The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-24

The expected change in the custom
house officials at Miami took place Mon
day Hon. John f. Barr of Jacksonville
succeeds ". NJ. Featherly as deputy col
Iector of the port Of Miami
John NJ Starke. grape grower and
wine maker of Ocklawaha. was up before
County Judge Bullock at Ocala the other
day for selling bottled wine without
stamps and peddling il without a special
license. He was bound over
At LuraviEe Monday Robert Sellers. a
school teacher, shot and killed Mark Mob
by. The cause of the difficulty was re
marks made by hobby derogatory TO Sell
ers. Both are white, and no attempt has
been made by Sellers to evade arrest.
D. NJ. Connolly, who moved his two-story
hotel on lighters from Lemon City to Mi
ami. has il located on his lots opposite
the passenger depot. at the latter place.
The hotel contains twenty-three sleeping
rooms. a large. airy dining room and Of
fee, and is nicely furnished throughout
He has chrstened il The Bay View. This
Is the only hotel open in Miami now.
Mr.. Arnout of Jacksonville had the con-
tract for moving the building.
Mr.. Darrow, who purchased the former
home of Nat Poyntz of Orlando last
spring, has let the contract for the work
of converting the large house into a
boarding house. He is an enterprsine
Chicagoan. who has had a winter home
there for several years, and who knows
pretty we'll what the average winter visitor
to Florida wants 1t is reported that a
number OF small cottages are TO be put
up on the ample grounds about the main
building
collision occurred on the Bradley Phos-
phate Railroad between two of their loco,
motives, near Fort Ogden, a day or two
ago. 1t was very early in the morning.
and the fog was heavy. The small loco
motive was coming down TO the plant.
and the other was going north The flag
man told the engineer that he heard the
train, and was sent ahead to flag it down.
but the locomotives were too near to pre-
vent collision. The large one ran through
the other, leaving it and a car in splinl-
ers. The large locomotive was not dam
aged. No one was hurt.
Ii is announced that the Consumers
Electric Light and Street Railway Com
pany Of Tampa VIII soon pass out Of The
hands of Receiver Chester W. Chapiu and
is likely TO become imbued with new on.
ergy and capital, although in The bands
OF Mr. Chaplin and his agents neither en-
terprise or capital has been stuted Tho
company was placed in the hands NJ /
receiver two years ago TO protect The pron.
erty when a fight for its possession was
made by tho Douglass and the Chapin fan
lions. Monday George w. Baldwin Of Sa-
Nannah was IN the city. representing him.
self and a party OF Boston capitalfsis and
he took a look at the plant with a viau
of making an investment IN the concern
and there are reasons 10 believe that This
VIII be done. Ii Is told to the pub,io maj
this means a still further increase in Inc
improvements. and that the new concern
will be run on a liberal policy. which will
enable the company 10 be more of a de.
Veloper than ever.
Hon. NJ. Bates OF Chattahooehee. tx.
member Of the legislature, had a yer,
thrilling and, to say the least. a danger.
Gus experience with a water moceasir
the other day. He, with some friends
went 10 the Flint river to try their lucl
with the hnny tribe. Everything passed
off pleasantly enough until. in the excite.
ment OF trying successfully 10 land a
beautiful hve-pouud bass, the boat In
which Capt Bates was fishing was pulled
from its mooring and landed in a tree
top. As II did so the snake. which evil
IDENTIFY had been asleep. fell from tht
bushes on the captains shoulder WIN
the war whoop OF a Comanche he went
backward overheard into ten feet OF water
Notwithstanding he could not swim He
rose 70 the surface with the snake stu
hanging 20 him and was pulled in the
boat by friends more dead than alive
The usual antidot0 for snake bite tof which
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