The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-03
FLORIDA.

| Jerome Smith was arrested Tuesday at
| Tampa by a deputy sheriff on a warrant
| from a Georgia court charging him with
/ kidnapping his own child. He had been
divorced from his wife, and the court gave
her custody of the child.
Orlando Is having a regular pineapple
boom. One day this week George S. Rus
sell, who has the leading plnery of the
| Phenomenal city, booked orders for $4,000
: worth of plants, all to be set out around
! Orlando, and more will follow.
The Miami Telephone Company has com
menced the erection Of their poles for the
! telephone line. The phones and other ma
terials are ready to be put in as soon as
the poles are up. The poles for the cleo
trio lights have been received, and are
being prepared for setting.
Mrs. Mary Shackleford, an old and high
ly respected lady, died Monday at the home
of her son "A few miles south of Greenville.
| She was in her 74th year. She was APP
parentfy in her usual health in the morn
ing, but about 1 O'Clock fell dead. Mrs.
Shackleford was one of the first settlers
of that part of the state
Chester w. Chaplin, receiver of the Con-
sumers Electric Light and Street Railway
Company, will soon spend something over
$4,000 in the way of improvements on the
plant OF the company, at Tampa. An ex-
pert electrician from New York is there
making out a schedule of the improve
ments that are needed, and as soon as
these are completed they will be ordered.
An effort Is being made to revive the in
terest in yacht racing on Lake Worth at
Palm Beach, this winter ana il is hoped the
movement win meet with the hearty CO.
operation of spoTtsmen all over the state
Two fast sloops are anchored at the Royal
Poinciana dock now, and another is expect
ed TO enter shortly for the series of match
races 90 come off every Saturday after
noon. Purses win be made for each race
A gentleman from Thonotosassa esti-
mates that the crop on Gen. w. p. TTa-
zens fine grove at the lake this year
amounts to fully COCO crates. The fruit is
now being gathered and shipped by Col
R. T. Young of Tampa, who has bought it.
The fruit netted Gen. Hazen 81 per box on
the trees. This, and in fact, all other
groves in that fertile section, are in thrifty
condition, and it is assured that the next
crop will be very heavy Some of the
trees are blooming already.
Superintendent Dean of the United States
experiment station at Miami says that
work there has commenced i'm earnest.
During the last few days Mr. Dean has set
1000 choice varieties of guavas. He has
also received notice of the shipment of 1 600
choice Seeding orange trees from the
agricultural department, which will be set
on arrival. He has also received notice
of the shipment OF five barrels of troDical
plants from Jamaica that are to be placed
in the experimental grounds on their arri-
val. Later in the season Prof Weber
of Washington will arrive and spend some
time there
AT meeting of the campaign commit
Tee of Afachua county. held to discuss the
calling of a primary to enable the people
of the county to express themselves as to
who they desire for United States senators
ana county commissioners, the following
interesting resolution was adopted: Re
solved, That the campaign committee an
pointed by the Democratic executive com
mittee of Alachua county in session as
sembied, DO make the following assess
ments and hereby notify candidates for
United States senator and county commits
sloners that they must pay to c. d. Wood
OF archer, Fla, chairman of said commit
zee, the amounts so assessed on or before
REP l; Assessments for county commits
slohefs' 70; United States senator, S25 Pri-
mary to be held Tuesday, March a."
Jacksonville Times Union and Citizen.
Sergt. Fred Richardson, formerly of the
second United States Volunteer Cavalry
was brought to j cksonville yesterday bv
United states Marshal J. NJ Barnes Of
the southern district of Georgia and de-
lbvered to the custody of the marshal Of
the southern district of Florida. The
charge against Richardson is that of
stealing horse, the property of the gov
on or oh
the limits of the district. He was
arrested in Savannah and taken before
commissioner j. Fred Lewis of that CITY
who required bond of $3.50 for his an
pearance for trial al the next term of tho
court in this district He was transferred
to Jacksonville by an order of Judge En-
DRY Speer OF the southern district of
Georgia, and was delivered to Deputv
Marshal Stickney yesterday afternoon
he was allowed 10 furnish bond as fxed
by the Georgia commissioner and was re-
leased.