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


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A game preserve is to be established in
Escambia county by Chicago sportsmen.
The prospects for a large strawberry
crop around Gainesville are encoura ging.
Packing will commence about Feb. 16
The Nolusia County Bible Association
VIII mold us tenth annual convention at
orange city, commencing Feb. and
continuing two days.
Rain fell at Pensacola all Of Thursday
night The rivers employing into the bay
are rising rapidly, and large quantities
OF timber are being hoated down for ship
ment.
There. win be between 100 and $50 acres
or melons planted at Alachua, principally
ppy Georgia melon growers. Oat crops are
looking well. and farmers are busy pre-
pairing the land for corn and cotton.
The Wanen Lumber and Veneer Com
panys mill, situated three miles north of
5umterville, will resume operations the
first Of next week with a fun force for
the purpose Of cutting carrier crates. This
mill has been shut down for month or
more
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Taylor of New York
have Just returned to the Tampa Bay hotel
from Cuba. While at one of the hotels
IN Havana Mr.. Taylors sleeping apart
ment was entered, and both he and his
wife drugged, the intruder conhscatlng
about 5000 worth of jewelry, with a little
cash.
West Bros. have nearly completed their
Aiibt nm at NtSIdkts IN f1AnlltOn GOQn-
y. Their railroad from that point to
Eilaville is in excellent condition, and
they are cutting and shipping from 10000
to $1,000 feet of lumber every day. When
their mill is fully finished its capacity will
be about $1,000 feet per day.
When the train from Tampa, Thursday
morning, pulled up 10 the depot at Wild
wood an elderly gentleman, named G. s.
Pinkham, formerly of Vineland, N j.
but who has a home at Clermont, Fla.
was aboard en- route home. When he at
HaHHHl tod \
unable to do so He was assisted to the
waiting room, where he died in a very
few minutes.
In the circuit court at Jasper last week
Judge White decided that the wet and
dry election held in Hamilton county in
1887 was hot conducted according to law,
and was therefore Illegal. In that cleo
ton some districts of the county voted
dry and have so remained ever since. I'm
der this decision liquors can be sold any
where in the county upon compliance
with the law regulating their sale.
Jules Solomon, wholesale tobacco mer-
chant at Jacksonville, has made an as
signment for the benefit of all his cred
,itors. The assignment was forced by
! " Dor Manrara of New York, who had
I notes of Mr.. Salomon's due Jan. IS
and Is Mr.. Solomon says he wrote the
i firm of the difficulty in making collections,
/ incident to the freeze, and asked an extern
I sion. This was denied. Mr.. Solomon i'm
1 mediatel'T took the road to make collec-
! tons. Meanwhile his paper went to pro-
I
bank
Frank Raymond. who says his home is
/ at Nilkesbarre, Pa, and that he was re
/ Gently employed by the Florida Central
/ and Peninsular railroad, was carried to
/ Pensacola Thursday with a deep cash cut
! in his forehead. He says he left Jackson
/ Vile Monday night on freight train.
/ At Baldwin he got out of the caboose.
/ Near the rear Of the train some person
I unknown approached him and knocked
4 him down with a coupling pin, then
robbed him Of SIS in cash and a watch and
+ chain and other vaiuables.
! Mrs. F. A. W. Sinner of Mount
\ Carroll ILL.,. one of the largest
grove owners in the DeLand section, an
\ nounces that Thursday she consummated
! the sale of $40, coo worth of orange-grove
property to a Minneapolis, Mimi, man.
4 .AErr-Ruthford. the purchaser Of the groves,
!. will move to DeLsnd and make his home
there. He also expects to bring with him
thirty families, who will settle at DeIand
/ permanently Mrs. Sinner is not selling
\ OFF her groves because they have failed to
] pay but she has more than she can con-
Yeniently handle