The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-24

the gallery with "a smile like a Il bought my
goods ats picture they were promptly
( tarned away. Then they wanted to see the
oily tonEued gent who had fooled them INTO
putting on boiled shirt in August, and be
side lifted them or their tin. When last seen
the police still had only the description OF the
mtsereant
FLORIDA.
The pineapple industry on the peninsula
opposite Melbourne is assuming large pro
portions and mas proved quite profitable to
the growers
VIII Jackson. colored, Of Gainesville. who
| has been in Jail for several days charged
with rape upon the person Of a woman Of his
/ own color, has been released.
Ten new trailer cars haye been ordered by
the Tampa Electric Street railway. tele-
gram has been sent to rush them on at once,
as they are wanted for the encampment.
On Tuesday night some one stole a slot
machine from the front of the drug store OF
William Fairlie in East Jacksonville He
thinks ii was done by gang Of half grown
boys who reside in that suburb.
The business block of Frank II. Fee. near
the depot on New Haven avenue at Mel
bourne, Is rapidly nearing completion. 1t IS
twOstory, 50Y50 feet, one part to be used
for hardware store, and the other tor fur
nitUre store.
Edward Green, treasurer OF the colored
Good lemplars Lodge at Tampa has been
arrested charged by some OF his brethren
with the emDeZZle ment Of funds to the
sent to jail TO await the action OF the criminal
court.
O. B. Webster returned to Lake Helen from
the west a short ago with the bees which he
took there early in the season to gather man
grove honey and brought with him 600
pounds OF the melflUoUs commodity as the
result of his hot tempered little servants,
labOrs.
The Standard Oil Company has recently
built q warehouse 2)X4O feet, near the lumber
yard north of the depot at Melbourne. for the
storage OF oil and gasoline. Large quantities
of gaSOl ne are used along the river as many
people use it in stoves and there are also
many launches that use large quantities.
There was a lively pugilistic mill in the col
ored music nall at Gainesville Wednesday
night between Woodward Of Alachua and
DuYal OF Marion county. Woodward was con
coded to be the best man, but he did not sue
coed in stopping his man in ten rounds. as he
had agreed TO do, and consequently lost the
purse. ..-...-..---
VIM Russell and Anderson Squire, coIored
who are charged with breaking into the safe
of the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road depot at Gainesville recently and taking
theretrOm GlaO IN casa ana several checks,
we're given a preliminary examination
Wednesday and committed to jail IN default
OF 800 bail each,
A peculiar weapon has been discovered at
tampa in the shape Of horse. Wednesday
parties were up before the mayor, one
charged another with throwing n horse on
him, and from the evidence. it seems that he
summons was charged with making a horse
bite Cuban. The case was continued The
Cuban's hand is-very badly lacerated.
There are signs that the coming season at
Sanford will be an exceedingly active one.
Packing houses are being overhauled, and
other preimtnartes looked after preparatory
TO the rush. 1t is estimated that from 300 to
500 men will be emploVed by the several
brokers and dealers who make this their
headquarters. A few northern and western
buyers are al this early date on the ground
ready TO pick up any specially tine fruit that
may be found
Alachua coHAty is making rapid progress in
education. Several school districts have de-
clded by an almost unanimous vote to lew
special 3mills tax for the purpose Of erect
ing school buildings or enlarg NJ them.
Mlcanopy will soon erect large brick editice,
hawthorn will ere It - 0JO building, Waldo
| will enlarge their school building, and High
/ Springs and Newberry will erect new build
| lngs for school purposes. some districts have
/ raised the special tax for the express purpose
/ OF charging the salary Of teachers.
] Mr.. Ellis of Ellis & Hussey, merchants of
/ Jacksonville has novelty in the way OF pets.
! Like Robert Bruce, but not for the same
/ reason, he has a fondness for spiders. Those
on whom he lavishes his REGARD are big gray
! hairy legged fellows, with bodies two inches
/ long and measuring four and five inches
/ a. ross the legs. They live on reaches and
/ keep the store well protected from the insects.
/ They will take a roach in their claws and
clean it out Of its she'll as thoroughly as a
/ colored youth cleans out a watermelon. Mr.
| Ellis never thinks of killing the spiders as
they are perfectly harmless.
A coroners Inquest has Just been held over
the body OF John Henry Williams, cOlOred
| who was killed near Jensen Sunday morning
/ while resisting arrest. This desperate was
noted among his own color as being a danger
Gus character. sunday morning, with a CUR
| loaded with buckshot he drove a dozen negroe,
from their camps, and getting them punched
| on the railroad track, held them under cover
| u his gun to suit his humor. Another negro
! ignorant of the state Of affairs m, n
this time, received the contents of the gun
being mOrtally wounded The negroes Their
appealed to a deputy sheriff living at Jensen
with the result first stated
An Italian woman with an eighth months
old BABY in her arms, was in town Wednes
day, from Soldier creek, some fifteen mile!
north Of Orlando. She belongs to a small col
ony Of dagos at that point. OF late they haV,
had much trouble among themselves an,
several are now under bonds for appearance,
before the criminal court. The woman haC
been through tight. She stated that four mel
and woman came to their house and bea
herself and husband with clubs She hat
bruises and dlscolorations without number
one OF these, on the arm between the elbow
and shoulder, was about the color OF an oil,
shoe, and as large as could be covered by tn
hand.
TAMPA knights of Pythias. en- route t,
Washington, have secured from the Florid,
! Central and Penlnsular railroad a com uina
ton express car, which Is to be the exhibit
car Of the Tampa division. very artist
decorator Is busuy preparing the scener,
/ that Is to grit the car The exterior will pre
sent varied scenes Of Florida life-log ca ms
OK teams, tropical growth, gulf beeches. pal
metto groves, prominent Tampa building
and fruits -- interspersed with PythiaI
I shields, symbols and emblems Two ltnip hts
nearly life size. clad in armor are catching
/ features Of the decorations, one with raised
! visor the other with visor lowered Tn,
interior Of the car will he filled with Florid,
cur1osities from Stuarts Tampa curio with
fruit ana products OF Florida soil coral /.
shells. conchs, sponges; cocoanuts mangoes
alligator pears, guavas, bananas grapes
lines and numerous other products; cigars
1 tobacco, birds etc.