The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-11

Negotiations are pending, which, If
successful, will give hisslmmec large
cigar factory.
At Orlando tho prospects are that the
guava crop in that section will be more
abundant than 1t promised TO be several
months since.
The Mary Disston has been libeled at
Tampa for about 300, She is out under
bond, but it Is rumored that she will be
libcled by other parties.
The Escambia county board Of public
construction has let the contract, and
the construction Is now fairly started for
another public school building.
DeLand has now 4 variety of fire appa-
ratus-two chemical engines, two hose
carts, a hook and ladder truck, tank so
feet hi gh holding 600 barrels, five by
drants and 600 feet of hose.
The acreage of White Niagara grapes
around Tampa will in few years be
very largely expanded. The product
brings a high price In the local market,
and the business IS proving very remun-
erativa,
Chas. Browne. who was concerned with
young Walterson in the robbery Of john
loves store at Key, West confessed to
the crime and took all the blame upon
himself. Judge Gwynn held him under
5000 bail ana Walterson in $50.
There is u delivery wagon horse in
OCala that, as soon as noon arrives, starts
for the stable to get his dinner, if the
driver does not happen to be present. He
marches of with the wagon and goes
straight to the stable, whore if not inter
copied en- route, he halts and whickers
for the stable boy 10 bring his provender.
During the month of June just closed
merchandise and produce amounting to
II a
from Pensacola by one line of steamers
This amount was delivered to the steam
ers there by the Louisville x Nashville
railroad and does not include a cOnsidera-
Bile amount of lumber taken by the steam
ers.
w. S. Clay, Jas Ryan and Emmett
Boyd returned to Fort Myers from Lake
Okeechobee Tuesday, with 500 alligator
hides. They 90 back again and will re
turn with 1000. Mr.. Clay says that the
land around this great inland sea is the
richest land IN the world, and that the
lake is three or four feet lower than ever
before known.
While H. V. Noszky of carleton was at
the postolice on the 9th inst, his house
was broken into through window and
several things stolen. a warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Ed King,
colored. about 10 years Old. King is
blind in right eye, He Is armed with n
Smith IL Wesson revolver, and was last
seen on the way TO Waldo.
Col w. G. Bartholomew returned to
Tampa Saturday night from Arcadia,
where he went to serve an attachment on
the steam tug Fearless, owned by the
Peace River Phosphate company. She
has been libeled by j. II. Wells, of the
Tampa Machine works, for repairs. The
amount of the libel is 1921. She was al
once released under bond of 81 100
| An arrangement has been completed
! between the trustees of Summerlin insti
/ tute and the city council of Barlow The
! council pays of the Judgment of 5000
and the whole property, including mSOld
| lots is decided to new board of five
| trustees, two of whom arc to be chosen
! by the old Summerln board, two by the
! city council and the four to choose q
! fifth.
! Oviedo Chronicle: Grapes were never
| so plentiful in this vicinity as they have
/ been the past week, and as a consequence
| the price has dropped to five cents per
| pound, cheap enough for anybody. Ship
/ ping to northern markets has not been
! encouraging, as the fruit arrives in poor
/ condition after its long Journey, At Or
| lando they have begun to manufacture
! wine from the grapes.
The expenses of criminal prosecutions
/ in the circuit court at DeLand during the
/ last eighteen months that it had iurisdic.
! tiou were 81, 900. The expenses of the
/ following eighteen months of the criminal
/ court of record were s.. 2Sl.35 Balance
/ against the criminal court Of record, 81
/ 2S2 b oreighteen months, S2.S54 "a fUr ono
/ year Tho present wear seems likely tc
/ be still more expensive,
/ Fred, the l3-yenr-old son of J. Town
/ send, Of Hawthorn, was bitten by large
! moccasiu snake on July J. The little fell
/ low was playing in an old field and
stepped on the reptile. The snake biz
/ him on his right foot near the ankle The
entire right leg is swollen nearly the size
of his body. DR. Johnson is attending
tho boy, and it is thought that the
/ chances are in favor of his recovery
II. b. Plant, of the Plant system Of rail
ways. is having erected at the South Flor
ida Hospital, at Sanford, a library and
| reading room combined, some 30xlS feet
to which will be annexed a bathing house
with pool projection attached. The last
named is l2N3 feet in dimension and sis
feet deep. The whole will be about sew
/ enty feet in length by eighteen feet wide
The work will be completed in eight or tel
days Mr.. Plant puts up this building fol
the inmates Of the hospital, entirely at hi.
own expense.
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