The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-09

played Joke on him!
FLORIDA
! A gin and grist mill is being talked Of for Ma
rianns.
| F. Dexter has opened general merchandise
| store at Lochloosa.
| The Cuban citizens OF Ocala will celebrate the
| anniversary Of Cuban freedom at Martl City
next Monday night.
| A. J. Tusley of Gainesville is making ar
| ranEements for exhibiting his patent car
| coupler at the worlds fair.
Tho gas plant at Gainesville will soon change
/ hands. Negotiations are now pending between
| the present owners and firm in that city.
Bill Hays, a negro in the employ Of w. Eston
| Hope OF Brooksyille, was kicked by horse last
| week. The horse kicked him in the eye lie
! died few hours afterward.
| The Ocala Cycle Club was granted the priv
| lege of using the base bail park at the exposi-
| ton for a race track, and work will begin at
once to perfect one OF the finest grounds in the
state.
| St. Augustine Neics: The SAVANNAH News is
one of the best daily papers published in this
| country. 1t now reaches us before noon and is
the best paper published for residents Of Florida
| to read.
The state and county tax books closed Mon
| day. The collections were about as usual and
| delinquent taxes will now be collected by legal
| process. Taxpayers, however, can save trou-
| Bile and expense by calling on the clerk or the
! circuit court and settling Gt once.
| A large real estate deal was closed at st. Au-
! gustipe Friday. c. T. Hopkins Jr., acting as
agent for Henry P. Kingsland sold to John
| Donovan Of Far Rockaway, L. l., the cele-
| brated Kingsland property on Sau Marco av-
enue. The consideration was $1,000.
| Capt. John F. Horr o. Key West will have
his plant put in time to his crop OF pIIe-
| apples, watch is a little late. capt HOrr says
| that his ZINES are doing finely in spite OF the
| drought, though the fruit will be rather smaller
| than it would lave been with more rain.
Charles Fisher was a fisher for oysters in the
| employment OF ". H. Adams a. Tampa. Some
weeks ago Fisher took Adams boat and made
| for ports unknown. Tuesday Mr.. Adams re-
| ceived q telegram from Cedar Key stating that
| Fisher and the boat we're there. Papers were
taken out in Judge Harrson's court and he was
arrested.
| Jess Dugan has sold his Hyde Park residence
to his brother Ned. who. after looking over the
| field, was we'll pleased with Tampa to be
| willing to pay handsome advance on the prop
| eFty. Jess Dugen will occupy the premises I'M
| til fall, wnen his brother will come down from
| Ohio and they viii engage in business together
| at Tampa.
| James Il. Wells took out distress warrant in
| Judge Harrson's court at Tampa Thursday
against the Tampa Street Railway Company.
The action was brought to recover rents on
| certain lot which has been occupied with wood
| by the company near Mr.. Wells establishment
at the South Florida depot The writ is made
returna0le on April Il.
The West Florida presbytery convened at
Mariana last Thursday and held four days
| session. Tbs followin gentlemen were elected
to represent che presbytery in the gen raj as
sembly which meets IN Macon, Ga, IN May:
Rev. J. NJ. Bradshaw Rev. W. II, Crane, alter
nate; Ruling Elder George Reese, priDcipal rep
| resentatiye; Ruling Elder r. Lewis alternate
Injunction suits have been filed by the Ocala
Electric Light and Power Company against
| MessTs Pearson and Anderson, the owners OF
/ the exposition property, ana against W. E.
Nix and j. W. Gates, restraining the sale and
| removal OF the machinery at the exposition
dc alaivra
| chlnery by purchase from the Mansfield Ma
! chine Company, while MessrS. Pearson and
! Anderson claim title to it under their deeds
| from E. ". Agnew and D. c. W Smith. The
| machinery was sold last Monday to w. E. Nix
| by Pearson and the light and power company
| has prevented the removal by injunction.
| On Wednesday night q dozen men with
| masked face and heavily armed with rifles, went
| to the Ybor City pound and forced Officer Haw-
| kinson to hold up his hands. Then they broke
| open the pound and took OUT two cows that had
! been impounded there. After doing they
| left with the COWS Shortly before the occur
! other direction. and are supposed to have been
fired by these men in order to draw away the
officer, but the effort was not successful Mayor
Salomonson IS much worked up over the occur
renee, and will endeavor to put O stop to the Sc
| oJtrages and brooches of the public peace, that
are becoming so alarmngly frequent. The
owner OF ons OF the COWS is known.
W. H Kendrick Of Tampa is in bad luck. He
| has the contract for putting in the new power
| plant out at the Hathaway old mill for the
! Consumers Electric Light and Power Company.
He Reve out q subcontrsct with specifications to
some maSons. Tney reported a certain portion
| of the work completed and Mr. Kendrick went
| out to inspect it. lie walked over some OF the
masonry that was to have been put in as solid
foundation for resting heavy machinery on. Il
| seemed to shake and he tried it and found It
gave way, 80 he dug into il, and, to his utter
| astonishment, found they bad worked one OF
| the most outrageous fakes on him Instead OF
| 10 down EOlldlE "a
only built brick shell work and filled it in with
| sand nr. Ksndrick mentioned the master to
one OF the subcontraotors, when an alteration
| TOOK place, IN which MIR. kendrick floored his
man. When he got up no ATTEMPTED to strike
| with an ak, but this time MIR. Kendrck stood
him off with So
| Key West PennGnt: Many OF our citizens
| will recall DR.. Glenuon and his wife who were
bright society people here few years ago The
doctor is q Washington boy ami after gradua-
ting at the United States marine hospital serv-
ice was stationed at the marine hospital
here for some years. He was one Of the most
genial, ovable of men and his vito, who was a
daughter of the distinguished Kenneth Rayner
| of North Carolina, was an eccentric but very
| attractive lady. They had interesting
| family. The doctor was finally ordered to the
| North Pacific coast and disappeared from view.
But now how changed the scene. Dr.. Glennon
| has been put on waiting orders at Sapelo stat
| ion in a state of health and mental condition
thnt forebodes his retirement, possibly, from
! the service, and his wife, divorced from him. is
| a clerk in the surgeon generals office at
| Washington. This reads like irony on human
] pride and aspirations. but life is made up so
! frequently Of mishaps that the sad stories
| rather prepare US for what may come next.
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