The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-31
FLORIDA

One day last week over 900 crates Of vege-
tables were shipped from Manatee river and
Terra Ceia bay points. These represent from
s. to "a crate, and thus mean from $1,000 up
to the growers
c. B. Lloyd. the president of the Gulf Ma
tional Bank OF Tampa, which closed Tuesday,
was also president of the Brunswick State
Bank. and the recent failure of that bank
stated
Ramon Silva, cigarmaker, and Domingo
Valdez, merchant. were drowned Sunday
night while fording on horseback the mouth
OF Six Mile creek, near Tampa. The bodies
were recovered. Both men were prominent
Cubans of Ybor City.
At Brooksville the other day as the work
men were tearing of the roof of the store
house occupied by Cook & Jennings, they
came across an old account book which dated
back as far as 1860. The book once belonged
to the firm of Hope Wall
Sanchez s Haya Of Tampa report trade
looking up little with them. They are turn
ing out about 100000 cigars a week Last
week they shipped about 10000 They now
have on hand about $50, 600 cigars. Last week
they also shipped 20 bales of tobacco.
Hon. William n Sheats, state superintend-
ent OF public instruction, is expected to make
an address to the graduating class of the
Duval high school at Jacksonville, and pre-
sent 10 them their diplomas at the commence
ment exercises in the opera house tomorrow
night.
Tuesday afternoon the 2-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. A. Jeffords of Brooksville
was out playing and wandered down by the
lake, which was near the house. In playing
around in the shallow water at the edge OF the
lake, it fell down and was unable to get up.
The water was not foot deep at that place,
but was sufficiently deepto drown the little
one.
A slightly better feeling prevailed in the
timber market at Pensacola during the past
week There was no perceptible increase in
the demand, but there seemed to be a feeling
among shippers that the bottom had been
reached and there was "a slight rebound in
prices The transactions during the week
were small. and at the close of business Sat
urday sawn timber at Ferry Pass was quoted
on basis Of l04 cents, according to average
and quality.
fruit schooner from Jamaica with cargo
of pineapple plants, is living of the bar at st.
Augustine. Its consignee is in town arrang-
ing for railway TRANSPORTATION for the cargo
as the captain of the vessel will not try to
enter the lower inletS without guarantee Of
sufficient water to float the schooner. The
plants are for planters south of Cocoa. and
will have TO go from there south by rail. If
the canal was cut through from the MatanzaS
the cargo could be distributed among smaller
craft and delivered to the several destinations
with much less cost and trouble than by rail
Alarge number of the fruit growers Of Es-
Gambia county met at Pensacola
Saturday. J. V. Dansby was unanimously
elected permanent president and Il, M. Will
ldIilS StCIGLdTSs tOufIebn IfQlI growers pres
ent signed the roll of membership. On motion
Dennis Burns, John A. Kirkpatrick and J. Il.
stone were appointed a committee to inVesti-
gate freight rates. correspond with wholesale
commission houses and find out the best
methods of shipping fruit. The association
viii hold another meeting next Saturday. The
association; when fully organized will Co
operate with the chamber of commerce in the
establishment at Pensacola of u canning
factory.
Orlando Reporter: The presence of Uncle
! Jake Summerlin in tine city, brings to mind
his liberal offer to the city council touching a
/ drive and park around Lake EOla He offered
at one time to deed to the city a strip of sixty
! feet the entire circuit of the lake upon the
CONDITION that driveway be built sixty feet
| in width and shade trees set out around the
lake at intervals of thirty feet "a clay or shell
/ road some twenty feet wide to be placed in
the center OF the sixty feet. He says unless
| this oner Is accepted very soon he will sell
/ some lots abutttng on the lake. thus precluCi-
ing the possibility OF ever having the i'm
! provement spoken of. He paid $50 an acre
! for the lake and has been paying city taxes on
! it for years, besides having given the city
! some sixty acres in streets and now comes
! with this final offer.
Last Tuesday evening Dallas Marshall shot
/ and killed Peter Robinson, both colored and
netghbors, living about ten miles east of Fort
| White. Marshall surrendered to Justice r.
| c. Martin of the Seventh district Wednesday
/ morning and made the following statement:
| Peter Robinson has been making threats 10
| kill me for some time and told several persons
| he would do so on sight A few DAYS ago he
/ wentinto field whore he thought ! was at
| work, but was not there. He told "a man
| tuesday that he would kill me before dark
| About dark he came to my house, called me
! and went to the door and opened it, AS |
did so he fired, but missed me l fired at
once and hit him. He turned his mule and
| started down the road. After going n few
/ yards he fell dead Why Pete tried to kill
| me don't know; some of the parties Pete
! told he would kill me may know / killed
O m lyi1 q 8
! was guilty, or could not prove that / did SO
! to save my life, l wouldn't you know. come
! and give myself up 20 the law" Justice Mar
/ tin held an inquest over the body of Robin.
son Wednesday. The jury returned a yer.
dict of justihable homicide and the prisoner
was discharged.