The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-22

I attended the wounded man and pronounced
ms injuries dan .ero1s and probably fatal.
be was taken to his home in Live Oak.
Columbia county farmers report tobacco
/ cotton and corn just bounding right along
since the rains gan. The sugar cane crop,
/ so we are iGfor ne 1, is IN ire promising so
| far tran for maur years. The sweet potato
and rice GRO are now being planted, aud
upon the who g the crop prospect of Column
bia county is above the average at this writ
ing.
| The Suwannee County Democratic Con
vention Saturday selected the following
| delegates to st. Augustine: Sam Martin,
| DIR. y I. Oyerstreet, j. II. 4. Bynum, j. r..
! Newton r. r. Rogers, NJ NJ. Knight,
George Wolfe, S. G.. Evans, ]. J. Robinson,
I. j. Mcintosh, Dan McAlpin. The dele
gates go uninstructed for Governor and
other officers.
A negro, who generally calls himself A.
j. Jackson, and wlo is of a dark brown
complexion, about feet high, weighs about
100 pounds, has nmOOth face, close-cut hair,
dresses well, and usually carries a hickory
stick, is wanted in Brjcksvlle for { g
! murder OF Lucinda Berry, committed on
May a. twenty-five dollars reward is
offered for his arrest by n. B. Rhodes, of
Brooksville.
jackson county has elected the following
delegates to the Democratic convention at
st Augustine: w H. Milton, Sr., A. F.
McCrary, L. Reddck }. H. McKuin, H.
t. Shirley, w. H. Milton, Jr., W. IL. Dykes,
l.. Burmbrall, A G.. White, B. S. Camp. NJ
+. Boone, r. B. Stapleton, Z. b. Erwin,
Jesse w. Carter The delegates are I'M
instructed, but favor Gen. Barnes for Gov
ernor and Judges Maxwell and Raney for
the Supreme Court.
The convention of the Democracy of Mas
sau county met Saturday at Callahan to
elect delegates to the State Democratic Con-
venticn. The deleg alton was uninstructed,
though the almost unanimous sense of the
convention was in favor of Mai. George R.
Fairbanks. of Fernandina for Governor.
The following delegates were chosen: G. l..
Baltzell, W. o. Jeffreys, w. F. V. Scott, j.
Mizell, j. Googe, John J. Upchurch, c. w.
billiard, b. G. Dyall, n. A. Hicks
At Lakeland, Saturday, the Democratic
mass me atlng for Polk county met to elect
delegates to the Gubernatorial convention
Col. {. G. Wilson was elected chairman,
aud Hon. Eppes Tucker, secretary. Fol-
lowing are the delegates elected: c. c.
Wilson, Frank Clark, Samuel T. Fletcher,
j. T. Wilson, j. A. Fortner, r. G. Lang
ford, s. l.. Griffin, l.. NJ. Ballard, N. {.
Bryan, T. w. Bryant, Eppes Tucker, L. l..
Bristow and A G. Franklin. They are I'M
instructed.
The Orange County Bar Association met
Thursday. j. II. Lord, Leonard d. Browne
and {. +. Akers were admitted to member
ship. The unfinished business of the cleo
ton of new officers of the association was
then taken up, and the following gentlemen
were duly elected to fill the following Of
| fees for the ensuing year: E. NJ Ham
mond, President; A. NJ. Thrasher, Vice
| President; NJ. Silver, Secretary; L. c. Mas
sey, Treasurer; Directors-E. NJ Hammond
E. K. Gunby, III. G. Harrison, j. L. Bryan,
| Andrew johnson.
j. II. Clay, an industrious colored barber
| who came to Barlow from Macon about a
| year ago, was shot dead by some unknown
person at 10 o'clock Friday night He was in
the rear of the Barlow House when the
| shots were fired. Persons rooming in the
| building heard the sounds of a scuffie and
| Clay's cry, Don't Shoot followed closely
| by three shots. When the persons reached
| him he was found to be dead, two shots
having entered his head, the third passing
| through his heart. The authorities have
no positive clew as to his murderer. Sus-
plclon points to certain parties, and the
| Coroner's jury will closely investigate the
matter. Clay was we'll liked, and public
| feeling is strong against his assassin.
Some person broke into the telegraph
office at Gainesville, Friday night, by boring
hole through the back door On Thurs
| day, Dr. Porter, whose office is in the back
poA VI biio iOOllly icColNtU SS@O ny express,
| and after counting the money, replaced il
in the envelope aud put it into pigeon
| hole In his desk, where he let it remain
until Friday evening, when he took the
money and went to the United States land
| office and bought piece of land. The per-
| son who broke into the building no doubt
saw the doctor when he received the money,
| and watched him place it in thedesk, as be
bored open the left side of it, and left with
! out molesting anything else in the building.
| The burglar was just one night too late.
Editor Pratt, OF the Palatka Neics, thus
| laments the demolition of that old stool"
1.-THE old office stool is no more. The aver
age reader may think this insignificant, but
| in our estimation it deserves more than 6
| passing notice. In the summer of 1866 6
| printer on the old Apalachicola Reporter
went over to the Curtis House and Dor
rowed' it. Owing to some cause or other il
was never returned. When we folded oul
| tent for Palatka it accompanied us and fol
well nigh twenty years we have held II
down. 1t stuck by us through all the try
| ing ordeals of our existence, and many
| printers-aome far away, and some who
| have crossed over the river-have rested
| upon il while at the case. A big Kentuck
| ian walked into the Office the other night
and sat upon it, and his weight being toe
| heavy 1t went down with him. Although
| it can no longer serve us we shall preserve
| 1t. Peace to its pieces"
| A Story of Thad. Stevens.
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