The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-23

Mrs. J. T. Thomas. OF Gainesville has
on one sundower stalk - blossoms
At Tillman q 6-foot alligator has been
recently carrying or Mis- J. NJ. Minors
chickens.
Cattle thieves are so bold On Barlow
that they catch COWS and change TIE
marks and brands.
The business houses CT DeLaut. OF g
number OF them who rent. have scccef D.
ed in getting reduction in the rent % -
per cent.
Polk county has an excellent corn crop.
some of the stalks being fifteen feet high
The assessed valuation OF telegraph lines
in Polk county Is SS,li6, and Of railroads
$685. 1901.
Henry Matthews. colored. who lives sew
cral miles from ST. Augustine was killed
BY being cut in two by freight train
Thursday evening Hc was intoxicated and
laid down on the rails 20 sleep.
Emerson Il. Conrad. who was arrested
at Jacksonville by Capt Cooper on Thurs
day afternoon on complaint of Cashier
CraWley OF the Bank Of WaycrOss for
cashing a forged check at the bank, is also
wanted at Columbus and Augusta on a
similar charge.
The receipts Of the postomce at Tampa
nave passed the $4,000 mark, and the
year Will not expire until the 30th inst
Free delivery Of the mail is the cry of
the people. but a larger clerical force is
needed in the office TO handle the mails
with greater rapidity.
News has reached Ocala of the death Of
George w. Bishop in a small town in
Maryland from the bite of rattlesnake
sent him by his friend, l.. 3. Dukes of
Ocala. Bishop was a well-known character
throughout Florida, and has often visited
Ocala. He was successful street trader
selling backing, polish, soap, etc.
Orlando Reporter: c. NJ. Boone, travel
ing freight agent of the Plant system,
was in the city to-day, and reports the
shipment of melons and vegetables from
points south of here about over and the
1HHHa Na.un as1.Fa
son here for such crops is just now at its
heaviest and Will soon be over.
The contract for the steel drawspan.
fully completed for the bridge from St
Augustine to Anastasa Island, has been
let, and 1t is to be shipped TO St. Angus
tine at once, 50 that work can be begun
Immediately. The extreme length of the
span will be lSl feet, and viii have a
night Of IA feet at the portals and - feet
in the center.
John r. Smith, postmaster at Crestview.
was brought before United States Com
missioner McGourin at DeFuniak Springs
Friday, charged with misappropriating
postof1ice funds. He waived an eSamina.
lion and his bond was fixed at $500. IL is
stated that he has been drinking heavily
lately, and his friends attribute his appar-
ent lapse 10 this.
Tampa Times: Arrangements for build
ing the Masonic Temple and opera house
are satisfactorily progressing. Plans are
being submitted and will receive the con-
sideration of the building committee he
tween this time aud July /, and plans will
be adopted by that date, after which the
bonds to the amount of $4,000 win be
placed on the market. one party has al
ready agreed to purchase bonds to the
amount of $4,000.
Civil Engineer Emil liroberg left Mana
tee on Wednesday with two assistants for
Shell Beach, on Sarasota bay, where they
have gone to lay ont grounds for a winter
resort for G. n. Thompson of Chicago Ill
This IS a beautiful location. The bay is
twelve miles long by four wide A number
of hands are there clearing up the land 1t
is seven miles south from Manatee 1t is
estimated that there viii be 20 900 boxes of
oranges shipped from Manatee county this
fall. Money IS being raised to shell two
and a half miles OF Manatee avenue at
Manatee this summer.
Uncle Sans national emblem will be
greeted with q fun military salute unOn
its appearance at the summit of the new
dag-post that is being erected at the St
Francis Barracks a. St. Augustine on the
Fourth of July. Everything necessary TO
finish the work is now on the ground. A
gang OF men are at work, and the glorious
Fourth viii see the fiag-pOle in place. The
new pole is 100 feet HIGH and consists
of clustered steel rods, held together with
strong steel bands, a vast Improvement
on the old one. When complete it will
represent the mainmast of a ship, includ-
ing the maintop. 1t Will he supported by
four old Spanish guns that have been par
TALLY sunk in a bed of concrete to act
as buoys. 1t stands ats the southern end
OF the parade ground, on a bed of con-
crete about thirty feet from the seaWall.
Through the entire length of the pole a
lightning rod will be run and carried
through a pipe at the base into the water.
1t is not likely therefore, to share the fate