Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-11-29
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News From al Parts OF the State
Summarized.
The Pensacola Pilot association has
ccptractsd for steam pilot boat to
cost az, 900, to be built at the New
Port News ship yards.
Mr.. q. W. Saxon, of Tallahassee, has
sent some ane samples Of his tobsccS
% ths Atlanta exposition for exhibit.
He has also besun shipping 70 the
Two Mormon elders, one nUthJ Utah
and tho other from Arid .knd 8
street fakif blowing bsgpipsSskhd ex-
hibiting the antics Of tra7H mon
key. are newest things in T9Iaha.'ee.
xho TWO companies OF United States
troops that were Withdrawn from Fl.
Barancas during the summer, have
been returned to the fort, and are once
more 1t their old quarters under CON-
mand Of Capt. james Chester, q. 8. A.
81. Tucker, . patient in the state in
saue asylum, committed suicide by
hanging himself with bed sheet to q
ioist Tucker was from Sanford and
was only In the institution two days.
BE was highly connected.
AZ recent meeting Of the Young
Busipess League, Of Pensacola, .
proposition was read to inaugurste .
steamship line between that city and
Central America, which proposition Ia
now in the hands Of committee for
immediate action.
Mr.. B. Christensen of Oviedo, says
he has Q fve-scre grove coming on
nicely. Last winter he wrapped ali of
his trees with three and -four. thick
uesses Of paper and succeeded in save
ing the trunks from the freeze, and
believes he win have fruit next year.
The Washington county grand Jury,
In its general presentment, condemned
the new jail building and the new wire
fence recently built around il, and re-
commended that the county commits
sioners levy tar 70 build . new jail
building and also . new court house
1t once.
Captain g. z. Garner, manager OF
the Independent line Of steamers, says
that the orange crop in the Manatee
river country viii amount to 80, 900
boxes this year. The fruit is bringing
from 81. % TO $3.50 per box on the
trees. he also says that the fruit In
Of . fine favor and that there viii be
lots Of grape fruit shipped, which Is Of
the finest kind.
Mr. A. J. Tnsley, manager of the
Western Union telegraph Office in
Gainesville. and one Of the oldest cit
liens Of Gainesville. died The other
day Of paralysis. He was second chief
engineer Of the Confederate varship
Merrimac, and was one of the few sur
vivors Of that vessels memorable bat
tie with the Monitor. He was buried
with Masonic houors.
Mr.. Norton's family Mt Daytons was
quite seriously poisoned recently by
using for green's the leaves OF the wild
morning glory, which runs riot on the
Pea beach. They cooked the leaves,
and the xhole family, father, motoer
and four children, came hear dying
through the experiment. The effect
was q stupor, such AS laudanum pro-
duces. Timely aid brought them oat
safely.
The Friends of Cuba club, Of Jack
sonyille, are now busily engaged in
making arrangements for big cele-
bestion about December 10. They
viii invite distinguished Cuban speak
ers to be present, a. we'll as speakers
from this and other states. The gov
ernor and other state officials are also
70 be invited. The railroads viii be
ssked 70 give low rates, and ekcur-
sions win be arranged from the princi-
pal cities Of the state.
The war against Sunday liquor SELL
ing in Jacksonville Is now on In earnest
and recently warrants were issued for
the arrest OF eighteen saloon-keepsrs
ON charges OF keeping their saloons
open on Sunday and selling liquor.
, The warrants were issued by Judge
Dzialynsh Of the municipal court, up
on efidevit of John Kavanaugh, OF
Savannah, who has been quietly work
ing mp the. cases against che saloon
men and gambling houses for month
or more.
Jacksonville 10 getting TO be quite
Chicsgoish. Stock-yards are the latest
enterprise. The yards are situated
about three miles west Of the city In
what Ii known as Edgsvocd. A spur
OF the J. T. q X. w. runs alongside
the pens. A storage house for bran,
cottonseed, ETC., has been built and
pens constructed aud 500 head OF oat-
lie ara now in the pens fsttening
Mona Of The beevea will be slauchkaPed