The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-02
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The dead body OF an unknown man was
found on the shore of the river five miles
from Tampa Saturday. Buzzards had
possession of it.
Joseph Elstner of Santiago. Cal. is in
Florida in the interest of E. w. AgnSka
whom he wants pardoned out of the Ohio
penitentiary.
The party of gold hunters that went
from Tampa in the schooner Mallory have
been heard from. They landed all right
and have high hopes.
The suffering Cuban families in Tampa
are being supplied with food by the relief
associations of that place; Wednesday 425
Families were fed and on Thursday 266.
}. Kenard's orange grove al Yalaha,
Lake county, is TO have tower fifty feet
high, upon which will be placed a tank to
contain 10000 gallons of water to be used
for irrigating purposes.
A few days ago, while j. S. Martin was
digging a well in his tobacco patch al
Ocala, he struck something very hard.
"AAN upOl ihNCSliSdIlOE ne IOQn0 what ne
thought to be a sparkling piece of glass.
lie took it to the house at noon, cleaned
1t thoroughly, when he came to the con-
cluslon that 1t was diamond. He tried
it on piece of glass and found that it
would cut il readily. If it proves to be
a real diamond it will be worth at least
$1,000
Barlow Courier-Informant Dr. r. III.
Huddleston came near having a serious
time of it last Monday He took a drink
Oh klssinger water, mixed with corrosive
sublimates, a dangerous poison. He has
in his office two jars, one containing the
spring water, which he uses to drink, and
the other having the poisonous solution.
he went in on Monday, and without no.
uclng, poured a cupful from the wrong
jar and drank it. Being a physician how
ever he knew what to do and quickly
took an antidote, and was soon over ths
danger.
The trial of the first of the cases against
e. A. Wallace. late city marshal, was
concluded at Pensacola Monday with a
verdict of guilty. Wallace was indicted
in the case Jointly with the late Mayor
Pat McHugh for a conspiracy to extort
500 from Melissa Zurich by charging her
with keeping disorderly house. She paid
the court docket. Nearly every sporting
man and woman in the city was a wit
ness IN the case, and they all swore TO
being forced TO pay money for protection
without trials in court. McHugh having
fled from the city, Wallace was tried
alone. In his own defense he swore that
all the money collected from these people
We're turned over to McHugh, but was I'M
able to show that it had ever been paid
into the city treasury.
The sixth annual convocation Of the Mis-
sionary jurisdiction of the Episcopal
Church has just closed at Key West. The
most important business done was the ap-
pointment Of a committee of Rev. w. II.
Bates and L. C. Massey under the follow
ing anti-divorce resolution introduced by
Mr.. Bates: THAT the president of the
convocation be requested to appoint a com
mittee whose duty it shall be 10 draw up
and present to the next legislature of the
state of Florida a petition requesting the
legislature to amend the laws respecting
divorce, so as to provide for granting sep
arations-a mensa ct thoro only-and il
shall further be the duty of said commit
tee 10 send a copy of their petition to
the next annual council of the Diocese of
Florida asking their consideration of the
subject, and to communicate with repre-
sentatiVes of the various religious bodies
in the state, requesting them TO take sim
liar action in the matter, and the commit
tee shall report their action TO the next
annual convocatio Holy Trinity Mis-
sion, Melbourne, Fla, was selected for the
seventh annual convocation next January.