The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-17
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An appropriation of $500 has been made
by congress for the survey of Biscayne
bay.
The commissioners have petitioned the
governor to order a special election for
county officers for Baker county.
NJ. T. Howell & Co.'s store at Macclenny
was broken into Thursday night and
robbed of about sos worth of goods. There
is no clew to the thieves
W. W. GUNNER of Cadillac, Mich, who
owns several thousand acres of timber
lands in the central part of Florida upon
which the trees were blown down by the
recent storm, has placed at Grand Rapids,
Mich. orders for a large amount of ma
chinery, which will be sent to Florida.
At the adjourned meeting of
the county commissioners of Orange
county, Wednesday. County Tax
Assessor w. c. Mutt presented the
assessment roll for 1896. The commits
soners' examination of the tax books
show the real estate valuation to be 81, 1885,
6S5: railroad and telegraph. 1912, 456; per-
sonal property, $49S, s55; total valuation,
So 1899 total state tax, $l4,0S9.02; total
county tax, $3S, S67.01.
and Boynton, at the south end of Lake
Worth, is talked of. The name suggest
ed is the surname of Dade's recently-elec-
ted senator, Hon. E. N. Dimick. Should
this town be established, 1t would make a
paper town about every three miles from
Lantana to and past Boynton. The re-
gion embraced in the settlements known
as Lantana, HypoluXo. Dimlck, and Boyn-
ton. however, is rapidly filling up with
settlers. Nearly every foot of land bor-
dering the canal will soon be under culti-
walton.
The report of the business Of the Jack
sonville postoffice for the month of Sep
TENDER was given out for publication
Thursday by w. ]. Driscoll, superintend-
ent of mails as follows: Number of pieces
of frst-class mail handled, 721 ,036; all other
classes, 4O9, 1868, special delivery, AIS, MAX
ing a total of 1,130,Sl6 The number of
pieces handled in September, 1895, was as
follows: F1rst-class mail, 1921; all
other classes, 374,6O3; special delivery, S99;
total, 1,06s,27S The increase in Septem-
Der of this year over the corresponding
month of 1895 was 62,54S.
The tug oliver williams, Capt. Johnson,
arrived at Jacksonville, Thursday, from
Rodriguez Key, where the sunken tug AS
toria is being raised. The oliver Will
Jams saved the British steamer SPRING
well, which ran ashore on Elbow reef on
the 9Th The Springwell was bound from
Sunderland, England, to Galveston, Tex,
for a cargo Of cotton. Capt. Johnson left
| two wrecking agents in charge Of the
British steamer. They will claim sal
wage upon the vessel when she shall ar
rive at Galveston. The Williams share
Will amount TO S2,496.22. Capt johnson
| says that the tugs Childs and Cora went
to save the steamer Vceroy that ran
| ashore on Chubb rocks near the Island of
| Abaca, but were too late, as the steamer
had gone to pieces. The crew was taken
ashore on the Bahama banks.
Orlando correspondence Jacksonville
Times-Unlon: In the circuit court, now
in session here, last Tuesday, the suit OF
John N. c. Stockton, receiver of the de-
funct First National Bank of Orlando, VS..
Hiram Platt'and w. Il. Smith, on prom
| issory note, was disposed of. Early in
| 1893, Henry Cowart of Volusla county con-
tracted with w. L. Smith for $40 worth
| Of beef cattle from Hiram Plat. The cat
tie were delivered, but Cowart could not
pay the cash and so gave Plat two notes
| Of 500 and $40 respectively. Smith and
Platt stood security for Cowart in order
| TO get the money from the bank Cowart
failed to come to time when the first note
became due, and the bank looked 10 Plat
| Tor the money Platt had over $500 In the
| bank at the time and gave the bank his
| own note as collateral security. backed
by his deposit, and left Cowart's note in