The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-09
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ing distance OF the Palatka SIDE
4 Pa!atka Herald: The SAVANNAH NEWS
has more sales In Palatka than any other
daily, except the Morning Herald.
The Vousia Bar Association passed APP
propriate resolutions in reference to the
death of Henry J. Faulkner, of DeLand.
The Cubans of Tampa are taking an act
i've interest i'll the Havana strike, and are
doing everything in their power to aid their
fellow workmen.
A freight train of twenty cars, which had
been tied up In Savannah week or more
by the quarantine complications, arrived at
Tampa Monday night.
d. &. Thompson, of the Wekiva Single
| Company, has retired from tn 1t firm, the
entire interest in it having been taken by
| W. l.. Ainslie, the other partner.
The republican executive committee of
| Orange county have named S. F. Cove, of
! LOngwood. as the republican candidate for
county judge in place Of j. NJ. Cheney, de-
| clined.
In the northwest corner of the orange
grove of J. K. Wise of Oakland the ground
has sunk fully ten feet, including a circular
| area twenty-five feet across. The sink is a
dry" one.
J. NJ. Collum, who had been in Jail at
Sumterville for some days for the killing Of
H. r. Wells, at Center Hill, gave the re-
qured bond 49, 900 on Saturday, and is at
liberty again.
The primaries in Manatee resulted in the
following nominations: II. F. Wyatt. clerk ;
S. J. Tyler, tax-collector; f. b. Patten,
assessor: w. J. Wimbush, county judge; A.
S. Watson, sheriff.
One hundred and fifty persons have
registered at Lakeland, making a total.
,.-;sk nf
registered voters in that precinct, of whom
107 are white and s. colored.
Capt George w. Slocum is putting the
Escambia Rifles. of Pensacola, to the
hardest kind of work in their drilling exer-
cses, and, as a result, the company is au
fat both in drill and manual.
Messrs Baird and Roberts of Orlando
went down to Cross Prairie on a hunt day
or two ago. They returned last evening
with about 200 snipe and number of quail.
They were only on the snipe grounds day
and a half.
Judge Hanson of the Sixth judicial
district has instructed Mr.. Givens, the
clerk, that no fall term of the court will be
held at Tampa this year. 1t is supposed,
however, that special term will he held
in January.
The town of Madison offers re ward OF
300 for the party or parties who started
the report that yellow fever was in Madison
county. The paper offering the reward is
signed by every organization in Madison
except the Star Base Ball Club"
A sample half bushel of sweet potatoes
of new variety for seed, were shipped to
a Lakeland merchant from Meridian, Miss.
on which the charges were 81 40 They are
now the property Of the express company,
which will doubtless sell them for the
freight expenses
A few days ago gentleman arrived at
Palatka on business. He had a regularly
certified health certificate, but on his ar
rival he was arrested by the quarantine
guard and carried before the board of
health. His certificate was restamped, and
he was charged 10 cents.
Last Wednesday night Col Harry Pee
Piles of Tampa heard one of his sitting
room windows raised, and procuring light
and his pistol, went down stairs to investi-
gate. A man started to run, and Col. Pee
Piles ran after him, and as he was getting
over the fence, was within three feet of him,
when he placed his pistol to the fellows
back and fired The man fell off the fence
exclaiming, ''Oh, my God, Pm killed" Mr..
Peoples did not look for the man until a
crowd gathered, when search was made,
but he had managed to get away. Nothing
was heard of him until Monday, when a
negro man brought Mr.. Peoples word that
the fellow was out in Ybor City, was dying,
and wanted to see him.