The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-25
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jacksonville Saturday night, was insured
for $500, divided up between the Home
FIRE Insurance Company, New York Tn
derwriters, Continental and Norwich I'm
! ion, and not for $1,000 as has been an
nounced.
Capt McKinstry, who is to succeed Col.
Benyuard in charge of the United States
engineers corps at ST. Augustine. is ex-
pected to arrive there this week. Col Ben
yuard intends leaving for New York the
first week in June for his new and highly
: desirable appointment.
Mayor knight of Jacksonville, when
asked how his campaign was getting on,
said: Most encouragingly. 1 am daily
receiving assurances of support from men
who formerly were opposed to me. They
all say they consider the fight between
Bowden and myself, and assure me or
their support. l feel very well satisfied
at the present outlook"
p. A. Vans Agnew, editor of the Kissim-
NEE Valley Gazette, reports that the cattle
trade in Osceola is having a great i'm
petus just now. Monday a special train of
| twentyone cars left Kissimmee loaded
with steers, cows, bulls and calves, bound
for the Havana market. Such revival of
the cattle trade means prosperous times
to The people of that county
Ocala Star: One night last week The no
tonous Albert Fluker hired dray pro-
| ceeded to Mr.. Closes potato conservatory,
loaded up five barrels of his choicest po-
tatoes, brought them 10 OcaFa and sold
| them to Mr.. Dukes, at the city market.
Mr.. Close, suspecting that Fluker would
sell them, came to town and got his pota-
toes, but the thief is sun at large.
Editor Trimble of the Nassau County
Star and brother of Sheriff Hlgglnboth-
am, against whom some serious charges
were recently preferred, met on the main
street in Fernandua Tuesday and engaged
in fistic encounter, in which the editor
came out at the small end The fighters
were separated before anything serious
resulted. The matter has caused a great
deal of excitement especially in court and
political circles.
In the United States Court in Jackson
vile Judge Locke has issued formal orders
of dismissal in the case of w. A. Bisbee
VS.. Charles r. Bisbee w. A Bisbee VS.
w. f. Kilgore and the United States
against the steamer Dauntless for violat-
ing the neutrality laws. These are the cases
growing out of filibustering last year. W.
A. Bisbee owned the steam tug Daunt-
less, and her departure from port was OBJ
structed by r. c. -Bisbee, collector of Gus
toms, and Capt. Kilgore, commander of
| the United States revenue cutter Bout
Well
Miami Metropolis: Miami is now the
county site of Dade county. 1t gives to
her distinction which no other place in
South Florida south Of Titusville has. 1t
gives to her the distinction of being the
most southern county seat on the maln
land of The United States, as she has
heretofore been the most southern city on
the mainland in the United States. All
that she gains by the selection is not
of The sentimental order. She will gain
much in business way. How much that
will be depends largely upon The pros
perity of the county, and especially upon
the prosperity of the county in this sec
ton.
One of the most important real estate
deals in the history of West Palm Beach,
and which means much for Palm Beach,
was consummated Monday by Real Estate
Agent E. M Brelsford, whereby Henry
NJ Flagler becomes the owner of the
Leighton property, north of Dellmore cot
tage, and next adjoining the Hotel Royal
Poinciana grounds. This property is one
of the most desirable at Palm Beach,
fronting 23O feet on the lake, and running
across the peninsular to the ocean. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Flagler will begin i'm
provenents at once on his new purchase,
although the nature of the Improvement
is not yet made public
The vegetable shipments from the Mana
L. f,fc oil bo
bay south of Tampa have grown to enor-
nous proportions. The amount shipped
during the week aggregates a little over
., 900 crates, nearly all of which were to-
matoes. For the past month the shipments
have been increasing steadily at the rate
OF about 5000 crates per week, until they
have reached the above amount. If the
growers get a good shower of rain, the
indications are that the Increase VIII be
even greater this week. The tomato ship
ment is just now al Ais hight, and it takes
Just double the number of boats to supply
the demand of the shippers.
The st. Augustine Journal publishes an
gently searching for the missing heirs of
John A. Virgil a wealthy bachelor. who
recently died in California. 1t seems that
Virgil, when a boy, was a resident of
st. Augustine, as far back as the S0s.
Being a clever lad winter resident took
fancy to him and took him North, after
a sad parting with his mother. The young
man later on got the gold craze, and
moved TO California, where he amassed
an immense fortune, which is now I'M
claimed So that now his heirs, or those
of his mother Matilda Pearl, are being
sought by lawyers In charge of the es-
tate.
The feeundity Of the negro race under
tropical conditions has not awaited 10 in
crease the negro poulaNon in cuba under