The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Deer are reported numerous in Orange
county.
The Fort Myers Baptist church will be
dedicated to-day.
A large acreage is being planted in
strawberries at Fort Myers.
The farmers of Alachua county are anx-
iously awaiting for an answer from the
railroad companies in regard to freight
rates.
There is a very dangerous counterfeit
dollar at present in circulation in Gaines
VILE. 1t is a counterfeit of the series of
1891, and is as perfect as it can be.
The county commissioners of LAFAYETTE
county have adopted the months of Oc-
tober, November, December and January
as the open season for killing game.
At Gainesville Friday the Southern Ex-
press Company transferred four crates of
cucumbers, which were being forwarded
from Micanopy to New Yok. These are the
first of the season.
]. Z. Hartrldge has returned to Jack
sonville from Ocala, where he went to
secure the confirmation of the sale of the
Ocala house to H. b. Plant. He was sue
cessful in his mission
William Martin, justice of the peace for
the First district of Orange county, and
Hon. Mahlon Gore, the present lncum-
bent, are candidates for mayor of Or
lando. Each is a democrat
L Large quantities of wood are arriving
in Fernandina from points along the rail-
road and rivers in anticipation of an ear
ly winter, and the wood yards are stock
ing up to their full capacity.
The Bell River Packing Company,
which has headquarters at Chester, and
which has been shut down for some time
on account of the low prices now paid for
oysters, will soon resume operations.
The Gainesville Woodenware Manufac-
turing Company are daily receiving or
ders for their goods Wherever they are
1t is with difficulty that there orders are
filled.
In several portions of Alachua county
says the Gainesville Sun, the residents are
suffering with sickness, which is due to
the turpentine industry. 1t is said that
when the trees which have been boxed"
are banded, the country becomes sickly.
The store of F. NJ Curtis & Co. of Ybor
City was closed Thursday by an attach
ment for $1,000 being sued out against
them by E. ]: Baird of Hague. They
have compromised the matter by giving
Mr.. Baird all the lumber on the property
Mr.. ArIund, proprietor qof nthes Parlor
pharmacy at Tampa has been in a. bad
way, financially, since his advent in Tam
pa Wednesday night his stock and fix
lures were attached by Lawyer, K. c.
Laird on claim of 500 held by Mrs EN-
At Fernindina Friday Chief of Police
I. b. Livingston arrested young white
man, claiming to be w H Smith OF
Americas Ga, on suspicion of being the
man who stole a bicycle in Jacksonville
some days ago, and who may also be
wanted in Atlanta for similar theft.
Mayor j. s. Earman has issued the call
for the municipal election to be held at
West Palm Beach on Nov. 4. "A mayor
town clerk, marshal, tax collector, asses
scr, and three aldermen are to be voted
for. T: ID. Newman, w. II. Monck, and c.
Q. Miller were appointed inspectors, and
h. w. Earnest clerk. sat SOW 1857
1t is understood that the grand jury at
Ocala has found another true bill against
Carl Thalheim, making five in ALL thor
oughly covering the various charges of
embezzlement and false entries. The
grand jury is now investigating the Jsli
cases, as they are termed. They will be
taken up first in the criminal docket next
week.
A committee appointed by the Tampa
city council at their last meeting, consist
ing of Perry G. Wall, Jr., S. T Brengle
and J. H. Dorsey, are authorized to call
for bids on lighting the city of Tampa
with forty TO fifty arc lights and from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred incan-
descent or gas lamps on a contract run
ming from three to five years.
Julia, the wife of VIII Scriven, who was
murdered some time ago by James Bart
lett, was given a preliminary hearing be-
fore Judge Harrison at Tampa Friday on
the charge of completely The evidence
against her was very scant, and she was
released of the charge, but held in 500 bond
as witness at the fall term of the circuit
court. All the parties are colored-
Over 5000 has already been collected
from the license occupation tax at Tam