The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-18

when pulling back the trigger it slipped
from his thumb. discharging the weapon.
The ball passed through the girls brain,
producing instant death. The boy is about
IL years Of age. and the girl about b.
George H. Wright of Orlando has just
received a large consignment of smooth
Cayenne pineapple plants in good condi-
ton from the Sandwich Islands. Mr..
Wright feels confident that the loss in
transit will not exceed 3 per cent. The
smooth Cayenne variety is in demand al
Orlando. II has proved the most profit
able Of any of the pineapple family.
The contraction erecting a large ware
house in connection with the wharves at
Yular has been awarded and the work
will commence in a few days. Yular is the
largest town in the west end of Aachua
county, excepting Newberry, and the
business men are badly in need of
warehouse in which to store their goods
shipped to them by the Suwannee river
steamers.
The Almeria hotel at Tampa, which has
been under the management of Ed. L.
Owens during the past season. has been
leased by w. A. Smith, well known through
his connection with the Hotel Detroit
at ST. Petersburg. Mr. Smith intends to
make extensive changes in the building,
and the management thereof. Mr.. Ow-
ems, the present proprietor Of the house,
has Just returned from Jacksonville,
where he has leased the Hotel Geneva for
term Of years.
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
News. The ladies have announced a uni
que entertainment called a Live Doll
Show for the 3d. at the opera house, for
the benefit Of the university library. The
students Of the state seminary have organ
lied a glee club. A musical society has
been formed for the purpose of maintain
ing Vocal Notwithstanding operations
in Leon county exceed in extent anything
ttagidng
eral food crops. cotton and tobacco are be-
ing largely planted.
As the Tavares and Gulf train was back
ing from the junction towards Oakland,
Capt. McLane saw smoke rising from a
trestle over a creek in the swamp just
west or Killarney. As the train was on
dOWn-grade II was stopped barely In
time to save a wreck. The bridge was de-
stroyed, but nothing else around was burn
ed. The train was delayed four hours.
Miss Lulu Harrell accidentally turned on
the gas after having extinguished the light
at the Placide hotel at Jacksonville We'd
nesday night, and came near losing her
life
James Williams, alias Harris Mccoy, col
ored, was placed on trial and convicted in
the United States court at Jacksonville
Thursday on a charge of stealing a small
pouch from a train on the Florida Central
and Peninsular railway on Dec. q. 1895,
and cutting the pouch open and taking
therefrom letter from the First National
Bank of Florida addressed to the Lees
burg County State Bank, at Leesburg,
Fla. The letter contained county war
rants of the county ofsLake, and the war
rants were taken from the letter by Will
Jams, according to the indictment.
w. w. Russell a wealthy resident of
Cincinnati, o., who recently purchased
112, 900 acres OF land in the center of Brew
ard county arrived at st. Augustine Thurs
day with his wife. Mr.. Russell will leave
in few days TO look after his interests
down the coast, but he will locate his peo-
pie at St. Augustine for the summer before
leaving. Mr.. Russell has formed a syndi-
cate to lay out the large track of land into
farms and VIII bring people down to cul-
tivate the lands. Another scheme in con-
nection with the enterprise is the building
of a railroad from Sebastian on the East
Coast railway to the center of his track a
distance of ten miles. The rails and build
ing material are already on the way from
Cincinnati.
The Lake county executive committee
met in the court house at Tavares Wednes-
day and ordered that primaries be held
May in the various precincts to elect
delegates to county convention to be
held at Tavares May 81; such delegates to
be instructed according to the wishes of
their constituency, as to whether or not
the county officers shall be nominated by
a convention or by primaries. These del
egates will also elect twelve delegates to
the congressional convention and twelve
portionment vote was based on the high
est gubernatorial or congressional vote
of the 1892 election. Capt. j. c. Terry, who
has held the office of supervisor of regis
tration ever since the creation of Lake
county, was again recommended to the
governor by unanimous vote of the COM
mittee for denomination to that office.
Judging from present indications Levy
county will have plenty of candidates this
year. State Senator Newton A. Bitch of
Phoenix is a candidate for reelection. w
d. Finlayson of Cedar Key is also a can
didate for state senator. w. H. Anderson
of Cedar Key is candidate for represen-
tative. R. l.. Tison is candidate for tax
collector against H. B. Lloyd, the present
incumbent. Wallace Weeks will be as
SCISSOR r. j. Prevatts opponent and H
S. Sutton will do all in his power to de
feat Sheriff %. II: Lambert. number OF
others win also doubtless run for sheriff
McClendon both wish to be
county school superintendent. They
win have hard man. to down in the
person of S. Phillips, the present superin-
tendent. So far Clerk of. the Court p. NJ
Colson and County Judge Ben Friedman
have no opponents.
The board of medical examiners for the
Sixth judicial district concluded it's bust
ness at Tampa Wednesday night, after
! which the Cuban physicians, who were
before the board, rendered them a ban.
| quet at the Cosmopolitan hotel in Yboi
| City. from Jne DOdrQ ADJOURNED
| to Key West, where a number of candI.
| dates await examination. One incident
| at this session, which has relieved the
monotony of examination, has been the
| institution of a suit for 5000 against DR.
| Sweeting by DR.. Frederick n. Weight
1 novel of Tampa. The suit is brought for
| damages incurred by the boards refusing
| to grant DR.. Weightnovel a certificate to
| practice. At the sessions of the board
| from 1890 TO 1894 DR.. Weightnovel made
| regular applications before that body, but
was debarred from practice on account
| of his being ineligible. This old board
| was composed of DIR. Sweeting of Kew
| West, DR.. Kennedy of Barlow and DR.
! Wall of Tampa. DR.. Wall died a wear
ago while in attendance at the medical
/ meeting at Gainesville, and Dr. Kennedy
is no longer a member of the board By
| persistent effort DR.. Weightnovel finallV
| obtained a certificate to practice at me
! last meeting of the board. and hence thf
| $4,000 suit for damages, $1,000 against Or
| Sweeting and 5000 against DR.. Kennedy
! Pensacola correspondence Jacksonville
Citizen: The German iron bark Senta
1000 tons, which was capsized during 3
! squall in this harbor last summer. has
been raised and now lies at Palafox wharf
| covered with barnacles, but otherwise II
a fairly good condition. The raising al
this vessel is a feat worthy Of record