The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-28

The Lakeland Sun thinks J. T. Wills OF
| Starke "A good maa for attorney general
| Tsy Instruction of the board of directors
Of the Jacksonville Board of Trade, Score
| tary Smith has mailed to Capt. Alfred
! DreVfus and wife at Paris, France, an IN
| vitation TO visit jacksonville, as il is stat
ed that he Is TO visit this country and VIII
winter in the South
The Moody Railroad is making good pro
gress. 1t now has two or three miles
graded and several miles of right of way
cut. This road Will pass through Fort Nc
Coy ana go 10 Eureka, five miles east OF
that place where several large sawmilis
viii be put up to cut lumber for ship
ment.
When it comes to liquor selling on Sun
day, il seems 10 be an offense in Jackson
vile only to sell 1t by the bottle or in bulk,
while by the drink it looks as if it We're
all right A barkeeper who had his place
open there last Sunday, that is the back
door. was found guilty of selling liquor
by the bottle and was fined $50.
Out Of the five gubernotorial candidates,
there are four from the First and one from
the Second congressional district The
friends of Judge Beegs Of the latter, are
laying kH-H ttdt HIS 10 inc Ju0ilCt VI HIS
cause -,as de from his weil-known ability
by saying that the First strict should
give il TO the Second as matter OF equity.
Iast week there were several rather Sc
rious stampedes Of cattle in the ranges
| between Tampa and Port Tampa The
animals have appeared restless and made
| a great deal of trouble. one vessel
German was compelled TO lay over sew
eral DAYS waiting for a bunch of cattle
to be rounded up after a stampede So far
all the animals have been recovered.
The men engaged in shipping cattle TO
Cuba say that the extraordinary amount
of fumigation that their ships are COM
PEELED to go through Is The cause of many
cattle dying while on the way over. Capt
Mckay says that on the last trip on the
Highlander he lost thirty-seVen head, all
of which he is confident were poisoned by
the fumigation traces that were left in
the ship.
The farmers of Marion county are in a
more prosperous condition than at any
time since the freeze. Most of those who
planted made good money on their Vege-
tables and melons. The potato and corn
crops are unusually good. and much sugar
cane has been planted and is doing nicely.
Cattle and hogs have also done well. Much
| meat has been shipped away, and the
farmers as a RUE have plenty for their
own use.
Tampa Tribune: John NJ. Cheney, of Or
lando, is in the city, registered at the
Arno Mr. Cheney is the superintendent of
the census for this district. and Is already
busily engaged in preparing for the work
of counting all the people in the southern
section of Florida. Mr.. Cheney is here TO
select and appoint local enumerators, who
I Of flly fha
sus of Hnlsborough county. under his su-
pervision. The appointments will proba-
bly, be made in few days.
The importaions of tobacco to Tampa
are growing heavier these days. The to-
bacco is getting in better condition to be
handled, and the manufacturers who have
purchased the present crop are rushing
it forward now. That part of the new
crop of Cuban tobacco which has been
worked so far gives excellent satsfac-
ton as to quality. 1t is seldom that to-
bacco has ever been produced in Cuba
| that possesses such a delicate aroma and
genuine fine texture as the new crop.
Apalachicola Times: Freight rates on the
river are now bubbling over with cheap
ness on account of the appearance of the
| steamer Hires on the scene. The rate is
! now cents per barrel, cotton % cents per
| bale, ana 0tner lFelSntS IN proportion. Inc
| Hires has also met the cut of the pool
| and the'war goes merrily on. A steamboat
| man, while collecting a freight bill the
| other day remarked that the freight
| hardly paid the cost of the stationery. II
is an ill-wind that blows nobody good.
S. w. Rowley of San Mateo, manager
of the East Coast tobacco factory and
Plantations. and the leader of the tobacco
| industry Of that part of the state, has re-
| turned from a business trip through East
| ern New York where he has been selling
Florida grown tobacco. Mr.. Rowley re-
| ports an unlimited demand for the florida
| shade-grown SumatTa wrapper at fancy
prices and The sales he made win greatly
| stimulate the production OF this handsome
| leaf in this section. The prices obtained
averaged a trine over SO per pound net
in other words. $75SoS per acre.
w. c. Crum the former postmaster al
Peck, IN Hlsborough county, who was Sc
| cruelty whitecapped at that place some
| time ago, and whose case has been made
the subject OF comment throughout The
! state. in speaking of his troubles to a Cal
| reporter. said among other things: THE
| charge that l deliberately selected a col
| ored deputy" continued Mr.. Crum, is al.
| together erroneous. l tod the people al
| Peck that, while / was a Republican
| fully realized that this was white mans
government and that l would cheerfullS
appoint a white deputy If they could find
a man who would accept the place. The
truth of the matter is that no white mar
| there would AXE the place, and | had
either TO appoint Morrison or close the Of
flee, my time being fully occupied in Tam.
| pa by the publication of my paper the
! Florida State Republican"
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.-"Of course, Norah you know that mar
| riase Is a very serious thing " said Mira