The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-09
FLORIDA

At st. Augustine oranges and mandarines
sellfor rs cents per hundred
Reports from St. Augustine say that Char
ley Mitchell got into a high rolling game of
roulette there night or two ago and left the
green cloth winner by cool thousand.
The new Ckeehumkee OF Hart's Daily Line
OF Ocklawaha steamers plying between Pa
latka and Silver Springs, is being largely
patrontzed by northern tourists This
steamer, completed this season. has the
largest passenger carrying capacity of any
steamer ever built for the Ocklawahe.
w. L. Brown, q sailor on the Mascotte. was
robbed OF S5l3 Friday night in a room over
w. T. Boyds saloon at Tampa lie went to
bed putting the money in his shoe, but it was
gone when he walked up next morning The
police kept the robbery quiet ia hope of get
ing evidence against some suspected person
but without avail
A St. Augustine Press reporter made a
careful survey Of the hotels and boarding
houses Tuesday, to discover how MANY
strangers were really in town. At the Ponce
de Leon there were over 300 guests. At the
CordoYa, 25O. At the san Marco. POL Adding
this estimate Of the larger hotels, to tine
guests at the smaller houses the reporter
found that over $500 strangers were in ST.
Augustine now.
Ocala Capitol: A certain citizen called to
pay his taxes the other day and when he
found out how much he had been assessed
sWore vengeance and made the remark that he
would take the amount for his property Yhe
otnoer replied back that he was not in the
purchasing business but thought he could
nnd him buyer. The party was secured.
titles obtained and the kicker notified The
purchaser offered him SO more than his
property was valued at and gave him fifteen
days to decide.
A letter has been received at the custom
house IN Jacksonville from Hong Kong. ask
Ing the whereabouts of the relatives of
Erskine stuart, who died in Hong tong
March 10, 1877 who are believed to reside in
Florida. The letter asks that they comnuni-
cate, either by cable or ~ letter with p.
Brentnau, POttinRer street. Hong Kong and
they VIII learn the whereabouts Of Erskine
stuart s widow and only son who was born
seven mon rs after his fathers death. They
are at the present time in rather poor cfrculn.
stances, and are anxious to learn the where.
abouts OF their relatives.
Jacksonville Citizen: Tom McNiurrav
thought at one time that his trotters could
run all around bicycle Gider. Prince demon.
strated the tallacy of this idea, aud then MIR
MeMurray concluded that even If Prince
could do IL the local riders could not and SO n
match was talked OF between them and five
ot ms lsqtlers' Mr.. McMurray has had a
change OF heart though and now he admits
lhat MS trotlcrs have no showing agairs. the
local Whee.men, but he thinks that his run.
NJ horses have. The club here and Mr. Me.
MuIIay are now making ARRANGEMENTS for a
twenty mile race under conditions that
VIII make the event an exciting one. There
VIII be two of the Wheelmun. probably
clarence saunders and George n Adams.
ana TWO running horses. The Whcemen NAV
relay as often as they please. and they can ( e
paecu uN other riders. Hcuager, c al iyelI
4efIey, Burrlit, willis, GerOW and othce fast
men ON the other hand. the horses can he re.
layed also as often as Mr.. Mcblurray pleasas
Under all these conditions the race win be a
good one and win he run under nfty-siy or
luty-ll|e minutes, an average OF 3 40 per mile
Mhich ior % twenty mile run is doing THINGS
up brown Prince, IN his tweuly-mue race
utes.