The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-11
FLORIDA.


Last month there were shipped from
Pensacola q, 2s9, 21d feet of timber and lum-
Der.
The girl mattresses of a Tampa hotel
have Volunteered their services to go on
the military transports.
Three Of Tampa's physicians have been
accepted as army surgeons-Drs. B. c.
Leonard, w. P. Lawrence and Ramon de
la Tore.
r. Feaster, living between Windsor and
Rochelle, had his house destroyed by fire
Sunday morning. The fire was caused by
sparks from a fiue
The Gem City Guards of Palatka have
succeeded in securing a full complement
of men and are ready to go TO the front
The Ocala Rifles are also ready.
The Bradford County Guards are re-
cruited 10 the maximum number, and the
Governor has been notified that the COM
pany vii be ready to move with reason
able notice.
The Shine Guards are in camp at Or
lando, uniformed and equipped for service,
and only await marching orders. Capt
Bradshaw thinks the company will move
to Tampa on Thursday.
The temperance people of Perry are
much aroused over the circulation of Pc
titlon for a license to open a saloon there.
An anti-barroom club has been organized
under the direction Of Rev. John Hurdry
Of Brooks county. Georgia.
c. H. LETTER. who left about three
months ago for Seattle and engaged in the
grocery business there, returned to San
ford Monday. having sold out Mr..
Letter reports the outlook as rather dull,
ana seems glad to be back in Florida.
REPORTS are current at ST. Augustine,
coming from good authority, to the effect
thar the volunteers of the New York Ma
tonal Guard may be ordered TO st. Angus
tine as their headquarters. If this proves
true, il VIII mean upward of 12,000 men,
In the event of them making St. Angus
tine their headquarters, the Hotel Alcazar
viii he opened for the accommodation of
the officers and visitors.
There was Florida boy in the naval
engagement off Manila, and his name is
Hutchinson Cone. He was born and rear
ed in Columbia county, and graduated at
tue STATE Agricultural COuege IN Lake
City. He received the appointment to the
naval academy at Annapolis from his dis
trict, and graduated from there with high
honors and is now first assistant engin-
eer on the United States cruiser Balti-
more, with the rank of a second lieuten-
ant He is the son of Hon. d. N. Cone of
Benton, one of the most prosperous plant
ers in Columbia county.
Sanford's volunteers left in a body for
Orlando, Monday. where they will join the
Shine Guards, going into camp with them,
and leaving for Tampa on the 18th. The
names of the twenty-four volunteers are:
e. b. Morey, A. o. Amsden, T. +. Smith,
X. F. Stafford Ed Craig, c. H. Lake,
Michael Egan. T. NJ. Scott, w. E. Buch-
anan, c. P. Herndon, Walter II. Bates,
Percy G. Bartlett, George E. Peguez, ].
II. Bruton, f. R. Banks, G. w. Fender
rolz, L. H. Walker Benjamin Chew, j. H.
Carr, Sam Perkins, Frank Evans, O. S.
Hawes, A. C. Landers. Andrew c. Cald-
well.
A few years ago ]. B. silvis moved from
the West and bought a farm one mile
south of Tallahassee. Later his wife,
Mrs. Alice ", and daughter, Miss Hazel,
joined him in his new home. Upon the
complaint of John M. Wright of the United
states secret service, Mrs. Sivis and her
daughter We're arraigned Monday for pre-
liminary hearing before Judge r. A. Whit
neld on charge of passing counterfeit
money. The commissioners held both de-
PENDANTS for the United States grand jury
IN the sum of $500 each, and remanded
tnem to the custody of the marshal until
the bonds are executed