The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

Myers, of Leon. IN the State Convention.
and is thought to .Se favorable to Judge
Jennings.
Tampa Herald: Col. T. NJ. wier yesfer-
cay sold to President George J. Baldwin.
# The Tampa Electric Company 272 feet
Of water trent on the west side of the
river. The properly is divided by Jackson
street, giving two most excellent bus MSS
co neIs, which will soon possess a greatly
increased value. This purchase by Mr.
Baldwin is significant of the estimate
which shrewd men Of, business place upon
Tampa and It's FIGURE.
Plneapples are beginning to arrive at
Miami from the Florida keys in consid-
cradle number and the fruit is of an ex-
ceptionally good quality George l.. Mayes
has shipped fun car to Chicago. J. r.
Meyer Of Philadelphia loaded car, which
went forward Friday night. Several
schooner loads arrive every day. The
price paid for this fruit is much higher
than usual. Very little fruit Is being
shipped on consignment
The site for the Zig fertilizer factory
to be erected near Tampa viii be selected
this week. and the factory will be in
operation in time TO fill orders for fertil-
izers for the fail planting. Ii will be in
charge of a thoroughly competent and
exps rienced man, and that it will do a
big business there is no doubt. The CAPT
tai stock of the company is SIS 600. fully
paid up. The officers are w. W Carnes,
president; 1. w. Philips, vice president
and general manager; W. r. Fuller, sec
r;tary and treasurer; w. W. Carnes. 1.
w. Phillips, w. r. Fuller. f. C. Arm
strong and c. P. Fuller, directors.
The contract for dredging Pensacola
Olo - he
awarded to the Rittenhousa- Moore Dredg-
ing Company, of Mobile, who were the
loves bidders for the work to be done
There was an unexpended appropria ion
cf $1,000 which was originally intended to
be expended in deepening the channel, but
as depth of So feet had already been OBJ
tanned it was decided to use the appro-
priation in widening the channel from $50
to 2G) feet. When this width is obtained
and with the present depth, it will give
Pensacola the finest and deepest barber
south of Newport News. The contract
calls for the work to begin at once and
the dredge Jumbo has been ordered there
and wi begin dredging on June l.
Quite a commoton was created at Ocala
Thursday when II was announced that
Julian Robinson, who seriously shot and
wounded Dr. Bitch and killed Walls, sew
eral weeks ago. and has since been con-
fined in the county Jail had been acting
unusually strange and fiighty, and had
been accused of taking deadly drugs sup
piled by his sister, Mrs. Hodge, who has
been sending him meals since his incarcer-
alton. He acted Ike a "doped" man, and
when he was accused of taking morphine
he strenuously denied 1t. Monday Robin
son had a severe fit in his cell. He fell
prone upon The floor and remained in
stupor until Tuesday, and since then has
acted strangely. When he denied taking
drugs, and the jaior insisted in knowing
the cause of his strange action, he said
he had driven a sx-penny nail through the
top of his skull by the aid of brickbat;
also, that the nail not having the desired
effect, he had taken piece of twisted
wire out of his spring bed and inserted
1t into the hole made by the nail. In con-
hrmation of this statement he produced
the articles named, and the hole in the
mead attested the same DIR. Newsom, to
satisfy himself of these facts, had him
brought to the hospital, and with the as
sistance of DR.. Izlar and Smith, they took
button out of his skull and then the
blood clots were visible. His stepson, DR..
John j. Davis Of Dunnellon. called to see
him when he told the story of his trou-
bles. Robinson has been insisting there
was small lump in his head which trou-
Died him greatly; it produced pressure
that was very painful to him. and he ask
ed that the doctor remove t. because II
drove to the acts mentioned for relief
Deputy VIII Lucius stood guard over him
at the hospital and he is resting easy