The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-29
FLORIDA.

A shell road is to be built from Palatka
to Peniel.
The pear crop is going forward at an
active rate. and is bringing satisfactory
prices in most cases.
The Standard Oil Company has erected
a warehouse at Orlando with a tank ca
pacity of $4,000 gallons.
A terrible hail and wind storm at Louise,
near Waldo, the other day, did much dam
age to the corn and cotton crops.
A decree of divorce has been granted
releasing Mrs. Belle D. Shepard of Orlando
from her husband, Edward NJ. Shepard
Two negroes were taken to Gainesville
Saturday and lodged in the county jail,
charged with the murder Of another ne
gro at High Springs.
The Barlow base ball club now claims
the state championship, having last
Thursday defeated the Greys of Tampa
by a score of II to II.
The works of the Tampa Gas Company
are to be considerably enlarged, and it is
expected that by November next the new
generators will be placed in position.
On account of the difficulty in making
collections, the business of Conway &
Spellman of Orlando has been turned over
to the State Bank of Orlando on a mort
gage covering the stock.
Judge ]. c.. Avery, representing the
First National Bank has entered suit in
the circuit court against the city of Pen
sacola to recover the value of a city bond
of $500 with interest from 1859.
Cyrus Teed, the head of the "Koreshan'
community, near Myers, won the suit
brought against him by Thomas Cole in
Chicago on a charge of alternating his
wife's affections. The plaintiff wanted
100000 damages, but was non-suited.
DIR. ]. X. Rainey who owns a large
tract of land at Moultrie, Is testing cot
ton culture on his land there. The patch
is composed of three varieties of the long
staple cotton, two Egyptian and one
American, known as hickory nut cotton.
A list of forty-five men at Pensacola
having been sent to the adjutant general
with an application to join the Florida ma
val reserves, Gen. Houstoun has ordered
that they be sworn In as the Fourth d.
vision, which completes the battalion au-
thorized by law.
The Good Government Club (woman's
organization of st. Augustine is collect
ing the names of the leading citizens to
their petition to the mayor and city coun-
Gil asking for the observance of the ordi-
nance requiring the closing of the liquor
saloons on Sunday.
The terms of all United States commits
sioners will expire June 30, in accordance
with an act of congress of May 2s 1896
and the district court of each judicial dis
trict will then proceed to appoint new
commissioners at such places In the dis
trict as may be designated by the court
Thomas w. Jones, charged with the
murder of his step-son, Thomas Duncan,
was taken before Judge Harrison at Tam
pa Saturday morning for a preliminary
nearing. The prisoner through his coun-
sci, NJ. b. Macfarlane waived examina-
ton ard was sent back to the county Jail
10 await the action OF the circuit court
A few days ago some malicious person
cut the wire fence around the pasture OF
II. NJ. Tillis on Payne's prairie in Alachua
county, entered the enclosure and MANNED
several hogs and fine bull owned by Mr..
THIS Either a Ratchet or an ak was
used. The bull had deep cash in the
shoulder and one Of the hogs had a leg
nearly cut on
George II. Wright and p. F. sperry OF
Orlando have entered into a copartnership
Tor the purpose Of propagating and sell
ing smooth cayenne pineapple plants.
Iney are planting out 1000 stools recently
received from the Sandwich Islands.
lhese stools are plants that have frulted,
put which. II cared for viii produce ten
70 twenty suckers each.
AZ Madison, Saturday morning, two
hours after midnight the stables OF
Ihomas ]. Blalock were destroyed by fire.
a morse and surry belonging to his son,
IT A. l.. Bullock, physician, two mules
81 ms own and all his crop OF oats 1ust
harvested, were consumed by the fire. The
Toss Is between 5000 and 81 900. No insur-
"nee' The origin Of the fire Is unknown.
Perhaps the most novel celebration OF
'he anniversary OF Queen Victoria was at
we victoria phosphate mine IN Alaehua
49,. rms mine T. owned and operated
s -. Ahtue Bros. OF Jacksonville, English
hn men a good old English dinner OF roast
Deei and plum pudding was given tho men. \