The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-22

is now in the hands Of a committee for
immediate action
The crowd at the circus in Gaines
yi.le Saturday was thc largest ever seen
boo that town. People were there from
miles.
The cadets at the East Florida 3 a1i-
nary az Galnesvilie attend CHURCHES as
follows Presbyteriau fs- Methodist, Il;
Episcopal. Q; BAPTIST. q. Roman Catholic,
D. j ess ism, I.
The steamship Mas -otte is in M0-
ono uells owe rhauiea. preparatory TO
assuming her trips on de hrsr OF next
mo-l4 between Tampa and havana win
the Olivelte.
Suit has been instituted i'm Apalachi-
cola against Charles MitEerspOOn's bonds
men 20 collect SIS OF 500 fine imposed
On MN by the county court Tor acLins
as q pilot without license.
IL has been decided that Tampa viii
have 10 vote on bonding the city unufr
me new Charter secured since the city
voted TO issue bonds. The bonds would
not De legal as now authorized
At q sneeial meeting of the city council
held at Orlando Wednesday night the
tax levy for 1888 was made. The rate is
for general revenue , for schools ana
for water and fire protection.
Brooks Shipman, son Of COL v. J. Ship
man loTnerY SeoelF-r Of me, nlJed
shot in the hand a LaWtey a few days
ago by the accidental discharge Of a re-
Nolver The wound is "a bad one
w. II. Wilson. Jr. ard w. A. Dade of
Hawkinsville are about to engage extern
sivcly in the logging business at St
Francis They have secured a large body
run out Of Spring creek into the, ST.
Johns and then RATED TO the mills of
the Bond Lumber Company.
In the breach of paving contract case
of G. J. Baer vs.. the city of Key West,
decided some time since. $4,000 damages
with interest, was awarded plaintiff, and
the Key West Advertiser is Informed that
a fee of 5000 and Blount & Maloney. at
torneys for defendant. $1,000
Maj. 5. n. Van Praag. president of the
PENSACOLA ana Northwestern r, Railro9,d
Company, has just returned TO Pensacola
from New York and reports that work
will begin in Alabama on the road III
January. He says the bonds have been
TO let contracts for It's construction. This
line is very important to Pensacola and
West Florida, as IL viii open the doors
to vast new tributary country.
The farmers Of Alachua county feel
disposed TO look upon the bright side, and
are extremely hopeful of making con-
siderable sum of money the present year.
The lettuce crop is looking exceedingly
well at present, and there are many large
fields of it. w; j. DENLY has already
made several shipments, one of which
was made Tuesday. The truck growers
Of North Gainesville and Rocky Point
are paying great deal of attention to
this crop and are planting less cabbage
as a rule.
A Scandinavian farmer from the rural
| districts walked into the Tallahasseean
office few days ago bought some old
newspapers, made himself as agreeable
as possible, and after satisfying himself
that he had in a measure made himself
acquainted, asked which of the two Tai
lahassee banks was the safest to leave
deposit of $500 or $3.50 with. Upon being
told that either of them was perfectly
safe, he departed with pockets bullying
out with gold. He had just sold his to-
baccO crop.
Gainesville Sun: There was a great
real estate deal consummated in Chicago
recently, which affects thousands of acres
! of land in Aiachua county. The capital
stock of the new company is $4,000 much
of which is represented in Florida real
estate The deal referred to is the sale
| Of the llilworth Trust Company to the
| lowa-tlorida Land Company. The pres
| ident Of the lattef company is Hon. !. s
1 Struble, ex-membet Of congress-. Of lille
/ nois. All the other members of the firm
are men Of prominence and of good iinan-
company to locate many settlers upon
! their lands IN AIaehFa county during the
! present winter. .o.Ffi ..r
/ Ia the list of SAID and petit Jurors of
! the United State$g court at Jacksonville
/ there is not d single name Of a citizen of
/ Duval county This is the first time
/ II does not mean that there will be no
/ jurors from that county at the next term
| of the court. In making the order for the
| drawing of the jury, Judge. Locke desig-
| should be selected. He omitted Duval,
! knowing that at every term of court a
number of persons, whose names are
drawn, cannot be found, and others are
excused. Their places have to be filled
| by special venires, and they are always
| selected from Duval county. At the last
| term of court so many persons were ex-
! cused that fully tWo-thirds of the petit
| jurors were Duval county men.