The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-26
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~ o FLORIDA.

"'HouHtihs TO yer $1,000. and other prom
erty owners did the rest.
Prof. H. j. Weber of the bureau of ag-
r'cuiture. Washington, is in Orlando for
Drler stay. lie IS experimenting the dis
llputloh OF the new hybrid orange buds
| brought out by experiments at the grounds
OF the department. and from which much
Is hoped by orange men in Florida and
| California ''-N
orlando has developed a queer thief. He
stole a trunk from the railway station
I the other night. rlfled it. and then burned
II 10 destroy, in part, 1.-THE evidence of his
crime The thief, whose name is WIN
| bryant was arrested and there is some
| suspicion also that he recently set fire
to house.
Orlando Reporter: Richard E. Hat1eld
of Utica, N. Y, who spent the winter At
Mrs. Darlington's on Central avenue Ieft
Orlando last night at - o'clock ana lta1
on the train about o'clock this morn
ing near Palatka. His wife and brother
were with him. Mr.. Hatfield came IN
florloa FOR the benefit of his health.
Saturday night at Apopka about ten no
eroes fired some fifty shots from guns and
pistols into a house owned by Charles
names coiored. The house was occupied
d. the ume by about fifteen turpentine
nesroes' VINO were gambling, but left their
stakes ana house in haste The house was
perforated by numerous shots. bur no one
was injured. 1t is supposed that the bet-
'er class OF negroes wished to break m
the gambling den.
The st. Augustine ordinance comnel,in,
bicycle riders to use lamps at night will
not De rigldly enforced during the sum-
mer months. There are two reasons given
Tor this decision. In The first place. the
police force has been reduced to a summer
basis, and there are not enough officers to
properly enforce the ordinance. and be-
sides the ordinance is not necessary dur
ing the summer, when so few people are
on the streets at night.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The health Of
Florida is worth more to her future pros
perlty than anything else. A state or
community that neglects the public health
cannot expect either homeseekers ar tho
investment of capital. There are many
people now in Florida who would not care
70 remain here were there no safeguards
as 20 the spread of dangerous epidemic
disease. Ihere should be no subject an
peailng with more force to the legislature
than the protection of the people from
fatal disease.
The strike at the Ybor-Manrara factorp
IN Tampa is still on. BY this about sG1
people who were there are either o,t of
employment or are already at work ar
tables in other factories The vorkpnen
snow no signs of giving in, and Edward
Manrara, manager of the business has
positively announced that he will never
accede TO the terms of the strikers This
labor trouble makes serious interference
with the progress of the business for II
the factory mad been running the past
week it would have Appropriated 300 900
cigars in its output, and this would have
Deen big addition to the weeks bust
ness. 'U9'
In spite of strikes and other troubles al
Tampa, the cigar business last week tool
It's proper place. Last week the raoords
snow that 4i6 cases of cigars were sh;nned
by the manufacturers of Tampa. in case
lots which means that small packages
are not counted. This means an avera 70
Oh z'zSo cigars. For the previous week
there were 1878 cases shipped, which shows
an increase last week of seventv-thre
cases in the shipments over the previous
week. For the same week last year there
were 2Sl cases shipped making an average
OF l,42O0O cigars, and this carried ont
SHOWS an increase for the same week this
year OF $4,000 cigars, or nearly 100000.
A special to the Morning News from
Jasper. Fla, says: The farmers of our
county are once more happy. Their crops
are all W. and clean, and this afternoon
they had delightful rain-Burglars are
plying their calling in our county. A few
nights since the store at Beville was
burglarized and about $500 worth of goods
taken off. On Saturday night last the de-
pot of the Georgia Southern and Florida
al Genoa, In which the postoffice is kept.
was broken open, and then Mr.. 3. F.
Rivers store broken open his safe was
rolled out in the street and the hinges
broken off With an old ak. Some of The
citizens heard the noise. but did not think
OF burglars being so very bold. They did
not get into the vault, hence there was
but little loss. Other stores were also
broken open in that little town. The dam
ages are not fully known as yet. The
burglars then went to the commissary or
c. c. Crews & Co., two and one-half miles
north of Jasper, but was frightened off
before they could do much damage.
Other places will now keep a sharp look
out and try 10 capture the thieves, as
there seems to be a strong and well Or
ganized band of them.