The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-21
FLORIDA

George r. AIacfarlane has bought
controlling interest in the West Tampa
Milling Company.
1t is rumored that win Myers, the
much wanted Atlanta murderer has been
caught at Tampa by the sheriff Of Lake
county.
Secretary Hoke Smith, Tuesday, APP
proved the selection of 1T4l9 acres to
the Florida Central and Peninsular Rail-
road Company.
The water in the Indian and Biscayne
rivers remains unusually high and fish
are hard to get. Roe mullet are scarcer
than ever seen.
De Soto county has more than doubled
it's population in the last five years. The
popula ton of Avon Park has quadrupled
in the same time.
Shep Hodges, in Nolusia county, last
week dug from one hill twenty-nine pounds
of potatoes, and says he will make 7OO
bushels to the acre.
The 800 prize for the best half-acre of
tobacco grown in Manatee county, offered
by w. r. Hollock, mas greatly stimulated
the industry in that county.
Mai. Lucas of the East Florida Semi
nary faculty is contemplating an excur-
sion Of the teachers and students of that
school TO the Atlanta exposition.
Orange-boX material is being shipped
from the section around Orlando to the
city of Mexico. S. W. iEldridge of Apopka
is picking uD the stQred-up material in
the hands of the dealers and forwarding
The United States grand jury was dis
charged at Tallahassee Saturday after
noon. In its presentment it says that dur
ing the eleven days il was in session it
disposed of ninety cases, and found sixty
two true bills.
Harris line of steamers on the Ottawa
ha river viii, for the present make one
trip per week, leaving Palatka for Silver
Springs at 1855 o'clock a. m. Monday,
and leaving Silver Springs for Palatka
al II 80 a. m. Tuesday.
c. r. Jenkins, the postmaster of Sneads.
whose case in the United States court re-
suited in a mistrial on Saturday night, is
| still in Jail at Tallahassee, as he has not
yet been able TO furnish sufficient security
| for the $4,000 bond required of him.
Several of the East Florida seminary
| cadets took a walk to one Of the ham,
mocks near Gainesville on Saturday and
/ have been suffering ever since from the
! effects Of poison oak. Some of their faces
! are swollen almost beyond recognition.
John Henry Williams. the negro sneak
/ thief captured at the Union depot a few
nights ago, plead guilty Tuesday in the
/ criminal court at Palatka to the charge
| of grand larceny, and was sentenced TO
/ four years at hard labor in the state pen
itentiary.
H. Clay Remick Of Philadelphia has been
/ at Orlando for a day or two making a
! thorough investigation of that section
4 to ascertain its desirability for a small
/ colony OF his friends, who contemplate
! locating in the south. He seems TO h.
very favorably impressed.
The Avon Park Idea SAYS that O. NJ
/ Crosby has received a request from the
/ agricultural department at WASHINGTON
/ for a full list of pineapple plantations in
/ this township, and he finds there are
/ eighty-siN different growers. who have
total of 525, SIS plants. covering fully lN
acres.
j. J. Summerlin charged with the muir
/ der Of Mrs. Smith at Campton some time
/ ago was released at DeFuniak Springs
/ Tuesday morning on $1,000 bail The hear
/ ing was on a writ OF hebeas corpus be-
/ Ed George is in jail charged with the
same offense.
Col. G. ". McWilliams, an attorney OF
! Palatka was arrested Tuesday on a war
/ rant sworn out by j. J. Baughman. charg-