The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
FLORIDA

High Springs is agitating the establish
ing of an electric light plant.
Mrs. Joseph t. Brown of Tampa. nee
Miss Lena Berlock of Jacksonville. died
saturday night, aged 20 years.
The Florida Medical Association will
meet in Sanford on Tuesday, April z and
the Association of Florida Railway sur
seons VIII meet at the same place April 6
The tobacco seed beds planted around
orlando are looking finely. In some Of
them plants are already large enough
TO set out in the fields The indications
are that the acreage planted to tobacco
IN orange county viii be sufficient to bring
very important revenue to the growers
Col. ]. Dew. Hazard. an extensive
orange grower of Bustis and a prominent
figure in Florida Grand Army of the Re-
PUBIC circles, passed through Ocala Sat
urday for China. where he has accented
a posltion as instructor, of military tactics
IN the Celestial empires army IT is re-
ported MS salary will be $4,000 year
Those who accompanied ]. Piernont
Morgan to Florida are Gen. e. A whit
tier, H. W. DeForest, H. G. f. @ Weeks
ana Detectives Sweedman and MulIigan
OF New York. The last named are in The
employ OF Mr. Morgan for personal pro-
lectlon from cranks and others who nat
urally swarm around every new light in
the financial world.
Byron L. Hale, a printer, has been ar
rested at Jacksonville. charged with rails
ing a check from $3.50 to $3.50. ON sat
urday Hale was given a check for 81 ri
ne Went 70 Cohen's clothing store and pur-
CHASED several articles, rendering the
check, which had been raised to Sl3.50 in
payment. The alteration in the check was
discovered and the police notified.
As precaution measure against the in
PRODUCTION OF smallpox into Pensacola, the
local board of health has placed insnec+ors
on, the trains OF the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, and until further notice
the persons and baggage of all parties
from Mobile, New Orleans, and other in
fected points will be subjected to exam
nation at Flomaton before being allow
ed to come to Pensacola.
The large cigar manufacturing firm of
Cuesta, Ballard & co. of Tampa, is TO
be dissolved. A. B. Ballard will very
probably continue the present business in
the factory now occupied, while T.
Cuesta and P. Rey will be at the head of
a new firm under the style of Cuesta
Rey & Co. The new firm will proba bI1;,
temporarily occupy the factory recently
vacated by Castro. Fernandez & Co. and
viii begin work about April l.
suit was filed in the office of the clerk
of the circuit court at Jacksonville Satur-
day by ]. E. Bryan against the CITY of
Jacksonville for $4,000 damages. Only
no particulars have yet been made bubble
The suit is no doubt based upon the action
of the board of public works in refusing
to recognize a contract for paving Fors9
syth street, made with Mr.. Bryan by fbe
former board of public works
All Of the prisoners in Santa Rosa's new
jan escaped Thursday night bv 50 vvine,
the bars, it is supposed, with a pocket
knife. OF the eight who eseaped three
were caught. Five negroes who were 10
be tried next court for assault with az
tempt TO murder are still at large. with
Sheriff Collins and L. r. Harrison Il, M
suit. They stole a boat, crossed fhe ,iya,.
and went toward Milligan. They toId
the other prisoners that hey were coins,
to Alabama sOAns
Tallahassee correspondence Mornins,
news A. o. and W. W. Russell of Gin
clnnau visited the capital last week me,
are largely interested in Florida lsnS
oMnhlng, IN one body, $4,000 acres in IRE,
= saro county, 1900 acres being fine muck