The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-15


The Shine Guards Of Orlando have forty
i've members,
An electric plant is to be estab-
lshed soon at Quincy.
The Hotel Royal Polnciana at Palm
Beach will open to the public to-day.
The Baptists of Florida will meet in
convention at ST. Augustine next June.
Two hundred lamp posts have just been
cast at the Orlando foundry for Tampa
The people of sumterville are now in
the throes Of an epidemic of the measles.
The lumber and grist mill and cotton
gins Of r. G. Ware We're burned at Lake
Butler few days ago
The preliminary trial of Marion Crews.
charged with the assassination of Alex
Mercer on the oath of last month, began
At Arcadia Monday.
Rev. r. o. Weir, pastor of the Alfalfa
Methodist church. is suffering from snake
bite, a moccasin having bit him on the
ankle few days ago.
Mr.. Palmer has, up to this date realized
5000 on sales made of oranges which were
grown on his grove near Braidentown He
has many more for sale.
Work on the Masonic temple at West
Palm Beach is being pushed ahead rapid
ly. 1t is to be a two-story brick structure
1.-The first brick building to be erected in
West Palm Beach.
At Shell Point fisheries, on the Gulf
coast, during the past two months. the
catch of fish aggregated 1O4 800 and the
cash sales amounted to 81 71S The Wa
kulla county fisheries averaged about
5000 each.
The suit of Miss Kate Smith against
the city of Jacksonville for $4,000 dam
ages was taken up in that city Monday
IT was brought on account of fall, owing
20 hole in the sidewalk. The jury gave
her verdict for $500.
o. W. Prince, a shoe dealer on Orange
avenue at Orlando. has made an assign
ment of his stock and real estate for the
beneht of his creditors. n. Z. Vowel is
the assignee. The assets are estimated
at 5000, and the liabilities at $4,000
The New York base ball club, with thir-
ty-two players, is expected to arrive at
Jacksonville during the early part of
March, and viii spend a month practicina,
ct the old fair grounds in Fairfield. The
grounds are now being put into proper
shape.
Rev. Charles w. Frazer has accepted
call to- the First Congregational church
at Tampa on the following conditions.
]. The church gives him three months,
uotlce II lney desire another minister
3 Mr.. Frazer gives the church three
months notice if he desires to leave Them
Inc pastor has the privilege of sixty days
vacation each year The salary for the
present is $1,000 per year
A stabblng ARRAY occurred at Port
Tampa City Sunday, between two colored
women, named Lizzie Bostwick and Alice
Turner. The latter followed the former
around and endeavored to provoke a fight
When Lizzie BostWick cut her several
EiineS. The wounds were not considered
1atal ana the woman was taken to room
over May 5 saloon, where she was found
nead Monday morning Lizzie Bostwick
Is under arrest, but she is conceded to have
acted in self-defense.
The large packing house of William
Lams, near the Orange City depot. was
buracd Sunday night. about 10 O'Clock.
Thc building was full of orange box ma
Lefiai ana paper belonging to the fruit
eNcGan&e, and seven tons OF fertilizer
ello ABOUT seven tons Of loose hay. belong
eng 10 Lams The fire was TOO much
'uoef way before the fire company got the
Ndttt On 10 save The buiIGing so they
turned their attention 10 saving the ~.
bota tne toss was total The fruit ev-
tIefte las Insurance sufficient 10 cover
~ Jess, but Lams had no Insurance ana
.'is ANS Tess 81 51,09l The fire was nj
inccnciary origin.
jr .. IT, mcHale and his wife. or
Mfs. blair' as she is also known, are now
Ct liberty, after having been confined in