The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

as the list of patents issued for the week
Just ended includes the names Of ive
Floridians. They are as follows. kobert
J. Gilham. Orlando. lamp stove; HoWei
n. Lewis, Green Cove Springs, tool Tor
drawing spikes or bolts; Walter =. Scot
field, Cedar Keys, bag tie; Albert D.
Stamford. Palatka, draw bar attach
ment; Elliot 2. West Orlando, level
o. Richardson has made 500 by the
sale Of 2Ol crates Of tomatoes raised on
one acre Of land on the Miami river. Mr.
Richardson lost an orange grove IN Levy
county one year ago. He came 70 Miami
purchased ten acres of land ana went 70
work He believes that he will make $500
off one acre of tomatoes next year. Mr..
Richardson is in his S0th year. He clear
ed his land and planted his crops alone.
Mr. Hendrikson of Chicago reached
Florida, and went to hawks Park about
six weeks ago. so lame and crippled with
rheumatism that he could not walk ten
steps without stick to help him. By the
help of w 5. Hart, he applied some bees
TO the parts, and caused them 10 sting
him, and now he is well and walks three
or four miles without any stick, and will
keep a fairly good walker up TO his speed.
Henry Paine, the young negro boy
charged with killing Leonard Brooks, who
died at Jacksonville Monday morning from
the effects Of a wound inflicted by Paine,
was given a preliminary hearing before
lining three new witnesses the boy was dis
charged, as the evidence showed that
Brooks was the aggressor throughout and
that there was no intent to Kill on the
part of Paine.
Congressman Sparkman has secured
form the committee on military
affairs favorable report on his
his bill providing for road
from Pensacola to the national Gem
etery at that place. The road to be con-
81 will no irnnrnVempnf to
that section, as 1t will be a handsome
driveway, constructed in the style in
which the government builds its roads.
and will add much to the attractiVeness
Of Pensacola.
Jacksonville Citizen: Diego Manova De-
Moya, Familiarity known as Dave De-
Moya. and son-in-law of ]. A. Huau, was
one Of the passengers on the steamship
Bermuda, which left here late Sunday
night, Ostensibly bound for Port Cortez,
Honduras, Central America. Mr.. De-
Moya appeared on the passenger list as
Manova DeMoya. He had told Mrs De-
Moya that he intended TO leave on the
steamer, but she thought that he was
simply joking. The following morning.
however, she learned that such was not
the case, as he was not to be seen. and
yesterday she received a note from him
explaining mis- absence. Mrs. DeMoya was,
of course, greatly distressed. Mr.. DeMoya
will assume the rank of captain Of artil-
lery on the staff of Col. Vidal, with rec
ommendation TO promotion as major of
artillery.
The Orlando Reporter states that Maj.
NJ. r. Marks of Orange county, who was
largely instrumental in securing the pas
sage by the legislature of 1898 of the law
known by his name, and entitled An act
to encourage and promote immigration in
the various counties of Florida, and to
provide for the assessment and collection
of revenue for those purposes" insists that
the law was intended to be, and is, appli-
cable to the matter of building better roads
OF int "a FWNn-
provements." This law, after providing
for the creation of a county bureau of i'm
migration and for the levy of a tax of :
cents per acre on all land in the county to
support the bureau, res trictS the authori-
ty of the members of the bureau, in the
expenditure of such funds as may be en-
trusted ito their care to 1.-THE purpose of in
ducing bona fide settlers to their county.
The Reporter has been informed that
Judge Mabry, now on the supreme bench
and Judge Butt of Orange county, prepar-
ed the law for the express purpose above
defined" and THAI Judge r. w. Davis OF
Palatka agrees with Maj. Marks as to the
application of the law.