The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-09

FLORIDA.
Z. p Holly has been elected mayor Of
Milton.
Eighty per cent. OF the people of Day
tona ride bicycles.
The cold snap appears to have done no
damage to crops in Florida.
A manatee weighing 1900 pounds was
captured at st. Lucie last week
The President has approved the act
making Palm Beach a SUPPORT of entry.
Rev. b. T. Flower died at his residence
at Palatka Monday of consumption, aged
AZ years.
During the year 1895, in Pensacola,
the police arrested 2,3l1 persons-107
white and ,23l colored.
The farmers of Alachua county are ex-
periencing a great deal Of trouble find
ing sale for their pork
N. A. Barker of Jackson county ship
ped last week twenty carloads of naval
stores to Louisville, Ky.
Cen. J. NJ. schoheld. U. S. A., retired,
has arrived at Jacksonville with his wife.
He will spend the winter in Florida.
Marshal Root Of New Smyrna has been
suspended and Louis Pallacier appointed
marshal. Roots offense was drunken
ness.
Lee & Daugherty of Spring Garden,
Volusia county, have purchased about $50
otter skins recently, paying on an average
s. each; also about 500 raccoon skins, av-
eraging l212 cents each.
Bishop Edwin C. Weed has just re-
turned TO Jacksonville from a trip along
the st. Johns river He says that the
orange groves have put out a wonderful
amount of new growth during the past
year.
The city of Jacksonville has decided to
sue the bondsmen of ex-City Treasurer
Scott, accused of embezzling 81, 900 of the
citys money. Scott has already been tried
and acquitted of the charge in the Grim
inal court.
DR. c. c. Harris. formerly a Marion
county orange grower, at Spar, then a
phosphate miner, later on a practitioner
in Ocala and proprietor of the Valtoldi
restaurant, then of the Tampa Drug Com
pany, but for several years of Cannon
City and Pueblo, Col, died at Florence
Col, Dec. % of pneumonia.
The most important sale at Ocala Mon
day was that of the lands and equipment
of the Chicago-Florida Phosphate Com
pany under execution in favor of the Roy
al Trust Company and Robert ]. O. Hun
ter of Chicago. The entire property was
knocked down to Charles l.. Billings for
$50. 600. Mr. Billings is understood to rep
resent the bondholders.
At Lawtey few days ago young En-
glishman named Eyre was summoned to
work on the road. Under the mistaken
advice of friends he refused to work or
to pay the forfeit and was accordingly
confined in the county jail The citizens
very generally sympathize with the young
man, and 1t is understood further that he
is not a naturaized citizen.
The following fourth class postmasters
have been appointed for Florida: NJ. H.
Buckles, Campbell, Osceola county. vice
Martin Corner, resigned; H. w; Gill, Con-
way, Orange county, vice H. =. Landon,
resigned; +. S. Skinman, Villa City Lake
county, vice F. s. Harlow, deceased; NJ
+. Higginbotham, Mhitesville. Nassau
county, vice J. d. Whitmore, resigned
The property of the Macon Construction
Company at Ocala was sold at auction
Monday. The bidding was not very brisk.
The handsome new residence was sold to
H. 5. Wilson for $500. w +. Robinson
purchased the Old house at $3.50 and W,
A. Merryday purchased a lot of land at
$500. The entire lot brought "a seq This
includes several pieces of property at
Grandin and Putnam Hall station.
A meeting of the Jacksonville Naval
Stores Company was held Tuesday for
the annual election of officers. which re-
suited as follows: President, r. ]. Cr7w-
ford; vice president, j. d. Holmes: seere-
tary and treasurer, John Henderson: di-
rectors, 7. J. Crawford, j. D. Holmes
John Henderson. J. A. Crawford, W. p.
Roberts and Johnson. This company
has recently removed its Headquarters
from savannah TO Jacksonville 1t was
known in Savannah as the firm of Hender-
son, Crawford & Co.