The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-24


The cold snap did no damage to fruit
or vegetables rops around Auburndale.
Capt Ephrain L. Harrison of Tampa.
aged 20. died Friday night. He leaves a
wife and two sons-Judge Charles +.
Harrison of that city, county Judge, ana
Samuel c., now residing in Lake city.
Antonio Lopez. aged IS years. died at
ST. Augustine Friday. Mr.. Lopez was the
father OF County Tax Collector Andreas
+. Lopez and Of c. A. Jerome, Emanuel,
James and Mary, the wife Of George Ro-
zero, all living.
j. L. Smith, a wel-lnown mail carrier
of jacksonville. who lives in North
Springfield, outside OF the city limits, re-
ported to the police Friday night the
loss of $500 in cash, which he said was
stolen from his mothers trunk.
Mr.. Martin Of Riverside. Cal, has pur-
chased from the South Florida Railroad
Company twenty thousand acres of land
situated about one mile south of Auburn
dale, and extending south. He expects
the arrival of thirty families within one
months time who will settle upon this
land.
Ed knight. a colored wood chopper, was
killed near Welaka Friday at the log
ging camp of Bruce McLeoud on the
Ocklawaha river by falling cypress
tree. He jumped the wrong way, and was
pinned between the butt of the falling tree
and saw palmetto, and died in about
three minutes.
The city democratic executive commit
tee of Palatka held a meeting Saturday.
and decided to hold the city democratic
convention Monday March 2, at the coun-
ell room, for the purpose of nominating a
mayor for the ensuing year. The meeting
of the primaries for the different wards
will be held Friday, Feb. rs, for the pun
n gIpctInGe delegate
vention.
Friday James S. Smith of the Char
lotte Harbor Fish Company came near
losing his life while horseback riding.
The horse became frightened. and dash
ing through the woods, threw Mr.. Smit h
against a tree. Some time afterward A.
p. PeXa passed that way and found Mr..
Smith lying unconscious with blood rum
ming from the mouth, nose and ears, and
severely bruised about the face. The
watch in his vest pocket had been crush
ed Mr.. Smith sustained no Internal in
jury, however, and Will recover.
The Jefferson county republicans met
in convention at Monticello Friday. Fol-
lowing is a list of delegates to the state
and congressional convention. State con-
Long, j. W. Hall, ]. T. Marks. Israel Sip
derson, Aliclk Smith, James Stark, A. j.
Jennins District convention, First con
gressional disTictI,W r. Long. j. T.
Washington. w. j. Anderson. J. B. Boze-
man, G. b. Bryant, Ephraim Thompson.
Tampa Times: A NJ. Rockwell ar
rived at Tampa Feb. 5 accompanied by
his wife, They engaged a room at the
boarding house of U. NJ. Bennett. On the
morning of the 7th they went to Manatee,
leaving their baggage at BENEFITS house
and expected to return in two days. They
extended their stay there over two weeks.
on returning TO Tampa Mr.. Rockwell went
to the Bennett house to secure his bag
gage He found the house vacant. En-
tering he went to his room, and found
that his trunks and valise had been cut
open and robbed of all of their valuables.
A neighbor informed Mr.. Rockwell that
the Benefits had moved away Wednes-
day 1t is not known who stole his eff
fects. Mr.. Bennett was at one time sher-
if of Volusia county. His daughter, Miss
Jennie, wa postmistress at DeLeon
Springs and figured in a sensational case
recently in the United States court al
Jacksonville. A patron of the DeLeon
Springs office accused Miss Bennett OF
opening his mail and she brought suit
against him for criminal libel and was
awarded $4,000 damages.