The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-28
FLORIDA.

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Iarm is an excellent condition and rapid
progress has been made this year.
FLORIDA.
EXtensiXe preparations are being made
by the merchants and citizens of Daytona
LOT LOT grand Fourth of July celebration.
Iuete WIN be a street parade. yacht races
oil the peach, and a big barbecue
Miss Florence Hardee. oldest dausbter
of ex-senator and Mrs. G. s Hardea ,eft
hockiedge Saturday for GAINESVILLE. Wis.
mnere. she VIII be met by her fance Mr.
George Gingras, and win be married i'm
llIllehdlateiy at the home of her sister. Mrs
ohelIy. Mr.. and Mrs. Gingras will re-
nam NORTH I'LL December when they will
return to Rockledge for the winter.
AS result of a drunken row on a. negro
excursion at Pablo Beach Monday white
man is dead, one negro fatally injured
ana another painfully wounded. and two
lnurderers are at large. The dead man is
I. M Sadler, resident of Pablo Beach
ana a deputy sheriff at that place He
was shot by Nose Robertson, alias Will
Jams, resident of South JacksonvilIe
cap Dennis a negro deputy sheriff of
ms city, who was assisting Sadler in ar
resting Robertson, is shot through the hack
Last week there was 434 cases of cigars
shipped from Tampa. The previous week
the shipment was 419. showing a slight in
crease there. For the week last wear
corresponding to this the shipment of ci
CARS amounted to 1856, leaving an increase
OF Is cases over the last years shiDment
me shipment for the past week represents
2,lIO,O0 cigars, all of which represents
more than $l2 thousand for the making,
10 say nothing of the other expenses al
tached 10 them. The shipments went into
tWenty-eight states and territories, and
one shipment was made to Skaguay. Alas
ka' where the Klondikers will have a
chance TO get some solid comfort out of
LIE smoking a Tampa made cigar.
st. Augustine has an election muddle on
hand. Inspectors of the recent municipal
election are not unanimous on the cues
ton of recounting the ballots TO decide
the contested election between Mr. Waits
and Mr. Foster for the office of municipal
judge. 1t Is quite probable that they will
make answer to Judge Calls alternative
writ on next Friday, giving reasons why
they should not comply with his order.
1t Will then rest with Judge Call as to
what further action he may deem neces-
harry to accomplish the ends of justice.
He may quash the order restraining the
council as the canvassing board from pro-
ceedlng with the official canvass of the
returns, or he may issue a peremptory
writ compelling the inspectors to recount
the ballots.
The st. Andrews Buoy says that life
sentenced white convict, named O'Quinn,
made his escape from Myers turpentine
camp on Cedar Creek near North Bay,
Washington county, on Thursday morn
ft,rr a10 q ~
of his escape he, with other convicts I'M
der a guard, were dipping wax, and while
the guard was giving directions to an
ather convict, O'Quinn, who stood almost
at the elbow of the guard, slipped into a
titi or thicket and nothing more was seen
of him. Dogs were at once sent for. but
it was four hours before they could be
brought to the point of escape, and by this
time the hot sun had so destroyed the
scent that 1t was beyond the power of
the dogs to take the trail At last ac-
counts O'Quinn, who is murderer, was
still at large and $50 reward is offered for
his capture.
Orlando Sentinel: Bishop William Crane
Gray returned a few days since from
visit to the Seminole Indians in the Ever
glades The bishop returned much sun
burnt and not at all well, though he is
now rapidly recovering. he nrst went
to Fort Myers and from there distance
of about 100 miles he had to. go by OK
team. 1t took about four days to do this.
and much of the way was very difficult,
the team often begging as deep as two
feet. He arrived at his destination just
at the close of the annual green corn
dance. but through the kindness of the
"Old Doctor" he was given an opportun-
itv 10 witness an extra" Everything
was of the most orderly character and
every movement of both the males and
females participating in the dance Of the
utmost decorum. The TWO sexes nave
separate camps and at given signal
the men and women come into the dance
from different directions. In dancing
they look as solemn as possible, ana
though this dance is said to have home
reliqjeus significance, the bishop could not
see II Though the work is necessarily
Slow among them. owing in great meas
ure 10 the want of an et1cient inter ne.
~ hishon was pleased with his trip. The
1rd,ans treated him most cordially.