The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-18

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| pear before the grand Jury. and II lie ver,,
PROBABLE that there will be some lively de-
| VelopmentS. The Merchants Nationa1
Bank closed its doors nearly two wears
ago and 1t was thought at the time thar
| the FAILURE could be accounted to nissan
ptlcduoh OF the deposits by some officer
OF the bank. The books were ordered in
| spected and on a thorough examination
| by an expert the fact was disclosed +bot
| between $4,000 and $4,000 had been mis-
placed by some means Some of the
| stockholders charged that Jack KING
president OF the bank, was ponsible for
| It's financial wrecking and thew instituted
a criminal prosecution against Mr. KIM
lie was arrested, but nothing was aver
zone IN the case. The bank was reor-
canned and new capital secured and the
| institution was again launched in the
business and commercial world of Rome
put some OF the old stockholders are not
sdtlSleu. Ihey think there has been crook
euneSs somewhere. and the attention of
the United States grand jury has been
brought to the matter. That body viii
make full and complete investigation
| of all the banks affairs.
FLORIDA.
Grapefruit sold last week in Dade coun-
ty at 40 and so cents each.
Andrew I. Meserve of Braidentown is
compiling the first directory of Manatee
county.
Real estate in and around Leesburg Is
attracting considerable attention from par
ties desiring to make investments.
One day last week there were shipped
from San Antonio, Pasco county, $50 BUSH
els or $1,000 quarts of strawberries.
The first annual state convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union will be held
at Jacksonville on April 6 and Z.
The board of county commissioners of
Lake county exempts from taxation all
Masonic lodge buildings owned by the Ma
| sons.
The truck growers at Brooksville are
| shipping strawberries. Several hundred
crates will be sent from fernando county
this year.
The strawberry crop of Pasco county
promises to bring twice as much this sea-
son as the entire orange crop of the coun-
ty ever brought.
For the March term of the Orange coun-
ty criminal court there was not single
criminal commitment from any Justice of
the peace for the past two months
A few days since at Rockledge a saw
fish was captured. 1t measured IA feet
and inches in length, and the saw feet
and inches in length, and weighed about
500 pounds.
Capt. A. w. Brown of the steamer
David Kemps, was arrested at Jackson
vile Tuesday afternoon. charged with an
assault on Miss Eva Dempsey. He was
taken before County Judge Baker who
bfc Of oh, q,T
A large acreage of potatoes, beans, and
tomatoes has been planted at Mnneola.
The latter are looking very WELL and the
prospects for a good yield were never
better. Much interest is being taken in
the cultivation of tobacco, and many will
plant. The orange trees are in bloom,
and making a good growth. Peaches,
pears, plums, and other fruits, are look
ing well.
The republican executive committee for
Escambla county has made the following
Endorsements, but the action is said to
be not unanimous: John Z. Stillman, for
collector of internal revenue; Capt. w. II.
Northup for collector of the port of Pen
sacola; Dr. A. j. Pollock, for postmaster
of Pensacola; Dennis Eagan, for marshal
of the southern district; T. f. McGourin,
for marshal of the northern district; B. c.
Tunison, for United States attorney for
the northern district; Gen. Joseph T.
Walls, for register of the land office; r.
L. Scarlet, for receiver of the land Of
fee; Armstrong Purdee, for surveyor gen
eral; George w. Allen, for collector of the
port of Key West
C. M. Dodds, nephew of DR.. ]. c. Slo-
cum, is authority fJr the statement that
at O'Clock Monday night six men armed
with revolvers and Wlnchesters accosted
hi lie ga q made
his hands behind him and then tied him
and ordered him to show them the money
they knew was on the premises. They
went into the house and covered Mrs.
Slocum with their guns and compelled
her to open the safe and get them what
money she had, amounting to $780, They
then took from young Dodds $3.50, and
from the colored man, Nixon Jones, $1.OO.
Ordering them to remain seated in the
house until the robbers should get away,
they left, going as they said southwark.
There was no clue obtained as to who
they were or where they came from.
Gambler correspondence Morning News:
Vegetables are suffering greatly for rain.
The cabbage growers are very much dis
couraged over the outlook for Florida
cabbage. The crop is fine, and large
acreage was planted, but the prices, so
far. have been ruinously low. Lettuce has
done better, but not near so well as last
season.-Prof. II. A. Mckinney of Beaver
Falls Pa, has purchased the Meyer grove
and residence. near the town, and is hav-
ing the property put in first-class shape.
He paid 81 900 for the property. Before
the freeze the place would have been
cheap at $5,000-The orange trees are COW
cred with blooms, with no severe back-set
in two years more the groves will again
be producing large crops of oranges
Messrs CHATTER and TURNKEY are shipping
large quantities Of nursery stock from
their nursery to South Florida.
A meeting of white citizens was held at
Gainesville Tuesday night for the purpose
of nominating a ticket for the coming mu-
nicipal election. The most noteworthy
contest was between j. a. Ammons and
S. j. Burnett for mayor. When asked to
declare their positions upon the COW law,
Mr.. Ammons stated that he was not a
candidate. but II elected, he would enforce
every ordinance upon the books. on the |
other hand, Mr.. Burnett stated that he
would not enforce the COW law. The lat |
ter received the nomination by a close |
vote The other nominations made were |
as follows: Aldermen. II. e. Day, A. +. |
Wittstuck. c. Stringfellow, and w. G. |