The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-21

ences ana 10 re-eIect the Rev. W. Il.
Prior as pastor for 1896.
FLORIDA.
Forest sfres have been raging around
Waldo for several days. and some dam
age has been done.
Perry Hand is on trial at Braidentown
for the murder of Tom Mitchell, the
governors nephew.
The business men Of Jacksonville held a
meeting last night TO arrange for secur-
ing the state military eucampment at
Panama Park this year.
Col Alexander Mcclure Of Philadelphia.
who is now in Florida, has been invited
by the Ocala Board of Trade TO lecture
there on ''Industrialism."
The bicycle fever has such a strong hold
on the people Of Jacksonville that an
other grand bicycle meet has been ar
ranged TO take place at Villa Maynard on
March 10.
The Ocala Morning News has. owing to
a strike in the office, suspended publica-
ton. The temporary embarrassment is
expected TO be Of short duration, and the
paper viii again be published, though
probably under new management.
Charles Singleton and Benton Caviar.
boys, collided while riding bicycles be
tween Cocoa and Rockledge Wednesday,
anu II Is feared 6lnEltlDH Is fatally uulAs
as his skull was fractured and he is suffer
ing from cOnvulsiOns and bleeding into the
brain.
Henry Coppinger has just completed
the transplanting Of about fourteen hun
dred orange trees on his place at Lake
Conway near Orlando His old trees
are making a very satisfactory growth
and are rapidly recovering from the in
jury sustained.
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hurt on Friday last She and her hus-
band We're on the boat on the ChOctO-
Whatchie bay. BY some means the shaft
caught the clothing Of Mrs. TerVin and
before they could rescue her she was so
badly injured that she is likely to die.
Waldo reports peaches killed by the
cold snap.
Farmers around Anthony will commence
planting corn in a few days. MIR. Lite
has sold enough cotton seed to the far
mers around Anthony and Reddick to
plant 100 acres, and the Florida Central
and Peninsular has furnished gratis a
large quantity of cotton seed to the far
mers, and therefore the prospect for an
extensive acreage of corn and cotton is
quite favorable.
J. c. Bridges. b. H. Bridges, Frank Wei
son and A. z. Armour (all white), were
elected delegates to the Tallahassee con-
vention, by the republicans of Sumter
lard Hart, B. Flannery, j. b. POmeroy,
-- Krese, +. w. Prince A. u. Armour,
II. w. Hays and two others (slG cOlored,
and four white), were elected as a county
executive committee.
The result of the election at Orange Park
is as follows: For mayor. II. II. Walling;
aldermen, G. L. Cheney and w. S. West
colt, for two years; w. Il Parmenter, Jr.,
and ii. II. Norton, for one year: for col
lector, William II. Croker: for clerk,
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marshal, Paul Il. Westcott. All but Messrs
Parrot and w. S. Westcott were re-elect-
ed, Westcott defeating w. II. Ball, the
regular nominee, for alderman.
Charles II. Roberts, formerly of Mary
land. who had lived at Sanford for sew
eral years, died suddenly of paralysis at
the residence of his son-in-law, II. r.
Rhoads, Tuesday afternoon The deceas-
ed was 67 years of age. He leaves a
widow and three married daughters, Mrs
NJ. 9. Savage, Mrs IL. r. Rhoads, and Mrs.
Ill., all of whom are at presnt in Sanford
me remains were sent to Maryland for
interment
L. n. Milan of Barlow has received re-
turns the last two or three days from
a large shipment of tomatoes which sold
Tor $3.50 per crate, leaving him $3.50 net.
tie expects the prices to get better and re-
main good through March and April. He
has recently been over his crop and places
1t at 1900 or 5000 crates at the lowest
estimate: he hopes to get nearer 1OO00
These should bring him in the snug sum
OF $1,000 to $4,000 in the next two or three
months.
The interest taken in cotton planting
in Marion county has induced George x.
Robinson and ]. J. Gerig to arrange for
the establishment in Ocala of a complete
cotton gin. Many of the farmers are
now buying cotton seed, which ranges in
price from Is cents to 81 per bushel. The
FIRST estimate made of 5000 acres as the
probable acreage of cotton in Marion
county in 1896 is scarcely correct; many
planters have reduced their orders for
seed. About 5000 acres is nearer the cor
rect figure.
The losses by the fire at West Palm
Beach are as follows: 4. ]. Miller, cigar
store loss $500; Ullendorfs restaurant.
loss $780, Gibson d Gates barber shop.
loss S25; n. r. Gigson's home loss $500; ..
w. Weybrechts hardware store and resi-
dence, loss $1,000; Alexander Colby barber
shop, loss 500; Mrs. .. G. Rayner's resi-
dence, loss $1,000; George II. Maltby's fur
nitugf and erockery store, loss $500; DR..
K; o. Ellerworth, optician, loss $3.50; f..
divers fruit stand, loss $500; M. Buhors
dry goods store, loss $500; L. Hanes' dry
goods store, loss $780, l., Wolfe's tailor
loss SEQ; Il. n. Dimick, drug store, loss
81, 200; G. NJ Gardner printing office dam
age and loss, 500; Ingersoll & Geer, pro-
duce and confectionery, loss $500; Living
ston q Sheen, real estate agents. loss Sd
100; j. b. Nokes, painter. loss S125; W. Ii.
Parkins' estate, hardware, loss 50 SEQ.
The following had insurance: o. w Wey-
brecht, $1,000; Il. N. Dimick, $500; E. II.
Dimick, $500; and William H. Parkins'
estate. 50. 500 This makes the total losses
S41, 200, with total insurance, $1,000. A re-
markable coincidence of the West Palm
Beach misfortune is in the fact that the
day after the first fire came her CITY
hose cart and reel, and Wednesday morn
ing on the first train after her second
fire, came her new fire engine. Nearly
every business house will be rebuilt at
once in brick or brick veneer.
POIdTICs IN TIIE STATE.