The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09

| centers they dump American securities
/ on the market, and so when the south
| Weakens the confidence of the north she
/ suffers by the Withholding Of money from
her industrial development.
FLORIDA.
Mrs. Catherine Ximanes one Of the old
| est of the native people of ~. Augustine
! died Friday.
Tampa seems to be overrun with sneak
| thieves and burglars, and nearly every
| night they commit depredations
The people of Charlotte Harbor are
thinking OF building a railroad to connect
with the Florida Southern somewhere be
tween Liverpool and Shell Creek Such a
line would probably be six miles in length
A band of Seminole Indians is camped
about two miles from West Jupiter. There
seems to be no complaint among them
Of hard times, as they have just laid in
a supply. Of provisions for which they paid
in cash S50J.
During the month of May the coffee
tons of the internal revenue Office for the
district Of Florida amounted to S46,530.09
The amount collected from the sale Of
cigar cigarette and tobacco stamps was
Si6066d This amount represented 1900, =
900 cigars manufactured in thes state.
Officer Reddick of Palatka took a wood
en- revolver from an 1S-year-Old negro Fri
day, who had 1t concealed in his hip pock-
ct. the policeman seeing the impression of
the fake weapon through the boys coat,
and causing him to Investigate the matter
The boy will be fined by the mayor for car
rying concealed weapons.
Deputy Clerk Cassidy, of the circuit
court, at Jacksonville, has prepared the
record in the case of Alexander Simms
convicted of the murder Of Policeman Ed
Minor, and forwarded 1t to the governor
at Tallahassee. 1t now remains for the
if OF DuVal county, fixing the date of
Shnms death by hanging, as was his
sentence by Judge Call.
The curriculum of East Florida Semi
nary at Gainesville will be raised very ma
terially for the next term. and students in
the Latin scientific course will have to
spend another year at the institution be-
fore graduating. 1t has not yet been decid-
generally understood that a graduate will
be prepared hereafter to take an examina-
ton for the state teachers certificate.
The attorneys for the newly elected city
officers returned to Pensacola from Mari
anna shortly after midnight Friday. They
found that Judge Barnes had granted u
temporary Injunction on a bill charging
fraud without any specific allegations
of the same, and also that an Injunction
was necessary to prevent loss of life and
property. Messrs. Blohnt, Parkhin and
Egan, on their arrival, moved to dissolve
the injunction. The motion was grant
ed, and Judge Barnes notified eX-Mayor
Anderson and the old officers that he had
dissolved the injunction on the ground
that Mayor McHugh and others elected
on that ticket had a prima facie title, and
were entitled to possession of the offices.
and the remedy was by quo warranto. A
conference was held by the attorneys on
both sides, and ii was agreed that the
old officers would surrender possession at
Z O'Clock this afternoon. At that hour
Mayor McHugh and the other officers-elec
and the new board of aldermen were sworn
in by Justice of the Peace Boykin Jones.
surveying party under j. o. Fries. with
s. A Robinson as assistant returned TO
Orlando from six weeks trip in the field,
making a thorough survey and investiga-
ton of the region known as the San Sc
bastian saw grass lands. These lands are
principally owned by A. Q. Russell presi-
dent and principal stockholder of the
United states Printing Company of Cincin-
natl and New York. W. w. Russell a son
of the above-named gentleman, has located
permanently in Florida for the purpose OF
looking after this large interest and deVel-
oping 1t. 1t is his intention thoroughly to
canal the tract and put il in condition for
cultivation The tract embraces five town
ships of land. 1t was found that of the 1l5,-
600 acres in the tract, about $4,000 are
muck. A portion of the remainder Is COW
cred with pine timber. A lake four miles
! long by two miles wide was found in the
run from the tract to the San Sebastian
! river, a distance of between four and five
| miles shows that there is nearly or quite
! twenty feet fall, ample to enable the entire
! tract to be drained at comparatively little
/ cost.
! Tampa Times: The house near Ashley
/ street, between that street and the river
and not far from the South Florida depot
/ a. and
/ family, who keep several male hoarders
| was struck by lightning Thursday night
! during the severe thunderstorm between
/ 10 and II O'clock, the second time within
/ a year. There were fourteen people I'M
| the house-Mr. Rowell and wife and seven
| children and five of the boarders The
4 lightning struck the brick chimney on
the cone of the main part of the house
and divided into three distinct bolts. One
J of these bolts proceeded northward tear
/ ing up shingles and setting fire to the
roof of the kitchen. No harm was done
/ by the fire, as Mr. Roweu quickly put il
| out Another bolt tore its way down
/ through the roof of the southeast side
| of the house, which is the front and tore
| plaster in great flakes from the walls of \
room on the ground floor, which was occu-
/ pied by one of the boarders. The third
| bolt tore its way likewise to the southeas ST
front Of the house, and the corner boards
! and Notwithstanding were splintered The
| room in this corner Is occupied by I'd
! Kane, a member of the band and il Is
| probably lucky for him that he was moi
| at home, as this part suffered worse Of ali
| and he might have been hurt. Miraculous.
/ ", no one in the house was in the least
| injured by the lightning.
| The most sorrowful prayer meeting that
| ever took place at the Baptist church al
| Ocala was held Wednesday night After
| devotional services the matter of paVina
| mortgage on the property came I'M
| The TACT was then disclosed that every
member who had been blessed with a