The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-28
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Mrs. Edith Munroe, wife of M. w. Mum
roe, president of the Quincy State Bank.
died on Thursday night last.
William Sykes of Lakeland is charged
with forging the name of DIR. Wilson of
Fort Monroe to money order and having
1t cashed
The body of the white man mangled by
the cars on the F. C. and P railway. west
of Baldwin, last Tuesday night, has been
Identified as that of ]. A. Craig of Mac
elenny, Baker county.
Fire destroyed the house of Peter Bull
at Chattahoochee, on Friday night last.
He saved very little of his household
goods. Two of his children had a narrow
escape from being burned to death.
The safe in the office of the Standard
Oil Company, on the outskirts of Tampa,
was robbed Of So Sunday night The rob
Der was familiar with the combination as
he unlocked the safe to get the money.
Capt Eugene Masters has sent the gov
ernor his resignation as captain of the
st. Augustine Light Infantry, giving rress
of private business as his reason. First
Lieut.. Fatio Durham will probably be
chosen by the company as Masters sue
cessor.
The house. barn and corn crib of W. A.
Townsend, on the old Alligator or Plank
road, in the western part of Jacksonville.
together with the store of Bailey & Mann
and a small shanty, were destroyed by
fire Monday, and the loss will amount to
about $1,000.
John B. Stetson of DeLand has present
ed the Christian church at Eustis with a
gas plant. Mr.. stetsea is putting electric
lights in the university at DeLand and
hearing of the great need of the church
at Eustis donated thegas plant to the Off
GERS of the church.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Green, who resides in
Brooklyn, suburb Of Jacksonville, has
cat which gave birth to a kitten that is a
freak of nature. The kitten. which has
three bodies. three heads, and four legs,
is very tenacious of life, and seems to
prosper and thrive.
The following ticket has been nominat-
ed at Ormond: Mayor, ]. F. Bostrone;
councilmen, William d. Foulke Dr. Mel
son, w. Francis; tax assessor, w. p. Tai
mage; collector, John #. Kendelain; clerk,
w. G. DePaSs; treasurer, James e. Fran
els; Marshal, Ude Smith,
The Hillsborough county democratic ex-
ecutive committee met in the city hall pur-
suant to the call of the chairman, for the
purpose of recommending to the governor
a board of county commissioners. The
recommendations are as follows: District
No. /, Hugh Somerville; District No. 2,
S. ]. Drawdy; District No. 3, J. E. Turn
berlin; District No. A, f. c. Blanton; Dis
trict No 5, ]. B. Pollard.
The Lakeland Sun maintains that the
people of Polk county do not need a no
fence law and that such a law would be
detrimental to the people of the entire
county. In many of the counties of the
state, however, such law is urgently de-
sired, and can be shown to be beneficial.
The true solution of the dispute appears
to be to enact a law that Will empower
the people of each county to adopt or re-
feet at their pleasure to be ascertained by
a vote, the benefits of such a law.
The Arcadia Champion presents the fol-
lowing record of success in vegetable grow
ing: T. r. Fielder. who has charge of
the phosphate works at Robinson, near
Calvina, has been making considerable
money in the vegetable business this
spring. He has furnished seed and fer
tilzer to farmers in the locality, who
have raised the crop, which has been most
~ snap beans. Out of one Investment of
SS5 he has received up to date over $500.
He has other crops in which he has a
similar interest that are doing almost as
well. Some are just beginning to come
into market, notably a 9-acre patch OF to-
matoes, from which he has made one
shipment. He expects to ship 1000 crates
of tomatoes. They are now quoted at
from IS to Sc per crate.
F. S. McCreary, a iumberman, who ar
rived at Jacksonville Monday. reported a
lively occurrence on the train Of the At
lantic, Suwannee River and Gulf railroad,
while going to Jacksonville He stated
that there were only three white men in
the car, including Conductor Armstrong,
and that the first thing that he knew of
a disturbance, he was awakened by a
scuffie In the car He saw that several
negroes had the conductor down and were
pounding him. He started 20 his assist
ance, when he was promptly hit In the
face. He drew his knife. but was unable
TO open Il. but used IL 20 good effect in his
hand, knocking several negroes down. The
other white passenger, Georgia. also
entered the melee. and the car was soon
cleared OF the negroes. The conductor Is
reported not badly hurt. McCreary did not
find out the cause OF the disturbance.
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