleven Mile creek, but
that has been repaired and saturday night
information was received at Pensacola
that the construction train reached Hen
rietta Springs Saturday.
r, E. B. Buford, who surrendered him
self to sheriff Wilkins q few days since as
the slayer of Deputy Marshal L'Estrange
in Sumpter county, was given a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Tunison at Pensacola Saturday afternoon
on the charge of violating the postal laws
by sending through the mails postal cards
upon which improper matter was written,
to Gen. Coulter and the late Secretary
Windon of the treasury department at
Washington.
Pensacola News Sincesour last quos
tations we have to note that there is little,
if any, timber on the market. The stock on
hand is held by the pitch pine merchants
here. The entire supply, excepting limited
number of pieces, is owned by Messrs. H.
Bars Co. Themanufacturers have nearly
all shut down for the season, and the only
available supply consist largely of Messrs.
Bars holdings, and none is likely to be
on the market for some time to come the
refore no quotations to record.
The preliminary meeting will be held in
the parlors of the Carleton hotel, and the
growers and all others who desire to attend
it-are requested to go to the Carleton
Immediately on arriving in the city.
The meeting. is for the purpose ofdiscuss-
ing all g'Iestions relating to the fruit and
vegetable industries of the state. and par
ticularly that of marketing the pro-
ducts whether to sell them at home for
cash, instead of dIsposing of the same
through the present commission-house
and auction-house methods
| Key West Pennant, A gentleman of
this city is considering the project of
establishing an extensive sheep ranch on
one of the keys, with the object of raising
mutton for the Key West market. The
| project has been tried before, but proved
failure. The gentleman alluded to
! believes however, that by getting good
! breed of mutton sheep from Cuba and by
! paying proper attention to them the bust
ness could be made to pay enormously,
/ the high price of mutton in Key West
| being taken into consideration. The sheep
would have no more formidable enemy on
! the keys than raccoons, which might cap
ture an occasional lamb and in the nature
of things should Ue free from epidemic
/ diseases. The project on its face appears
TO be feasible one,
Barlow Progress: Friday morning at
/ 630 O'Clock, while Col Fred Lewis,
manager of the Foot Commercial Phos-
1 phate Company's works, situated about
four miles from Barlow, was driving leis-