The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-04
FLORIDA


About 10000 bales OF tobacco are now
stored in the various bonded warehouses
al Tampa.
r. MsFlagler has presented the town Of
Deland with the little island near the
South bridge provided the town will fix
il up and make park of it. The council
has accepted the offer.
Jones and Nervie Smith, colored, were
arrested at EIlavlle Tuesday for cruel
treatment to a child. 1t was first whipped
until it could not stand, and then kicked
into the fire by It's mother The child
was rescued.
Senator Quay and party leave st. Lucie
for the north this morning. The weather
has been so unpleasant since the sena-
tors arrival, he has only been fishing
once. Urgent business matters cuts their
Florida trip short
Fernandina Mirror: we hear it rumored
that an effort VIII be made to increase
our foreign lumber shipments. A party
of English capitalists propose purchasing
southern pine to be shipped through this
port, while some of our local lumber lnen
are soliciting orders from the West India
markets.
President II. r. Duval Of the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad has just
received from Amsterdam. Holland, a
supply of Sumatra tobacco seed, Suffi-
seed will be in the hands of Henry Curtis,
agricultural and Immigration agent OF
the Florida Central and Peninsuar, at
Quincy, for distribution.
Lake county furnishes an encouraging
example of public spirit in the work or
education. The present school year
opened with $500 in the school fund be-
fore any of the tax of 1895 had been col
lected. All of the public schools will run
six months, and some of them, the county
| funds being supplemented by town funds,
will continue eight months. In Lake coun-
| ~ the school board gives assistance in
| building, repairing and furnishing school
houses. All school warrants are paid at
par, no money Is borrowed and after the
exBensssso 6 of the present year shall be PAID
treasury with which to open the schools
next year.
In the vicinity of Largo the orange crop
has been very good. About 6,675 boxes
have been shipped, and 200, more or less,
are ready to be sent away. This includes
about $50 boxes of grapefruit. Most of the
oranges Were sold on the trees for ". 2o
to So per box Grapefruit has brought
a high price. Mr.. Hearn, who lives near
Largo, sold the crop from one tree for
$500 Mr.. Jemmison has three large trees
that are carrying a good crop, estimated
at 5000. Vegetables have been injured
badly. In some places eggplant and to-
matoes have not been so badly hurt that
they cannot recover. Some growers have
plants in seeded. These they will plant
soon, and with a good season plenty of
time remains for fine crop to mature.
An order was granted in the United
States court at Jacksonville Tuesday re-
moving from the state circuit court to the
United States court the damage suit in
stituted against G. II. Bisbee, collector
of the port of Jacksonville, by W. 4.
Bisbee, owner of the tug Dauntless, liz
which damages were laid at $40, 900 The
order was granted by a writ of certiorari,
issued from the clerks Office by authority
of the supreme court of the United States.
A similar order was entered also in the
suit against Capt. w. f. kilgore Of the
cutter Boutwell,, which was instituted at
the same time and claiming the same
amount of damages. In both cases addi-
tional orders were entered, extending till
Feb. Is, the time in which the defendants
may plead or demur to the declaration.