The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-04
FLORIDA.


At Fernandina, the phosphate business
of 1898 shows an increase of 16 337 tons
over that of 1894.
Alberta Bacon. a 4-year-old child, was
burned TO death at her home in West
Tampa Wednesday.
The plantation of William Schmidt of
New York, near Quincy, containing $50
acres. was sold last week for $4,000.
Frank L. Woodruff has bought out
the grain and feed department of the
j. n. Whitner Company at Sanford.
The winter guests are very slow i'm
coming to Maitland this season and the
Park house has as yet but two boarders.
Emile Lastra, a Spanish cigarmaker,
dropped dead of heart disease in Ybor
City Thursday night. Lastra was about
80 years old, and single.
The Tampa Evening News, for years
menaged by Col o. II. Jackson, has been
sold to Messrs. Walpole and Hawk, who
VIII continue its publication.
The largest tobacco sale ever made in
Quincy was contaminated by Messrs. Of
finger and McFarlin during Christmas
They sold 2l,O0O pounds for Ni,500.
Many of the growers are blowing their
groves preparatory to giving them all
the assistance possible when the trees
begin to start growing in February.
just before the freeze last January S.
b, Sigh of Lake county was offered $780,
GOO flor his grove, but he refused 1t
counted 100 acres, and had 10000 boxes
of oranges on the trees the night of the
freeze. He is making another grove.
Rev Edward F. Ley, who has been
in charge of the Rochelle and Hawthorne
circuit for the past several years, will
leave this week for Leesburg where he
will be stationed the ensuing year. He
has also been appointed to the position
of conference secretary.
A colored boy about years of age wan
dered away from his home near Rron-
son recently, and was missing two days
and one night. The entire Community.
both white and colored turned out IN
search of him, and he was found twelve
miles away from his home. He pursued
ctrcuitous route and must have traN5-
eled at least thirty-five miles.
DeLand Record: The sentiment is get
ting hold among the people of Volusfa
county for the bonding of the county for
Sutnclent sum TO put shell roads down
on the east and west sides and across
to the coast. One hundred thousand dol
lars viii do II, and nearly two thirds
OF II Will be paid by taxes collected from
the railroads and telegraph and land com
panies. wan
Jesse Williams, the negro EMPLOYED at
McMurray's stables on Newman street
who killed Mitchell Rivers on lilly Q ieSt
was arralgned in the criminal court ~
Jacksonville Thursday, and pleaded NOT
guilty. Several witnesses were placed on
to the jury, which, after being about i've
minutes, returned with a verdict Of NOT
guilty.
The annual report of business done ar
titN poil u FSHSdcOla Tor the wear 1903
makes fine exhibit. Her lumber. firnbey,
and coal trade has been very satisfactorv.
15O,1yI6S0 feet of sawn lumber I32 ia 0o0
teet or sawn timber and $50, 493 cubic feet
OF heWn timber have been shipped from
that port OF coal, 1884 tons have been
sent to all ports Total value of exnorts
to foreign ports is SO, %, 1852 Number IF
entries into port for the year. SIS. clear
ances, 555 vessels.
An important case was heard before
Commissioner Partridge of Sanford
Thursday. Three young men were arrest
ed and taken to Sanford by the United
States marshal, charged with writing ana
sending through the postofiice Indecent
ana threatening letters to two young la
dies-aH living i'm Sumter county. The
defendants are all connected with the very
best families in the state, and up to the
date or their arrest upon this charge had
always borne good regulations While the
evidence, unexplained was of a Character
10 create suspicion of guilt, the commits
sloner decided that he could not hold them
upon such testimony, and therefore dis
charged them.
William NJ Cory, general manager Of
the owl Cigar Company of Quincy re-
ports that the Owl company planted S35
acres OF tobacco in 1895, and will plant
over lOOO acres this year. Sixty per cent
OF the tobacco raised by this COMPANY
was Sumatra, and the proportion will in
crease this year. The company raised