The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-23


wharf to the channel from the foot Of
the street lying east of the Punta Gorua
hotel. This will allow the channel from
the dry dock to the hotel TO be deepened,
so as to- allow the ships now loading there
to load in town This Improvement Is OF
great consequence TO the business interest
Of the city.
Plant City reports that the continued
drought is a great drawback to the vege-
tables and fruits. 1t may also endanger
the yield of corn and other crops the
coming season. Many truckers are snip
ping fine beans and Irish potatoes. Beets
and caulifioWer have been very pfontable.
The strawberry output has been large.
Markets have been frmer and more reg
ular this season and prices have con-
tinued comparatively good for firm fruit
TO date.
Measles, which has been prevalent in
Gainesville for some time, resulted in the
death Of a mother and her child Tuesday.
For the past two weeks Mrs. r. q. Lee
and five children have been i'll with the
disease The infant daughter contracted
pneumonia in connection with the mea-
sles, and died Tuesday morning at
O'Clock. And five hours later the mother,
who had also contracted pneumonia, eX-
PRED. Four Of the little children are now
dangerously i'll.
At Fernandina Monday Sheriff Higgin-
botham sold at public sale the property of
which has for some time been held under
attachments 1t consisted of a single
mill, oyster factory, machinery, the little
steamer GenevieVe and two lighters, to-
gether with the unexpired term of the
lease of the ground on which the mill is
located. The whole was bought by ].
N. c. Stockton of Jacksonville for 81, 220.
Very few bids were offered.
The dredges of the Coast Canal and
Transportation Company are being put
Ia
connect the waters of the Matanzas and
Halifax rivers by cutting through the
Matanzas divide This work will consume
several months, after which the dredges
will probably commence work on the canal
north of st. Augustine toward the St.
Johns river. 1t is the aim of the canal
waterway from the ST. Johns river to
Biscayne bay, something like 500 miles in
length.
c. A. Gamble, a well dressed young man
was arrested at Jacksonville Tuesday,
upon the request of Sheriff Perry, who
wired that Gamble was wanted in st. Au-
gustine on a charge of larceny. When
searched at the police station, Gamble
was found to have $lSS.2j in his possession.
He ALSO had two valises containing his
personal property. Gamble states that he
was in partnership with another young
man at St Augustine, and that a day or
two ago they quarreled, and he decided to
dissolve the partnership and leave The
CDNAANs
be made against him was for tearing up
two shirts belonging to his partner He
was taken to st. Augustine Tuesday night.
Tampa correspondence Jacksonville Citi-
zen: During the past year the bakers of
this city have experienced much trouble
in their efforts TO increase their trade, and
have cut prices so low as to render the
business most Improbable for themselves
and dangerous also, for several fights have
been recorded in the courts against some
! them. A a
they decided that IT would be TO the best
interests Of all concerned II they would
effect q combine, and establish a regular
schedule price for their output This was
agreed TO, and the three leading bakers
each put up 500 in the hands OF a referee.
with the understanding that the one cut
ting the price of bread should forfeit his
$780, which should be divided between the
two maintaining the price. and in the event
of two cutting prices the third should re-
ceiVe the entire purse. This had not been
in effect long before it was learned that
one Of the parties was violating the agree
ment, and the other two came up for their
share of the forfeited $l00; but when they
came before the referee, one Of the bakers
accused both of the others of violation of
contract which was proved and he re-
ceiVed the $500, but not before he was in
/ volved in quite a lively personal difficulty
A short time after that one of them who
/ had a good customer in West Tampa, lost
his trade, and upon inquiry ascertained
! that another baker had given better prices
4 The next morning the loser waited in khat
vicinity for his more successful comheti-
/ tor, and they had a rough and tumble
/ fight. Since then they have cut the prices
! SO that one could purchase nine loaves for
a quarter. Thus the fight has been waged
! between the four leading bakers, and nee
! eSsarily followed by the lesser ones. A
! new bakery was established a few months
] ago, which gives nine and sometimes ten
! loaves for a quarter. In view of the ruin
/ Gus condition of the trade. the bakers have
/ had a conference, and have decided that
! they would enter into another contract
/ and have determined to raise the price Of
| bread from 10 to 20 per cent. higher than
| the present prices.