The morning news., 1897-07-17

Ga, where it will furnish music from the
10Th to the 9th instant for the Georgia
troops, which hold their encampment at
st. Simon's Island.
Capt. Griffin of the schooner Lille White
has just returned to Key West. He re-
ports that the schooner capsized Tuesday
afternoon about thirty miles from the
northwest bar light. Nathan Swain end
Charlie, Dutchman, of the crew, were
drowned
George Eldridge, geological observer,
employed by the United States govern
ment, was in Gainesville Wednesday, on
his way to Washington. Mr.. Eldridge
spent several weeks in Alachua county,
and will have a lengthy and detailed re-
port in reference to Alachua county phos-
phate He has made a survey of the en-
tire state.
Prominent members of the committee
chosen to protest against the closing of
the SUPPORT at Carrabelle have received
letters and other assurances from Wash
ington to the effect that the movement to
discontinue such SUPPORT would be stop
ped right away" and that Mr. Grady,
the collector at Apalachicola, would be
so informed at once and the SUPPORT re-
established.
Vile in tobacco culture Schrader & Baum.
extensive tobacco dealers of New York,
have promised to locate q factory at
Gainesville, If they are assured that 100
acres Of tobacco will be planted. This
has served to encourage the growers, and
already seed has been planted for seven
ty-five acres
Near Olustee, Wednesday night, as en-
gine No. 8. on Eppinger & RusseIPs log
road, was pushing a load of logs from
their camp on the Bradford switch the
front trucks ran over a COW, killing her
1t derailed five trucks and threw Eugene
Dawson, colored, the fiagman, on a pile of
railroad iron, breaking his leg between the
knee and hip.
Sheriff Spencer, assisted by Jailer
Blount and a policeman, made a raid on
a gambling house in the rear of Saulter-s
saloon in Fort Brooke, Tampa, Wedncs-
day night, and captured several victims
Chief among them were Eugene Brant-
ley and y. B. Phillips, whom the sheriff
believes were the keepers of the house.
and they were compelled to give a bond
of $500 for their appearance at the GRIM
inal court.
Tampa Herald: A pretty and womanly
fashion is largely In vogue in Tampa. It
is the doffing of all head-gear after sun
down. 1t is g. charming and becoming
southern fashion which had almost dis
appeared with the advent of so many
northern people, until a number of indie.
pendent and leading ladies began first 10
appear at the Saturday night open cir
concerts, and now the charming hair
crowned heads are the rule on the Frank
lin street promenade.
1t is in the contract made Wednesday
by the committee of three appointed ny
President Hickenlooper between the To.
bacco Growers Association of San Mateo
and the Cuban expert, Dr. Mesa that the
doctor will establish a model tobacco farm
somewhere in Putnam county. This will
be worth a great deal to any who con.
template growing tobacco, as they will
be at liberty to visit said farm and see
how the Cubans handle their tobacco. DR.
Mesa is to get 10 to Is cents per pound
for curing, sorting and baling the tobacco,
and then 10 per cent. for selling.
Capt. James Mckay, United States mar
shall for the southern district of Florida,
has just returned to Jacksonville from
Columbus, o., where he carried fifteen
prisoners, sentenced by Judge Locke of
the United States court to various terms
of imprisonment In the Ohio state prison.
While at the penitentiary he had a long
talk with f. w. Agnew, the late presi-
dent of the defunct First National Bank
Of Ocala, who was sentenced to five years
in prison for misappropriating the funds
of the bank. He found Agnew's health
good, but his mental condition is not the
best He is living In hopes of a pardon
and If he ever becomes convinced that
the pardon will never be granted he win
no doubt break down and will have to be
sent TO an asylum Agnew is bookkeeper
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department of the prison. The work ia
not hard and he Is well cared for. Wal
ter Dingee is another prisoner from Flor
ida that Capt. Mckay had a long talk
with. Dingee was sent to the prison for
ten months for embezzling a letter con-
taining IS from the United States mails
in the Jacksonville postoffice, where he
was employed as a clerk. Dingee is EN-.
ployed in cutting out gloves which are
made in the prison He will have fifty
days taken Off his sentence for good be.
havior, and Will be released Nov. s.