The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-08

borough county has just forwarded to the
state controller his report for October
during which 325 occupational licenses
were issued. The amount collected for
the state was $lS,O22.2S; amount collected
for the county was $90ll.14. Total of IL
censes, 81, AZ. OF the 325 licenses, thirty
one were for the sale of liquor, which
paid to the state Sl5,500 and to the county
$3.50. Total, $23,250.
John c. McDavid has been appointed
postmaster at Bluff Springs. Escambia
county, vice r. w. Brooks, resigned. New
postoffices have been authorized as fol-
lows in Florida: AT Flora, Alachua eoun-
~ six and a half miles northwest OF
Osceola, from which office il will be sup
piled by special service; Charles f. VIII
son has been appointed postmaster AT
Neptune, Dade county one mile west OF
Jupiter, Albert w. Clark was appointed
postmaster.
Capt Leo Vogel of Jacksonville is in
receipt of a letter fifteen days from Bara-
Goa, Cuba, containing information to the
effect that Alfredo TRAY of Jacksonville,
now United States consul at Baracoa,
has had the yellow fever. His illness and
conyalescence was followed by that of
his little daughter. After nursing these
two back to health, Mrs. TRAY, who is
Capt. Nogels daughter, was taken ill.,
and at the time of the writing of the let
ter was still in bed.
A meeting of the state pension board
was held at Tallahassee on Mon
day, and the following list OF
old soldiers made happy by. having
l.
! J. y. Townsend of Lafayette county,
for S96 a year; Jasper n. Harris of Holmes
county, for $50 year; j. n. Quicker of
Suwannee county, for $50 year; Charles
l.. McKinnon of Walton county, for sec
year; Ruben H. Johns of Hamilton
county, for $96 year.
A report has reached Ellaville that some
Mormon missionaries, who have been at
work near Greenville. were taken out
Tuesday night by band of masked men
and severely whipped 1t is also reported
that the Mormons were ridden on a rail,
and ordered to leave the county. The
Mormons have been in Madison county for
some time, and 1t is reported that they
have caused trouble in several families,
and IN consequence much indignation has
been excited against them.
1t is stated in Fort Myers paper that
IF the people of Lee county want a rail-
road in a hurry they can have the Char
otte Harbor division of the Plant sys-
TEN extended from Punta Gorda within
three months-provided, that the people
will vote to bond the county for $500
and Mr.. Plant will agree to take all OF
part of the bonds at the low rate of A
per cent. interest. the proceeds of the
| bonds to go to the Plant system in con-
sideration for the building and operating
of railroad to Fort Myers In connection
| with this system"
The correspondent of the Morning News
| at Kissmmee, under date of Nov Z, writes
as follows: 1t is reported that the new
| railroad extending from NarcOossee to
Rockledge will be built shortly, it be-
Nercoossee in few days. This road will
| open up, when completed, some of the
| finest lands in the state. The Florida Mid
| land railroad will be sold on the first
| Monday in next month. S. t. Buchannon,
| the new supervisor of the Savannah, Flor
| ida and Western railway, has moved his
| as his headquarters. The crops in this
| county have been fine this year. More
! than ever was planted. While this will
help out, it will not offset the loss of the
orange crop from this end of the county
| The lower end lost no orange trees and
is now shipping oranges and grape fruit.
Tampa Times: The board of
] mony in the trial of Lieut. Hay Mon
! day afternoon, and the prosecution COM
pleted its evidence this afternoon. The
| defense claims that the testimony so far
| introduced will be knocked into a cooked
! hat" and that the lieutenant will be
| cleared of the charges preferred against
him. On the other hand it is thought
| that the prosecuting witness will be
| placed in rather unenviable light by the
disclosures made at the trial and the
result. David S. Macfarlane met Lieut..
| Wiley of the Washington, in Tibbetts'
| store Monday night and took him to task
for using his name improperly in cor
| respondence to the department about
| Lieut.. Hays conduct while in Tampa
| last April. Macfarlane was exceedingly
indignant and with difficulty restrained
| himself from aSsaulting the lieutenant.
| A crowd was attracted by the alteration,
which took place about O'clock
A teachers institute will be held at
| the Tampa Graded School on Nov Is for
| the teachers of Port Tampa City, Hope
| Well, Keystone Park, Big Cypress, Mag
| daline, Oak Grove, Livingstone Avenue,
| Spanish Park, Richardson and Tampa
| schools. At Seffner. the institute will be
| held on Nov. 20 for the teachers of Man
go, Limona, Riverview, New Hope, Provi-
| dence, Bloomingdale, Valrieo, La Villa
! Bethel, Thomotosassa and Standard
| Academy schools At Plant City. on Nov.
Y, the institute viii be held for the teach
| ers Of Cork Academy, knights, Mount
| Ewon, Spring Head Mars HILL Welcome,
| Keysvine, Sstrunk. Alfalfa, Turkey Greek
| Pleasant Grove and Cork Station. All
| Pringle's, on Nov 30, the institute will
be opened for the teachers from Pilot
| Hurrah, Alderman, Orange Hill, Lee
| Evergreen, fuckers, Plano and Calhoun,
Patents have been issued to the follow
ing Florida inventors Frederick G. Bald
win, Forest City, marking and shading
pen; Vernon f. Sapp of Starke pillow.
A letter from Tallahassee to the Jack
! sonville Citizen says: 1.-The question rails
ed by a new settler in BreVard county.
and given good deal of prominence in
| the state papers, as to what course should
| be pursued by bidders at tax sales as 10
| the taxes falling due the following year.
| before the title can be made out on the
| certificates, is said to have needlessIv
| affected the bidding on lands recently sold
for taxes. To make the matter more
clear by illustration; A purchased in $50.
| certain lands assessed as unknown ana
| sold for taxes in Brevard county He
| received a certificate of purchase. but
under the operation Of Florida's revenue