The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-08

of Florida will commence this month is
very gratifying TO the people of the town
Of Charlotte Harbor who fully realize the
great benefits 10 be derived by the con-
struction of the road 30 hat point. The
enterprise will have The full cooperation
OF the entire section.
st. Augustine Herald: The statement
having been made that large tracts OF land
had been given BY the state of Florida to
Mr.. II. NJ. Fiagler we desire TO refute the
same, and 70 say as matter of fact the
Florida East Coast Railway has not re-
ceived an acre of land from the state Of
Florida, and what land the company does
own, Mi. Flagler has paid good price for
IN hard cash. This assertion can be cas-
lily proved from the records of the county
clerks office along The East Coast.
The municipal election at Sanford was
held Monday and resulted in the re-elec-
ton Of the present officers, with the ex-
cepton of one alderman, Charles D. Left
Ter, who declined to be candidate Those
elected are: Mayor, Judge j. f. Welborne;
clerk and assessor, Capt d. f. Marley;
marshal and collector Joe Cameron: alder
men, Theodore j. Miller, John Metunger.
Frank l. Woodruff The total vote cast
was l67, being a very small vote, as many
pol taxes had not been paid.
The murder of J. NJ. Simpson, near
Tampa, on Friday night by James Bitten
has caused a genuine sensation. In many
respects the affair was rather remarkab bic
Since Bitch practically deserted his fam
ily they have many times been saved from
want by Simpson. He treated them just
as he did everybody else In the neighbor-
sl,t l.
at the disposal of all his neighbors When
he was invited to supper a the Bitch
home Friday evening, he went without
suspicion that II was 10 be to his death 1t
was one of many similar invitations he
had received and accepted, and there was
no suggestion of the tragedy.
Soil between rows of orange trees in
many of the groves along the east coast
has been utilized for The cultivation of to-
bacco, with more or less success in the
past year or two, and with bright pros
pect for the future Tobacco culture on
the eastern side of the state has passed
the experimental stage in all its branches.
Those who have been giving the crop at
tention have mastered the art of cultiva-
ton and barn-curing. The preparation of
the leaf for the manufacturer, however,
cannot be done successfully by the grower.
This requires the attention of men of life
long experience. as no two crops grown on
the various soils along the east coast can
be given the same treatment.
There are some busy scenes around Egg
mont Key at the mouth of Tampa bay,
now. Besides the work upon the fortiica-
tons there, the work of rearranging the
big marine hospital detention camp is in
progress. II is announced by those i'm au-
thority that this camp is about ready to
be opened for soldiers who are 10 come
from Havana, and that within a very
short time the place viii be in use. This
service is to be maintained by the national
government, just the same as it was last
year, and is only for soldiers returning
from Havana and Cuba. The fact that
there as rush to get this camp ready to
use and the reports that are coming from
Havana, dead to the conclusion that within
short time the government will begin
TO move the troops from Cuba this way
The quarantine, as far as they are con-
cerned, will go into effect within two or
three weeks, but all other persons com
ing from the island will simply be subject
to the state health laws. All second-class
baggage wiz be fumigated, and no person
allowed to come in without vaccination
certificates
NledT water ddTDOr sun: A dangerous
man inhabts Hog Island, about "A
miles northwest of the town of Clear Wa
ter, and across the bay. Being a recluse.
real, live hermit, very little is known
of him by the general public Once in a
great while he comes over to town to get
stores of provisions, but his manner Is so
forbidding and resentful that he has made
no friends nor scarcely an acquaintance.
His eecentricity goes even further than
that; so much further i'm fact that he has
become terror 10 people who have occa-
sion to visit his neighborhood 1t consists
of his habit of shooting at every one who
comes within his range, with a long-range
rifle of large calibre. For the third time
recently he has tried his craftsmanship
at human targets, who unwittingly en-
croached on his territory. William CHM.
well-known fisherman in this bay. re-
Gently came near being his victim. While
gathering stone crabs on the bar not far
from Hog Island he was shocked and sur
prised by the whiz of a bullet dangerously
close. Hardly recovering from his amaze
ment, another struck in the mud SO near
him that he was despatched with il. He
beat hasty retreat without further in
quiry, and will hereafter go elsewhere for
crabs.