The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
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3 aly night and perfected its organization
. tney also made arrangements for he re-
! option Of Col. J. y. Webster. who gOe
| there 20 mister tha company nio tn
I stale service. While Col Webster is there
he wiu re-enlst also, Tie First Flo id d
! Ragmient Band FIR Tie regular term, pro-
yided they are willing.
Fort Myers Press: The steamer Gray
/ Eagle brought down 1870 boxes Of oranges
from lie Frank O'Nem grove al Fort
Denaud. on Tuesday, completing the crop
from that grove, which amounted 10 over
so boxes The experts have been under
estimating the crops all around consider
ably az was thought that this crop
would not 60 over 500 boxes ana others
are banning out The same way.
Pensacola News: Ex-Mayor Pat Nc
Hugh has slgnlfed his intention of return
ing 10 Pensacola ard pleading guilty to
the charges o{ mnifeasance in office pend
ing against him In view of this fact a
petition, addressed 10 Judge A c. Bi0unt,
Jr.. OF he Criminal Court is being nu-
merously signed by citizens asking the
c'emency Of The court that a pecuniary
hne be assessed against him. and that he
BE- not Imprisoned for the o1enses.
Lawrence Lewis a young man about %
years Of age. was shot and killed Thurs
day afternoon near Milview. a few mile
from Pensacola. by his step-brother
George Abbott The killing is said 10 hive
been accidental. Both parties were pr par
ing 10 go hunting ana were at the home
Of Abbott al the time. 1t IS stated thar
the latter had his gun loading it against
the wall, when il was Jared and fell W tn
the above terrible result, the load taking
effect IN the young mans face tearing the
right portion Of it completely off. 10th
parties are well connected and widely
known.
ST. Augustine Record: Already the in
iux of Northern guests has begun, and
the indications are good for a very active
and successful season. Never have there
been SO many inquiries for hotels board
ing houses and business buildings so carly
in the season. Il is evident from the
vast correspondence now being exchanged
with agents here that the impression ex-
lists throughout the North and West that
Florida IS the place of all others to visit
this winter. The early severe weather in
some parts of the North viii send those
who dread extreme cold and its attendant
dangers 10 visit US unusually early.
E. B. Cornell. manager of the Consoi-
dated Ice Manufacturing, Refrigeradne
and Fish Company has been, and is now,
creating quite a stir in and around Punta
Gorda Mr. Cornell is the man who, sew
eral years ago, built a twenty-ton ice p ant
at Punta Gorda. In some way he got
into a lawsuit with the Blymer Company.
who furnished the machines. The law
suit took the usual course, until there
were left only the ground and the hui d
ings. Since then he has been working n
his plan, and has succeeded in raising a
company of 100000 capital. The com
pany VIII commence work at once in en-
larglng the building. The machine Is t.
have The capacity of 100 tons of ice a day.
The buildings, engine room and cold stor-
age are 10 be enlarged accordingly. Tee
company is having built fifty refrigera tor
cars of 5000 pounds capacity each. Il
viii ship 80 cars of fish year to the
West in these cars.