The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09
FLORIDA.

An Italian named Peters is missing at
Tampa and is supposed to have committed
suicide by drowning.
r. NJ. Shelter of Geauga county Obio
has just purchased five acres Of choice
land just outside the city limits at Bar
tow Mr.. Shelter is a poultry fancier and
lhlnhs ne mas found the right place to
make success of the business of raising
poultry and he will make a test of il
The citizens of Fort Meade have deciaea
to have good old fashioned celebration
on Christmas day. Posters are out an
nouncing big tournament in the morn
ing, riders in fancy costumes. foot han
tennis, foot races, obstruction races. DO
tato races, etc, in the afternoon and gen
eral ball at night.
A warrant was sworn out at Tampa
Friday for the arrest of Lesley Brown.
Thomas Stricken DR.. Skillern and ]. E
Spencer, charging them with engaging in
ana carrying on the business of auction
GERS without state and county license
and with failing TO make reports and nav
taxes required by law of auctioneers
, hney save SloO pond each for appearance
before Judge Harrison next Monday
Pensacola Times: Willie Brown c,er,,
IN the drug store of J. E. DeAlemberte Voc
the victim of the meanest kind Of a tbai,,-
ing trlck on Monday. Two men went int
the store and called for a cake of soa,,
costing % cents, and one of them offered !
Si0 Dill IN very crumpled condition. from
winch to take pay, the other, to divert the
boys attention said he could make tba
change, but found he had no change then
he took the bill, noting only its crumpled
condition and gave back SO as in CHANCE
A few minutes after Willie had occasion
TO look into the drawer and upon exaynina-
ton found it was 81 instead of a $40. The
change in the bills of course was made
While his attention
carelessly took the bin without further
examination.
Barlow Courier-Informant: The Peace
River Mining Companies have learned the
necessity for mutual assistance and nro-
lection and are forming a new oreaniza-
ton with this end in view. Col. George
w. Scott of Atlanta and others Interested
were in Barlow last week in consulta tioT
with Messrs. Wilson & Wilson. attorneys
who have been employed to examine The
titles TO the $4,000 acres of land involved
IN the transaction. The companies which
nave so FAR gone into the pool are the
! Peace River, the Charlotte Harbor the
/ Gulf, the Arcadia and the De Soto NTinino
! Company. These are the principal nro.
/ ducing companies on the rivers and CON
troll practically all the river pebble ont
| put. 1t is expected that the organization
will be all perfected by the first of the
year.
Pensacola Times; A great sensation was
| created in this city Thursday afternoon
about O'Clock by City Marshal McDavid
appearing at the door of the Midway
! Plaisance company on East Government
street with warrant for the arrest of the
| proprietors, G. Flagg and S. Ross on
| charge of violating section s. article 4.
chapter 10 of the city ordinances .bv ex-
! hibiting an indecent, immoral or lewd ex
hibiuon. The marshal succeeded in ar
resting Flagg but Ross had slipped
through his fingers, and could not be
1 found. Flagg was taken to police head
! quarters where the charge of doing bust
ness without license was lodged. An en-
ploye of that company L. Streiffer. ac-
companied Flagg to the station and in
! dorsed a money order for 500 and depos-