The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-08

Rose was arrested on a warrant sworn
out by Felix Garcia, ticket broker con-
nected with Maynard in Jacksonville Fla.
Rose is accused of misappropriating
thousand-mile railroad ticket which he
got from Garcia. The value of the ticket
was about $25. Mr. Garcia says that
Rose got the ticket from him several
months ago and failed to return or pay
for it, Mr. Garcia was in Atlanta
Wednesday and seeing Rose on the street
at once went before justice of the peace
and swore out warrant charging Rose
with being a fugitive from justice. Rose
was arrested but gave bond for his APP
pearance. Mr. Rose claims that he de-
livered the ticket book in question to a
travelling man named ScOville several
months ago He saws that he met SEQ
Vile In Barlow, Fla, and at the latter's
request turned over the book to him. Mr.
Rose afterward secured an athdayit from
Scoville to the effect that he (Scoville)
RENTED Garcia the amount due for the
book. The remittance was made from
Charleston, S. G, by mail. Garcia holds
book, claiming to not have received re-
mittance from Scoville.
FLORIDA.
Hon. Beverly Baker, representative
from Jackson county in 1891, died last
night.
The Presbyterian church Of Gainesville
Will be dedicated with appropriate cere-
Mr. Lawson of Bluehelds, Va. has pur-
chased two acres of river front land at
Fort Pierce, and is about to start an oy-
ster farm.
Flora, a new postohice in Alachua
county, has been established while the
postofiice at High Point has been dis
continued.
Mr. Rice of Rice Bros & Henderson,
has bought the stock and good will of
Peter Arlund, the Franklin street drug
gisc at Tampa.
Thieves entered the residence of Mai.
Fowler, at Palatka Tuesday, and secured
a gold watch and chain belonging to the
major. The articles were valued at $l25.
The sgd B. Sturdvant Company of
Tampa has applied TO the governor for
permission to change the firm name, Mr.
Sturdivant having severed his cohnec-
ton with the concern.
WFeckers at Pensacola report that the
schooner Nettie is ashore near East Pass
She lies starboard side on. Her port side
is badly strained, and seams have started
Men with jack-screws are at work, and
expect to float her.
T. McGlynn & Co.'s novelty wood works
and lumber and wood business at ITALIA
hassee have been purchased by the ITALIA
hassee Lumber and Manufacturing Com
pany, and the business will be enlarged
to meet the demands of such an enterprise
in Middle Florida.
A relief associa ton has been organized
for active work at Pensacola during the
winter. The object is TO render assistance
to needy persons in the city, and to pre-
vent impositions upon citizens by afford
ing a means of investigating all cases of
reported suffering.
1t is reported upon good authority that
a German syndicate is seeking to control
the entire phosphate interests of the west
ern portion of Alachua county. The re-
port is we'll founded and all the phosphate
miners say that they have been APP
preached in reference to the matter
The property of the Terraceia Phosphate
Company was sold at sheriffs sale at Bar
tow last Monday, and bid in by the plant
if, the old president of the company. Ii
| is expected that work will be commenced
at an early day, and that new plant will
| soon be in operation on these lands.
The Tropical hotel property at Kis.
simmee was sold Monday at public out
| cry under decree of foreclosure, and was
| bid in by A. E. Drought for the trustees
for $1,000. 1t is not known what disposi.
| ton will be made of the hotel, or whether
| it will be opened this season or not.
I Work is progressing rapidly on the
new city market at Tallahassee. The
foundation has been completed and work
| commenced on the first story of the build
! ing. The contractor, W.. c. Anderson oil
| the firm of Anderson & McDuffie Jack.
1 sonville, expects to have the buildinC
completed within the next thirty days.
The Hinson Company of Lochloosa is
| doing an extensive fish business on Loeb,
| loosa Lake. Twelve men are employed
| and many barrels of fish are shipped every
| day. Senes are used on the waters al
the Arredondo grant, upon which the
| state fishing laws cannot be enforced, as
the land was never controlled by the
| state.
The vital statistics for the past month
| as presented by the city health officer OF
| Tampa, DR.. Douglass, are as follows
| Twenty-nine deaths occurred in the city
| during the month. twenty-four white ant
| five cOlored, Seven of the deceased were
! natives of Tampa, three of Florida, eighi
| Of other states; ten were foreigners anC
one unknown.
The Chapman Wrecklng Company OF
| New FORK has contracted to raise tht
| German bark Senta. The company ha.
| obtained from the government the use OF
| two sections of the dry dock at the navy
| yard near Pensacola, TO be used as pon.
| toons, and il is estimated that the YES
sci will be raised and pumped out free il
| about two weeks.
A white man, who is said to have late
| ly served term in the state peniten
| tiary attempted 70 kidnap a child of hi.
| former Wife, Mrs. Brassell, at Pensacola
| Monday afternoon. He was running of
| with the child, followed by the screaming
| mother, when a gentleman Joined in thC
| pursuit. The man dropped the child anC
escaped 10 the woods
| A shooting ARRAY occurred a night OF
| two ago at one of the camps of tht
| French Phosphate Company's mines neal
| LuFaVille- one man was killed and an
| other wounded. A negro who claimed
] 10 have been there stated that the killing
1 was about 2 pistol which Bud Smith WhC
| is said TO have done the killing accused
| Horace Gray. the man who was killed OF
taking away from him.
l County Judge c. E. Harrison of Hills.