The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-28
VAN HoUTEN,s COCOA.


the contemplated improvements at Port Tampa
is completed and will be lowed to that point
when settled weather arrives.
A man passed through Lake City last week
with team which he had driven from the In
dian Territory. He was bound for Polk county,
and had been ffty-four days on the way.
The Barlow Courier is making a vigorous
kick against property holders who have been
selling some of the best resident lots IN the
town to negroes, and characterlzes such action
as "a huge blunder," calculated to hurt the
place.
The extensive cigar manufacturing firm OF
Barreto, Luis & 90. at Ocaa has been dissolved.
A. I. Herrera and Mrs Juliana + Barretto
have retired The incorporators of the new
company which bears the old name. consist OF
D. Barreto, Estaban Luis, E. W. Agnew, II. l..
Anderson and A. Mcintyre.
A lady now spending the winter at Tampa
was over at St. Petersburg few days ago, and
on her return to Tampa she discovered that she
had lost a valuable package Of jewels on the
trip. She offers a reward of 81 900 and no ques-
tions asked for their return to the Almeria
hotel. IL is believed that the package was lost
and not stolen
The committee appointed by the state super
intendent of education to select three sutt8bl
persons for the next school board of Jack son
county met at the court house with County
superintendent Woodbridge on last Saturday and
selected the following persons Dr.. Theo
West of Mariana, !. 2. King of Sneads and j.
t. Whitaker of Completion.
The Consumers Electric Light and Street
Railway Company Of Tampa has made most
liberal proposition to the city. The company
agrees, If the city will build truck that can be
run on its track which hose reels can be car,
ried, that it will ia OF fire carry said truck,
with hose and firemen, 70 the point on its lines
nearest the fire free of all cost.
At Kssimmee Saturday the city election was
quiet, the voters being principally taxpayers.
Many good results are expected from the now
officers during the coming year, who were
elected as follows Mayor, X. D. Beggs; clerk
/ r i
treasurer, J. NJ. Wilson, Jr.; marshal, John Nc
Platter; aldermen, G. A. Carson, l. P. Hughey,
John NJ Lee.
o. T. Wilson and G. C. Todd Of Inverness have
made application 70 the United States patent
office for a most complete buggy and wagon
hub. 1t is entirely sand proof, and does away
with the tap on the end of the axle At the
same time the invention retains in the axle box
the grease in a clear state, free from dust and
sand. u, T. Wilson is the inventor, and Mr..
Todd has purchased half interest in the patent.
a number of the democrats of Ybor
City have formed q political organization under
the title of the Ybor City Democratic AssociR-
ton. 1t starts off with large and strong
membership. and bids fair to become an infu-
entail institution The objects of the association
are announced to be the social, moral and pO-
litical advancement of its members and the pro
lection Of them in the exercise OF their voting
franchise.
Jode Holloway, John Bell and Seth Calhoun
we're dangerously and perhaps fatally wounded
at Fort White Saturday night. They were re-
turning home, and when about 200 yards from
the depot they were met by man supposed to
be negro who spoke to them and immediately
commenced shooting with a Winchester. All
three were shot through the body. Drs.
w. J. Berry and W. K. Grower are attend
ing the wounded men.
Work on the new cigar factories at West
Tampa is being pushed. The walls of the sub
stantial story brick building of Eninger &
Son are up and the roof is being put on. The
frames for the Collins and for the Sneal & Co
factories
Co hope to be operating their factory in
their building within three weeks. Sew
eral store buildings and dozens Of cottages are
being erected contiguous TO the factories.
A negro was arrested at Grand Ridge on last
Friday charged with shooting at Monroe Nc
Mullen, and, after preliminary hearing was
dispatched on the special train Saturday mora
ing in the custody of Mat Wester to be com
mitted TO jail at MaTianna. When the train
reached Cypress, the negro, who had been in
securely tied succeeded in freeing himself
overpoWered his guard, wrenched the guard 5
pistoL from him, jumped off the train and es-
capped
At Orlando the crack pool players INDUCED in
match game Friday night at Metcalf & Will
Jams bar for q purse. Not satisfied with the
purse, they bet various sums the different
games, and were arrested and brought before
the mayor. They pleaded guilty, whereupon they
were fined $50 each The sheriff has since ar
rested one of them and is looking for the other
The legal minds are divided as to whether they
can be guilty of gambling under the statute by
playing pool for money.
AT a special meeting of the chamber of com
merce held at Fernandina Friday to consider
the subject of Nassaus exhibit at the world s
fair, Chairman Hoyt, of the board of county
commissioners, made request that the cham
Der take charge of steps necessary to bring out
the best possible exhibit to represent the III
terests of the county. To this end Messrs Bur
chardl, Hoyt and Lukenbill were designated q
committee to confer with regard to the ex-
hibtt and report at a meeting next week
Capt. W. @. Zimmerman, clerk of the circuit
court of Citrus county, has received the ap-
pointment a member of the religious ad-
vsory council, which will meet at the world q
exposition in Chicago for the purpose of har-
moniztng the numerous views upon the great
and all important subject of religion to man.
kind. This organization calls for representa-
tives from all nations. and will meet as the
worlds parliament, There are number OF
gentlemen of Citrus county whose names will
be mentioned for membership of this organiza
ton. This religious parliament will convene al
Chicago on Sept. II, and will run through tc
Sept. 81. Subjects of great Importance will be
discussed, and no doubt there will be some OF
the greatest orators and divines who will take a
very prominent part In the programme which
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