The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05
FLORIDA.

Farmers in Columbia county are we'll
supplied with home-raised provisions and
meats.
Many farmerk around Lakeland are
planting a large acreage in beans. Beans
are generally ready for shipment six
weeks after planting.
The Masonic fraternity are preparing
10 build on Marion street at Lake City
brick block 50Xl05 feet, with possibly a
line opera house.
Articles Of cOpartnership were filed in
the circuit clerk office at Jacksonville
Philip Walter the title of the firm to be
Dawkins & Walter.
Storm signals were displayed by the
weather observer at Pensacola Friday
The lights were brilliant and easily seen
from every vessel in the harbor.
George Walton, a young white boy who
has been staying around St. Augustine
for some time, is now in durance vile be-
cause he stole on Saturday last $56 from
r. ]. Orr, mulatto who runs on the
vestibule.
At the convention of all the Y. l. AS in
Florida, federation was formed, and its
first work will be to petition the legisla-
ture to rescind the law preventing any
city of less than 100 Inhabitants from
putting up cattle.
Dan Washington, colored man. who is
wanted in Madison for the murder of
Charles Pinckney last June, was arrested
IFS Gordon and johnson. Pinckney, the
murdered man, also colored.
On last Tuesday night about 70 O'Clock
an unknown thief entered the JewelrY
store of ]. g. Street at Lakeland and stole
several gold rings, two or three watches
and broke open the cash drawer, but
fortunately found no money.
At West Pain Beach Friday, when the
steamer St Augustine was making her
landing at the Poinciana dock, on the east
side, one of the engines burst the plug
striking Engineer Hoover in the face and
dnt1ieting most painful wound
A. II. johnson has been awarded the
contract 10 build a residence for John
Trice on Plant avenue at Tampa. He
gets 5000 for 1t. Mr.. Trice will furnish
considerable material which will raise
the cost of the structure to something
over $500
The construction of a telephone line
connecting Ormond and Mound Grove
twelve miles to the northward of Or
mond, with station at c. A. Bacon s
known as mo. g." is nearly completed
The wire will be a great convenience to
orange growers at Mound Grove.
The Tampa Building and Improvement
Company have completed thirty-nine cot
tages and have twelve more nearly ready
TO occupy. In addition they are placing
material on the ground for twenty-three
more in Ybor City, which win be com
pleted as soon as men and means can do
Another large timber land sale cover
ing nearly lutUVU acres was uleu Tor rec
ord in the county clerks office at Lake
City Monday last. This makes the total
of land sales in Columbia county during
the past two weeks something more than
10000 acres, with other large deals pend
ing.
A few days ago the city council oil
Lakeland passed an ordinance in rela-
ton to the appointment of a city attorney
The mayor accordingly made the appoint
ment. A petition is now being circulated
which, it is said, will be presented to the
legislature, asking that the charter OF
Lakeland be annulled.
Quite a sensation was created at Tam.
pa Friday by the report that the OHal
loran Brothers, prominent cigar manufac
turers had filed a suit against +. A
Salomonson for SANDER, assessing the
damages at $4,000. The OHallorans
claim that their credit was impeacheC
by the defendant and that their credit Is
worth to them 100000.
A. E. Mcclure has just completed the
plans and specifications for a large brick
building that is to be erected by Capt
j. W. Fitzgerald Of Port Tampa at the
northwest corner of Bay and Bridge
streets at Jacksonville. The buildine
VIII have 2l0 feet frontage on Bridge
street and seventy feet on Bay 1t will bf
Two stories high, and viii contain clever
store rooms.
a negro who has for some time beer
NOfklng at the Home restaurant at Lake