The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-14

! a tax not 10 exceed a mills annually on the
! assessed value Of real and personal property
TO provide the interest and sinking fund for
the certificates.
Alta meeting OF the stockholders Of the new
paper to be started at Inverness Wednesday,
! the following officers were elected: W. X
jackson. president; w. G. Zimmerman, vice
president: George W. De Muro. secretary
| il j. Koener. treasurer, and Col Wick Barco
solicitor. The capital stock Of 5000 has all
been sold and the services Of an editor have
! been secured. The first issue viii appear IN
about ten days. The name OF the new paper
will be the Citrus County Chronicle. II VIII
be democratic sheet
Quite a senation was caused at Minneola
a day or two ago by the finding Of 3-day-old
infant in the palmetto bushes, few miles
down the creek. its unnatural mother having
abandoned ii at its birth. When discovered
By some passing nelghbors. the child was
covered with flies and worms How u lived
is a mystery. 1t was taken to the house Of
its supposed mother. who disOwned IL, but
her mother took the child and has cared for
il since. he child is well and and hearty.
The case was reported to the county solicitor,
but he did not see At to take any steps IN the
matter.
At Archer, on Thursday evening, while
party Of Archer's young people were out en-
JOying moonlight horseback ride. Miss Mil
dreG Cox. daughter OF Prof. +. r. Cox, met
with painful accident. The saddle girth Of
her horse had not been properly frightened,
and the slipping OF the saddle caused her to
fall 10 the ground She was unable to release
her foot from the stirrup. Her shoulder was
d islOUated. and she was otherwise BADLY
bruised. Her horse stopped. or she would in
all probability have been killed, as her com
paniOns were racing, and had Paloped on
ahead, and were not aware OF the accident.
Fortunately, other parties who happened to
be Passing Witnessed IL, and gong to her as
sistanCe, conveyed her to her apartments at
the Goodwood hotel and summoned medical
aid.
Orlando Recorder: Joseph Bumby shipped
.k1
pany OF New York 10 barrels Of orange wine
which has been stored in his warehouse since
early in 1898 The wine was made by
Messrs J. H. Mott q Co about ten wears
ago, and was transferred by j. L. Mott, its
manufacturer, TO the Fidelity and Casualty
Company in payment Of some Indebtedness
to this company When the transfer was
made suit was brought by @. a. Haley and
Charles II. Smith, then members of the Mott
Wine Company. and the case was fought
through the courts, and was finally decided by
the supreme court OF the state In favor of the
casualty COmpany. An agent OF the company
lately directed Mr.. Bumby, who has been
storing the wine. to send it to the company at
New York, hence the shipment.
Dennis Eayan, collector Of internal reye-
rue, is making up his reports for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894. The reports show
that during that time there have been manu-
featured in the state, l35 ,2y3365 cigars and
1917 1872 cigarettes, and the amount OF tobacco
consumed was 2.s32 l52 pounds. The total
collections for the istal year were she
32.s9, while that for the fiscal year ending
June 80 1898, was S4S1 .6I8.73, a shortage for
the past year of S65 ,2s59l. The expense for
collecting the amount for the year just ended
was &l5,5S0 which is less than in any other
district in the south The total number of
cigar factories In the state last year was $40
and IL tobacco factories. The NUM- Ger of re
tail liquor dealers was 1877, wholesale. Il; re-
tail malt liquor dealers, 6; wholesale, 49, re
tan oleomargarine dealers, rs; wholesale. 3.
There are ID sugar producers in the
state, but that report is not closed as
yet The product OF sugar. however, will
amount to about 1850 eco pounds, and the
bounty is less than i2j 600. The records show
that the cigar manufacturers carried over an
immense stock from 1892 to 1893, but during
the recent panic they got rid Of the old stock
and carried a much smaller stock over into
the year just passed, so that the stock now
being carried is fresh and new. The factories
are now In a much better condition and are
doing much more work than ever before in
the past fifteen months. During the month
of May just past there was more money col
lected than at any time since the panic began
fifteen months ago. The following is com
parattye statement OF the months of Nav and
June just past and the year previous: Amount
collected May, 1873, si2s5ls7; May, 1884, S43,
5se.7O Amount collected June 1898, $40, 2l777;
June, 1894 Sl7,7l6.SG.