The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-15

FLORIDA
AT Tampa Wednesday the jury in the
Singleton case rendered a verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree.
The Orange City Bank, a small private
institution in charge of the Stillmans.
closed its doors Monday and made an as
signment to Mr.. Leavett. The liabilities
are said to be about 5000, and the assets
$14 200.
Avon Park was Incorporated last week
and Clark D. Knapp elected mayor; B. f.
West, L. w. Mix, II. b. Todd, ]. T. Hen
bricks and William King councilmen; r.
d. Hall, clerk and treasurer ]. J. Dob
bins, marshal
A week ago the compositors employed
on the Tampa Daily Times had trouble
with the management, and, as a result,
they have not worked there since These
printers have formed a publishing COM
pany, and propose to start a new after
noon paper, the first issue of which will
appear in February.
DR.. T. F. Thomas, who was elected
mayor of Gainesville, at the regular city
election in April of last year, has resigned.
The duties of the Office interfered with his
private business. DIR. j. F. McKinstrY,
Jr., president of the council, will fill the
position of mayor until April, should the
council decide not to call an election.
The Florida East Coast railway freight
trains will hereafter fly the weather bu-
reau's frost warning or cold wave flag.
This flag is large, white square one,
with a black center, and will be displayed
whenever a frost or cold wave is prognos-
ticated by the weather bureau. Many
places along the east coast are without
telegraph offices, and it is thought that
this method of flying the flag on freight
trains will prove of much benefit to those
fruit and vegetable growers who cannot
get weather bureau warnings in quick
er way.
A negro woman. whose home is in Fort
Brooke, reported horrible case of bru-
tallty to the police of Tampa Wednesday.
She stated that she has at her home a
Cuban child about years Old which was
found in the woods Tuesday. terribly in
jured and nearly dead. The child was
taken to the home of the negro woman,
where, after being cared for, it made a
statement to the effect that its father had
taken 1t the day before to the place where
1t was found, dashed il against a tree
and injured it so badly that it could not
walk, and then left il on the ground to
die. The child is deformed, and that is
thought to be the reason why the brutal
parent desired to be rid of 1t.
A colony of evangelists has purchased
a tract of land at Ormond, and will locate
their winter headquarters there for evan
geiical work throughout the state. The
tract is the finest body of land in that
section. 1t Is located between the Halt
fax river and the Atlantic ocean, and
fronts on both. 1t Is covered with a heavy
growth of palms and live oaks. and has
long borne the name of Hunters Camp"
from its inviting and favorable situation.
and convenience for such parties The
evangelists are an Incorporated society,
holding large property I'm Jersey City, OF
which Pastor M. Hancox is president and
r. Jackson is secretary. Preparations fOT
extensive building are now going forward,
and they expect to develop the natural
advantages of the place into the finest
camp ground of the SOUTH where a sim
liar work to that in New Jersey will be
centered for advocating non-sectarian and
Scriptural piety.
Tampa correspondence Jacksonville Citi-
zen: John Kunze registered at the Hotel
! Arno about week ago as coming from