The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-28
so Years of Cures.


pentine interests at Arran and bought new
and larger territory near Wewahitchka,
on the Apaiachicola river, for 81 900. Mr.
Cochran has chartered the steamer Saliva
ton and moved with his family and opera
tors.
Capt. A. B. Starke Of Lake Weir died
Tuesday a Il a. m. at the ripe old age of
s. years He was the father of Mrs. J. c.
Porter and John Stake. He had been bed
ridden for three years. He was a member
Of the Baptist church and an intensely
religious man.
A number Of citizens met at the court
house at Sumtervile Monday night to
discuss the building of a clay or rock road
from Sumtervile to Panasoffkee. The sub
Ject is being agitated and some steps were
taken at the meeting toward a permanent
organization. The outlook for a good road
being built in the near future is fine.
Tuesday morning in the United States
court, all of the cases pending against
Duncan Smith. Hillary Smith, Ollie Sweat
and Dan Wilson were ordered mol pross-
ed. These are the four young white men
Of Center Hill, Sumter county, who were
convicted at the last fall term of this court
Of sending obscene and indecent letters
through the mails to one Grace DarreH,
then resident of Center Hill, but later
Of Jacksonville.
Circuit court is in session at Quincy
Jacksonville Metropolis: Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Webb of Savannah, Ca, who
were married in the Forest City last
Wednesday. passed through Jacksonville
this morning en- route to Savannah from
a trip through Florida. They made the
round trip from Jacksonville and were de-
lighted with the beauties of the st. Johns.
Mrs. Webb was formerly Miss Annie Full
ton, daughter Of J. A. Fulton, one of the
leading business men of Savannah.
Delegates for the Epworth League and
Sunday school convention, which opens
at Trinity Methodist church tomorrow.
The social feature of the OCCASION a re-
cepuon, at the residence of Hon. w. A
Rawls, is in progress tonight. Wednes-
day evening, Rev. w. j. Carpenter pres
ident of the state league, will deliver the
annual address, and Rev. E. f. Lev
state secretary, will talk of young people
and schools Thursday evening. DIR. r. w.
Tomkies will preside over the deliberations
of the convention.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Car
ter of Plant City was totally destroyed by
fire Tuesday morning. An alarm was Civ
en- about 1 a. M, but help arrived too late
just in time to see the roof fall in. The
family (Mr Carter was not at home)
would probably have persisted but for a
near neighbor who arrived in time to
awake them. The house was the largest
and most expensive dwelling in the city
The loss is probably $500 or $1,000 only
partially covered by insurance. This is
the second fire Plant City has had In about
seven years.
Capt j. W. Sackett of the United
States Engineering corps, who left Palat-
ka last week on the steamer Terrapin for
the head waters of the St. Johns river
for the purpose of investigating the water
hyacinths and to see what progress it is
making in filling up the river, returned
Tuesday. Capt. Sackett reports an abund-
ance of hyacinths up as far as Puzzle
Lake, and that as far up as Persimmon
Hammock they are to be found in small
quantities, they having been carried there
by cattlemen for forage for stock. Capt
Sackett went as far up the river as Orange
Mound, but at that point found no hya-
cinths.
Tampa will soon see the beginning of
work on the finest Roman Catholic church
in the state, according TO the announce
ment made by Rev. Father Tyrreu who
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lies in that city. He has made the an
nouncement public that about all of the
arrangements have been perfected and
that the work would be commenced in a
very short while. The building will cost
about $4,000, and will be one of the hand
soonest to be found in the state None of
the minute details have been given out,
as Father Tyrrell does not desire a de
scripton given of the building just yet,
but enough has been gathered from those
who know something of the plans to show
that 1t will be elegant.
Jacksonville Metropolis: This morning
all of the colored longshoremen working
under Capt Frank Howard the we'll
known stevedore, who is loading several
vessels at Bucks and other mills. struck
for higher wages. This strike is the out
come of an association being formed by
them for their protection, and which rails
ed the wages of longshoremen from 81 75
per day for side stores, 90 for inside
men over $1.25 and 81 so for deck men
over 81 per day. The masters of all the
vessels which Capt. Howard is now load
ing are very anxious to get to sea- and,
as Capt. Howard could not get other men
he had TO accede to their demands, so that
the vessels could be loaded. The steve-
dores are, however, much against the
step the longshoremen have taken and Il
is very likely that if they stick out for
permanent advance in wages that outside
help Will be brought in by the steVedores
a great majority of whom will not en-
ploy men belonging to the Longshoremen's
Association,