The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-13

! county, Fla, has been changed 10 salt
Marsh and Robert W. Brooks appointed
postmaster.
DR.. W. II. Rosenberg Of Palatka was
chosen a member of the executive commit
tee at the dentists convention, held in st.
Augustine recently.
The body of LemueI Woodward, who
died at the Magnolia House at Gainesville
on Monday night, was taken TO his home in
| South Carolina Tuesday.
The Orange county. democratic ratifca-
| ton meeting at Orlando Tuesday night
was glorious success. and drew a large
crowd from all over the county.
The oldest inhabitant Of Gainesville
solemnly AYERS that this is the hottest and
driest summer since 1853. In that year the
woods burned from the Suwannee to the st.
Johns.
At Pensacola last Sunday evening, some
unknown party fired a load Of shot through
| the window of Mrs. Frankliu's house, in jur-
ing her slightly. Further developments are
| expected
Prof. William NJ Artrel (colored) grand
chief templar of the senior Grand Lodge
Independent Order Of Good Templars, is in
Tampa in the interest of temperance among
the colored people
A few weeks ago woman named Johanna
! Hawklns-a mulatto, or perhaps part In
dian-was sent to the state insane asylum
| from Jacksonville. 1t is claimed that she
is sane now and should be released
| The democrats OF the Gainesville precinct
met Tuesday night, pursuant TO the call Of
the chairman Of the precinct committee in
| the old Methodist church building and or
ganized a Cleveland and Fleming club.
| The young men of Pensacola met Tuesday
night, and organized Young Mems demo
cratic league. with some 200 members en-
rolled A. +. Maxwell was elected presi-
dent of the league, with Chipley Jones, sec
retarv.
The Orange county board of commission
ers, having no authority of law to do SO
themselves, have passed a resolution asking
the governor to offer a reward for the APP
| prehension of the murderer of the English
| man BuSk.
The campaign in Lake county over the
county seat question has begun again in
earnest, and was formally opened Tuesday
by Maj. st. Clair Abrams, at Seneca, in
behalf of Tavares. The election is to take
place July L.
Teachers will probably be selected for the
Tampa public schools at the next session of
tho school board. This year the board will
select and hire the teachers in all the de
partments Heretofore the principal has
hired the assistants.
Nazworth Robinson, a colored undertaken
| OF Tallahassee, was arrested last week on q
charge of stealing $50 from Mr. f. NJ.
| Booker. His trial was set for Saturday,
but as Mr.. Booker did not appear to prose-
cute he was dismissed
The town council of Barlow offered $3.50
reward and have asked Gov Perry to of
| fer $3.50 additional reward making 81, 900 70
ward, for the apprehension Of the murder
ers of j. II. Clay, cOlored barber, who was
murdered there on May IS last.
Mrs. II. j. Minnick of Tampa shot and
killed rattlesnake, a few days ago, which
measured feet and Z inches in length and
| 1913 inches in circumference The snake
was in the act of devouring rabbit when
shot. Two weeks ago Mrs Minnick shot
and killed an alligator measuring s feet in
| length.
Mrs. NJ. f. Christopher, of Jacksonville.
is having erected very handsome resi-
dence in Riverside, Mr. Belts being the
contractor. This residence will be two
stories high, about 50x50 feet in extent,
and will contain about fifteen rooms besides
the halls, and will be finished in polished
hard pine.
The j. w. Wherein, the Pensacola smack
that had been given up by some as lost
came in Tuesday. When she left before
the blow, she sailed to Mobile bay, where
she encountered the storm and put into the
harbor at that place until the bad weather
had subsidized, after which she sailed out and
caught load OF fish and came home
A burglar entered the sleeping apart
| ment of a Tallahassee gentleman, last Fri
day night. and after pocketing a half plug
of tobacco and a half-dozen Matches started
out, but in making his exit bumped his
head against the sash, which awoke the
sleeper, who grabbed his gun aud ran after
the scoundrel, but as he had already reached
the street the gentleman did not shoot.
George Franklin and John Franklin, one
of whom fired at and wounded MesSrs
lvers, near Georgetown, a few days ago
were arrested and tried July before hor.
ace Prior, justice Of the peace, at Lake
Como The evidence showed that G. orge
Franklin did the shooting, having been
told by John Franklin to do so. They were
placed under a bond of $50 each to appear
before tho next term of the circuit court
In firing the Fourth of July salute al
Tallahassee, Angus Stafford, Young
colored man, met with terrible accident,
He was ramming charge home, when the
young man who was holding his finger over
the vent, accidently let it slip. The cannon
was heated and prematurely fired, the force
of the discharge blowing Stafford several
feet away from the mouth Of the cannon
and burning his face and body in fearful
manner. He is yet in critical condition.
which may result in death, but at hest, il
his life is saved, he will be totally blind for
life.
A vicious-looking white man from Ten
neSsee, now confined in the state insane
asylum, has the murder mania so developed
that he is kept with his hands muffed all
the time. No man, woman, or child would
be safe within reach of his brawny arm.
His eyes are snake-like, and fearfully
vicious. He once lifted a chair to brain
Capt. Moseley, but a 5y-stander caught
him. II was not, he said, that he had any.
thing against the captain, only he looked
like be needed killing Brown, who muir
dered his wife near Palatka, is one of the
worst cases
Some two or three weeks ago there was
captured near Pablo young cata mount
which was both wild and vicious The an.
maj was presented to William Jeacle of
Jacksonville. Since its capture Mr.. Jeacle
has constantly courted the animals ac-
quaintanco, and has succeeded ia tanning
him TO such an extent AZ TO he able TO
scratch his head and paws; but no one else
can do even this for the reason that the
mom2nt n stranger puts In an appearance
the cat gets on his mettle and shows fight,
and refuses to be- pacifed until every one
else except MIR. Jeacle disappears
A relative Of the late Hon Zach Chand-
Ter has been an inmate of the state insane
asylum for years The poor fellow is con
stantly on the 60 walking steadily hour
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