The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
FLORIDA.

Tampa by five hundred people.
There was no extension of time for tax
paying in Orange county. The books clos
ed Monday.
Last Sunday seventeen new members
were added to the Presbyterian church at
Orlando
BY the bursting Of steam pipe in a
Tampa cigar factory Tuesday, Engineer
Joe Smith lost an eye.
The United States court opened in Pen
sacola last Tuesday with docket of fifty
two criminal cases and twenty-five civil
cases.
The firm of Maude & Neve of Leesburg
has been dissolved by mutual consent, f.
s. A. Maude retiring from the business,
which will be continued by w. Neve.
The Orlando camp of confederate veter-
ans has appointed delegates to the Nash
vile reunion in June and the state re-
union, to be held in Orlando in October
next.
The bodies of three children and one wo-
man Of the eight persons drowned last
week in Pensacola bay, by the laundering
of the sloop Amelia, have been found and
! buried
The cruiser Montgomery, now at Tam
pa, may remain there during a great part
Of the summer, as Tampa has been des-
/ ignated by the Secretary of War as her
headquarters for an indefinite period.
The new cable over the Manatee river
which is to carry telephone communica-
ton from the south to the north side of
| that river, has arrived, and workmen are
now laying it between Braidentown and
! Palmetto.
The annual meeting of the Florida state
Horticultural Society, which is to be held
in Orlando four days beginning on Tues
day, May 4, gives promise of being one of
! the most largely attended gatherings Of
| the horticulturists of Florida since the or
ganization of the state association.
John and George Walker of Pensacola
have devised a combined electrical fire
alarm, burglar alarm and patrol call sys-
! tenn, the simplicity and cheapness of
which are sure to beget for it a ready sale
| This system Is operated with the usual
box attachment, but where Gamewell
box might cost 500 or more the box Of
the new invention will cost not more than
| S12 to SIS.
an electric belt manufacturing company
of Baltimore, had a narrow escape from
death last Monday night in Tampa. He
was stopping at the Victoria hotel, in
Ybor City, and when retiring he left the
| gas burning, and some time during the
night it was blown out by the wind. 1t
required a physicians efforts for four
hours to revive him.
one of the finest pineapple farms in the
state is that of William H. Bartlett, near
| ST. Petersburg. There are now in fun
| bloom and under cover 10000 thrifty pines
of the finest varieties, Golden Queens,
| Smooth Cayennes and Abakos prettier
sight cannot be imagined. Soon 10000
more plants will be added. Mr.. Bartlett
also has 60. 600 tobacco plants growing. Mr..
Bartlett is a New Yorker.
| Claude Waters rode his bicycle right
into futile & Campbells delivery wagon,
which was standing in front OF their place
| of business at Ocala. Friday. The wheel
| struck the hind legs Of the horse and
| young Walters was thrown from the
| wheel the horse began to kick and struck
the boy in the head and inflicted a BAD
| wound The wheels of the wagon also
rolled across his breast and bruised him
| bad.
Monday night Prince Noble colored, of
Tarpon Springs. shot himself with a re-
| volver three times with suicidal intent
! becoming discouraged with his bad mark
| mauship. he turned his attention to a ra-
/ zor. but fortunately drew the blunt edge
| across his throat. In a frenzy of rage at
! his two unsuccessful attempts to end his
| life he sought to accomplish his purpose
by.butting his head against a wall. Friends
| interfered at this stage, and thus a trag-
| edy was averted.
A Southern Educational Assembly was
organized at Winter Park last week. Its
object is to assemble popular and prac-
! teal conventions In the interest of indus
! triansm, science, art. literature and what
! ever else may be deemed good for soci-
ETY. The officers are: President G. M
Ward of Winter Park; secretary, w. c.
| Comstoek of Chicago; treasurer, NJ. A.
Hencke of Winter Park. The advisory
| board will be composed of representative
! from all of the states.
Jacksonville Metropolis: There is lust
now considerable mawkish sentimentality
being expended in Georgia in
regard to hanging Mrs. Mobiles
for killing her husband. Equality
before the law does not suit her
case, as a negro, who assisted in the muir
| der is also to be hanged but not a word
is said in his behalf Mrs Mobiles, It Is
now claimed, is supplemented and hardly
able to distinguish right from wrong
What subterfuges are resorted to In eff
| forts to defeat justice.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The citizens Of
Jacksonville have often seen the horseless
| carriage rolling through the streets Of the
/ city, and many have read a description Of
/ IL published in the Metropolis Panmure
/ Gordon residing at "A little country villa
| I'm England, saw the account. He became
/ interested and procured a photograph Of
/ Il, and then began correspondence with
/ Mr.. Einig, with view Of purchase. Sew
/ eral letters have passed during tho past
/ six weeks, and finally Mr. Elnig wrote
him that he would take 500 for his rolling
machine, and Tuesday the money came and
I the horselcss carriage was boxed and
loaded on the CLYDE steamship yesterday
/ afternoon, and will soon be rolling on an
other continent This carriage was al
most entirely built by Mr. Einlg, who h. a
natural born genius, ana who has made
several valuable inventions that have
proven very remunorauye Mr. Gordon
said that they had similar carriages IN