The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-05

The old wooden Baptist church erected
in Gainesville in 1879 was abandoned after
services last Sunday, and the new church
hereafter viii be used.
The presbytery of the St. Johns South
ern Church and the Presbytery of South
Florida will meet in Barlow Tuesday,
April 10, and will be in session for several
days.
Noble Dasher, a colored man employed
at Bucl1is mil at Jacksonville, while at
work on a lighter Friday night at the mill
fell into the St. Johns river and was
drowned.
A counterfeit 25-cent piece, bearing date
Of 1896. is in circulation in Fernandina.
The spurious coin is a perfect imitation OF
the genuine article in every way except
in sound.
John Hubby, a 16-year-old colored boy,
jumped into the river at Milton one day
last week and saved the 4-year-old son
Of L. A. NemicE, a stranger, just as the
boy was sinking the second time.
Ten pins is becoming the popular
amusement in Pensacola. Several bowl
ing alleys are now in course of construc-
ton in various portions of the city for
the convenience Of both white and colOced
patrons.
The item of lumber shipments out of
Tampa promises to assume extensive pro-
portions during 1887. The Tampa and
Honduras steamboat line is building up
quite a trade with southern ports, and
which will constantly grow.
There seems to be an impression that
a United States senator Is to be elected
by the state legislature this week The
legislature convenes in biennial session
tomorrow, but the election of a senator
does not come up before April 20.
The big water tower situated in Tampa
flights has become buzzard's roost.
News reporter in passing there Tuesday
evening saw at least twenty-five of Tie
notorious black vultures at roost for the
night. This tower furnishes Tampa with
water.
Capt. p. S. Harlee of Palmetto, deputy
collector of customs for the port of Mana
tee, states that the people of the Manatee
section will make an effort during the
coming session of the legislature to have
the state experiment station and agrcul-
tural college now located at Lake CITY
removed to some point on the Manatee
river.
Orlando Reporter: State Treasurer c. b.
Collins positively refuses to receive certi-
fed checks on the Country banks of the
state; that is, banks outside of Jackson
Vile. All funds payable to the state
treasurer have now to be made payable
in currency or by the National Bank of
the State of Florida, New York exchange,
express or postotfice money order.
Jacksonville has new corporation, the
East Coast Brick Company, with a capital
of $4,000. The stockholders are Thomas
V. Cashen, 7. Murphy, Z. E. McMurray
Jerre S. Smith and John e. Hartridge
Quite storm ragged here Thursday night
The rain fell in torrents, their were some
hail, and the wind blew great guns. There
are no reports of damage in the country.
Much timber has been stolen from lands
in Hillsboro county. The Tampa Times
says that in many sections of the
county thousands of acres have been de-
nuded of the best timber and the land is
now practically worthless to its owners.
There are five or six nonresident compa-
MES, who own large areas of land in that
county, which are annually being devas-
tated of their value in the way stated
above.
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
News: According to the report of Com
missioner Wombwell. the following are the
field crop statistics for Florida: Upland
cotton, acres, 70,S60; bales, p, 104 value,
1896, 7S9; sea Island cotton. acres, 9S,514;
bags, 24,574; value, Sl,376 966; corn, acres
ass 504; bushels, 5,016, 243; value, s., 433 $50;
oats. acres, 3S, 40; bushels 407, S97; value,
S2l5,05.S0; rice. acres, S1O2; bushels. S5417;
Vcalue $129 81; field peas, acres, % 176; BUSH
els, 176925; value, $207, SOB; hay, acres, TO-
4SO; tons, 1902; value, $207,S millet. acres
SOS; tons, $50; value, S11 ,039.50; peanuts
acres GO, 357; bushels, ST. 467; value S5i3, 54S:
tobacco acres, 4,l01; pounds, 2,035, 2S9 value
$500 995. The total acreage for field crops
is sO9'sl7, and the aggregate value, $S0S5, 3l3.
At Jacksonville Friday, a petition for a
receiver was filed in the clerks office Of
the United States court, by the first mort
gage bondholders of the j., T. and X w
railway. The petition is in behalf of the
Mercantile Trust Company, as trustee for
the holders of the first mortgage bonds.
against the main line of the Jacksonville.
Tampa and Key West Railway Company.
The amount of bonds is 81 500 900, and il
is asked that they be made a prior claim
on the property Of the main line of the
road to those of the second MORTGAGE
bondholders, who are represented by the
Pennsylvania Company for the Insurance
of Lives and the Granting of Annuities.
as trustee, on the entire system. This
day. 1t was offered on March /, but no
bids were made for it,
A dispatch from the City of Mexico da-
ted April says: "Pelipe Carson, who
went to Acapulco to capture the American
II. A. Elmer. wanted in Florida, has ar
rived here with the prisoner heavily
guarded Elmer reached Acapulco in the
evening, having with him $4,000 American
money and his great anxiety was to get
the money safely disposed Of This was
arranged through the assistance of a
| friend, and on the evening Of his arrival
here he drafted the money TO his agent in
San Francisco. His plans were we'll laid
and he thought his escape from the re-
public was in sight, and would have been
successful had 1t not been Tor the man
who piloted him from Puento de Ixtla to
Acapulco informing the authorities of his
identity. Elmer will be Immediately
handed over to the American detective
Rhodes, for removal to Florida"
The Key West Equator Democrat of
Monday said: A kidnapping took place
at the steamer City Of Key West yester-
day morning. Mrs. DR.. ]. Y. Porter could
never be induced to take a trip to the