The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-11
FLORIDA.


OF Marion county. died Monday at the
home of his sons, Walter and John Luff-
man. at Spaw. He was 75 years of age.
Kissimmee Valley Gazette: Hendry Of
Lee has introduced bill to reserve a sufn-
Gent body of land for the semjno,es
winch ought to be passed without MUIR
muir.
John Wesley Hardin of Montverde, Lake
eounty,died last Wednesday, aged so years.
He had lived in the county TWENTY-FIVE
years, came originally from South Car
o1na, and was brother to Mrs. Sam ].
Sleigh of Lady Lake
Gainesville is or at least many of her
people are, much wrought up over the
need of suitable public school building.
Meetings will be held and the question
discussed: also the question of "Nhy
men who have no children should pay
school tax?"
Mrs Carnegie's beautiful steam yacht
Dungenness4 arrived at Port Tampa Sat
urday to embark its owner and party of
friends, who are going on a cruise down
the Gulf coast for tarpon. The Dungeon
ness is a particularly handsome and COM
doubt have very enjoyable time.
Miller Gardner, the negro who snatched
Miss Georgia Caro's purse from her hand
one night recentiy at Pensacola, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to ten years at
hard labor in the state convict camp.
Gardner has been identified as the man
who snatched Miss Agnes Bakers purse
last December and escaped with it..
1t is said that George johnson of Pa
latka intends to establish barrel factory
at st. Petersburg to supply the fish deal
ers. AS it is estimated that the ST Pc
tersburg shippers alone will use 1900 bar
rels a year, it would seem to be a good
point al which to locate such a factory
the nearest cooperage plant being 200 miles
away.
The champion tarpon killer of the West
coast is a woman. Her name is Mrs.
Stage of Tarpon Springs. Hearing of the
large schools of tarpon at Pass a Grille.
St Petersburg's coast. resort, she steamed
down there in her private yacht, and in
two days safely landed thirteen tarpon.
She did her artistic work with a rod and
reel. Sportsmen there say this feat beats
all previous records.
When the Olivette reached Port Tampa
Monday she brought twenty-eight Span
iards from Cuba For the past three
months every boat from Cuba has brought
a good number of Spaniards TO this city
This is the result of the work done by
number of Spanish citizens of Tampa.
who have been making great efforts to
induce their fellow countrymen to come
over and settle in that city.
Maj. Sidney Herbert of Maitland has
gone to the great Confederate reunion.
Charleston. He was joined by his wife In
Jacksonville, as both are old friends of
Gen. Joe Wheeler and Miss Annie Wheel
err whom they are to meet at the Charles
ton Hotel. The major had a very cor
dial letter from the general, and also one
from the Wheeler Cavalry camp in Allan
ia, enclosing a beautiful badge of the
camp and inviting him to meet with them
in Charleston.
Tampa Times: Hon. W. B. Henderson,
returned from Tallahassee yesterday,
bringing the intelligence that the new
Tampa charter went through the Senate
Friday and that it win pass the House
without change. The other local bills will
also be passed without change, the most
important of which is that providing for
the collection of two+thirds of the cost
of paving from abutting properly own
ers. This insures that a great deal more
money will soon be available for street
paving.
The First National bankruptcy sale of
the remaining assets ended Monday after
long drawn-out contest over 1858 acres
of young cedar hammock land in Levy
county between William Sinclair and r.
L. Anderson. 1t opened at $40 and closed
at Sis. The bidding was spirited, but
in small advances, and took fully half
an hour to close the sale. The amount
of the claims submitted TO the public, as
held by the receiver against various par
ties, amounted to $150,O0O, which brought
on the block, cash, $500.
The ffty-third convocation of the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the
state of Florida was opened in Masonic
Temple, Jacksonville, Tuesday. Those
present were Grand High Priest Webster,
Deputy Grand High Priest CARMEL. Grand
King Haskell, Grand Scribe Cushman,
Grand Treasurer Endel Grand Chaplain
Mcintosh, Grand Captain of the Host
Wetherell, Grand Principal Sojourner Cy-
rus. Grand Master of Third Veil Bal
Tough, Grand Master of the Second Veil
Cushing and Grand Tyler Clark. Thirteen
chapters were represented. The annual
address. of Grand High Priest Webster
was an able one, and well received by
those present. 1t showed that hard and
diIigept work had been. done by this ex-
cellent officer during the year. The gem
OF the address was in the perfect harmony
and general good feeling existing in every
chapter of the, state. This admirable state
of ROYAL Arch Masonry will be most graf
flying 10 the order. Grand High Priest
Webster also said that two chapters that
were dormant were beipg revived. and in
every visit he had made to the chapters
ia the state he had given every possible
effort to strengthen them.