The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
An effort is being made to incorporate
the town Of La Crosse.
The sportsmen say that quail were never
so plentiful at La Crosse as they are this
season.
Sutherland Brothers of Zolfo, have sold
their merchandise business to ]. F. Wads-
worth < Co.
The grocery store of Mccormick &
Howe at Gainesville, was burned Friday,
with most Of its contents.
The Oviedo Celery Company has plant
ed 10000 plants, and has land ready pre-
pared for at least that many more.
The cutters McLane and Winona have
left Key West after a supposed expedition,
one from the east and the other for the
west coast
One of the Mormon elders now in st.
Augustine declares that he is no polyga-
mist. He thinks that more than one wife
would drive him crazy.
Gainesville is keeping apace with Flor
ida's progressive cities. The lights from
her now electric plant were turned on
Thursday night for the first time.
The parsonage at Hermitage was burned
Tuesday night. Plans have been matured
for securing money with which to build the
pastor new home; and considering the
many kind offers made those in charge
hope to raise about $500 in very few
weeks.
Since the law prohibiting the taking of
mullet with seines and gillnets went into
| effect schools miles in length can be seen
daily passing along the shores of upper
| Charlotte harbor Tom Roberts stood in a
slsiff and caught 240 mullet with cast
net in a few minutes.
| Jim Mosey, colored, was arraigned be-
! fore County Judge Mason at Gainesville
Friday on a charge of assault with in
| tent to murder Mosey and Jno. Giles, an
other negro. had a row at Waldo, and as
| Giles and some men and women were on
their way home, Mosey fired gun into
! the crowd the shot striking three negro
| women Nobody was badly hurt. Mosey
was bound over in the sum of $500 for his
appearance at the next term of the circuit
! court. and in default of bail was commit
ted to the county jail.
At meeting of the board of directors
of the Indian River and Lake Worth Pine
annie Growers Association, held at Jen-
sen Dec. !, a dividend of $3.50 was declared
on each share of stock held in the asso-
! citation, as assessments of only 81 each
| had been paid on the shares. This proves
! a big interest on the money invested. Be
| sides having a handsome amount still in
! the treasury for current expenses, $500 was
paid for an agent to go to Washington dur
] 81, 10 CT 81 n
er the interests of the growers in regard
to the tariff on imported pines.
AT meeting held al Ocala Friday it was
decided to recommend b. L. Dozier to the
governor for appointment to succeed Tax
Collector Poser, who has resigned. 1t is
rumored that there is a shortage In the
late collectors accounts, but he has not
made any statement of the matter yet.
Jacksonville Times L Mon and Citizen: A
! Florida man has invented a bullet-proof
curtain for the protection of bank cashiers
! against robbers. When the masked rob
six-shooters through the paying window
| and demands: Throw up your handsr'
the cashier touches a button with his foot
| and down comes the curtain, which auto
matically explodes a bag or red pepper.
The blinded robber is then perforated full
!
oner comes in. the curtain goes up and
confidence Is once more restored.
The suit brought by Fred S. Dewey
against w. S. Linton ct al. has been set
tied, the defendants surrendering their
entire interests. and Mr.. Dewey regaining
possession of his land, on which is located
the town of Boynton. He will now pro-
coed to deal directly with the settlers.
Some of the tracts comprising the settle.
ment known as Linton belong TO private
persons. Proceedings in foreclosure will
he necessary to clear the titles of some
of these lands, but as rapidly as they are
ready for market, Mr.. Dewey will prob,
ably act as agent for them also That
portion Of the town of Linton owned by
the Florida East Coast Railway Company
was in no way involved in this suit, It only
covering the lands contracted for person
ally 10y w. S. Linton from private indi-
viduals.
Abbotts East India Corn Paint c,,ras
every time; 1t takes off the corn; no pain.