The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-24

the State of Florida. The decoration CON
sists of four pieces attached. a neat pin
with Mr. RockwelIs full name engraved
thereon, from which is suspended, attached
to blue satin ribbon, gold bar above TWO
pretty gold guns crossed, below which
large eight-pointed gold star with divergent
rays bears upon its face the words: wing
Shot of Florida"
The suit of Frier against the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West railroad for being
put eff one of the trains Of that railroad,
and in VIII ch damages were claimed IN the
SUN of $4,000, was tried Wednesday IN the
Brevard County Circuit Court, Judge
Broone presiding. The cause OF the suit
was that conductor on one OF the trains
OF the defendant put the plalntlH on De-
tween stations, and after the plaintiff had
made a tender Of the usual fare, there being
no one at the station he got on to sell
tickets The conductor demanded double
fare, which was refused, and the plaintiff
was put off A verdict Of $500 damages
for the plaintiff was rendered.
Belonging to a prominent citizen of
Orlando is dog who takes great delight in
following his owners carriage and always
enters any house his owner does his
owner is a churcL-goer and this dog always
attends with him and likes to get place up
near the minister Last Sunday-having
been in bad company the day before and
got himself full of fleas-the dog annoyed
the congregation by his constant scratching
so much that he was driven out of church.
His dogship determined not to lose his ser
mon and Immediately proceeded to another
church, and one too chat his owner had
never attended, and there paid attention to
the discourse. after which he quietly and
sedately went home
Fort Myers Press: Maj. Albert Akers
United States Surveyor, has returned from
four weeks survey down and in toward
the southwest from Naples He has found
much fine, high pine land, and some of the
best hummock land i'll Florida lies in that
direction. He is enthusiastic in his praise
of the country and has clearly demonstrated
that the ''swemps of Florida" are a good
deal like the great American desert Qaid
down on all the old maps, which occupied the
greater portion Of the rich and fertile State
of Kansas, a delusion and myth At one
Time the Major and his party had to hunt
water where their maps were marked
swamp and overfIowed lands and cypress
swamps." The Majors report will be apt
to make a stir in some quarters.
One train on the Jacksonville, st. Angus
tine and Halifax River railway, running
between Jacksonville and St Augustine,
carried between Jan. % and Feb. 2S 7 $50
whites and $50 cOlOred passengers, this COM
pilation being made BY James B. Hunni-
cult, an employe Of the company. This
train runs one day on one schedule, alter
mating with another train the next day.
As there are two trains required for service
over this road the number travelling is, of
course, doubled, making a total of Is, 720
white and 1898 colored or a total of II, 1lS
passengers per month. Last year but one
parlor car was run. and although but 25c.
was charged for seats, the cars were uni
versally empty. This winter two are run
on each train, and at SOC. for seats they are
ALWAYS filled