The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-21

sold 20 Edward Records of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Records is to spend a large amount
of money in identifying the place.
H.. p. Shares. proprietor Of the New
Rockledge hotel at Rock1edge, has re-
Gently bought one Of the orange groves
in full bearing on Merritts island
The engagement of A. G. Hartridge and
Miss Birdie Dillon, two prominent young
announced. The marriage takes place
Feb. 10. 81, 49,.
w. r. Granthams suit against the city
of Tallahassee for $4,000 damages for
on Tuesday evening by Judge Malone in
favor of the city.
The long drought in Holmes county has
dried up the water courses and in many
places catching fish is no trouble. Even
hogs are thriving on FISH they find in
the dried-up ponds
A. NJ McLearon of Michigan is in Lake
City negotiating for 1900 acres of land
within five miles of Lake City. His pur-
pose is to bring a colony of settlers and
enter largely into tobacco culture.
Among the prospectors who have been
in Lake City during the past week is E.
d. Dickinson of Detroit, Mich, who pro-
poses to erect a canning factory at that
point with a capacity of 10000 cans per
day.
DR.. N. B. Rhodes and other citizens Of
Tampa are organizing horse insurance
company. 1t will enable the owners of
stock to insure the life of their animals
just as life insurance is taken out on In
Pensacola News: Coleman T. Fanhin.
in charge of corps of engineers, Is sur
veying the shore line, including the front
Magnolia Bluff. This work is being done
under orders from Maj. F.. A. Mahan.
The chart, which viii be made under this
survey. win also show the depth of wa
ter, extending out to the thirty-foot curve.
Three attachments We're issued out of
the circuit court at Tampa "Wednesday
pany, one in favor of Knight & Wall for
81 100, another in favor of the W. Z. Hill
Company for S6666S and the other in favor
of Jacob r. Einstein for 500. Morse &
Cole, Edenfield a. Jetton and the YbOr
City Manufacturing Company were gar
nisheed in the same suits.
Soon Kee, a Chinaman of Jacksonville,
whom a sharper swindled out of $500 by
a gold brick scheme several months ago,
was robbed Wednesday night of $500 by
negro woman. The money was under
pillow in Soon KEGS room. The woman
had access to the room, and while Soon
Kee was sleeping she entered and stole
the money. He refused to give the name
of the woman. or his own name to the po-
lice, but he was known by several by
ISLANDERS.
The ante-mortem statement Of Walter
Jordan, the man who stabbed woman
with a pair of shears at Pensacola on
Sunday night and afterward shot Police
man Raglan, was taken on Tuesday night.
Jordan was shot in the abdomen by the
bowels in several places. Seven inches
of the intestines have been removed.
The policeman is by no means out of dan
ger but his condition is much more hope
full than that of Jordan.
A meeting of the board of directors of
the Subtropical Exposition Company
was held at Jacksonville Thursday after
noon, and action was taken in regard
to keeping the property, which will revert
TO the city IL an exposition OF some kind
shall not be given this coming year. The
meeting was called TO order by Chair
man Archibald, who presided. A motion
was made to present an application TO
congress asking that the government ex-
hibit, now at Atlanta, Ca, be moved there
and placed in the building belonging, 10
the Subtropical Company In Springfield
The motion was carried, ana application
will be made at once.
The correspondent Of the Morning News
al kissimmee sends Ia the following; The
farmers OF this section have determined
70 make great efforts 70 have some other
crops besides the usual rarm products
help them out. To this end ten or them
have contracted 20 furnish the money 20
plant ten acres IN tobacco ana employ
an expert 70 caro- for u until marketed
They VIII also furnish al Assistance pos
sibie including expert advice ~ the farm
ers who Will plant This VIII certainly pe
81 great advantage 70 All who wish 70
plant, ana VIII most certainly open up
neW Industry here that Will pay There
is 20 doubt about tobacco growing here
that has been trfed. buf having no one