The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-02


DR.. L. Montgomery of Micanopy is form
ing stock company for the purpose of
publishing a horticultural journal at that
Place The stock is composed of fifteen
shares at $50 each
Mr.. Lewis, gentleman from Center
Falls, r, l., who is a guest of the Odd
Fellows Home at Gainesville, had a mar
row escape from being suffocated by gas
Saturday night. Ii had been left turned
! on by accident
Thomas p. Hay of the Charleston pres
bytery has accepted a call from the Pres
byterian church of Palat6a, and will take
charge of the church Dec. Is. Mr. Hay
has been pastor of the Edisto Island church
for the past ten years.
President Miles of the East Coast Canal
and Transportation Company says that
the cut from Indian river into Lake Worth
will be completed in time to permit of river
steamers making the run through from Ii
tusville on or about Dec. 15
Woodruff, a negro convict sentenced from
Polk county for life for murder, escaped
from the camp near Albion a few days
ago. lie is about 20 years OLD and had
| Winchester rifle when he left A reward
| of 500 is offered for his arrest and return
to the camp.
Joseph Carlson was accidentally drowned
in the Withlacoochee river near Rutland,
Monday He was with Capt. Prince who
was taking the steamer Suwannee down to
| Miami Mr.. Carlson accidentally fell
overheard, and being unable to swim
| drowned. MIR. Carlson was about % years
old and a native of Sweden.
Various statements are made as to the
crop of oranges in De Soto county. Those
qualified to speak declare that the crop
will be between 5000 and 10000 boxes in
De Soto county. Many crops are doubling
the estimates placed upon them in the be-
ginning of the season, and all are yielding
more than was first expected,
The quarantine restrictions on travel
were removed Tuesday at midnight, by or
der of State Health Officer Porter, and no
| difficulty will now be experienced In trav-
cling through any part of the south. Bag
| gage will not be allowed to enter Florida
from any of the infected districts, how
ever until further order by the state
health officer.
John Leslie, alias Doctor" Decker,
alias Charles Pearce, the notorious hotel
thief, who was sentenced to the convict
! camps from Gainesville about two years
|
| died at the camp near Summerfeld. While
being taken to the camp he tried to COM
| init suicide by cutting his throat. He
made several attempts to escape.
Bleeding from the effects of pistol
wounds, Edward Johnson (colored), was
carried to the police station at Jacksonville
| Tuesday night, where he stated that while
| standing on the platform at Yulee, work.
ing his passage from Savannah to Jack
| sonville he was shot in the back by some
| one. 1t was dark at the time of the shoot
ing, which was entirely without warning
of any kind.
| A special train filled with skilled turpen-
tine operators has arrived at Pensacola
from Georgia. They were taken there by
| A. M. Moses & Co., dealers in naval stores.
| and will be placed on a tract of 1900
| acres of land, which the firm has recently
| purchased at East Bay, for a turpentine
| farm. Pensacola is becoming an import
ant market for the purchase and shipment
| OF naval stores.
| Rene st. John, the woman who recently
killed Phil Thompson in Key West, will
| be tried at Tampa. Friday afternoon her
| attorney, Louis Harris, applied to Judge
| Phillips for a change of venue, arguing
| that the woman could not secure a fair
| trial in Monroe county on account of the
| strong prejudice against ner there, and
! Judge Phillips granted the request and tae
| trial will be held in Hillsborough.
Rudy Caruthers negro, shot and killed
another negro named Smith Monday after
noon, near WATERFOWL. There was no dis
| agreement between the men, and from Ca
| ruthers' own statement he had no provo
! cation to kill Smith. The men were
| standing on the East Coast railroad track
laughing and talking, when Caruthers told
| Smith he was going to shoot him. and
| thereupon he fired. the ball striking Smith
| in the stomach, from which he died a few
hours afterward.
The manufacturers of cigars in Tampa
are in a mort happy frame of mind than
they have been for a good, long time. Tues
day night a telegram was received from
| Hon. Edward r. Gunby stating that he
had won the case against the government,
where a large lot of tobacco was involved
| under the new appraisement. The case in
! question was one where $50 bales of tobac-
co were imported by a large New York
| firm, and the customary appraisement
made 1t was declared that out of that
number sixty-eight bales were wrapper,
and demand was made for wrapper duty
| The importer resisted this demand, and
Mr. Gunby was employed to defend the
| case.
A declaration was filed at Jacksonville
Tuesday in the case of George R. Foster,
Jr VS.. the city of Jacksonville, wherein
damages in 5000 are claimed. This claim
| was based on a contract entered into be-
tween the plaintiff and the board of public
works for the city, Dec. T. 1894, for the
purchase of 5000 yards of vitrihed paving
brick 10 be delivered not less than 100000
brick per month, to be paid for in cash
a. ar IaIf Al.
rate Of $1.O79S per square yard. The plain
tiff alleges that he has carried out his
part of the agreement but has not been
paid. The declaration was also filed in
the case of Bisbee & Foster VS.. the city of
jacksonville. wherein damages in the sum
of 81 500 are claimed, growing out of paw
ingacontracts with the city.