The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-18
FLORIDA.

A barrel factory is to be put up at Bran
ford this year
The establishment Of Cathey Bros, at Lake
City, has been closed.
The Ponce de Leon and Cordova hotels at
st. Augustine. report business quite up to the
average for Jan. Is.
D. J. Crowley, Of the Western Union tele-
graph office at Jacksonville, is dangerously i'll
at his residence in that city. 1t is feared that
he has congestion Of the brain.
The Key'West Board OF Trade has appointed
committee TO go TO Washington to refute
charges OF the violation Of immigration laws
by Seidenberg q Co. 5 cigar factory.
Robert Cornell, one of Anthonys promising
young merchants, was handling pistol Sun
day morning, when IL accidentally fired, the
ball passing directly through the left hand,
causing painful wound.
Austin Spencer Lawrence died at his homo
at Tampa Tuesday Of old age. Deacon Law
renee, as he was generally called, was dea-
con In the First Baptist church and has held
that office in Baptist churches for nearly
forty years.
p. o. Armour and Mrs. Armour OF Chicago
registered at the Ponce de Leon, at ST.
Augustine Tuesday. Mr. Armour is the son Of
Philip d. Armour, the millionaire, and now
practically manages his fathers extensive
meat business.
Two officials OF the Southern Express Com.
pany, M. }. OF rien, vice president and G. L.
Myers district superintendent are at Tampa
for the purpose Of considering bids for the
new express otfice to be built at Port Tampa
The contract for the new building, which will
cost about s. 600, Will be let this week.
At Tampa Tuesday Judge Harrison i'm
posed fine of S25 on a negro who pleaded
guilty TO cruelty beating "a mule, and in de-
fault OF II sent the man to jail for sixty days
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Is crystalliZing sentiment and Of
tenders against helpless brutes are being
punished as they deserve.
The Wilson Cypress Company, OF Palatka,
is preparing to make extensive improve.
ments on their already large and well APP
pointed plant. The foundations are being
built for mammoth $50 horse power engine,
besides the two thew now have, and other
extra heavy machinery for properly convert
Ing the vast forests Of cypress timber owned
by this company on the Ocklawaha into the
prettiest lumber on the market.
Prof. II. n. F'elkel, principal Of the Florida
Blind and Deaf Mute Institute OF st. Au-
CUISINE, has patented an apparatus which he
calls the improved tellurian, device for
teaching geography and astronomy. This de-
vice should prove Of great value in the school
room for by it object lessons in geography
and astronomy can easily be taught IL is a
coLaPlca l aHalr representing the sun;
earth and moon. and by turning horizontal
shaft the different globes revOlve, aud al the
same time turn correctly upon their axes
The device is designed to illustrate geograph.
1cal and astronomical phenomena.
Ocala New Capitol: c. A Cook. OF Belle
view, came to the city Monday night and had
a warrant issued for the arrest of one Edward
Marsland for assault and battery Cooks
NOISlOn Ol inc dUdlF IS as lOllOMSs MT. coon
had been caring for Mrs. Marsland who died
last week. Some think the lady was poisoned
AfteE her death her brother-ln-law from New
York, Edward Marsland, came down 70 take
charge OF her effects. Cook refused to give
them up as the old lady owed him. But wheu
Cook was absent saturday Marsland captured
everything belonging to his sister-in law and
$40 OF Cook S money. On Cooks return he
demanded his money and goods and instead
OF securing them got pounding from Mars
land
G. G. Trash. a new York wine man is al St
Augustine for a winter sOiOurn. Mr.. Trash is
vineyardlst and winemaker by birth and
by lifelong experience lie was born and
raised among the vineyards OF Germany
He claims to be the man who planted the first
vines in the Fresno valley, California, and has
had opportunities for observing the grape in
dustry from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, anC
yet he declared year or two ago that no
where on earth had he seen vines grow
more vigorously or with more promise than
among the vineyards of White Niagara
grapes in South Florida Mr. Trash has sue
ceedeQ IN making very fine cham pagne
from Florida oranges, and has thus discover
cd use for windfals, creased and thorned
fruit
At Orlando, Tuesday the jury in the case
against Walkeratter being out nearly an hour
brought IN verdict Of not guilty. This was
q surprise TO everyone. 1t doubtless ends All
connection Of the state courts with the case
put ne VIII be tried before the United state.
court Tor rObblng the postonice. The testi
Inony mas been practically the same as in thu
former case against him for the murder OF
OLD man MarOt, except that Judge Butt ad
mitted the confessions which were previously
excluded by Judge Broome, and that wit
ness, Scarlet Fudge, was admitted. who
heard walkers mother say ne was not al
nome the night OF the murder. Mrs Walker,