The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-19
FLORIDA.

L. A. Lyons is endeavoring to organize
a stock company for manufacturing brick
and tile at Gainesville.
At a meeting of the members of the
METROPOLITAN bank at Ocala Friday night
an agreement was arrived at to enlist in
the Florida state troops as the second
Battalion State band, and a telegram TO
that effect was sent the commanding ma
jor OF the battalion, c. z. Lowell at
Leesburg.
William Downie, a prominent real es-
tate dealer of New York city. is in Jack
sonville completing arrangements for
bringing a large colony of about 1900 peo-
pie TO locate in Florida. Mr.. DoWnle says
that the people he intends to BRING are
industrious and will prove desirable ac-
QUESTIONS TO the state.
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
News: The state board Of pardons has
passed upon the following cases; Jo-
seph Jackson of Nassau county, convicted
of highway robbery in 1855, and sentenced
TO state prison for life; sentence com
muted to expire on Friday. Hiram Platt
Of Osceola county, convited of larceny OF
animal in 1898, and fined $100 and costs I;
restored to citizenship.
No rain has fallen at Montclair since
Feb. q. Trees are not yet affected, but
garden truck and Strawberries are suffer-
ing. Seeds, planted weeks ago, are stin
I'm the ground, awaiting moisture. Ship
ments of the largest and finest crop OF
cabbages ever raised have just ceased.
home, f. o. b., Sl.35 to $3.50 per crate.
Prices so far received have been very sat
isfactory. A large Irish potato crop Is
now being prepared for shipment.
A large fruit yield seems to be assured
for Walton county. DeFuniak's liberia
peach has become famous as the most
luscious peach ever put on the market,
and this season larger quantities will be
shipped than In any previous year. Farm
ers throughout the county have planted
cotton on a much more extensive scale
than last season, and are very hopeful
Of the fall returns. Nearly all of the
planters are in position to regard cot
ton as a surplus crop, and only a very
few viii be Obliged to sell to meet mort
cages for advances.
A strange negro, whose only known
name was Charles, was shot and instant
ly killed at Cummings mill at Jasper FRI
day by notorious negro gambler named
John Henry. A crowd of negroes, about
day5reak, were warming themselves at
the slab pit, and the negro Charles went
some one had taken his hat. Coming up
to Henry he charged him with having his
hat, whereupon Henry shot and killed
him instantly. He then coolly robbed
the dead man of his pistol, walked off
down Cummings railroad and made his
escape.
The search for George Huff. the negro
who shot and severely wounded A. p. Ed.
gerton at Lacrosse a few days ago, has
not been abandoned Mr.. knight MIR
Edgerton's business partner, has offered
reward of so for the capture of the
negro, and five men armed with shot
guns are known to be searching for him In
the vicinity of High Springs, Lacrosse
and Fort White. Mr.. Edgerton was not
seriously wounded, as was at first sun,
posed and the physicians now say that he
will recover. The ball from the negro's
revolver did not penetrate his liver. bu,
after entering his side, struck a bone
and lodged. Mr.. Knight says that he FIR.
ed several times at the negro. and II 1,
thought that he is wounded.