The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-31
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sion a Fort Myers.
Mr.. John McGovern died at his resi-
dence Tuesday evening in Clay county,
about seven miles from Green Cove
Spring His wife hard died the day before
Mr.. McGovern was over 80 years of age
not 100 as had been generally believed.
His wife was s. years of age.
At Gainesville the visit of Ernest Will
lis, 10 years of age, and a son of Dennis
Willis, zoos Indiana avenue, east, to the
saloon of S. V. Duke, and the subsequent
discharge of pistol in the hands of S.
B. Kennard, one of the bartenders, has
cost the lad his life. The shooting, it is
said, was an accident
Reports from Pain Beach say Gov.
Tanner has been overriding himself in
outdoor exercise and is nor quite so well
DR.. Taylor has forbidden too much out
door movements and keeps his patient in
doors, or on sunny piazzas. Gov. Tanner
is getting anxious over political news
from Illinois and hence his restlessness.
Gainesville gets the convention of the
Second Congressional district, which will
convene May %. The honor for bring
ing the convention to Gainesville is due
Senator II. H. McCreary through whose
personal effort the Executive Committee
of the distrief5- which met -Palatkay
unanimously decided to hold it there, not
another city being placed in nomination.
John MACEDONIAN of Clay county. Flor
ida, claims to be the Oldest pensioner in
this country According to papers now
on file in Washington he is 121 years old.
He was born in Ireland on March Is,
1873, and came to this country in 1904.
He enlisted in the Seventeenth Connecti-
cut Regiment in 1868, when he was 81
years old. The pension officials are in
clined to believe his statement.
Kissimmee stockmen are of the opinion
that the winter glut of the Havana mar
ket will soon be over. Forty thousand
head were shipped there during the month
of November, enough to satisfy the mar
ket for four months at the rate of 10000
month, which Is the local consumption
in that city This, if true, will bring the
buyers on the 1ge at an early date, and
cause rise in prices of cattle.
Reports from Manatee and other vege-
table producing localities are rather con-
Aicting as to the amount of damage done
by the rains, and it has depended very
much upon the peculiar location of the
farms-those on low grounds suffering
most 1t is learned that VIII Young, al
Ellenton, who had a $1,000 crop ready to
begin shipping has been completely food
ed out. Others are more fortunate.
Tampa Herald: II begins to look now
as if there would not be a new cigar
box factory in, Tampa. There is Every
indication that the manufacturers are
losing their feeling in the matter. They
evidently understand the conditions bet
ter, or something of that kind At least
the chances of the new enterprise. seem
fDf
ton is gained from reliable sourceeand
can be counted as something substantial.
The famous Nicholas Myers case. in
which Nick Myers and his son. Robertson.
are charged with the murder Of I. o. Arms
three years ago and the burning Of his
body, was called in court al Ocala Tues
day A motion was made by r. B, Bull
lock, counsel for The defendants, for a con-
tinIlance but the court overruled the mo-
| ton and the case was set for trial We'd
nesday April 4. and the witnesses were
summoned TO appear on that date.
The heavy rains of Tuesday around Mi
ami did not damage the tomato crop as
| badly as was at first supposed. There IS
little or no standing water left on the
| prairies. Wednesday the weather remain
! ed cool and cloudy, with a brisk wind,
which is rapidly drying off the ground.
Several
| matoes shipped to st. Louis, which sold al
s5 per crate. In consequence of the ad-
vancing prices the truckers are in the
hest of spirits. The city of Miami is
flooded with representatives. of commits
sion houses from all sections OF the North
and West. which makes a most excellent
business for the boarding houses and liv-
cry men.
The orange trees in the section around
plant City are beautiful IN their covering
Of Acknowledgement bloom. All trees
- any size tbat have had proper attention
nronise a fair yield OF fine fruit. IL moth
Ing unusual happens II is safe to say that
Florlda will this year have mapy hundr I'd
thousand boxes OF genuine Florida
oranges. grapefruit and lemons 20 ore
co,,raped orange grower Is happy IN the
prospec. Of the return Of the once famous