The morning news., 1897-01-24
til o'clock this morning. but not a trace
of the man could be found.

til o'clock this morning, but not a trace
Of the man could be found.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville is to have a baby show for
| colored infants.
Statesboro will soon build 4O-room
hotel to cost $4,000
The acreage of tobacco in Florida will
be greatly increased with this years plant
ing.
George s. Iiill, large manufacturer Of
Ansonia, Conn, has decided to put in a
ten-acre pinery at Orlando.
Wreckage from the Inflated Alibuster-
ing steamer Commodore is being washed
ashore at Coronado beach,
II. F. Dutton & Co. are shipping many
bales of sea island cotton from Gaines
Vile to the Willimantic Spool Cotton Com
pany in Connecticut.
Preparations are in progress for the
placing of a sawmill in Plant City, to be
owned and operated by McLendon &
spier
Engineer Finney of the Plant system,
who was seriously injured in the wreck
! at Tampa, died Friday al the Plant sys-
tenn hospital The deceased leaves a wife
and three daughters.
Senator Matthew Quay expects to pay
his place at st. Lucie an extended visit
in the course of few days He will re-
| turn north in time for the Inauguration at
Washington next March.
The crate factory at Fort Valley is work
| ing a large force of hands, and will in a
| few days put on an extra force. They are
| nlling orders for crates from Mexico and
| all over the United States.
The Titusville Tannin Extract Company
is now in full working order and about
| fifteen men are employed at the factory
which Is in charge of ]. Y. Miller, an ex-
pert IN the manufacture of tannic acid
| from palmetto roots, etc.
Volusia County Record: Geograpnv
points out ocala as the future capital of
Florida. Tallahassee is too far away from
/ the main part of the state to be convenient
| Jacksonville and st. Augustine too far
| north, Tampa too far south, DeLand too
far east. With railway from DeLand 20
| Ocala, then We would be only forty-five
miles from the capital.
Tampa Tribune: The checking clerk at
the Plant system freight depot for the past
year, was missed Thursday from his busi
| ness and search was made for him. Late
| in the afternoon he was found lying with
| his head on a rock under the platform
| When aroused he became a raving maniac
| and 1t took two men to manage him. He
is being taken care Of by friends until his
| relatives arrive.
Titusviile Star: Brevard's county Jail
has had only one inmate for some two or
three weeks past. This party is the one
who was arrested at Fort Pierce recently
ior stealing one of fuckers fish boats at
this place. This fellow claims to be an
expert bicycle rider, and was one of the
relay riders out west on the famous trip
or the Stearns' wheels bearing a message
from san Francisco to New York
Mr. and Mrs. 1. T. Nixson left their
home, near Phoenix, early one morning
recently to go to Lake Weir through the
country. They left their little 3-year-old
girl at brothers. At 10 o'clock they re-
turned and missed the child and began
hunting about the place for it, AT 12
o'clock noon) they alarmed the neigh
bors and about fifty persons are now
hunting for it, but so far without success
1t is supposed that the child tried to fol-
low Its parents and got lost in the ham
mock.
Bert c. Lincoln, who, until Monday,
was one of the publishers of the Evening
Recorder. is in the county Jail at Palatka
charged with having passed worthless
checks on the East Florida Savings and
Trust Company'S Bank of that city
About $50 worth of bogus checks are said
TO have been placed in the city Lin
coin LEFT town, and Deputy Sheriff Howell
telegraphed the deputies at other places
in the county to be on the lookout for
him. Deputy Sheriff Thornton of Bost-
wick arrested him Thursday at that place.
as he was walking up the railroad track
Enterprising Florida farmers are find
ing use for the despised water hyacinth.
c. Baron Of San Mateo has raked out
tons OF the water hyaeinths from the river
and, after spreading them out on the river
bank a few days TO dry, hauls them TO
his grove and uses them as a mulch w.
II. Records of Penie, Putnam county. has
| put the pest TO profitable use. He feeds
| them to his chickens, claiming that they
were very nutritious and savory for fowls.
| He says that his chickens have already
| consumed two wagon loads OF this novel
| food, and that not a vestige of the plant
| remains after their attack, even the roots
/ being devoured
| Jacksonville Metropolis; Attorney A. NJ
Nicholson has been engaged 20 defend
! Herman Stevens, the white man who was
| aiitoAeu q lew udys ago IN New Orleans
| charged With the murder Of Town Marshal
| George Overton of Live Oak about seven
years ago, for which offense one Charles
! Wormerly was arrested. but acquitted
! Stevens, i'm the custody OF a deputv sber-
! If, viii leave New Orleans tomorrow for
| Live Oak, and Mr.. Nicholson will 20 no
/ ia the morning and meet him at River
! Junction At the time Marshal Overstreet
4 was shot stevens was the cashier Of a.
/ circus which was performing in the town
/ and IL was In trying TO stop a fight At
! the show ground that the officer was KIN
| ed. Wormerly was arrested as the mur-
derer and was defended by Mr.. Nicholson
! and acquitted. At the trial Il developed
that Stevens was the real murderer. but
he could never he located untu no Uas
picked up a few days ago In the Crescent
| City.
Titusville Star: Or. T. Burritt OF Jack
! sonvillo must have great faith in his ablli-
! ~ to combat the elements OF the Atlantic
! In the smallest craft built-a l6-foot ca
! noe-for he left that city on the 18th OF