The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-13

Friday two houses and barn owned by G.
H. Breedlove were burned at Plant City.
Two Cubans were arrested in Tampa Fri
day for having and operating counterfeit
money machines in Key West.
Andrew Corbett is in Jail in St. Augustine
for robbing guests of the Ocean View hotel
He is white man and a stranger.
The Tampa Street Railway and Power Com
pany has been placed in the hands of re-
ceiver, T. G. IaliaferrO being the man.
Gov Mitchell has issued requistion papers
to the sheriff of Bradford county on the gov
ernor Of Mississippi for Adolphus Richard.
Columbia county was visited by sharp,
white frost on Wednesday, which will tend to
ripen and sweeten the oranges on the trees.
The grading for the paving of Lemon street,
at Palatka, began Monday where the pave
ment ends in front of the Florida commercial
buildings
The College band at Lake City is making
rapid progress and its music will soon be a
feature of dress parade in the afternoons on
the campus
Hon. John r. Blocker, of Carrabelle, has
sentatives to accept the appointment OF
customs inspector under Mr.. Grady collector
of the port at Apalaehicola,
The average daily capacity Of Tilghman S
planning mill, at Palatka, is 10. 900 orange box
heads or 5000 complete boxes, and stin the
factory is taxed to its utmost to I'LL the con
stantly accommodating orders
After his two years pastorate in LakeCity,
Rev. j. A Castel, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, has been transferred to the
North Carolina conference, and left last week
for Wilmington, with his family.
The United States revenue cutter Bout
we'll which arrived at Jacksonville Sunday,
is hauled ont on the ways at South Jackson
vile, where she Will remain for about five
days undergoing repairs. The United States
revenue cutter McLane is expected in a few
days to undergo repairs.
}. Mortimer Murphy, the author OF several
works on American zane, field and general
sports. and Arthur Williams, the well
/ known sportsman and dealer in timber lands,
have been appointed the vice-prestdents for
Florida of the National Association for the
Protection of Land, Game and Fish.
! The De Soto county commissioners have
granted the authorities Of Arcadia permits.
| sion TO use prisoners confined in the county
/ jail under jail sentences 10 work the public
/ roads and streets. The roads in Arcadia are
/ badly cut up from heavy hauling and wash
! outs, and are much complained Of by country
1 people having business in Arcadia.
a capitalist in New York wrote to a banker
/ at Jacksonville last week that Fredericl X
! Ballou, prominent mining engineer Of that
! city, had been ordered to proceed from Cali
fOrnia to Florida, to begin an examination OF
! the proposed routes for the ship canal Mr.
I BallOu was In Florida last February, and
! went over the country through which the
/ canal will be constructed
! Pensacola News Several days ago an en-
! plOye at the quarantine station found on the
outer beach at Santa Rosa Island the lower
! hall Of the body of a white mal, that had
/ been washed up by the waves. The remains
! were badly de Composed and were buried as
/ quickly as possible. The mans pants re-
manned on his legs, but there was nothing
| about them by which he could be identified
| IL was gruesome find, and the suppositou
| Is that the unfortunate man had been killed
! by the propeller of q steamer which mac
| severed his body, or else that he was the vic.
TIM OF a monster shark.