The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31

Washer plaza is putting up two branch
mining plants near Fort White. All Of
the mines in Alachua county are now at
work and rock is being shipped extern
sively.
For some time past there has been
feeling Of unrest in the CONGREGATIONAL
church at Tampa, there being two fac
tons contending for the power to die
tate. and to decide the matter a council
OF the ministers and one lay delegate
from the churches will be held in the
cnurch next Tuesday, at II a. m. Repre-
sentatives will be present from Mount
Dora, Jacksonville, Interlachen and two
other cities.
a camp meeting will be begun to-mor-
row night at the historical old
miles northwest ' Of We eiiborn. T TSis
iished in the fan of 1887 by Rev. John L.
Jerry, pastor at that time. The meeting
will be under the direction of Rev. 5. r.
Phillips, pastor Of the Wellborn circuit.
the 4-year-old son of Charles French,
was thrown from a horse and had a leg
broken.
In the United States court at Tampa
Tuesday Thomas Govlno, Marcus Ma
hagen, Tony Hepp, Salvador Pitisci,
Santo Felicio, and Claudio Alonzo were
convicted of selling unstamped cigars.
Each was fined $50 and costs. FREDERICK
Yepes, who was charged with the same
omense, employed counsel to defend him,
but upon the disagreement of the jury,
he reconsidered and pleaded guilty. He
was fined ISL. J r. Williams from Her
nando was fined 800 and thirty days in
jail for violating the liquor law.
Policeman Anderson and a negro flower
thief had a terrific fight on Second street,
Springfield, a suburb of Jacksonville
about o'clock Tuesday morning, in which
/ the negro came out victorious and carried
off the polceman's pistol as a trophy Of
his prowess. The negro was recogniz-
ed by the policeman as George Walker
who is well known to the police force
He is suspected as being the person who
dug up and carried off 125 rose bushes
and, other plants and shrubs from the
yard of a gentleman living at Panama
week ago last Sunday.
Fire broke out in A. L. Webb's gen
eral merchandise store at South Haw-
thorne Tuesday morning at ] o'clock de-
and their contents. Webb loss is 1000.
insurance, $1,000. McMeekin's loss is 81
/ 500, covered by insurance. The store that
4 ne occupied was owned by II. F. Dutton
/ q CO. of Gainesville. The colored men
did noble work with the buckets They
saved Johnson's drug store, a barber
shop,' ana the market, which were Of soft
material and only few feet distant. The
/ cause of the fire is not known.
At Tampa Monday night, Mrs Henry
/ kruse. accompanied by her husband ia
/ ther ana sister, was crossing Ashley
/ street, when negro on a bicycle came
/ toward Jhem, riding at a furious pace
Ihey had no time to get out of his way,
! ana the wheel struck Mrs. Kruse terri
4 bic blow knocking her unconscious. She
was picked up and carried home whare
she is confined to her bed being severelv
/ bruised. Fortunately. she Sustained M
/ serious injury. The negro was thrown
/ from his wheel by the force of the collis-
4 ION, but jumped up and ran as fast as
| ne could so, leaving the broken wheel
! County Commissioner Kennedy of Al
| achua county has returned from ST. Au-
! CUISINE, where he went to consult the
government authorities relative to the
| new bridge that is being constructed
across cross creek, in the southern part
/ OF Alachua county. The question as to
blocking a navigable stream was raised
/ but as the bridge was nearly completed
/ Mr.. Kennedy was advised to continue the
| work. The bridge will be so constructed
/ that any vessel of ordinary build will be
| able to pass This stream has been used
| heretofore to transport oranges from the
/ groves in that section to the Florida
| southern railroad.
News has reached Orlando of the death
| OF J. NJ. Wilcox, ST., well known in that
| portion of Florida, where he held large
! landed interests. He died at Haverford
/ Pa he was at one time one of the largest
| real estate owners of Orange county, hay-
| ing large amount of very valuable prop-
| erty. Almost unaided he built the Cath
/ Ollie church at Maitland. and when the
/ Sisters of St. Joseph decided to open an
/ academy in Orlando he contributed the
son. J. NJ Wilcox, Jr., was foieG seve f15T
| years associated with l.. c. Massey in
the law business at Orlando, the firm be-
| ing Massey & Wilcox.
! A special from Gainesville to the Jack
sonville Citizen says: New develop
! ments of a startling nature have been
made in the United States timber in
| specton case. The discovery has been
/ made that several thousand acres of
/ timber land in Clay and Putnam coun-
| ties nave been cleared by one lumber
| man. In fact, he has taken all Of the
| government pine in the two counties
| That he was aware that he was tres
| passing upon government property at
| NE time OF the cutting is evident from
| the fact that his selections Of aovar ~
! ment land were made with wonderful
| accuracy. This operation has Melted
| MIN thousands or dollars, and the only
/ Of surveying the land Land Agent Nc
Ginnis of the land Office left for Clay
| county yesterday to make thorougb
| canvass Of the field. The governments
loss cannot be estimated at this time