The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-01


The Raptists Of the state will meet at
St. Augustine next Monday in annual con-
vention. The convention viii be in SEES
sion three or four days.
The next movement in the way Of rapid
transit viii probably be bicycle path
from Orlando to Apopka, about twelve
miles. The cost VIII be about so.
lack Bird. a farmer living three miles
west OF Orlando, has just finished max
ing up his sugar cane crop. He has made
90 gallons OF syrup from a small patch
Of cane covering only one acre OF ground.
Longwood's Masonic lodge has been
r.omoeIed to surrender its charter, owing
to stringency Of the times and removal
of members to other points. The mem
bership had fallen below "a point that war
ranted continuance.
John +. stetson has announced his de-
termination to proceed at once TO erect
the wings Of Elizabeth Han of stetson
University. at DeLand. These additions
are each to be 90x4J feet, and together will
occupy considerably more space than the
present structure. They win be three
stories high, built OF brick, and elegantly
finished
The people Of Oyiedo raised 1900 by
private contributions, to be expended in
road tmDrov ements in their vicinity. This
viii entitle them to receive another SLOD
from the county From present indica-
tions. az least fifty miles of the most
prominent highways Of Orange county
will be- rendered permanently good with
in the next year
]. II. Mooney has been notihed by Man
ager Ford of the South Florida division
of the Plant system railroad that that
line will transport free of charge thir-
teen cars Of Barlow clay from Barlow
10 Orlando. with which to make some
needed repairs to the bicycle course. The
Barlow clay is said to be the best ma
terial found in the state thus Tar Tor
suen purpose The proposition will be
accepted and the work done at once.
The man who was found on the Plant
system bridge at Tampa, Monday night
so horribly mangled has been Identified as
Z. Cranden, who lived at Fraziers Beach,
on Old Tampa Bay. The remains were
kent at Comes undertaking establishment
until they were identified, and his wife
was sent for. As soon as she entered the
undertaking rooms she recognized the
head Of her husband, and the scene that
followed was a most touching one. Gran
den leaves a family Of four children and
his wife
Tampa Times: During the recent visit
of Rice's Evangelne Company to Tam
pa two Of the chorus girls INDUCED i'm
spree and were discharged by the man
ager one of the women-who was the
leader of the chorus-was robbed in a Fort
Brooke dive of jewelry and money to the
amount of 500, and she remained here
and made an attempt to recover the stuff.
But she continued to drink heavily, and
now she is demented. About O'Clock
Wednesday morning she went into the
home of Cuban family in Ybor City and
took possession. frightening the inmates
of the house so that they did not attempt
TO put her out They reported the mat
ter to the police. Sheriff Spencer was no.
titled and went to the house and took the
woman In his buggy to the country Jail,
where she Is now confined. Excessive
drinking has unbalanced her mind, but
IL Is thought that she viii be all right
again in few days.
Several Of the suits brought by George
C. stapylton, receiver OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Ocala, against stockhold-
ers who failed TO pay the receivers as
sessment on the stock of the defunct bank
held by them, and against persons who
failed to pay back money due the bank,
borrowed by them, came up for argument
in the United States court at Jacksonville
Wednesday. The cases against r. L. An
derson. s. W. league and G. II. Car
michael were the first taken up, and were
argued on demurrer to pleas. J. c. Cooper
represented the plaintiff and r.. L. Ander-
son represented the defendant. In the
case of the Florida Land and Mortgage
Company VS.. Finlayson, argument was
heard on a demurrer to the bill of COM
paint and the matter was submitted. In
the case OF Carl Thalhem VS.. II. L. An
derson, argument was heard on the mo-
ton to dissolve the injunction. In this
case the court ordered that the papers be
sent 10 Judge Bullock of Ocala, special
master for examination. and that a re-
port be made in fifteen days.