The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22
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Naval militia in Jacksonville will cele-
brate Washington's birthday by keeping
anchor Watch from to 70 midnight.
Lieut.. Paul Cushing. of revenue cutter
Hamilton Will deliYer lecture on gun
merry.
jacksonville News: The next Legislature
will evidently have an opportunity of
wrestling with the everlasting question of
1sh protection, Judge Wall of Tampa hav-
ing recently declared against the new fish
bin in test case brought before him in
the Circuit Court there.
Mr.. Henry S. Bowers and Miss Gertrude
Bray, who lives eight miles from Milton,
were married Monday afternoon by Judge
E. P. Holley. Mr.. j. o. Walker of Pensa-
cola, Fla, was married TO Miss Virginia
E. Cushman of Milton, last Monday, the
Rev. c. p. Walker officiating They will
make their home in Pensacola, Fla.
Pensacola News: No one who knows
United States Senator Taliaferro or his
mariner, State Senator C. B. Rogers either
in or out of Florida, will be at all troubled
by the gauzy story punished in one of
the New York yellow journals about
mammoth steal of government meat, in
which they are alleged to be implicated.
sun less will any one credit the wild tale
when they learn that it is believed to
have originated with ex-senator Call.
There were Ala cases, containing $780,
COO cigars, shipped from Tampa last
week. For the corresponding week of last
year there were 2M cases, containing L.
205,0 600 cigars. This is an increase of 233
cases this year over last The total num-
Der of cases shipped up to date this year
is 1890, against 2,04l cases for the same
time last year. This is an increase of S5S
pro6nct he toll
number of cases this year contained A.
600 cigars, against 600 cigars for
the same time last year.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The alarm oc-
casioned by the recent cold weather, so
far as it relates to the orange industry
was unnecessary, but while the reports
are slow in coming in it is practically set
tied that the damage to vegetables is con-
siderable. Thousands of fires were kept
burning Saturday night, all day Sunday
and last Sunday night in groves all over
Florida, in efforts to save the trees. The
trees WERE rs a rule in good condition to
stand freeze. and this fact will prevent
serious damage, but the effect of the cold
cannot be ascertained until warm weather
comes. Truck growers viii lose heavily
all through the state. The expense to
orange growers in keeping up the fires
will amount to many thousand dollars.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Escambia county has published a call for
a meeting 10 be held tonight for the pur-
pose of naming a date on which VIII oc-
cur the nominating primaries. The candi-
dates for offices to be filled at the APP
preaching election are beginning to an
nounce. The election will probably be
what is characterized as a warm one,
as it is generally known the Republican
faction will make a strong fight this year.
AS the latter are thoroughly organized at
present their resistance viii not count for
nothing. George Z. Smith, j. c. Van Pelt
and w. H. Hutchinson are after The Office
of sheriff the first named being the pres
ent incumbent. For clerk of the Circuit
Court A. NJ. Mcmillan and r. E. L. Dan
ieA are candidates w. w Richards is
announced for reelection as tax assessor.
A. Fl. D'A,emberte and NJ. P. Bombay are
out for the tax collectorship.
Two Mormon ELDERS are in Jacksonville
and will endeavor to preach their religion
to the public. Tuesday morning they call
cd on Mayor Bowen and asked permis-
sion to hold open-air meetings. They
were informed that such meetings are
against the public ordinances and that
they were liable to arrest if they attempt
ed to hold the same; the Mayor, however.
stating to them that if the chief of police
sanctioned their request that he would
not interfere, as he is not having anything
more to do with the regulating of police
affairs. These men admitted that they
have not met with a cordial reception a.
other places in the state, but expected a
moIe liberal treatment in Jacksonville as
the city is more cosmopolitan. Mayor
Bowden would not give them any satisfac-
ton, except that if they rented hall and
preached that the city authorities could
not bother them. lis they did not want
TO do, but preferred open-air meetings.
Tba uybio
ida did little damage in the section around
Miami. The thermometer ran down slow
ly from Sunday night at midnight. reach
ing its lowest point 80 degrees at a. m,
Monday, when there a rapid change,
and 1t soon reached "A. Mr.. Peters of the
firm of Thomas Peters & Sons of Cut
Ter, who has 230 acres planted in toma-
toes, reports his crop practically untouch-
cd by the cold. A gentleman who visited
Cutler said Il saw orange trees in full
bloom, and there is scarcely a sign of the
effects of the cold there" Mr.. S. Belcher,
a large planter west of Miami, said: My
crop of tomatoes is untouched by cold"
Frank T. Bulge, who visited the prairie
lands west and north Of Miami said: 1.-The
crop is practically not damaged any" CT
trus trees are covered with a heavy new
growth and are full of bloom, and are as
fresh and bright now as before the low
temperature. The great variety of tender
tropical plants in the grounds of the
Royal Palm were untouched by cold, and
the plants are a mass Of bloom.
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Various explanations have been made
of the reason for the tendency Of our pop
ulation to drift toward the cities and TO
abandon the pleasant and healthful sur
roundings of country life. EX-Speaker
Reed in his recent address before the
University Settlement Society of New
York, attributed this tendency to selfish
ness, which he properly characterized as
1.-THE great master of the human race"
He said that while all literature is full