The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Everybody around Orlando is planting
potatoes.
Rev. j. r. Abbott. BY a misstep at MAYO
last Sunday night. fell and broke his arm.
George p. Fowler has been elected city
attorney for Palatka at a salary Of $500
per annum.
Mrs C. L. Huddiestone, wife Of the tell
er Of the Barlow Bank, died Wednesday
after long Illness.
A preliminary meeting to organize
new telephone company at Pensacola was
held at the chamber OF commerce Tues
day night.
]. w Hodges & Co, merchants Of Citra.
made an assignment Tuesday TO James
Hobkirk for the benefit of creditors. The
freeze did Il.
The East Florida annual conference OF
the African Methodist Episcopal church
will convene IN ST. Pauis chapel at St.
Augustine on Tuesday. Feb. 10
The resisnt rains have caused very
high water in all the rivers emptying
into Escambia and ChoctaWatchie bays
and the receipts of timber by RATS are
very heavy.
for the best yield Of hay In Escambia
county, and Mr. Ollinger added $40 to the
prize. Col. Chipley offered a prize Of s.
for che second best yield.
j. A. Harvage, section foreman on the
Georgia Southern and Florida railway
at Avoca, six miles from Jasper, accident
ly shot himself Wednesday. The pistol
ball entered the right side. The wound Is
probably fatal.
The fireman In the boiler room of the
Ocala Foundry and Machine Works did
not properly extinguish the flames and
the result was a fire occurred about p
O'Clock Wednesday night which consumed
the boiler house.
The synagogue burned in Pensacola
Sunday was erected fifteen years ago at
a cost Of $1,000, and was insured for $1,000
and furnishings for $500. The fire was
caused by boys setting fire to Withered
grass near the building.
Tourists miss the Plant steamship ex-
cursions from Tampa to Jamaica. The
Plalt company made an offer to the gov
eminent officials Of the island to run the
excursions. this winter but the latter
have failed to take advantage OF It as
yet.
c. Y. Crawford Of Gainesville has sold
forty acres OF land having a fve-acre
grove on it. The land lies at Waucbeg.
president of the First National Bank at
Gainesville, and W. I. jackson, and the
price paid was Sl.OUO.
]. ]. Johnson, a white man living out
in the country. will have a preliminary
examination before Commissioner Tuni-
son at Pensacola next Thursday on the
charge of unlawfully taking mail from
the pOstOffie for the purpose or prylng
into the business of another.
Adit. Birkhimer of the Third United
States Artillery, at st. Augustine, at pa
rade Wednesday morning, read the COM
mand the order (telegraphed) of the war
department. placing Col Livingston upon
the retired list OF the army, and direct
ing him to turn over the command OF the
regiment to. Lieut.. Col. cambridge, who.
by promotion, becomes the colonel OF the
regiment.
Owing to the destruction of Temple
BETHEL at Pensacola by fire, Sunday,
Rabbi J. Kahn has resigned the charge
of the congregation. and viii leave for
Detroit in few days, He Is the inventor
of an improved copying stone, which is
now in successful operation, and his SER
agement of the business, which is being
rapidly built up.
The strike In Nome & Bros factory at
Tampa is still on. The committee of five
appointed to visit the other factories, and
request them to appoint committees
and TO decide whether or not they will
Join IN the effort to raise Tampa prices
to New York rates, has, up to this time,
plished nothing, but the movement is be-
ing nursed and may mature at any time
A meeting Of the Indian commission was
held at Titusviile Tuesday, and arrange.
ments were discussed for the establish
ment Of an Indian Industrial school near
Miami in Dade county for the advance
/ ment and protection of the Seminole
Indians The meeting was attended by
/ Mr. Brecht, the Indian state agent, who
resides near Fort Myers, and j. T.. lngra.
ham of St. Augustine. The industrial
| of the Episcopal church and the Woman:
! Indian Association OF the United states
| of which Mrs. Quinton of philadelphia
| is president.
The @Stockmen's Association met at De
Land Tuesday. There was not much bust
| ness done, as the case of the state VS. tn,
roadrnaster of the. Jacksonville, lamps
| and Key West railway was, before thu
/ criminal court of record and was being
/ argued by Col. b, NJ. Miller, for the state
| and Col. Axtell, attorney for the railroad
| company. The information was brough
| under the law of 1898, requiring the road
| master and superintendent TO put III
| bIackboards at various stations on which
| to post the marks and brands of stool
| killed by the trains. Judge J. A. SteWar
/ decided that the law was unconstitutiona
| in that the road was in the hands of
/ receiver. 1t was a complete knockout 70
the stockmen. The county attorney, afte
| the decision of the court. asked that sever
| ~ eiFht other cases OF the same natur
be nolle pressed.
| The treasury of Alachua county has bee,
! greatly depleted during the past mont
| as result of the amendment to the con
| stitution which provides for the countie
! paying the expenses OF criminal prosecu
| tions. The taxes to defray the expense
| of the county and state were levied Ions
| since. and to meet this additional eXpens
| the county commissioners were forced Il
| borrow $1,000 at their last regular meet
| ing What will he done in the future /
! not known. There still remains tire
| sessions of the county and two sessions o
| the circuit court, the expenses OF whicl
| rust be betrayed during the present year
/ ing hope that the coming session Of tn
| legislature win make some provision 70
| the relief OF the black" counties or re
| fund the money collected from them [,
pay for that branch OF the state govern
! menl.
The schooner Cecilia, Capt Clark, tool
/ party of fifteen from Manatee Z,
Sarasota Wednesday, the 9th. arriving