The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10

to be checked out however. only in having
losses. There were no losses. and when La.
mar trouble came en- dr. James considered
his offer OF money Cancelled The Jury con
sldeFed Mr. James liable, however. for telling
Crossthwaite that Lamar was all right and
had A'UOJ to his credit in the bank.
FLORIDA
Melbourne now wants a military company
and Efforts in that direction are Undertaking.
Tampas bonding election has been post
poned thirty days by action OF the city coun-
Fisherman at Lakeland. report that the
flesh OF the fish caught, is infested by little
worms.
Orange county has paid for her new court
house, owes no one, and has S3,O4s in her
treasury.
John Milton. :Jr., has entered into a copart-
nership with W. J. Daniels and will conduct
a banking business at Mariana.
DR.. H. P. Jensen, who formerly resided at
Tampa has sold his place near DR.. Neve 5
grove 10 Charles COwly for Sl,U0.
The firm Of r. J. Mays & Co.. of Monticello
heretofore composed of K. J. Mays and F. b.
t1deS. and doing business as merchandise
bloNerS, has been dissolved. r. j. Mays sue
ceeds to the entire business
The United States court authorities of
jacksonville, are looking out for the oleo-
that some OF them will be brought before the
grand jury at the next term of the court for
violating the law.
The fine orange grove at Sumterville, put
IN about seven years ago by Capt J. A. Rob
ertS ald purchased by John h. Graham. of
hose Hill Miss. some three years since.
was sold last week to Col. w E. knight, of
Tennessee, for $1,000 cash.
Starke is on a boom. New houses are going
up in different parts Of the city and the Dusl-
ness men say it is lively for this season OF the
year. stone pavements will be put down in
front of all the bushes houses on Call street.
which will be quite an improvement.
Messrs Hester & Robinson will shortly
open up mercantile establishment at Pana.
sotrkee. They have purchased a lot just be-
yond the hotel. on which they have erected a
substantial and rOOmy storehouse. which will
be hlied with new goods and open for trade
within the next ten days.
The report about the lynching of a negro at
Newourg seemed to have grown out of the
fact that negro preacher was selling a CON
lureN to the negroes Of the turpenIine farms.
He told them that, by laying 1t under the door
steps, they could have control of the women.
He was run out of camp and threatened with
lynching if he returned.
Neil Brimo colored, on coming out of the
African Methodist Episcopal church, at
Starke. Thursday night, was struck on the
head by John Joplin, who vas standing at
tho door, waiting for him. Brine resented
the attack by cutting Joplin very badly in
the mouth, but they were separated before
further harm could be done
Sanford Chronicle: The weekly news of the
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS now comes to its
subscribers all over Florida twice week. an
innovation In Journalism which its numerous
readers hail with pleasure So good a paper
as the NEWS can't come too often, even if the
daily should put out morning and evening
edition. Col j H. Estlll and Manager f. G.
Bell know what the public want.
L. B. Blackmon was robbed of about $3.50 at
the 1hraSher house at Lake City, kept by w.
H. Perry and family, Tuesday night about
o'clock The thief aroused him by moving
about in his room He jumped up, grabbed
for his revolver and fired twice, but without
effect, other than to arouse the household.
The robber was pushed 50 closely, however,
that he left the shirt, trousers, watch, etc. of
his purSuer in the yard, where he landed when
he jumped on the roof. his identity was not
discovered. He had gotten into the house by
some open door or window.
Tampa Times Fred b. Ludlow planted
about 5000 cozen pineapples less than two
years ago on rich tract Of land he bought at
CaXimbuS and is now marketing his first
crop. He sold one cargo of pines at h ey
West for 40 cents per dozen, but came here
Wednesday with cargo OF 900 dozen, which
he sold at 90 cents per dozen to the Florida
and CuOa Produce Company. His first crop
s viii amount to over 900 dozen pines and at
this figure he will realize 5000 for the crop
from about six acres of land. Mr.. Ludlow is
from pringleld, O.. and came to Florida
two years ago for his health He decided to
go into the cultivation of pineapples, and is so
pleased with his success that he will set out
15,UOO new slirS this season. He has invest ed
about $4,000 in his place which in another
year will yield him handsome return,
Tampa ines p +. Quackenboss a prom
inent analyt teal chemist of New \ oCk, who
has been prospecting In South Florida for
some time. was n the city Friday morning.
Mr. QUacken .osS has Eeen searching in every
section of the 'nlted States for the right soil
to form the body for blood and bone fertili-
Zer. He has been doing this in the interest of
Phil. D. Armour. the great meat packer He
through
OF the country from the New England states
to California and has at last no need TO search
farther He found IN the valleys of the With
lacOOChee, The klSSl nmS5 and other South
Florida water courses kind of muck which
has the proper chemical properties to hold
the blood and make it available as rich fer
tillZer He says there are thousands of acres
OF this soil In the state, and th3t II VIII prove
to be of great value to manufacturers Of this
class of fertilizers. He returns to Chicago
soon to report his success to Mr. Armour and
to prove to him its worth.
Fort Meade correspondence of the Jack
sonville Times Union: A scandal of serious
proportions has developed here. A home has
been broken up, wife Is Fugitive, and
husband is heart broken. The Lothario in
the case who, it IS asserted, provided he
means of fight for the faithless wife is
middle aged man, with young wife, to whom
he has been married about twelve months.
little more than three months ago young
man Of excellent reputation, employed at the
Belle phosphate works took to himself
wife, who carried with her to the altar
secret which she did not impart
to the unsuspectng bridegroom. 1t
had been the young WON ms de
sire to have the nuptual knot ted several
months earlier; but times we're bad and the
prospective husband wanted to provide and
furnish home before he married, so the
wedding day was deferred. Had the mar
riaee taken place at the time the young wo-
man desired, 1t would doubtless have fallen
in very conveniently with the plan concocted
with her paramount TO keep her husband in
ignorance of her intrigue; but the de ay was
fatal to thes plans. AS time passed on ii be-
disclosure was near and inevitable. Lolita 10
began to be nervous and the young woman
anxious. So clumsy conspiracy was Matched
and carried out, which. instead OF hiding the
wrong doing, is resulting in a gradual expo
sure Of the whole story. The first
thing aimed at was TO get the unsus-
pecting husband away from home
a young man who appears TO have acted as a
tool in the matter. IN the hope of hiding
more remunerative employment the two went
away to arcadia. Not finding the expected
employment. they returned to FIT. Meade, hut
the yuun hus and returned to deSolate
home His wife had fed, leaving no word of
farewell From nelghbors the deserted huS-
letter had come from the distant home OF the
wife father. containing check for $50 and
an urgent REQUEST for her immediate return
home. as her father was dying and he wlshc d
to see his daughter before he died. The dis
mayed hus Dani supposed the story TO be
true and expected each post TO Lring ttdiags
from his wife: but as no tidingS came. he be-
gan to ma le Inq Iiries. AT the bank he
learned that no check for $50 from the distant
noint Indicated had been cashed. but that on