The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-31

Mrs. Pauline Gonzalez. who was the
oldest inhabitant of Pensacola, died Sun
day at the age of IS years.
Thieves entered Genovar's store at Jack
sonville early Sunday morning and stole
$96. They also entered the residence of
Or. II. II. Livingston, and took a suit of
clothes and SIS in money.
The bloomer for feminine riders of the
bicycle is steadily growing in favor in
Jacksonville. Six females We're seen
riding on Bay street Saturday night at
tired in the btfurcated garment.
A colored bicycle club has been organ
lied at Jacksonville and will take charge
of Villa Maynard, and on Easter Monday.
April Q, races will take place between rid
ers from St Augustine, Fernandina Pa
latka and Jacksonville.
Large shipments of cabbage are now
being forwarded to market from Lake
county, and are bringing about SO per
barrel. The truckers around Tavares
viii begin TO ship beans this week and
some tomatoes will leave by April l5
T. L. Steele of Alachua county has
entered into contract TO furnish stock
logs for V. ]. Herlong's mill at Cedar
Key. The logs are hauled to the Su-
wannee river and fioated down the
stream. Twenty-Five men in all are en-
ployed in cutting and delivering the logs
Watson, who was dangerously wounded
near Alachua by Easterlin, is still In a crit
zeal condition. The ball struck him on the
bridge of the nose and penetrated into
the head about three inches. The attend
ing physician has been unable to extract
the bullet, and there is fear that the fall
ure to find the bali will result in death.
AT recent meeting of the white and
Cclored assemblies of longshoremen at
Pensacola an equal division of work
nd he FaN1
of wages for lumber workers was adopt
ed: General foreman, 81 per day; fore
man on each side of vessel, 49, SO per day;
followers, 50 per day; outside men, $3.50
per day.
Two thousand crates of lettuce, cab
bage, beans, peas and caulifiower were
shipped from Gainesville by express Sat
urday. In addition to this, thirteen solid
carloads of cabbageS went forward bv
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road and ten by the Plant system. Last
week about 100 carloads of vegetables left
Galnesxllle, which Melted the farmers
aoout $S5,V0 This week four times that
amount win be shipped
Henry NJ. Flagler, has paid the Ander-
son heirs for the strip of land on the west
front Of the Ponce de Leon. extending
from King to Valencia streets, at St
Augustine, which was recently placarded
Tor sale. The property was wrested from
Mr.. Flagler's original purchase by the
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The strip just purchased was awarded the
Northrups by compromise after the court
mad liked their title as the Anderson heirs.
o. W. Leake, ex-market house clerk OF
Orlando, has entered suit against the
city for $500 damages. At the time of
ms election the ordinance prescribed GER
tam ices for the inspection of meats
nsh, vegetables, etc, sold in the mar
ket house. These fees were to be the
compensation of the market house clerk
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from the enforcement OF the ordinance
and when the case came on for trial the
ordinance was declared invalid.
The steamer Ellen, with about twenty
passengers on board. went from Tarpon
Springs to Hogs Island on Friday morn
ing fbr a days excursion. While all
were on the beach gathering shells a
nre started in the wood beside the boiler
and before the party returned it gained
sucn headway that the awning was de-
stroyed, and the whole inside of the
steamer burned out. The passengers
were taken across in small boats 10
Ozona, where they took the train for
Tarpon.
The timber syndicates that have pur-
chased tax titles to land in the northern
portion Of Alachua county are still en-
gagged in cutting the timber therefron
capt. II. G. Barry of Worthington Springs
was in Gainesville recently, and stated
mat some firm was cutting timber from
nus land claiming an error in the survey
Some Of the farmers have stood as much
OF this kind of trespassing as they pro-
pose 70, and claim chat trouble will re-
SUIT. II Is claimed by the timber syndi-
Gates that they are cutting timber only
from the lands that belong to them.
Recently one or more thieves broke into
the store Of J. Robinson at Seville. While
me family were at church, and took avyav
ane suns OF clothes and jewelry valued