The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-18

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Tampa Tribune: young man OF 26.
who gave his name as F.. ]. James was
Ted into the police station Saturday night
under clrcumstances that VIII PROBABLY
secure him permanent residence In the
penitentary. About II O'Clock a man
named d .. Curry was astonished upon
entering his house at the corner OF Frank
IN and HillsborOugh streets TO ind young
James IN the act of attempting a Grim
inal assault on his wife. As he entered,
James fed up Tyler street, where he was
soon overtaken and knocked down by
curry, VINO then quietly proceeded 10 sit
down on his prisoner and send for the
nearest policeman. This happened to be
Oflcer Sellers, who was soon on the scene.
ana VINO carried James 10 the city jail,
where he begged piteOusly for mercy and
was forced into cell, calling Tor MS Vile
In order to forewarn fruit and vegeta-
bic growers along the central and south
ern divisions Of the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad that cold waves likely
70 produce frost are approaching TINS
states weather bureau 10 obtain advance
information Of a probable fall Of tenn
signal from the engine whistle Of passing
trains. The signals viii be
given by the whistle Ie,,,,ri sound d
seconds g seconds to the blasO and will
be repeated at intervals Of every three
miles. It is intended TO give this warn
ing twelve to twenty-four hours IN ad-
vance, and the sounding OF the whistle
In the above manner will indicate fore
cast for frost the first or second night
thereafter.
George P. Olmstead of Newnansville.
prominent young man of Alachua coun-
~, and at one time deputy United States
marshal is in the county iail at Gaines
vile. charged with forgery. The affidavit
upon which he was arrested was made by
II. +. Taylor cashier of the First Ma
uonal Bank of Gainesville, who says that
on or about Nov. Olmstead forged a bill
OF exchange on the First National Bank
or Jacksonville for the sum of $3.50 drawn
to the order of Mary L. Peck, by the At
lanttc Lumber Company. When arrested
Mr.. OlmStead expressed no surprise. He
was taken before Judge Mason, and Waiv>
ed examination. He did not furnish the
required bond, and was given into custody
of the sheriff. He claims that he has a
letter which he viii produce in time, and
which authorized him to sign Mrs, Peck's
name to the check.
Pensacola News: II has just now been
learned that Charles J. MacLean, Esq,
a former member of the Pensacola bar
in all probability persisted in the swamps
adjacent to Belize, British Honduras. in
september last. He had gone thither in
OF his talents, and in a fit of temporary
insanity, had wandered into the sWamps
and never been heard of since. 1t was
just after the close of the rainy season,
and II is feared that he ventured beyond
his depth and was drowned. His disap-
pearance was Immediately noticed, and
he was followed until all trace of him
was lost in the impenetrable recesses y f
the swamp. Letters, recently received by
y. A. Ntsius, from that point state that
the missing man has never since been
seen, although constant watch had been
kept for his appearance.
Jacksonville Citizen: E. Seely of Riv-
erside has become very much interested
in corn culture, and he has succeeded in
growing a special kind known as Orien-
tai The seed of this corn was originally
obtained from Washington, and was
planted by Mr. Seely in Indiana, where it
produced about fifteen bushels of corn to
the acre. The corn was excellent for
grinding, and Mr. Seely thought that he
would try Florida soil Accordingly, sew
eral acres of the corn were planted at
Lawtey, and the result was forty bushels
to the acre. on one hill, where two kerr
nels of the corn had been planted, seven
teen ears of corn were grown, all of which
were perfect. A popularity of the corn is
that the stalks are very short and thin
In one specimen in possession of Mr. Seely
the stalks are not much longer than the
ears of the corn, and the corn and stalks
The stalks are excellent for forage. Mr.
Seely said yesterday that the cause of
the prolificnesS of the corn was incompre-
hensible to him, and he began to investi-
gate shortly after his first crop He found
that the corn was the most prolific in
Egypt, that Florida is in the same Iati-
tude as Egypt, and that the soil in both
countries is almost the same. At the
present time Mr.. Seely is experimenting
with the corn on a farm near Riverside
and surprising results are expected. The
corn has not been grown here very extern
sively as the prevalence of weevil de-
stroyed much of the seed, but that has
now been overcome through the discovery
of a remedy that Immediately kills the
insect, without injuring the corn.