The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-08
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ie-gn ports, as follows: Baltimore. A.
oj9 tons; Caruaret N. j., 1,6l4: Hamburg.
Germany Z,445, all by the Peace River
Phosphate Company
Gainesville Sun: There will he many
more people from the North this winter
to spend a few months in Gainesville than
there were last or have been for years.
The various hotels and boarding houses
have applications for many rooms and in
addition to this there are many who will
come to spend the winter here with rela-
tives or friends.
st. Augustine News: In various parts
of the state much interest is being mani
tested in the improvement of the breed of
cattle The time when it required the
milking of half dozen or more cows to
secure a pail of milk is about passed. 1t
/ is safe to say one of the most important
industries in the state will be cattle rails
ing for the Cuban market.
a few days since, while ]. r. Parrot
and several of the railroad officials were
at Miami. r. L. Collins. well-known
/ truck grower, surprised them by bring
/ ing TO the office of Mr.. Mcdonald several
! fine specimens of tomatoes almost grown.
He has one and One-half acres so far ad-
vanced chat he viii soon begin to ship.
/ Mr. Collins has planted four and one-haif
acres and is still putting out more He
is very enthusiastic over the prospect for
large crop.
Pensacola News Pensacola's mer-
chants are preparing for a large holiday
/ trade. Country patrons are increasing
| and the Christmas trade for 1898 will be
| an enormous one compared to previous
/ ones. Not only has the out-of-town Gus
st,,Y I,,t
/ will also prove better and more frequent
/ This is due to the immense export bust
ness now going on at our port, which en-
| riches the laborng classes, and results in
the wider circulation of money.
Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen.
| An unusually large number of rule-day
papers was filed for record in the clerks
| office of the United States Court yester-
| day. Among them were the preliminary
/ papers of the case of Cressweu NJ. B.
/ Barton against Winfield T. Durbin, colonel
/ of the One Hundred and SiXty-first Indi-
! ana Regiment, wherein damages for &c.,
900 for alleged defamation of character
and SANDER are claimed. The case is one
that has been transferred from the State
! Circuit Court.
| jacksonville Metropolis: If it is to tho
interest of the proprietors of Ell Mo
delo factory to go to Tampa they should
| go. If it is 10 their interest to remain
! here, good and WE'LL but we fail to see
/ the propriety of creating contests between
/ the business men of two cities as to which
1 can raise the most cash to win. The
4 precedent is not a good one. This city
should guarantee al who come here a
/ fair and equal show for profitable bust
/ ness. and good business men should ex-
/ pect no more, and if they find they can
not make il pay here then they should
be at perfect liberty to go elsewhere.
! The remains of Lieut.. Fatio Durham
were laid 10 rest in the Catholic Cemetery
at St Augustine Sunday. The funeral
! procession eft his late home on Cune
/ street shortly before o'clock and proceed
/ ed TO the Cathedral There a large con-
/ coure of people had assembled to pay
blast tribute 10 the deceased by participate
| ing in the obsequies. The casket contain
| ing the remains OF the deceased was COW
/ cred with beautiful floral tributes and
| others were taken to the grave in car
4 riages. The obsequies were the most inn
! posing Of any held in st. Augustine for a
/ long time, attesting the popularity. of the
/ deceased.
! st, Augustine Special to Times-Un
and Citizen: Some curious documents re-
i latlng 10 tne early history Oh the Ancient
/ City are from time to time brought 90
4 light. Miss A. NJ. Brooks, who has desved
/ into the by-gone days of the town, has
/ found an ordinance passed in the year 1923
! regarding fractional currency of the shin
| plaster style The preamble reads:
| Whereas, Much inconvenience is expert
/ enced by the citizens and others for the
! want of small change as a circulating me-
/ dun; therefore, for the purpose of obvi-
/ @,t;r t1a ir,.o
I ordained by the Mayor and aldermen of
/ the city of ST. Augustine. That there shall
i be issued, under their authority, notes or
/ bills of the following denominations. viz:
/ ca cents, 1212 cents, 25 cents. 80 cents and
I = These bills or notes shall be signed
/ and cOuntersigned by the city treasurer
and shall he made payable on demand, az
/ the Office Of the city treasurer, and shall
at all times he redeemed in bank notes
/ current IN. this city," The second section
provides that at no time shall the issue of
/ such notes exceed 500, ana section pro-
/ vides that they shall be issued only upon
/ the payment of their fun value in god. or
/ conner coins or current ba nix y,o,ag