The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31
FIORIDA.


The banana fields at Lotus are showing
/ but little sign of fruit this winter.
DR. g, G. MaXon of Ormond has been
| arrested by deputy United States mar
shal, charged with selling liquor illegally.
DR. l.. W. Weldon of Tampa has retired
! from the practice Of medicine. on account
Of III health. He viii travel for a year or
more 10 recuperate.
The Tampa Times has ordered some
fine tobacco seed from cuba. which is TO
be distributed among those wishing to eN-
/ pertinent in the raising OF fine tobacco.
The statement is made on very good
authority that in a short time 300 emil
| grants viii arrive in st. Johns county
! for the purpose Of settling on lands that
VIII be given them.
The handsome residence Of T. T. Doug
las Of Orange Springs caught fire re-
Gently, and nothing was saved, except
some bed clothing. Mr. Douglas esti-
mates his loss at 81, 500
In the circuit court of Lake county at
Tevares Tuesday Judge Broome called a
special term Tor the second Tuesday OF
January, 1896, at which the PaCkWOOd
murder case will be tried the second time.
The strawberry crop in Alachua county
Will be light this winter. The acreage.
owning to the great scarcity of plants
and the dry weather, win be small. There
mas been great deal Of trouble recently
in getting plants to live.
c. s. Alley of Tampa succeeded on Sun
day. il is alleged. i'm passing six checks
amounting 10 about S9. drawn on ne
and although he has been searched for,
1t has been without avail
The electric light, telephone and tele-
graph companies i'm Tampa are said to
object to the ordinance recently passed.
taxing each pole used by them at the
rate OF 70 cents per annum, and Will
combine In fight against il.
The municipal election at Hampton
Tuesday passed OF quietly with the fol-
lowing results: Mayor r. w. Carr: al
dermen. DIR. ID. 1. Jones, W. H. Wright,
al. n
w. Cameron; marshal J. l.. Saper.
Cullen j. Seals, the man who. it is al
legged, attempted to run away
from from T TaIigpo3or with $50 $3.50 of City
Thursday night. was released from Gus
tody Saturday night. Mr.. Hendry refus-
ing to prosecute him.
c. 3. Knott manager of the Flagler
hotels at st. Augustine is said to have
under consideration a sort of supply
store or commissary department in CON
nection with the hotels this season and
thereby save the trouble of frequently
purchasing necessaries.
Gus Walters. a prominent colored man.
and ex eX-alderman OF Gainesville, was
Chisholm. The two were examining a
pistol, when one chamber was accident
ally DISCHARGED. The ball entered the
right arm. infiicting a flesh wound.
The Hon. r. r. Young OF Tampa is
making some alterations In his residence
that win entirely change the appearance
of his lot on the corner of Fortune and
Franklin streets. The house, which is
large two-story mansion is to be moved
to one side Of the lot and several stores
will be erected in its place.
H. 3. Rebel, aged SO years, met with
a friEhtful accident Tuesday at the mill
OF the Ybor City Manufacturing Company
In trying to adjust a belt on machine
his hand was caught and literally cut to
pieces, fingers, and bits of flesh and bone
being strewn on the floor. An amputation
was made just above the wrist.
Chipman's mine, near Wade, in Ala
chua county, is now getting out more
rock than ever before. The plant aver
ages 100 tons per day. The High Springs