The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-04
FLORIDA.


A eassava factory is to be established in
DeLand.
A movement is on foot to organize lodge
OF ODD rellows in Tampa large number Of
citizens having applied for membership.
The firm of W. NJ. Dunn & Joseph Dore. of
Iceland, manufacturers of lum her. has been
dissolved, Mr. Dunn continuing the business
Capt. J. Il. Torres has awarded to j. H
Drew the contract to build &1,50O resi- lence
for him on his property north of Ybor, in the
sewer subdivision.
The British steamship Hector, Capt Rem
mes, sailed from PENSACOLA Friday with a
cargo OF 2 l5l tons of coal and forty-tive tons
OF coke consigned by the Export Coal Com
pany to Vera Cruz.
Postof1ce Inspector E, o. Yate. OF Morris
town Tenn, has been in Tampa several days
looking after an eX- postmaster of a southern
town who skipped out some time ago. and has
been located few miles from tampa.
While train No 10, on the savannah. Flor
loa ana western railway, was passing La
Gllla junction thursday night on its way to
Jacksonville colored man, who was walking
on the track, was struck by the engine and
killed.
A bachelor living near Jacksonville during
the fall and spring Of last year took from l75
hlVes OF bees II 600 pounds of strained honey.
which brought him 81 900. spent the summer
north ana is Oack again to repeat this good
work, and by June he will go north again to
spend the summer.
At Key West night or two ago a burglar
entered the room of Eugene sawyer in Saw
yer S Lane and stole SG5J in money from him
Other articles, such as watches and iewelry
were exposed out not molested. The theft
also rummaged Mr.. barter S jewelry hut
hndlng no money. left everything untouched
there is no clue to the perpetrator
President Cleveland S apTointee. Capt. John
I. Lesley, assumed control Of affairs at the
custom house at Tampa Thursday, and Presi-
dent Harrison appointee, Edward h. Gunby
retired. The appointments made by Collector
Lesley are A. j, knight, of Tampa; j. r. NJ
Michael, OF Dade City: j. L. Head, OF Plant
City and Taylor Parks, of Lakeland.
shaw s. johnson have taken the contract to
build Gonzales, Mora & co. new factory in
YbOr City for $500 The factory viii he a
duplicate OF the one ere ted for LoZano, Pen
das y Co. 1t will be Of frame, 50 vs. 10 feet
three stories high with | story addition 70
by 80 feet and large cellar under The main
building feet in the clear. Work will begin
on 1t in few days.
The Tampa Bay hotel is filling up rapidly.
the number of guests arriving during the past
two or three days being the largest of the
selson. Among the resent arrivals are w
NJ. Hartman, prominent sto-k broker of
New York city, his lance. Miss Anna Gould
youngest ghter OF the late Jay Could
and her chaperone, Mrs. hingdon, mother Of
Mrs. George Gould.
Judge Harrison has been very busy at
Tampa examining witnesses in the famou 5
Williams contested will case. The children
are attempting to break the will which gives
the bulk Of the pro perty to the Sc ond wife
to whom they assert their father was never
legally married. Considerable property is
involved, and it will doubtless provide nice
''pickings' for the profession
At Sanford on Friday evening last white
man, name unknown, TOOK lodging at the
Gate City house. For want of better accom-
notation, the house beng FULL he was as
signed 10 the room of regular bOarder during
his temporary absence. Early in the morn
ing, before any one was astir. the 70 ing man
departed, Stealthily, taking with aim suit OF
clothes, revolver and other articles belong
ing to the occupant OF the room. He also
hlched from some of the other boarders, and
made his escape without te.ng seen.
About a month ago the hotel at Silver
Springs was burned at dead of night under
suspicious Clrcums taneeS. 1t was thought it
was the act of an incendiary. Developments
since then pointed to Clarence and Albert
smith. 4 her preliminary hearing Wednes-
day afternoon disclosed the tact that Clar-
ence had SAID to certain parties that he did it
which confession was overheard by Dr.
Porter Hanks, the owner OF the propertv
What directed suspicion to the young men
arose from the fact that the Smith boys step
father, Mr.. Hall. was the proprietor of the
silver springs railroad eating house. and be
tween this place and the hotel. last season.
great rivalry developed as the hotel (run by
Mrs. Capt. CoouSi took away much of the
patronage of the eating house. Clarence
smith. who was the operator of the silver
springs stat on. was removed for some short
c m ngs ana il was SAID Capt. CoOnS gave the
uc-ess ~ information for his removal ana
a tie 3asCn for tourists was coming on it
was minated that II the hotel was out OF the
way. the eating house would maze piles of
money. Clarence Smith was held in $500 ana
his brother Albert in the sum of 500 There
is nevertheless great doubt as to the guilt
Of the accused.