The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-10
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during this week. 1t will go to Philadel-
phia, where there is a good market for it.
The court house question will be decid-
ed in Dade county to-day. The contest is
over the removal of the court house from
juno and Junos principal competitor
seems TO be Miami. To-day's election will,
no doubt, settle the problem.
Marshal T. R. Payne of Dunnenon was
shot in the shoulder by negro named
Robert Alexander, the other day. Marshal
Payne saved his life by knocking up the
revolver when the negro was about 10 fire.
The criminal made his escape.
AT the session of the United States Court
recently adjourned at Pensacola, Sheriff
Allen and his jailer were called on by
recommendation of the grand jury to show
cause why they should not be held in con-
tempt for allowing United States prisoners
10 leave the jail for the purpose of work
ing their crops The case promises to
prove an interesting one.
Mr.. James e. Ingraham, who has for
several years been superintendent of the
Florida East Coast Railways land de-
partment, has been appointed third vice
president of the railway company His
headquarters VIII, still remain in St. Au-
gustine. Mr.. Ingraham's powers will in
clude control of all the landed interests
of the Florida East Coast Railway Com
pany, and all industrial enterprises. This
promotion is the direct recognition of his
valuable services.
The aggregate value of exports from
Pensacola during the week ending Satur-
day was $2SS, $685. 5. There were fifteen
| clearances and sixteen arrivals during the
week. Nine hundred and eighty-six car
loads of general merchandise for export
were received over the Louisville and
Nashville during the week. Five switch
engine are kept busy night and day piac-
ing freight cars ON the wharves, and the
indications are that this rush of export
business will continue al. summer
High Springs Sentinel: That the capital
should be moved from Tallahassee, no one
in The state outside Of Tallahassee will dis.
pute. Tallahassee was the old territorial
| capital selected when its geogra phical po-
sltion rendered II a suitable place for the
seat of government of the territory Tai
lahassee was left in the extreme western
portion of the state The capital should be
! moved, but not to Jacksonville. High
| Springs, Gainesville, or Ocala would be
much more suitable for the seat of govern
ment than Jacksonville.
With strikes in four large cigar factories
at Tampa it was expected that the effects
would be readily felt in the cigar business.
| But the past week shows none of these
| effects. Instead it keeps up the record for
| 1899, and shows an increase even over the
past week and over the same period last
| year Manufacturers declare that bust
ness keeps up its high pressure and that
| now they do not look for a falling off I'M
til summer. The past week shows that
there were 453 cases of cigars shipped
| from Tampa, against $50 for the week pre-
| vious. This is an increase of sixty-four
cases, with four large factories closed
| with strikes.
West Palm Beach Tropical Sun Dan
Holloway had an unpleasant experience
| last Monday morning that he is not likely
| TO forget for some time. He put his mouth
to one of the expansion pipes in the ice
| factory intending to bite off some frost
| but when he came 10 Withdraw his mouth
he found his tongue frozen fast. In at
| tempting to use his knife TO cut the frost
| loose between his tongue and the pipe, he
| nearly severed hise tongue The engineer
seeing his predicament, brought The oper-
| alton of the factory to a standsul until
| the young man was eXtrcated, or detach-
ed. For one day Dan was unable to speak,
| and even now IL is an extreme diflcult
matter for him to eat anything.
At Ocala Monday the bankrupt assets of
| the First National Bank were sold at aue-
| ton from the band stand in the courg
| house. The sale drew a big crowd. Notes
secured by the Florida Phosphate Com
| pany appeared the favorte, bringing Is
| cents on the dollar. pile of tax sales to
| the village of Welshton brought 50, while
! the crowd laughed at Dick Davis expense.
The second mortgage on The opera house
for s., 500 was knocked down for $25. Editor
| C. Y. Miller of the Dunnellon Citizen
| bought a note on a burnt saw mill for $45.
He said he expected TO get his money out
Of the ashes. note of Mayor Reardons
1915, secured by fine god watch,
| brought $47. The most spirited bidding was
| over a mortgage given by V. L. & c. A.
Liddon on the property they occupy as
livery stable. The parties bought the prop
erty of the bank receiver, paying $1,000 for
L. S4C0 cash, and $500 in four separate notes
of 500 each, payable every six months,
with per cent. interest Several parties
were after the securities as an inves ment.
Mr.. C. l.. L.iddon was anxious TO buy up
his own paper at a good discount, so that
the notes sold for $Ij3 to w. w. Harrison,
president of the Oca'a foundry and ma
chine mills. Among the many personal
notes sold was one of Y. V. Burke, the
phosphater. for l,142,50, which brought $50
Fl. l.. Anderson being the purchaser.
The Typewriter Trust.
From the New York Press.