The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-31
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/ A gang of forty Italians arrived at
/ Jacksonville on the steamship IroQuois
/ Sunday. They came with the expectation
/ Of getting work on some railroad, but in
| this they have been disappointed, and are
now looking for any job they can get.
The Hebrew citizens Of Tampa met Sun
day night at Abe Mas residence, and re-
| ceived several new members, and sos
toward their synagogue fund. They ap-
pointed a committee on Incorporation, and
! took steps to organize Sunday school
The Methodists Of Gainesville are max
ing an effort 10 secure the new district
parsonage. a committee has been active
/ ~ engaged the past two weeks in solicit
ing contributions for erecting the build
ing, and they report limited success
Rochelle is the only competitor. but the
citizens of that progressive little center
seem to want the parsonage badly. They
stand good chance of securing it.
Gainesville like all other towns in the
state during the winter is being annoyed
by tramps. There are at least ten Of them
camped near the +. @. q =. depot. Sci
dom, If ever, do any Of them put in an
appearance up town. for fear of the city
officials, but they prove annoying 10 the
people who live in the outskirts and who
are called upon to feed them. Few peo-
pie refuse them something to eat for fear
Of violence from them at night.
Several new residences viii be erected
in Gainesville shortly. Daniel Stamm of
Fort Leaveuworth, Kan, has purchased a
tract of land near East Gainesville, and
will erect a large dwelling house there.
Mr.. Dempsey of Chicago will soon erect a
handsome residence near L. A Barnes,
and W. 3. Goodwin, proprietor of the gas
plant, viii erect a dwelling house in the
same vicinity. T. Y. Porter of Jackson
vile viii soon erect a brick block on West
Main street near the public square.
At St Augustine the mason work con-
Meeting the seawaN at the Plaza basin,
which was washed away during the re-
cent storm, has been rebuilt above the
high-water level. and will soon be finish
ed to a level with the seawan The basin
Is now ready to he filed in, and the work
should be done at once, as the tides are
undermining the old wall on either side of
the connection. Unless the basin is filed
in at once, the wall will give away for
want of support from the inside, and the
city will then be put to an additional ex-
pense in rebuilding the wall from Cattle
dral to King streets.
Tampa Times Sunday afternoon Sheriff
Spencer's little girls, and all the little girls
of the neighborhood were romping on the
side walk in front of the sheriff's house
Their pet dog was playing with them
when little animal darted from under
the side walk to cross the street The
girls cried out: Catch the squrrelv and
girls and dog gave chase The dog caught
it, and bit through the neck. Just then
Cuban was passing, and one of the
children asked him if he did not want
that squirrel. The Cuban had a cane in
his hand, and going up to the animal
as the dog let go, gave it a rap on the
head. Alas, it was a pole cat and the
Cuban was almost knocked down by its
retaliation.
At chesterview at o'clock Sunday
morning the whistle at Powelrs mill blew
family and the young fireman, who slept
at the mill, ran to the house of the super
intendent Mr.. Moore, and told him the
mill was on fire. Mr.. Moore donned his
clothes and set about getting the citizens
up. 1t was soon discovered that efforts to
save the mill house proper was futile,
and all the energy of the twenty men as
sembled was directed to saving the lum-
Der in the yard. Messrs. A. r. Jones and
J. T. Hughes directed the men, and
space was soon cleared of lumber to ena-
bic them to resist the coming fire A
bucket brigade was hastily formed, and by
dint of hard work the major portion of the
lumber was saved. Mr.. Powells loss will
reach $1,000. J. T. Hughes will reach $500.
There is no insurance.
r. NJ. Stewart, inspector of cars for the
Florida Southern, and Savannah, Florida
and Wstern railroads in Gainesville recent
" discovered twongroes making an at
tempt to set fire to the large packing
house owned ana operated by e. Ley
bourne, and which is located near the
/ Florida Southern depot. Mr. Stewards at
tention was attracted by the suspicious
actions of one of the negroes, who was
on the watch while his partner was ar
ranging to apply the match. When ac-
+ costed the negro said that he was in the
employ of the packing house and had been
sent there for crates. This was about
/ midnight, and Mr. Stewart at once began
an Investigation. He found the other ne
gro at work piling some rubbish at one
/ corner Of the building. When discovered
/ both negroes made rush for the woods
near by Mr.. Stewart swore out war
rants for two negroes the following day
! but as he could not identify them with the
event Of the previous night, they were
! discharged.
II. F. Dutton & Co., of Gainesville are
dealing extensively in cotton. W. G..
! Robinson, buyer for the firm, has been
| touring through South Georgia and Mid
| die Florida for the past three weeks.
/ During the last week they purchased
1900 bales, which has cost them in the
| neighborhood Of $4,000 Thir coffin gin
has been running regularly for the past
| two weeks, during which time 1t has been
| operated with a fun force of hands Be
| sides the banking and cotton interests of
their firm, they have large interests in
phosphate mining. As an indication OF
what their business amounts to, they paw
about $4,000 month to their employees
Their freight bill amounts to about as
much more. Mr.. Robinson is DISCOURAGED
with the quality OF cotton this season
and in conversation with the Jackson.
vile Citizen correspondent he stated that
unless the farmer imported new seed. full
ly one-half of the crop another year would
consist of a combination of long" ant
short cotton. The planter has beer
saving his own seed for years, and as !
result OF this it has run out to such ar
extent mat the staple is very inferior
Mr.. Robinson will issue a circular lettc,
to the planters of the south next week
lmpressing upon their minds the impor
lance of importing new seed.
A Steam Road Wagon in Nevada.