Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-09
FLORIDA.

n AVul~iGEBCu CulChCu was udAEuGu OQb
at PalatKa few days ago.
Joseph Z. Baldwin, Palatka's new
Mayor, had only majority in vote Of
j67.
A man was fined 50 at Tampa last week
for eating peanuts in the United States
Court.
The United States Cartridge Company,
of Lowell, Mass, has presented to the
Tallahassee Gun Club 1000 waterproof
Climax shells.
A seaman on board the British bark
Bremen, in Pensacola harbor, tell over
board from the iibboOm last Saturday,
and was drowned.
The Palatka National Bank building
on Front street will soon be ready for ten
ants, and all the grocnd floor will be oc-
cupied Immediately.
Burglars were frightened from G. p.
DeVereuX's store at Palatka Tuesday
night by the city night Waterman. They
escaped before he could apprehend them.
A new church edi6ce, in place of the
present one, Is now proposed by the Rev.
c. S. Williams, the Rector OF st. Marks
Episcopal church OF PalatKa. There is
| insu1iciency of space 10 the old building
to supply the demands Of winter visitors.
A man in Live Oak while eating oysters
idBJ WEth lUuuu UcbW6Cu WV cuCAio III
stead OF an oyster a small fish. about two
inches long. The question Is, how it got
there and whether it was not raised to its
present re IN the narrow cell where it
was found.
Monday evening a horse belonging to
DR.. A. b. Harrison, Of Monticello, be-
came frightened while in use by mis- son,
and ran away. When found a few min
utes later 1t was discovered that the
animals right fore leg was broken in two
places. Ii was shot and killed.
A gang of tracklayers, while laying
steel rails near lnterlachen on the Florida
Southern railway, struck in body on
Monday morning for an advance in wages
from ST to 81 % per day. The oYerseer re-
ported the strike to the Office in Palatka,
and Tuesday morning full force OF hands
from Palatka were put on the work, and 1t
will be pushed right along.
j. f. Hernandez, a young man who for
merly lived in Pensacola, and was mail
agent, mas been taken to Albany, n. Y.
/ by United States Marshal Bird and Sheriff
( Holland. He has been sentenced to four
4 years in the United States penitentiary at
/ Albany for rObbing the mails. Chained to
| him was a negro named j. W. Young,
! who was also sentenced to similar fate.
/ Rev. Father z. Stack, OF Lake City, has
]
! home for superannuatrd priests, but the
matter Of establishing such a home mas
not vet assumed definite shape, and will
( probably not be developed for some time.
/ K. A. Mills, of ChuluOta, not long since
/ offered To the Ri. Rev. J. Moore, ID. d.,
Bishop OF st. Augustine, forty acres of
/ his valuable land for the same purpose.
! At Fort McKOy, in Marion county, a
/ few days ago John Hall was killed by his
/ brother stabbing him to the heart with a
/ knife, while trying TO cut another man.
/ A number Of young men had gathered to-
! gether, and we're drinking, when diff
| Guilty arose, and George Carter drew a re-
I yOlver, but before he could use it Hall
! grappled with him, when HalPs brother
] rushed up with a knife and cut Carter in
/ a fearful manner, and in the struggle &C
cidentlv stabbed his brother, killing him
! instantly.
Tie Fernandina election resulted in
| the overthrow of Howell bOssIsm which
/ has controlled Fernandina so long.
Howell was candidate for Mayor, and
his right bower, Sam Petty, colored. for
/ Alderman on the Republican ticket. Both
are beaten. The election, although a
quiet one, was remarkable for the interest
taken by the business men and taxpayers.
| A fun white vote was cast. A portion Of
each ticket was elected. From the citi-
zens candidates were chosen: James Nj
/ Griffin. for Mayor, George +. Wolf Tor
/ Clerk. Patrick Kelly for Alderman. The
following on the Republican ticket were
successful: Thomas kydd for Treasurer,
! o. ). Oates for Collector, John Stays, col
ored. for Assessor Stephen Minis, col
ored, for Marshal; G. II. Berg, ". Dor
sey, colored, and G. f. Auiry tor Alder
men. The council for the ensuing year
will consist Of i've cOlOred aud tour
| whites.