The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-01

ny has just bought 24o acres of the Detar
hammock, which will be put into cultiva-
ton as rapidly as possible
1t has been proven that truck farming
Will pay at Wauchula. The bean grow
er sof that place have realized over 81. 600
Tor the crop of this season
A plan is on foot to establish stage
line TO carry The mails and comfortably
convey passengers between Arcadia and
BraldentoWn via Pine Level.
The new university buildings at De Land
are nearing completion. The chapel in
Elizabeth hall will be one of the most
spacious rooms in the state
An extract obtained from the palmetto
root is now being used to tan leather. The
Titusville Extract works have recently
turned out some good work in this line
The Ybor City Novelty works has erect
ed tower about fifty feet high, on which
will be placed tank capable of holding
1900 gallons TO supply the works with
water.
Capt. John Fitzgerald, who for the past
twelve years has been connected with the
steamship and steamboat lines of the
Plant system has severed his connection
with thai company and has embarked in
business for himself at Tampa. He has
bought out the pilotage interests of Harry
Warner, and will take charge of the pilot
age July l.
1t is reported that the laboring element
at Nassau have announced their intention
of resisting the importation of their class
of labor by Mr.. Flagler on his proposed
work there. A large number of them Slip
ped over to West Palm Beach during the
building of the large hotels and stayed
until the closing Of the work, in violation
of the immigration laws.
The Owl Cigar Company of Quincy have
sold their cigar manufacturing business in
New York city to Messrs. Herbs, Wer-
theim & Schiller, who will continue this
business under the name of the Stratton
and Storm Company. The Owl Cigar Com
pany will discontinue making cigars alb
solutely, and will continue as leaf tobacco
growers and dealers only. In addition to
this, they will operate their Fu.lers earth
business at Quincy on an increased scale.
Evelna Johnson and Frank Walker
both colored, are now in Jail at Jackson
Vile, having been arrested by the police
on Monday as suspicious characters, and
when arraigned and tried Tuesday morn
ing at the municipal court, they were or
| dered held forty-eight hours. 1t is be-
lieved that they know something about
the murder of Police Lieut. w. E. Cru
Der, which has been shrouded in mystery
and has bafhed the authorities ever since
| it occurred on April 80
Col. T. " Kessler of Gov. Bloxham's
staff, having been instructed by Adjt.
| Gen. Houston to muster Immediately into
service the Pensacola division of the naval
militia of the state, they were mustered
| in Tuesday evening The division can
| only consist of sixty-four men, and there
| are applications from about $50. The d.
| vision will be a very fine one, as every
| man who will be accepted has either ex-
| perience as a navigator or has been train
| ed in a military school.
Jordan Richardson, colored, was killed
by his brother-in-law, Elijah James, be-
tween Kanapaha and Palmer, near j.
Hambricks blacksmith shops, Tuesday
| Richardson and his sister, James wife
| were going to Palmer, when they met
James, and an alteration began about
towel, in which the woman had some
| thing tied up. Words led to blows, when
James cut Richardson in the neck, com
pIetely severing the juguar vein, from
| few minutes. James escaped.
Two members Of the police force of Pen
sacola have been suspended for ten days
bv the police board for failing to arrest
men working with the fire department,
who were shown to have been detected In
| the act of looting a store during recent
fire. The officers acknowledged that they
saw the men taking the goods and made
them lay them down. Their excuse for
not arrestng them was that the looting
of stores at fires had grown to be Gus
tom and they had no special orders to
arrest men for it, 1t is evident that the
investigation has sounded the death-knell
of the volunteer fire department.
Two white men were arrested at Pensa-
cola by City Marshal Wallace on Satur-
dav night for attempting to pass a coun-
| terfeit silver dollar In a saloon where
| thew had purchased drinks. They claimed
| 10 have come from Brewton. Ala, and to
! have received the spurious money in an
other saloon, where they had a $40 bill
! changed. They failed, however, to show
| the saloon, and they have since been iden-
| tilted as brothers named Salter, who were
recently tried and acquitted on the charge
| Of numbering and robbing a mail rider,
near Evergreen, Ala. The mayor has
| turned them over to the government au-
| tborities for trial In the United States
court
xrrUIEn OVER THE BRIDE.