The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21

Jesse Slough of Daytona has cupboard
Of solid walnut made in 1774-12O years ago.
The new brick factory OF Lozano, Peudas
y Co. at Tampa, was completed Friday
1t cost complete $4,000.
A number Of Barlow people have re-
ceived from Louisiana, roots of ramie and
will experiment with it this year.
1t is estimated that the tax assessment
of Orange county property this year will
be T,5OO,O00 short of last years assess
ment.
A change was made in the firm of p.
Miller q Co. of Gainesville Thursday
when John Chestnut, member Of the firm
retired.
garden a sunfower measuring eighteen
and one-half inches across one way and
ninteen the other.
Mrs. Lowell of Daytona has fig tree
that was frozen down in the winter and Is
now bearing a good crop of figs on wood
grown since the freeze.
+ ". Bennett and c. Singleton were out
fishing last Friday at Port Orange and
caught swordtish weighing 100 pounds
from which they obtained a sword three
and one-half feet long.
James CARMEL of Ormond had the good
fortune to take the first silver king in
Tarpon Bay, below Daytona, this season
The FISH towed the boat around for an
hour before it was hauled in.
The celebration of the third anniversary
OF the Incorporation of High Springs S
funds nave not been secured to justify me
assertion that il is an assured fact yet.
DR.. Topham who bought the Nelson
Baker property on Lake Winnemissett last
winter, has let the contract to j. p. Mace,
a Lake Helen contractor, for an elegant
fourteen-room residence on this property.
Tuesday Health officer Romero of Jack
sonville. tested milk from the cans OF
twenty-four dealers, and only seven out of
that number had milk Of the standard de-
gree, 100. The test was made with a lac
tometer.
The negro who was shot near Pensa-
cola several days ago by another negro,
under the impression that he was the out
law. Railroad Bill suddenly disappeared
from the hospital at 5 o'clock Friday
morning. He was to appear before the
county solicitor early next week. This
FASTENED his departure, and the officers are
now confident that he was a fugitive from
some point.
In the criminal court at Tampa Thurs
day in the case OF Warren Aiken, charged
with burglary, the jury surprised every
body by bringing in a verdict of not guilty,
on the plea of insanity. Aiken's parents
sWore that six or seven years ago, he was
shot in the head. and since that time he
has not been accountable for his actions.
On this ground the jury acquitted him of
the charge of burglary, but the prisoner
and his friends We're dumbfounded when
Judge Wall ordered him examined imme-
diately regarding his sanity, in order to as
certain whether or not he should be sent
TO the asylum.
Notwithstanding her poor financial CON
dition Gainesville is paying off her indebt-
edness at a. good rate and in a few years,
with an economical government, will be on
her feet again. AT a meeting of the city
council Friday, the committee to check up
and destroyed vouchers of City Clerk w
A. Slgsbee reported as follows: I'VE have
checked and destroyed two bond coupons,
1898, Sl2; 779 bond coupons, 1894 $3.4I4; in
scrip, and other vouchers $13,595 IS; total
NIOSl.2S The city has paid in addition TO
this $1,000 on bonded Indebtedness that
was not due for ten years. There remains
to be collected Of city taxes for this year
nearly 5000
The Alachua county court has adjourned
Thursday three cases against d. NJ Da-
NldSon, charged with larceny, We're cOntin-
ued. These three cases created somewhat
OF stir in court circles, when they We're
recorded on the docket. Some time since
Davidson, while acting as deputy to Sheriff
| phate camp near NeWberry All were gam
ping at the time, and We're convicted of
the crime. Three of the negroes charge that
Davidson TOOK money from them at the
time the arrest was made, and that he
never returned 1t. A warrant was sworn
out TOR his arrest. and Davidson is now I'M
der BOND TO appear at the next term of
county court
Tampa Tribunei At 10 o'clock Wednesday
night, Nat Trout a gentleman of high per-
sonal and business character, was passing
by the saloon at the corner of Franklin
and Lafayette. He sometimes INDUCES in
glass OF beer and on this occasion stepp-
ed into the bar to take a drink. On going
in he looked around Incidentally. Charles
Orlfck and other man were sitting
on some boxes in one corner. Orlick said