The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-21

no witnesses TO the killing, il is believed
if the negro now in Carolina knew who
slew the officer he must be the murderer
himself and after committing the deed
fed for safety over the river.
FLORIDA
The saw mill in connection with the
Paradise fertilizer factory at Gainesville,
will soon be in operation.
In eight years cocoanut grove in Flor
ida can be made to bear; coCOauuts bring
good money, and the cost of culture is not
very great.
The last of the White Niagara grapes
have been shipped from Moultrie The
crop will probably average Sl.5O per crate
of % pounds.
Peace u Booths warehouse at Barlow
was burned few days ago. The insur-
,ance is -, 500; $500 on the building and
s., 900 on the stock.
G. T Scott viii soon commence the
erection of a new hotel in Island Grove,
in Alachua county The new building
will be located on the site where the old
hotel which was burned few days since
was situated.
w. B. Mackinson s. Co, of Kissimmee
have made an assignment to r.. 5. Row
land, of Orlando. Mr. Rowland gave a
S20,0 bond, and went to Kissimmee to
take charge of the FIRMS affairs. Some
claim that phosphate specuations, others
that the Kissimmee bank failure was the
caus eof the collapse.
Late Tuesday afternoon, upon a war
rant sworn out by Henry Russ, VIM. Bar
Der was arrested near Zellwood by con-
stable JnO. w. Mcdonald and taken to
Orlando and jailed to await appearance
before Solicitor Newell to-day, when
evidence will be heard preparatory to
filing information in the criminal court.
Barber is said TO have two living wives,
hence the complication
j. j. Cross, superintendent of Wheel
wright & Cos single mill at Fernandina,
says that last week they turned out from
10000 to $4,000 shingles per day, and on
Saturday they beat the record by cutting
10000 shingles in one DAY. They are now
filling an order for 500 600 A vessel is
expected this week which win take the
cargo. They are turning out more shing-
les than ever before since the erection Of
the mill,
p. S. Hathcox, of Jonesville, has discov-
cred a clue to the inCendiary who set fire
TO his barn and carriage house, and rob
bed his store recently. MIR. Hathcox had
a counterfeit quarter of a dollar which
he had kept in his cash drawer for num-
Der of years, which was made Of lead and
HISS
ing from the cash drawer on the morning
of the fire and Mr.. Hathcox advertised
for it, 1t was returned Monday by man
who claims he obtained il from q colored
man named Wesley Hail
On Friday morning at the J. T. & X
w shops at PalatlIa Ed GAY,
nier, boiler maker, was exam
lining the front OF locomotive
boiler on the inside. The engine was
steamed and the foreman, unconscious of
Mr.. Gayuier's presence in the front, open
ed the valves, which let through the
steam. O Mr. Gaynier was severely scald.
ed, principally about the chest, and had Il
be taken to his room, when DIR. w. II
Cyrus was summoned. He is resting EASY
and the chance for his recovery is very
favorable.
At Tallahassee, Wednesday. in the case
of the state VS.. the Black River PhOs
phate Company, the supreme court
reversed the decree of the circuit court
Justices Raney and Taylor holding thai
the company must pay for all the ph0s
phate taken by it out on the waters OF
Black creek, while the act of June Z, 1887
was in force at prices prescribed by thai
act, and for all phOsphates taken subse
quently to the passage of the act of June
9, 1891, at the price fixed by il. Justice
Mabry confines the right of the state tC
recovery for the phosphates taken subse
quent to the approval of the act of 1891 al
prices prescribed by it, A large number
of Jacksonville people are involved in this
suit.
Al the operatives of Sanchez &
Haya's cigar factory at Tampa went ont
on a strike Wednesday. The trouble is
the same as that which caused the strike
in this factory about two months ago
the employment by Mr. Haya of men
who do not belong to the cigar-makers'
union. During the similar trouble in the
factory two months ago the non-uuion
men were stoned by the strikers when
they made their appearance on tie street.
and TO prevent recurrence of this de-
tail of i've policemen escort them to and
rom the factory The factory is in good
shape to stand long strike, as they have
a large stock Of goods on hand and or
ders are now very dull. It is hoped how
ever, that the matter viii soon be set
tied and that the men will return TO
work.
Tuesday night seizure was made OF
the Jacksonville, Mayport and Pablo rail
road property by those who claim the
ownership of the line, and temporarily
the operation OF the line will be discon
tinued. Some time ago the courts of lui-
cation decided the question of proprietor.
ship, and the incomplctod sections Of the
line were finished and pavilieus were
built and grounds were laid out at the
seaside terminal. Excursions have been
run, and the public has been pleased with
the management of the road Whether
or not this seizure of property was lawful
remains to be seen but on its face il
seems most unlikely and the probabilities
are that test case after trial will deliver
into permanent holding all that the com
pany which finished the road claims tC
itself Burnside can be made q most pop
ular resort, and with an unexcelled beach
which II now has, and a good hoetl soon &c
be built, there will be no spot on the east
coast Offering greater inducements to vlsi
tors.