The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-24

principle involved is whether a bank or a de-
positor owns a check which has been depos-
TIED with the bank in the regular course Of
deposits.
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A Marion county trucker is preparing to
plant 100000 cabbage.
The average daily catch Of roe mullet at
The work of building the new hotel at Inver-
ness will begin soon.
The principal portion of the orange crop in
the Manatee section has been shipped
The new Loehmore hotel at Green Cove
Springs. is about completed and will be
opened soon.
A wild turkey was killed one day last week
near DeFuniak Springs, with a beard meas
uring eleven inches.
1t is said that excursion trains will be run
from Ohio points to Gainesville this winter.
The first train will arrive in a few weeks.
1t is reported that race has been arranged
between the two best horses in Alachua
county to take place in sixty days at either
Ocala or Orlando.
j. D. Grange, of Northern New York, has
leased the Oakland hotel at Green Cove
Springs and will open it this week for tour
lists and travellers.
Judge Christian Black has sold half inter
est in his patent wrench to parties in Green
Cove Springs and is having some models
made in Jacksonville.
The store of Frank Darling on Hyde Park
avenue, at Tampa was entered Wednesday
night and small quantity of cigars, cigar
cites, tobacco and pipes were taken.
This week the Seabroke brick yard, at Or
mond, will be ready to commence making
brick. A mill has been finished and set up,
which will turn out II 900 brick per day.
A young man named Erickson, who was
employed by James Elliott in the commissary
department at Jupiter was drowned last Fri
day. His body was recovered the next day.
AT St. Augustine Thursday, William Hall,
accused of robbing George Myers g. Co. g
store, had preliminary hearing before JUS
tfce Forward, and In default of $500 bail was
committed to Jail
John Blackshear got on a rampage at Inver-
ness Thursday night last, and came near cut
ting Deputy Sheriff Williams with a knife
Blackshear was finally landed in jail with a
Winchester wound in his head.
Inverness has daily railroad communica-
tion with Tampa and Savannah, being di-
rectly on the through line of the Plant sys-
tenn between the two points. This gives in
creased mail and travelling facilities
High Springs has been selected as the
northern terminus of the South Florida rail
road. This news is reliable and settles the
long agitated question. High Springs and
Santa Fe Junction were the competing points
The postofice building at Bronson was
broken into Friday night by breaking the
hinges Of one of the windows. The loss is
not more than % cents. The intention of the
thief was to secure money alone, as no stamps
or envelopes or postal cards were taken.
Cordele Cordelean: Business in Cordele
seems to be reviviDg rapidly. New citizens
are coming in evecy week. More business
houses and dwellings are needed for rent
We know of several merchants from other
places who have tried and failed to get suita-
BILE store rooms within the last few weeks.
Barlow Courier Informant: Capt w. s.
Warner, OF the Florida Mining and Chemical
Company came home on Sunday last from
New York for "a few days He is meeting with
great success in enlisting capital in his en-
terprise, and has increased the capital stock
OF his company from S2O0. 900 to 81 100000. He
will leave again for northern cities on Satur-
day.
postoffce has been established in Fort
Brooke. Tampa, and h. II. ClinkscaleS has re-
ceived the appointment and his commission
as postmaster A building has been rented
near the South Florida depot in YLor City,
Just across the line in Fort Brooke, and the
supplies are expected to arrive from Wash
ington by Jan. l, when the office will be
opened.
Fernandina News: Deputy Sheriff Higgin-
botham returned yesterday from Charlton
county, Ga, where he went to arrest Louis
FLOYD. a white man, on warrant issued out
of Justice court at billiard and made re-
turnahle to county Judge charging him with
breaking and entering the store OF George
LaFortune. After walk of twenty five
miles, without food the deputy found his
man and brought him to Fernandina.
Chuluota and Geneva people can now hon+
mob with each other at pleasure, owing to the
recent erection of the Owen Simmons bridge
across the EkOnlOckhatchte river, midway
between the places named. 1t brings the
two towns o good seven miles nearer each
other than formerly. When Sanford puts on
the lighter across the outlet of Lake Jesup,
on the new Sanford and Geneva road, 1t will
bring Chuluota within seventeen miles OF
Sanford or two miles less than the distance
between Oviedo and Sanford by rail.
Steve williams was "held up" Thursday
afternoon seven miles from Ocala, and re-
lieyed OF S47 in cash an Overcoat and hat by
Alex Holt, at the mouth OF winchester. AS
soon as Steve could get to town he informed
the sheriff. The robbery was done in lonely
spot in the woods. Williams had been work
ing at Citra, and Holt knew he had the money,
for he induced Williams to go to Cotton Plant
and 90 into the meat business with hin. This
fell through and as Williams was returning
Holt overlook him on horseback with the re-
suit as stated.
Pensacola News: About D. m. Thursday
evening seventeen tramps in body reported
at the police station and asked for shelter and
food during the night. Some OF these men
are quite intelligent and their appearance in
dicates that they have seen better days.
They claim that they are seeking employ
ment and were making their way to East and
South Florida, but when they reached Jne
railroad bridge over Escambia bay the watch
man refused to allow them to cross. They
were admitted at the station for the night,
and it was said by the officers that Mayor An
derson would endeavor to get Supt, salt
marsh to have them put across the bridge.
The state chemist is now engaged on a
work that cannot but be very beneficial to the
orange industries of the state. In general
the idea is to have all the different varieties
analyzed their proportions OF saccnarlne
matter, food properties etc, tully ascer-
tanned. and also, what particular food the diff
ferent kinds require. II is decided, also, to
get samples Of the same varieties grown on
different soils so that the difference as to
growth and proportion of different plant foods
In diTerent soils, and under varying condl-
tions OF culture. may be fully ascertained- In
a word. il is designed to give the orange
grovyers the fullest information as to the
Growth and most profitable conditions under
Se..hirh Z, c1ll fIraf e This pnlden fruit.