The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-15


door exercise can be had.
themselves strong enough to combat
minor companies. and propose to strike
az the two concerns named
The Plant system last week received
from the Manatee river country what Is
probably the largest orange tree ever
purposes. II was BY no means spris,
but a well grown tree, about six inches
through at the collar, and was loaded
with oranges, having at least nfteen
boxes on IT, The tree was purchased
from the Manatee Lemon Company, and
was farefully transPlanted into a box
about six feet by eight. 1t was imme-
diately shipped 10 Atlanta. where IL will
hold A conspicuous place In the Plant
exhibit. and show visitors from the north
that the orange trets Of Florida are BY
no means all dead
A few days ago Arthur Wilkinson found
a skeleton, while digging a ditch IN Mr..
Hart's orange grove, near Hawks PARK,
near New smyrna. II was only rev leet
from where one was found about ten years
ago. The bones were all preserved, APP
parently a woman Of middle age
These We're very likely members Of Turn
bulls colony of Greeks and Mnorcans,
as The remains Of the stone chimneys and
cement and mortar floors are scattered
in the woods all along the ridge from New
Smyrna TO the Park, the farthest one
south is at DR.. Hawks old place. The CO.
quina rock earth and floor are protected
by a frame. erected lately, and an appro-
pirate inscription is being printed on the
frame.
DR.. Arlund, proprietor of the ParIor
pharmacy at Tampa, the attachment OF
which for debt was mentioned day or
two ago. is again in trouble. He was ar
rested on the charge Of perjury and IN
default Of $500 bond was sent to jail
lie secured bondsmen after spending one
night behind the bars, but Saturday they
refused to serve longer. In the after
noon he again gave bond. Letters have
htsrsa cd far~ Of n
formation of DR.. Arlund, who Is min
utely described The letters state that
he is wanted in Rector, Ark, for some
questionable work in connection with a
railway at that place. He acknowledges
that he was president of narrow gauge
railway there.
j. w Boyles Of Fernandina, whose sue
ccssful common-sense tank spout for rail-
way tanks has received such commenda-
ton from eminent railroad men. has just
made a second test of his new cart spring.
This is a device for the relief of dray
and draught animals. il is a compound
spring attached to the dray harness in
place of the unyielding chain that crosses
the back of the horse and sustains the
weight of the shafts and a portion of the
load. The chain, so long in use and sup
posed 10 be the best thing possible In
that line infiicts actual cruelty on the
dray animal. The spring which Mr.. Boyles
has invented, and which the patent au
thorities say is unique and valuable. re
heves the dead jolt and strain and makes
dray work no harder on horse back
than work of other kinds.
c. r. jenkins last spring was arrested
by the United States officers for shortage
as postmaster at Sneads, to the amount
of about 5000, and gave bond for his
appearance before the United States
court. His accounts have been carefully
investigated, and on Monday last he was
re-arrested and carried before United
States Commissioner John Tom Porter,
who, after hearing the case, bound Jen-
kins over in bond Of $4,000. in default Of
MI e w To- tT
claimed that, in addition to the shortage
in the first instance, II has been discover
ed that the sum has assumed the large
amount Of $4,000. How this can be is
mystery. He was postmaster of an Office
that paved probably S15 or 800 per quar-
ter, and 1t Is strange the shortage should
not have been discovered sooner.
When Capt. John T. Lesley assumed
control of the custom house at Tampa in
March of 1894, the receipts were about u
per cent less than they are now and the
force was proportionately smaller A
small bonded warehouse, with a capac-
ity of from 1900 to $500 bales, answered
every purpose for storing the imported
tobacco that was then brought into Tam
pa to be manufactured into cigars Last
spring the Plant system enlarged the
bonded warehouse Swing Il capacity
it was estimated that such warehouse
would answer all demands for the next
five years. A mistake was made in the
calculations, however, for the warehouse
is now being taxed to its utmost, and the
department has been wired that an addi-
tional building would have to be secured
at once as q bonded warehouse. in which
to store the large quantities Of tobacco
coming in on every ship This additional
warehouse will probably be put into use
next week. At present there are 6,400
bales of tobacco stored. These bales are
much larger than the ordinary bales, av-
eraging fully $50 pounds, thus making d
total of $4,000 pounds of tobacco in bond
now. This. VIII make nearly lO0000,000 ci-
gars, and Is consequently almost enough
tobacco to supply every manufacturer In
Tampa for one year.
The establishment of a steamship line
between some point on the east coast
of Florida and Nassau, n. p, in connec-
/ ton with the Florida East Coast rail-
| some time. a New Providence paper
/ prints the following paragraph with re-
gard to it: "A proposition was submit
/ ted on Sept. q to this colony by r. w
Parsons of New York, and II. NJ. Flaglel
of Florida for a southern steamship ser
vice during the coming winter between
/ Florida and the Bahamas. 1t is propos.
ed to put on q first class passenger
4 Steamship WHICH viii make weekly trips
/ between Lake. Worth, Fla, and Nassau
during January, February and March
The distance between these two points
/ is $50 miles, and the time guaranteed il
I twelve hours. A subsidy of floO is asked
/ for from the colony. The legislature, II
| informal meeting, accepted the proposal
| and no doubt the service will be estab
| lished. 1t viii not in the least interior,
| with or supplant the present fortnightly
| service between Nassau and New Yorl
| now performed by the Ward line steam
| ers but will be an independent service.
| The long pier that Mr. Flagler Is nov
! having built at Palm Beach will be uset
I as a wharf for the vessels at that point
/ The pier. when completed, win eXtenC
into the ocean for distance of 1000 fee
or more.