The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09

OF which Lake City IL a part. was com
pleted Friday last.
LaViua is the euphonious name by
which Gen. Gilchrist purposes to designate
the suburb of Punta Gorda, which he has
recently laid off into lots.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby Rev. Sam Jones will deliver one
of his famous lectures in Quincy for the
benefit of the Methodist church on Sept.
1G.
Daytona is TO have an election on the
9th inst, to decide whether or not fran
chise for twenty years shall be granted
to a company to establish and operate
telephone system in that place.
Tuesday night three negroes were shot
and seriously wounded by John Clay. who
has charge of the Louisville and Nash
Vile woodrack at Inwood. dispute in
making a settlement was the cause.
More trouble is expected.
C. D. Knight, patient in the Tampa
hospital became suddenly demented Fri
day and a policeman had to be called to
control him. His wife having deserted him
for another man In Manatee county is
thought to be the cause.
About 100000 gallons of oil was put into
the large tank of the Standard Oil Com
pany, near the Savannah, Florida and
Western depot in Lake City last week.
Lake City will be made the distributing
station for all intermediate points.
At the next meeting of the city council
of Lake City an ordinance will probably
be passed instructing the assessor to dou-
bic assess all who have failed to pay their
1896 taxes, which shall he collected along
with the 1897 taxes, at the usual time.
Punta Gorda Herald: Few people real
ize what large proportion of Florida's
orange crop for 81 is being produced in
De Soto county, and it is estimated that
within a radius Of fifteen miles of Area
dia, the county seat of De Soto, will be
produced fully $4,000 worth of oranges.
A few mornings since there were caught
at White City in steel traps twenty-eight
opossums in the pineapple patches. This
would have made the Colored brothers
smile, bat alas, no people of color dwell
within these borders, so the savory roast
ers were buried beneath the growing
orange trees.
L. e. Hill, Miami river trucker, has
planted several acres in celery, and he ex-
peElS TO raise ABOUT one nQIQIeu tnOuS-
and plants which he will sell There has
been a great demand for celery plants,
and Mr. Hill will make this one of his
specialties. He says that he can raise
the plants so as to be able to sell them
at a very reasonable price. The muck
land of the Miami river is adapted to cell
cry, and a great number of truckers will
engage in tie business.
Tampa Correspondence Jacksonville Cit
izen: Some time ago a gang of negro
thieves was unearthed who were engaged
In a wholesale robbery of knight & Wall,
hardware merchants. Hardly had these
colored artists been disposed of than an
other gang has been found TO be engaged
in the Wholesale grocery business. 5. j.
Brady, wholesale grocer, has been miss
ing stuff from his warehouse, and last
Friday it was discovered that a raid had
been made on the place the night before,
and that several wagon loads of goods
had been carried away. One or two dar-
kies were arrested as preliminary move,
and now ii has been discovered that there
were a number of them, and that they
have been engaged in supplying small
merchants in West Tampa and in other
out-of-tho-way places with canned goods
by the case at very much reduced prices
Yesterday several more of the gang were
arrested and placed in jail, and the officers
are on the track of others, who Will prob
ably be caught in a day or two.