The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-28

Afghan of $1,000 in cash before leaving
Tampa.
March 10 the Southern Baptist Press
Association will meet in Tampa
J. H. Mooney Of Orlando Monday shot
and killed four wild turkeys at one fire
while on a hunt.
J. 5. Middleton, special agent of the
Southeastern Tariff Association. is now
rerating Orlando.
The crop Of grape fruit grown in Or
lando this season consisted OF forty-nine,
which sold al 10 cents each
Dan Hogan, charged with the murder
of Edward sandoval at Tampa, was held
Tuesday in $1,000 bail for manslaughter.
The city council Of Orlando has voted
500 to pay for extending the term of the
high school Of that place one more month.
The residence of C. H. Spellman, at Or
lando, was burned Friday morning. The
insurance of 5000 will about cover the
loss.
The Tarpon Truth has changed hands.
and Editor Truax will go north to go into
business. He has been in Tarpon Springs
for long time.
William c. de Grafenried and ]. P.
Redding, Jr, both of Jasper. have been
granted a patent for scraper for plow-
mems shoes.
Tuesday George Baker while painting
a house near Orlando. fell from scaffold,
a distance of twenty-five feet, sustaining
serious injury.
of a
one-half and a sixteen and one-half silver
piece he found while blowing in the field.
The larger piece is 123 years old.
Evidences of spring are noticeable in
jasmine, dog wood and wild plums trees
the woods around Gainesville. Yellow
jasmine, dog wood and wild plum trees
are blooming profusely
]. l.. Daniels. who was held at Miami
on a warrant from the sheriff of DeSoto
county, escaped from the city Jail some
time Wednesday night and has not yet
been apprehended. Daniels was held on a
charge of burglary, awaiting the arrival Of
the DeSoto county sheriff. A file, screw
driver and monkey-wrench had been
smuggled in, in some unknown manner
by confederates on the outside and the
rest was easy.
One of the best Of the many improve
ments in progress at Fernandina is that
of deepening the bar, which has already
begun, and hundreds of laborers viii be
given employment. This contract was Sc
cured by the Atlantic Contracting Com
pany, and is being managed by William
Gaynor a member of the firm Mr. Cay
nor thinks that at least four years will be
required to complete the contract and
reach the desired depth of water.
A new suit was begun in the United
States court at Jacksonville Friday by the
Southern Fertilizer Company of Georgia
VS.. j. H. Bowling and A. d. Andrews do
ing business under the firm name of Dowl-
ing & Andrews, in which damages are
claimed in the sum of $4,000. The suit is
based upon three promissory notes, given
by the defendants to the Plaintiff and
which have not been paid though long
since due. Each note was for 1896 so, with
interest at the rate of per cent. per an
mum until paid. The praecipe for sum-
mons and respondendum and the declara-
ton were filed.
The late Don v. Martinez Ybor OF Tam
pa, was an earnest advocate of an organ
ization among the cigar manufacturers for
self-protection. He once said to the writ
er he earnestly hoped the manufacturers
would soon see the danger in which their
interests were placed by organized labor
and take some step that looked towards
concert of action between them. A meet
ing was held in the board of trade rooms
Wednesday, which was largely attended
by the manufacturers, at which important
action was had. They discussed the sit
uation thoroughly. and wound up by max
ing a permanent organization of the man.
ufacturers. One feature of their action
was that when man strikes, or loses his
place in a factory that no other factory
will give him a bench unless it can be
shown that there was no real ground for
his dismissal or walkout. Another meet
ing is to be held in a short while, when
more specific action will be had on the
subject in hand.