The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-09

was broken into Sunday night and about
$40 worth Of goods carried on
The Florida Press Association viii meet
at Jacksonville on Oct. 2
There Is a great demand for dwelling
houses at West Palm Beach.
Monticello warehouses have received
up to date 535 bales OF cotton this season
There will he a large acreage Of to
matdes and other vegetables planted AT
Avon Park this year
Tampa's city council passed an ordi-
nance recently prohibiting the presence
Of women in saloons.
A farmer near Arcadia IL said TO. have
raised this year forty bushels OF rice
on half an acre or land
Census Enumerator Rafael ximanes
tells the St. Augustine Herald mat the
census of the city viii show a popula-
ton Of at least AGO.
The hunting season for deer in South
Florida opened Oct. ], and closes Jan. 81
The opening season for guam begins Nov.
! and ends March Is.
Although diligent search has been made,
no trace has been found Of the men who
robbed County Treasurer Wood Of $500 at
Arcadia Friday night.
Circuit court opens in Madison county
this week. an unusually busy term Is
expected as there are several murder
cases to be disposed or.
Forty-eight bales Of sponge were ship
ped from TarpOn Springs last Week Inc
latest from the sponge bars is that the
boats are ali doing well, and this will
be a very successful season.
A ministerial association has. been
formed at Jacksonville. The oDJect OF
the association is TO develop the minis
terial work in that city. and to more
closely unite the different churches IN
one line of Christian WORK.
The lumber men say that lumber never
sold at so low a figure as it is selling at
now. While the demand is fair, the sup
ply Is large. They expect no better prices
until some of the many mills turn out
less material than they now do.
The census of Dade county, now being
taken by Harry Dyer, shows that Dade
county has more than trebled her popu-
lation in the last I'VE years Mr.. Dyer IS
Beach, which shows about lsO inhabl-
tants.
At St Augustine Monday Golaby Fran
cisco Gollilanu sold negro 1--WE dollars
worth of groceries and gave him ninety
five dollars change for one hundred doll
lar confederate bill. Golaby's seven
years earnings and the negro are badly
wanted by the Gollilanti family.
The steamer Fred DeBary. with all flags
flying, arrived at Jacksonville Monday,
having returned from a profitable summer
season in northern waters. She was
greeted by all the whistles on the river.
Capt. Creaser was out from New York
thirteen days, and says he experienced I'M
usually severe weather.
The coroner's jury in the Sumter Jones
murder case, which has been in almost
continuous Session for the past three
weeks held its final session at DeLand
dict charging billiard McNulty with the
murder Of Jones, and duplicating An
drew Estes and John Rodney Walker as
being feloniously present Edward w.
Ballard, Frank f. Jones, George Williams,
alias Muggin, were charged with having
aided the others in the murder.
From present indications there is going
to be a hard tight for the thousand-dOllar
clerkship in, the Office of the collector of
internal revenue for the district of
Florida. Clarence w. Smith, secretary of
the board Of civil service examiners, TO
whom are sent the applications, says that
twenty-five applications are on file now,
and that others are coming in daily. He
believes that by the time the examination
is held, Nov. O. there will be fully seventy
five contestants entered in the race, in
which case the examination will have to
be held in the United States court room,
as there is no other room in the govern
mont building at Jacksonville with ade-
quate space.
ST Walker of the Okefnokee Drain
age Company, was in Fernandina Mon
day, and closed a contract with n b. Bor-
den & Co. to furnish them 100000 feet of
cypress logs per week, to be cut into
Walker also arranged to ship 25o,000 feet
of lumber from Fernandina per week, the
lumber to be brought down the st. Marys
river in lighters. For the present, Bor-
den & Co. will do this Tightening, but the
Okefnokee company viii soon put a
for this purpose. The lumber will be
shipped north on the Mallory steamers.
1t Is believed this is the beginning of
greater shipments out of the Oketinokee
country through Fernanuina.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Punta Gorda writes, under date of Oct.
>: The creek known as Alligator creek
has been changed in name to Pine Apple
river, and Broad creek has been changed
10 Strawberry run. The lands on both
! of these streams are rapidly settling up
with emigrants from the northern and
western states. w. +. Ramsey, who lost
his parents at the age of years, at the
| age of 80 has been found by his uncle and
| relatives at this place. He is now the
heir TO an estate and has $1,000 in cash. u.
| King of Arcadia, the cattle king OF Flor
| ida, is moving to Punta Gorda. Marshal
| II. V. Bryan, who recently came from Ia
| wares, and who has made very efficient
| officer, has jumped the town for parts un-
/ known leaving behind some anxious
| creditors. The Punta Gorda Herald has
| been increased in size to a five-column
| eight-page paper.
an NJ Driggers, who is charged with
| numbering Tax Collector r. b. Bowling
| about two months ago at Drigger's store
| four miles below Lake Butler, in Bradford
| county, will be tried before Judge Call al
! the present session of Bradford court
| which convenes at Starke Monday. Orig
| gers son ran away from home, and ne
| charged Bowling with having persuaded
! the boy to go away. Thus the quarrel
| began. and after one or two unpleas nj
| meetings, Bowling stopped at Driggers
| store late in the day and began talking
| with Driggers about the trouble. Bowling
| was shot to death during the quarrel and
| when he was found he held an open knife
| in his hand. Driggers will claim that
| Bowling killed himself while picking ur
| his gun to shoot Driggers. No one saw
! the killing except Driggers, and the wit
nesses in the case will hardly give any
| testimony in respect TO the murder
First Thespian-I had my leg badly