The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

appealed. however. and the higher courts.
even to the supreme court. viii have 10
pass upon 10, as the matter is one of vital
Importance to insurance brokers and they
cannot afford to give up the fight so long
as there is any chance of winning.
FLORIDA
The new Masonic temple at West Palm
Beach Will be dedicated early in June.
Mr.. Carr of the Hampton Advocate is
announced as a candidate for county SUI
] perintendent of public instruction.
Strawberry shipments from starke are
! steadily increasing; about 16O bushels were
sent, away Thursday. Prices are very
Another excursion of homeseekers from
the northwest. under the direction of the
Clark syndicate. arrived at Tallahassee
i Saturday.
| DIR. W. S. Durham and Mrs. Lucie Van
nevar were married at Tampa Thursday
night at the Arno hotel by Rev. w. H.
| Osborne.
The expense account of Orange county
for the month of March, just ended. ac-
cording to the report of the county COM
! mlssioners was $3.50.
Mayor Salomonson Of Tampa will not be
a candidate for reelection. Mayor Salo-
! monson's partner. J. H. Fessenden, presi-
1 81
| for the position.
The friends Of Prof II. N. Felkel, super
| intendent of the state institute for the
deaf and blind at st. Augustine are urr-
| ing him to become a candidate for state
| superintendent of public instruction.
Congressman Linton of Michigan. whom
the A. p A. is booming for President, is
| the father of the town of Linton five
miles south OF Hypoluxo, on the line of
the canal and railroad in Dade county.
| Competent judgesl estimate that the
watermelon crop of the approaching sea-
son within twelve miles of Leesburg will
| amount 10 1000 car loads The estimated
| returns for this crop are put at 100000.
Fourth-class postmasters have been APP
pointed as follows, in Florida: Amanda
ellis. Knox HILL Walton county. vice
Nell A. Mcleod, resigned; G. A Mosley.
Mahneta, Polk county, vice Francis a
| Hough, resigneds
G. F. Sickles of Gainesville shipped 1000
quarts of choice Strawberries to New York
Friday. The fruit is now of good quality
but the prices are very unsatisfactory,
fruit in New York.
Ella Ross, colored, was murdered at
Orange Lake on Tuesday night, and found
| by small negro on Wednesday morning
| ClrcuIns tances point very strongly to the
| guilt of her paramour, a negro living near
town. He has been arrested.
! A. NJ. Holhouser of Orlando has an
nounced his candidacy for the office Of
| clerk of the criminal court of record. sub
}ect 70 me action of the democratic party
| IN convention or primary, as the county
| executive committee may adopt.
| Senator Matt S. Quay, of Pennsylvania.
cut his stay in Florida short this season.
and has gone north IN his private car. He
! passed through Jacksonville Friday night
| ana ola not stop to see BOSS" Platt
VINO Is stopping at the st. James hotel.
Gainesville is receiving trade this year
from points in Marion county, several
miles below Mcintosh. Most of the truck
| farmers in that region who lost money
| by the bank failure last year are PATRON
| izing the Gainesville banks The deposits
at the two institutions in Gainesville are
very heavy.
The growers of fancy and common pine
| apples on Lake Worth have all come TO
the conclusion that shedding paws. 1t
not only protects the plants from cold
ana wind in winter, but the plant and
trtdt as well from sun and wind in sum-
mer. Nearly all of the growers on the
lake are shedding their entire plantation.
The first meeting of the political cam
paign in Duval county was opened at
Broward's station Friday, and several
| hundred people from all parts of the
| county were present. 1t was a basket
| picnic, barbecue, oyster roast. dance ana
| political occasion all rolled into one. Sew
| eral speeches were made and the crowd
| voted unanimously in favor of having
good roads built in the county.
Joe Shaw. IS years of age, pleaded guilty
in the county court at Starke Thursday
| to forging an order on A. w. Geiger 70
T. r. Sweat, a merchant of Starke The
| order was for S. which Mr. Sweat paid
In trade, but when presented to Mr.. GET
ger II was pronounced a forgery. He was
committed TO the county jail to await the
action of the grand jury. Bail was fixed
at 5000, which so far has not been found
| II. Bennett SWOre out a warrant for the
arrest of the same youth for Stealing a
suit of clothes.
The farmers of Alachua county have
finished planting cotton and corn. After
a careful study, w. u. Robinson. the
COTTON buyer, estimates the increase in
TINS year at % per cent. In Marion county
about ., 600 acres of cotton has been plant
ed, against 1000 acres last year. The Quail
lJy OF seed used is far superior TO that
used last year. and with the weather con-
dFllonS favorable an excellent quality of
cotton viii be grown. The corn crop will
be much larger this year than Lass.
An exciting runaway occurred on the
west side of the Square at Gainesville Fri
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Alsop were in
their buggy at the corner of Union and
| West Main streets, when their horse took
fright and dashed away at great speed,
| When opposite DR.. Wallace's drug Store
the buggy came in contact with phaeton
! demolishing both of the vehicles ana
throwing Mr.. and Mrs. Alsop Violently
! upon the rock pavement Mrs. Alson's
injuries are not serious, but she will be
cohhned 10 her room for several weeks
Mr.. Alsop was not hurt
The Ocklawaha river steamer Astatula
left for Silver Springs Friday for the
last regular trip Of the season. Just what
arrangements viii be made for the sllrn
ner travel and freight traffic up the river
| u.s. uncertain. With oranges missing the
principal item OF freight Is gone. but the
| river country yields considerable quan-
tty OF naval stores al very low rates OF