The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-11
FLORIDA.

Sales of land, improved and unimproved,
is the order of the day now In Lee county.
Z. a. Phelp Of st. Petersburg has COM
pleted arrangements to can a large part
of the strawberry and huckleberry crop
Mr. Phelp proposes both TO raise and 10
buy fruit.
The oat crop at High Springs has i'm
proved very much since the recent rains
and there will be a better harvest than
was expected. Vegetables are still COM
ing in freely, but prices are too low for
any profit to be realized.
Saturday the residence Of Judge McLain,
DALE 1 was burned Near Nearly A9 eTerR-
thing in the first story was
saved, while everything above was de-
stroyed. The loss was about $780, with no
insurance.
Charges have been made against Post
master Kennedy of st. Petersburg. The
charges state that by frequent removals
of the postofice the patrons are put TO a
great deal of trouble, and that DIR. Ken
nedy, who is dentist, practices his pro-
fession in fun view of the public, to tile
discomfort Of ladies, especially, who. 90
to the office on business.
Considerable stir is going on in the
postothce at St. Augustine, on account of
a letter received by Postmaster Usina
Saturday from the postoftice department
IN Washington, notifying him that in the
future his appropriation for help would
be cut from $1,000 per annum to 81, 200 This
cut is to be effective from March 81 Ac-
cording to this order, Mr.. Usina is already
over 500 out of pocket personally, as he
has paid salaries according to the old APP
preparation up to date.
Antonio Menendez. better known as Pa
Jarito, Chinaman who runs restaurant
next door to the barroom of Francisco
Ysern, in Ybor City. was the victim on
last Saturday afternoon of bold bur-
gIary. PaJarito is accustomed to carrying
large sums of money on his person, and
on last Saturday had about $3.50. He
went to his residence at about 4 o'clock
lax TO OIL
and secretng his money in a hole in the
floor in the center of his sleeping apart
ments, the hole being made for that spc-
clal purpose. He awoke in about an hour
and going to the place where he had Sc
GREETED 1t found that it was gone. Sus-
picions rest on a Chinese attache of the
restaurant.
An interesting railroad fight is on at
Ocala and two separate gangs of men are
racing to see which will finish the track
first About dark Saturday an injunction
was got out against the Silver Springs,
Ocala and Gulf railway, a part of the
Plant system, by the attorneys of the
Florida Central and Peninsular road, to
prevent them from crossing the latter 5
tracks or trespassing on their right of
way. The affair is slightly mixed, but
from best accounts it seems that the
Plant people intended to broaden the
gauge of the Florida Southern and make
a connection with the Silver Springs,
Ocala and Gulf, giving them an uptown
depot, and that the Florida Central and
PeninSular, divining this, went quietly to
work building additional track to Illustrate
the move. About o'clock Saturday after
noon Herbert Anderson, who has the char
ter for the electric line for Silver Springs.
and who, il is understood, owns the old
right-of-way between the two roads, heard
OF II and put his own men at work on a
new track. Attorney McCOnathy has filed
an injunction against the whole crowd
on the part of private property owners,
A serious cutting ARRAY occurred on the
principal thoroughfare at Tampa Satur-
day afternoon. W. w Evans a white
man from near Sidney, became involved
in q controversy with a partly paralyzed
negro named Frank Jackson. AS the story
was told, hot words passed between them
and the negro moved away, but returned
ana was about to enter Brantley's store
AS he passed Evans the latter stabbed
him deep near the left collar bone with
q knife. This was followed by a cut On
the left shoulder blade about four inches
in length. While in the act of makine
third assault, which from its direction
must have been more serious. another
struck Evans arm up, and as he did so
the knife passed over the back of his
hand and made a painful cut The force
OF Crooms blow threw Evans against a
large show window. He crashed through
the glass, and two arteries in his wrist
We're severed and he was otherwise badIv
cut. Evans wounds were dressed and
he tainted All three were arrested. Jaels-
son is seriously injured, though probably
NOT fatally. Evans was partly intoxicated
A very unusual accident happened On
Nortn Beach at St Augustine Saturday
elleIhoon, IN which soldier named Grew
Stait5I, member Of Battery Fl of the Third
<aIlleIy had very disagreeabIo 4na
f@t41A VI experience. he and several com