The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-13


thias Of Florida convenes at Tampa
Wednesday, March 20.
The city election will occure in Gaines
Vide on April 3.
The negroes of Gainesville are organiz-
ing for city politics. ....
John o. Ball, a prominent and we'll
known citizen and merchant of Tampa,
died Sunday morning OF consumption.
The long pending law suit against the
Punta Gorda ice factory having been set
tied the factory viii soon start-up again.
The pay for feeding prisoners IN Marion
county has been reduced from ~ to % cents
per day, and rents Of armories from $40 to
Nolusia county paid A. St. Clair-Abrams
of Tayares, $500 as attorneys Zee to look
after the appeal case in the Packwood
murder case.
John c. Russ, of Victoria, has planted
fifty acres in watermelons also w. |. Lay
ton, who Is interested in "A fine property 1T
that place, has planted ten acres in mel
ons.
There is to be found in Columbia county
a tive-legged calf six and five-footed
pig. One of the latter has all the extra
hoofs on one foot. The animals are owned
by II. j. and G. A. Marcum.
The Albion Phosphate Mining and Man
ufacturing Company took out more rock
last year than any other mine in the state.
and the managers are now making ar
rangements to double the capacity the
ensuing year.
The Stockmens Association, in Volusia
county, is wrathy at members making
settlements with railroads for cattle kill
ed, after placing the matter in the hands
Of b. NJ Miller, the associations attor-
ney, for legal action.
A colony of some five or six hundred
Swedes has just closed a contract and en-
tered on lands of the Sarasota. Improve
ment Company. The company has dis
played great liberality in its terms with
these men. They viii grow truck, rice,
sugar cane, etc.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
Is now considering the feasibility of es-
tablishing long distance lines in Florida.
Estimates are being made on the cost
OF various items of the construction of
such lines to connect Jacksonville with
Ocala, Palatka Sanford and Pensacola
Possibly more Florida cities may be in
cluded on these lines.
]. A. Owens, representing the Southern
Belle Telephone and Telegraph Company,
is now selecting the route, and within the
next two or three months Ocala and jack
sonVille will be on speaking terms over
the telephone wires. The route selected
will be from Jacksonville to Waldo down
by Rochelle and through Orange Lake TO
Ocala, following as near as possible the
main public road
Charles L. Smith who has a winter res
idence at Winter Park, a member of a
long-es tablished firm of tanners, Lyman
Smiths Sons of Norwood, Mass, IS quite
enthusiastic ON the subject of the growing
of 'Canaigre," a root possessing strong
tanning properties. Mr.. Smith has OBJ
tanned a large supply of the root from New
Mexico and Texas, and has distributed it
among the farmers and fruit growers
around Winter Park, with the request
that they give it a fair trial and find out
how it viii grow in Florida soil.
A deed was filed for record in the cir
cult clerk office at Jacksonville Monday
in which Sligo Myers, Herman Myers and
Fred S. Myers transferred to j. e. r.
BOWden the eastern So feet of water Dot
80. which is bounded on the north by
Bay street, the east by Bridge street, and
the south by Mccoy creek. The amount
paid for the property was $4,000. A deed
was also recorded by which the northwest
corner of the same lot was transferred by
the Bergner & Engel Brewing Company
to the Anheuser-Bush Brewing Company.
The amount paid for the second purchase
was $4,000.
on last Friday Mrs. Madge T. Butler, of
Jacksonville, went before the county judge
and sued out writ Of repleVln against
Mrs. Ella Barton, for a small fox terrier
dog, which Mrs Butler claims she gave
Mrs. Barton for the purpose of washing
and caring for. Shortly after that Mrs.
Butler went north, and upon her return
to the city about ten days ago says she
went to Mrs. Barton and demanded the
puppy, and its delivery was refused. She
then sued out the writ of replevin. Mrs.
Butler says she is determined to get her
dog even if she has to bring a. criminal
action for its recovery.
w. j. Davis arrived at noon from St.
Q
body of a white man was found on the
beach, a half mile from Pnellas, Sun
day 1t was viewed by hundred peo-
| pie, but was so badly mutilated and had
been in the water so long that no one
could identify it. There was not "a
| paper Of any kind and only p cents in the
pockets of his clothes. Two front teeth
were missing, whether recently or not
could not be told. AT first il was thought
TO be DR.. Rogers, who disappeared mys-
teriously from St. Petersburg about three
weeks ago, but his friends denied it; and
! it is now supposed to be Sam Frierson.
The latest advices received at West
| Palm Beach from the lower lake region
are to the effect that the tomato crop
this. season far eXcels that of last year.
| The growers have more plants out. Charles
CAROLS tomato crop, which consisted of
five-eighths Of an acre, brought $3.50 He
now has four acres Of this fruit in flower
and in splendid condition. j. W. Perry
has two acres in good condition This is
a good showing, from the fact that Mr..
Perry did not begin operations until Jan.
of this year, John Brown Will begin
shipping from his crop about Nay l..
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