The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24


PaIatka's big sash, door and blind fac
torv is nearly ready for starting up.
A how in Tampa steals turkeys from ore
neighbor and sells them to another neigh
Dor.
DR.. c. Lonsmann Of New YORK wants
Florida snakes 70 examine and experiment
with their virus.
The board of county commissioners has
sold The old court house at Vernon, Wash
ington county, TO W. 3. Lassitter Tor 500
In Lake county orange groves keep
improving. Many trees that had no signs
of growth in March now have sprouts
TWO ana half feet high.
DR.. Burke of Washington county and
whose home and farm in not very far
from Westvile was 1872 years old on
March 81 lac has a SON 70 years old
Manatee county is making more money
out of this years vegetable ana small
fruit crop than she ever made out Of
oranges in any three years o. her exist
ence.
The state pardoning board has granted
parlons TO the following life convicts: Lu-
CIV Johnson, Sherod Love and Rachel Love
Of Jefferson county, convicted of breaking
ana entering a building and robbery.
At Tampa Friday the grand jury return
ed an indictment charging Eugene Balm
with the murder of Hazel James, a disco
lutte vornan The charge is in the first
degree, and the young man was arrested
and placed in jaiu.
The Escamba county republican con-
vention was held at Pensacola Friday
afternoon and elected ten delegates to the
convention 10 be held al Ocaia as follows;
Hon. w. Il. EOrtlup, A. Med. 4@Jyer, r.
x. Nichols, y. NJ. LeWey, = 0au Lacey,
j. c. Young, NJ S. White, J. w. Parker
DR. NJ. c. Abbott and John D. Pons.
Hillsboro county put itself on record
Friday as being in favor of primaries for
the nomination of county officers. Mass
meetings were held in all Of the election
districts of The county, and enough Of
them have been heard from TO show that
il is primaries beyond question. The vote
in the Tampa district was lJ5 10 80.
Mr.. Eliot of the Tampa Wagon and Har-
ness Company, had w. II. Lee arrested
Wednesday on a charge of embezzling $l6O
from him firm. MIR. Lee has been d
trusted employe of this firm for more
than three years, ana MS arrest was a
surprise to everybody. He owns several
thousand dollars worth of property in
Tampa and in Barlow, from whence he
came TO Tampa.
The following ticket was nominated by
the democrats of Leon county Friday: For
tha legislature. B. c. Chaires and F. T.
field; for clerk circuit court, c. A. Bryan;
for sheriff, John A. PearCe; for tax as
SCISSOR, H. T. Felkel; for tax collector, w
A. Demilly; for treasurer, J. D. Perkins,
for superintendent of public instruction
y. w. Eppes; for county surveyor, w. T.
Zimmerman.
About 4 O'Clock Friday evening Mrs
Rudd and her sister. Mss Wilmer Petrls,
of Oakland were driving near the depot.
Their horse became frightened and dashed
off. Miss Wilmer sprang out ana aiighted
on her left foot, and broke both bones or
her left leg, just above the ankle and suf-
Tered severe shock Mrs Rudd received
only bruises which are not serious The
horse ran and smashed the vehicle anu
harness.
c. c. Wocdruff, of Tampa at
an early hour this morning for
cibly seized his two children from the Gus
tcdy Of mis- wife, 10 whom they were given
IN charge by order of tine county court
a. Orlando until proceedings begun bv
MRS. Woodruff some weeks ago should he
decided. Mrs. Woodruff was living about
q mile out from Sanford where her nus
oand went with a carriage. Frank Wood
LUZ, a brother of Mrs. Woodruff with
deputy Sheriff Hand, started at once in