The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-10

ago. and appealed. has just been decided
and the head notes filed.
The New England Newspaper League,
which is making tour of the South, ar
rived az Pensacola yesterday morning from
Birmingham and will remain until led
tonight. Mr.. Frank H. Grader. advance
representative Of the league, made ar
rangemen;s FOR their entertainment.
The government is buying large quantI-
ties OF lumber in Tampa 1t is being sent
90 Fgmont ana Mull5t Keys to make camps
for the returning soldiers from Cuba. Al
ready l0o0 men are making life as pleas
ant "a possible on these keys awaiting the
expiration of the period Of detention be
fore being carried on to some place to be
mustered out Of service.
W. II. Mccormick. deputy United States
marshal, went to Herlong, Columbia
county. last Wednesday and arrested
Philip Rdiford (colored) for Illicit disul-
Ing Mccormick was successful in locat-
Ing Raford and also a completely equip
ped distil.ery in operation. The still was
destroyed and some parts were taken 10
jacksonville with the prisoner and VIII
be introduced as evidence against him.
After celebrating three days the coro-
ners jury at Tampa has finally reached
an agreement in the Gruber case. They
returned verdict that it was evident that
Gruber came TO his death from bodily in
juries. inflicted in some manner unknown
TO the jury Acting upon this, Judge
whitaker issued an order releasing Leon
Aaron from jail. as he was held pending
this investigation.
For several years desultory rumors OF
the extension Of the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad to st. Petersburg have
been heard, and II was known that it had
a right of way into the bay on the north
ern limit Of the town. These rumors have
been revived since the purchase of the
road by the Seaboard Air Line, and in
formation has been received THAI a corps
of Florida Central aud Peninsular engin-
GERS has reached Dunedin with a survey,
bound for St Petersburg.
The shipment of the products Of the
truck farms around Gainesville which has
been at a standstill for several weeks, will
soon commence again. and when ii does
the shipment will be more extensive from
that section than they have been known
10 be for years. From Gainesville to Ocala.
the lands adjoining the two railroad sys-
TENS, are being utilized to a great extent,
for the cultivation of beans cucumbers
and cantaloupes. Passengers on either
railroad VINO travel through that terri
tory have their attention called 10 thous-
ands of acres of green beans which in a
few days, viii be ready for shipment
The construction of the Atlantic, Val
dosta and Western Railroad into jack
sonville is progressing very satisfactorily
according to the statements made by e.
c. Long, general manager of the road.
Rails have been laid TO the SiX-M'e
branch. west to Jacksonville, and the con-
struction trains are running to that point
and from that place Mr.. Long expects TO
start next week on tour of inspection
over the line. The grading OF the line
has been practically completed to the
north line of the city. and from there at
most to Talleyrand Place, where the big
freight docks of the company will be
built. The negotiations for running the
passenger service of the road into the Ter
minal station are in progress.