The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-29

II Is now bringing 81 30 on board cars at the
/ mines. Phosphate men say that the month
| OF May will witness the largest shipments OF
| phosphate ever sent out OF the state.
During the months of January, February
| and March the shipments of Florida phos
! phate amounted to 50 $50 tons: Of this AZ l3t
/ tOhS hard rock, or more than tWO-thlrds, was
| shipped through the port OF Fernandina.
! \. j. knight has bought the opera house at
! Tampa from John O. Ball and will immedt
| ately have the building torn down and use the
| lumber in the construction Of block Of fine
/ stores on his lot at the corner of Franklin and
/ Fortune streets.
Newton Stewart a wellto-do farmer living
/ near Mascotte, committed suicide last Satur-
/ Gay morning by cutting his throat with a
/ razor. He lived only a short time after com
/ hitting the act. His mind had been deranged
| for several months.
| DR.. Einar Lonnberg Of Orlando now has
! twenty-three different kinds Of Florida snakes
OF which only five are Venomous. He says
! that neither the black spreading adder
tHeterodon Platerhynus) or the spotted Oh.
Sinus are venomOus.
The Florida orange crop this season will
probably be the largest ever known. The
trees are now in blossom, and are so full Of
bloom that should only half of them mature
the trees would not hold the fruit without con
siderable propping and bracing.
The salaries Of the city officials of DeLand
have all been cut down. The marshals sal
AIRY has been cut from 5000 to $3.50 per year;
the clerk from $50 to $50; treasurer. $50 to
$3.50; city attorney, $50 TO 500. The city
engineer, an Office just created, viii receive
$500 year.
News was received at Key West Saturday
that Richard Roberts. mate 81 the spOnging
schooner John White, which has been out
from that port for several weeks. killed
man named Coons at Cedar Key last week by
striking him on the head with an oar and
fracturing his skull Coons was a son of the
former lightkeeper Of EgmOut Key, and was
carpenter by trade.
n o. fort IN tho mart If cprfnin p1ncaf Qrg IL
now in progress toward Offering inducements
10 secure the state Normal College. now To-
Gated at DeFuniak Springs. The offer comes
in the shape OF four acres Of land improved
with fine Chautauqua building, erected eK-
presSly for such purposes. a cottage and
large restaurant and 5000 in money. The
location will be Lake Weir.
An election was called at Eustis a month
ago for April - to take "a vote of the people
on whether Eustis should become a school
subdistrtct or not, and a caucus was called
and held on April 81 to nominate three trus-
tees II such should be the wish Of the people
At that caucus the nominees were Moses j.
Taylor, republican; B. Edwards democrat
and +. N. Horton, democrat The election
Saturday went by default and Eustls will not
be subdistrict.
At Orange City many persons continue the
irrigation of their gardens, and the irrigated
groves are holding good crop OF navel
oranges. j. a.. Barron, an orange grower Of
much experience, is Of the opinion that the
crop OF navels on his grove will. if they re
main on, pay the expense Of piping and cost
of water this year and he attributes the hold
ing Of the fruit thus far entirely to the use Of
the water II irrigation will make navel trees
bear it will be great boon TO that section.
The alligator business has not proved as
lucrative the past season as formerly. and this
falling off in the great Florida commodity is a
surprise to the cOuntrymen who have been
supplying the dealers. J. r. Hewitt, the tax
idermist and jeweler on Hogan street at
Jacksonville. saws a year ago he prepared
nj
that many hundreds. He intends, however,
to begin work on the saurian again in the lat
ter part OF the summer and is now laying in
stock
Tuesday night H. NJ Tinis who arrived
at Tampa year ago and opened
a grocery and cracker store, gave a
bill of sale to the Gulf National Bank
to secure drafts Of about 81 700 due this
week. Representatives of Jacksonville and
New Orleans houses CHANGED to be in town
and about noon learned of it. The repre-
sentative OF J. & NJ. SChwabaCher Qimited)
at once attached the stock for Sl0,321 II;
Philip Nagele $3.50 80; William p. Sumner of
Jacksonville S43i 49, Southern Rolling Mills
S2l6 the George p. Plant Milling Company
1858 30. $ A. Edwards Of New Orleans $40
The sheriff is now in possession. Tillis claims
to have sunk 5000 in cash some local
creditors are left. The question is now
whether the bill Of sale or the attachment
will win.
George Alexander Walker, one of the pris-
oners in the county jail at Orlando under in
dictment for the murder of Louis Marot is
either lunatic or pretty good actor He is
of rather frail constitution, and for several
days recently has been quite sick and under
the treatment of DR.. Hicks, the county ply
stefan. All along he has shown symptoms of
lunacy whether assumed or not is not known
and late Wednesday evening DR.. Hicks went
round to give him some medicine and when
he started into the cell Walker seized broom
and bucket and fought him back. Deputy
Sheriff Gordon came to the doctors assist
ance, but the two could not without
a personal encounter, do anything with
the prisoner. Finally it was de-
termlned to scare him into sub
mission, so Mr.. Gordon retired to the lobby,
put blank cartridge into his pistol went to
Walkers cell door and told him that if he did
not give up and lie down he would be com
PEELED to kill him Even this did not have
the desired effect, so it was agreed by Dr.
Hicks and Mr. Gordon that the latter should
ire into the cell with the blank cartridge and
then oVerpOwer the prisoner while under ex-
element and blinded by smoke This
procedure had the desired effect. Walker was
so dazed by the report of the pistol and
blinded by the smoke that he became an easy
captive and was thrown down and hanGcuffed
before he recovered from the excitement. He
was then given the necessary medical at
tention.