The morning news., 1897-07-26

normal instructor at Barlow, has been
elected supervisor of schools of Buncombe
county. North Carolina with a salary of
LOO a year.
Capt. w. IT, Hubbell, commanding St.
Francis barracks, has set tomorrow as
the time for the soldiers Of his command
TO indulge IN the athletic exercises pre-
scribed by the government, on Fort Ma
rions reservation.
The Times says the Tampa cigar manu-
faeturers are satisfied with the tobacco
tariff and only hope that it will be a long
time before the schedule win be re-arrang-
ed 20 cause them worry and trouble while
the matter is pending.
The city council of Fernandina has eject
ed the following officers: John G. MeGrif-
fin. mayor; H. J. Baker, city Judges George
3 Roux, city clerk; T. b. Livingston,
chief Of police; j. f. Lohman, collector,
and w II. Garland treasurer.
The price Of mullet has risen in the
Tampa market Young fish are now five
cents each while grown ones are ten
cents This is due TO the fact that they
can only be taken now by cast nets, and
are consequently scarcer than usual.
The steamer Manatee has been laid off
from her regular run between Tampa and
the Manatee river, for a few days to go
on the ways at Tampa and have general
0verhauling. The steamer Msuetoe is
making the regular run to Manatee river
points.
r. z. Rose has instituted suit a. Kis
simmee against the Disston Land Com
pany for $1,000 damages, commission he
claimed to be due him from the sale of
the St. cloud property to a Cuban COM
pany, which the Disston company refused
to confirm.
A very large area is devoted to the
growing of velvet beans in and around Or
lando. Those who had previously expert
mentod with the bean as a mulch for
orange groves have increased the acre
age and many have their entire groves
planted with it.
Prof Clarke is startling the Pensacol-
ians by his feats in swimming. He allows
himself to be tied in a sack dressed in
several suits and weighted with 80 pounds
of rock and then thrown in the water he
gets out of the sack and divests himself
Of the clothing. He floats motionless upon
the water.
The survey of the Fort White and
ODuLHtiu runway WHICH was NAitAA tNiNh u
little over a year ago. has been completed
from Fort White to Trenton. There are
six phosphate plants on the finished line
of seven miles. The companys freight
consists mostly of naval stores phos-
phate, railroad ties and lumber.
Pensacola Times: The enterprising ma
val stores firm Of A. NJ. Moses & Co, have
a force Of men engaged in building a
large turpentine tank or tower out at
Moses Station. capable Of holding twenty
seven hundred barrels of spirits of tur-
pentine The tower will he equipped with
sufficient pressure to run the spirits in
pipes from the tower direct to the ships
al the docks IN this city.
Superintendent Glenn Of the public
schools Of Duval county is busy at work
preparing statement showing the in
debtedness of the county to the school
fund. This Indebtedness he roughly esti-
mates at $1,000 II has been accumulat-
ing since 1894 The money is due upon
railroad taxes and redeemed tax sales.
Almost all Of the funds so raised have
been paid into the general revenue and
have gone toward building expensive roads
ana an armory.