The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-08
FLoRIDA's METROPOLIS.
What Was Done by the County Com
missioners.

alSSlOll6IS.
JACKSONVILLE, March THE regular
meeting of the County Commissioners of
Duval county was held this morning.
A communication from Comptroller
Barnes was read stating that ex-Sheriff
Hollands bill for summoning jurors should
be paid by the county and not by the State.
The monthly report of the county hos
pital and asylum was read showing that
there were on March l twenty-five males
and twelve females remaining.
The County Treasurer's report for Feb
ruary was read and ordered filed His re-
ceipts last month were $l2,054 5! and his
expenditures So, 795 "a.
Judge MacLean reported that he had col
lected for licenses 1894 96.
The Bell Telephone Company requested
that the assessment on their property be
reduced. 1t was placed at $50, 900, while
its real value was only $4,000. On motion
the Board placed the value at $40, 900 and a
committee was appointed to investigate the
matter
A communication from the county Board
of Health was read asking that $500 be
placed at its disposal for sanitary purpose.
Sir Thomas Grafton Esmonde spoke here
tonight.
The Criminal Court was crowded this
morning, as the gamblers trials were to be
Depun n jury was uHdlly SECURED anu bue
examination of witnesses commenced. There
is some excitement in certain quarters over
these tr ais.
Isadore NJ Acosta was arraigned on
charge of keeping a gaming house, to which
he pleaded MT guilty. The parties arrested
Tuesday were arraigned charged with
gaming. Judge Jones suspended their SEN
tence in consideration of the fact that the
law under which they were arrested was a
new one, but he warned them that repeti-
ti,n would provoke a full sentence and it
would be imposed. The testimony was taken
in Acosta's case and the jury retired at / 80
O'Clock. They came into court at 3:l5
O'Clock, saying they could not agree.
The Judge ordered them back to
the jury room. and at II O'clock tonight
they were still out and We're locked up for
the night. Samuel Houston, Jr, was in
the meanwhile arraigned. After hearing
all the testimony the case was given TO the
jury and after an absence of fifteen minutes
they reported verdict OF guilty.
SIR EsMoNDES VISIT.
A large and enthusia ,tic meeting was held
| here tonight under the auspices of the Jack
soUville Branch of the National League in
honor of Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, the
Irish patriot. Park Opera House was
packed with friends of the Irish
cause. Speeches were made by
| Mayor Bur ridge Sir Thomas ESmonde,
Hon. Charles II. Jones, Col. A. w. Cock
erell Hon John F. Sutton, of Nebraska,
| III N. A. $. Mann aud Hon. p. f. McMur-
ray, Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the cause of Irish home rule, and extending
the sympathy and thanks of the audience
to Sir Thomas Esmonde for his advocacy
of the cause.
). V. Hardness, of Cleveland, O., Vice
President Of the Standard Oil Company.
| died of heart disease ON board his steam
yacht, the Twilight, in Charlotte Harbor
last night. His remains will be taken North
by a spac al train.
Fred. w. lioyt, Of Fernandina, has ac-
cepted the position Of assistant editor of the
Times Union.