The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-28

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! gates to the county alliance will also elect
their officers on the day named for tue en-
! suing year, and those sent from the county
alliance will take part in electing the officers
! for the state alliance.
Clara Wright was shot through the neck
at Sanford Tuesday, by Tim Wilson. Will
son avs he was playing with her, and jok
| the same time pointing the pistol, whicn he
| says he die not know was loaded, at her.
To his astonishment the pistol fired, tho
| ball struck her on the left of the neck
passed around under the skin and came out
at the back, infiic ing slight but painful
wound. Both parties are colored.
The foldest settler" comes to the front in
| Gainesville. He says: II have never seen
such long continuously cold spell in Florida
before. Why, we have not had a warm
day in three weeks, and the weather ap-
pears TO be growing colder daily" Truly,
t lis cold snap hangs on like it had come to
spend the winter, and why not? 1t is just
what the masses have been praying for for
months back. The cold has been steady,
but up to this time the oranges on the trees
have not been jured, and there is nothing
| to complain of.
From a reliable person who has been out
| to the South Apopka region it is learned
that the late frost did little, if any. serious
damage in that far-famed vegetable grow
ing section. In many places bananas and
pineapples were untouched and only here
| and there a leaf on the guavas, mangoes
and other tropical trees showed that there
had been any frost at all. At the home of
| Il. ID. NJ Perkins not even the tomato
| plants were touched. 1t is estimated that
the protection afforded by Lake Apopka
| represents TO- of warmth. Vegetable
| crops will be unusually fine in that section
| this winter.
| M. F. Pappy of Tallahassee has an interest
| ing family relic. 1t is q hand-carved ivory
| card case. of most intricate design, being
entirely covered with cute little figures and
| forms. Upon one side is represented the
tomb of Napoleon, which is clearly seen
| through the dropping branches of a weep
| ing willow, and above and below it are
| guards and various other well-executed
| figures. 1t is a mystery how the artist
| carved the little tomb behind the trunk of
the willow and made it so perfect in shape.
| The other side of the case shows, in the
| foreground, Longwood house at st. Helena,
| which is Q closed by neat little fence,
| with trees. houses, men, ETC., in the back
| ground. The edges and top are also hand
aomely carved. This little case is an old
| heirloom, which has been in the family
over fifty years.
Mr. Franz of Tampa, agent for the Hall
| Lock and Safe Company, was in DeLand
| last week and contracted with County
| Treasurer R2ssiter to open the treasurer's
| safe The agreement was that he was to
| open the safe by unlocking it, and in case
| he succeeded he was to receive $l25. He
| went to work about O'Clock, and in less
| than two hours announced tlat he had the
| combination. The committee appointed by
| the board to be present at the opening of the
| safe-Messrs. Allen, Fisher and Clea veland
were sent for, and when they arrived the
| door of the cash box was opened 1t con-
tanned several old keys, a lot of memoran-
| dums, some checks, postal notes and money
| orders two years old and $l34 in cash. The
| treasurer's books are locked in another SAFE
| and nothing can be found out about the
| finances of the county and the accounts of
| the late j. b. Finley until the safe is opened
| and the books examined. The day follow
| ing Mr.. Franz succeeded in opening this
| safe also.
| The following civil appointments have
ben made during the past week: Joseph
| w. Duval, to be clerk of circuit court ia
and for Wakulla county; Frank Philips, to
| be clerk of circuit 1urt in and for jackson
county; K. j. Mills, to be justice of the
| peace in and for Polk county; j. M. Lane,
to be justice of the peace in and for Orange
| county; George Bewan, to be constable
in and for Orange county; s. F. Pea
| cock, to be constable in and for Jack
son county; II. F. Quackenbos, to be men,
| D6T Oh DOstTu Oh uedlUu III anu IOF v OluSla
| county; II. S. Brewer and Mahlon Gore, to
be members of board of he 18th in and for
| Orange county; T. w. Freeborne, to be
auctioneer in and for Marion county;
| William B. Owen, to be county judge in
and for Duval county; William B. jackson,
| to be member of board of health in and for
Orange county; G. E. L. Allison, to be
| superintendent of public instruction in and
for Gadsden county; L. L. Charles, to be
superintendent of public instruction in and
| for Washington county; j. A. Carlisle, to
be clerk of circuit court in and for Alachua
| county.
| At an informal meeting of the citizens of
Punta Gorda, Desoto county, on Christmas
day, the following resolutions were pre-
sented by Albert A. Gilchrist and unani-
mously carried: Whereas, the citizens of
Savannah have seen fit to build a magnif-
| cent hotel, of 700 feet frontage, the same
| frontage as our own big hotel. Whereas,
they have seen fit to name it Desoto, after
| our fiourlshing county of Desoto, of which
| Punta Gorda and the Charlotte Harbor
| country is the commercial metropolis;
therefore, be it resolved, that we appreciate
| the tLoughtfulness of the citizsns of the
J Forest City of the south. When our city
| shall have grown and prospered, we sim
| cerely hope Savannah shall have kept pace
| with us, so rs to have no cause of jealousy
| on account of any possibility Of
| our ever overshadowing her. Stu
ated the same distance from the sea as
is Savannah, possessing an unexcelled har-
| Dor, the terminus of the southern trade of
| the United States, Savannah may well
model her hotel after ours, and name it
after our county. Where the mighty
Myacca stream meets the Gator and deep
Peace in blue sheets on the tip of three
rivers broad mouth, is the city of growth
| of the south.
When the yellow fever was decimating
the people of Florida, the Times Union of
Jacksonville was in great need of printers
to get out the paper. Many of ITS printers
had fallen victims to the plague and some
had fled from the city. In this extremity,
| I. L. Stockton, manager OF that paper, de-
posted money in bank at jacksonville
| and telegraphed all over the country for
printers, and asked the East Ten eSsee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad that tickets to
Jacksonville be furnished them on anplica-
| ton and drafts be made on him for the cost
Five printers wired they were ready to go
to the stricken city, and tickets were
furnished them. The printers were:
J. E. Bitchhold of BROOKLYN, ].
h. Brown and X. G. Kent Of Nashville,
Tenn, w. K. Davis, of Richmond, Ind
and l.. A. Barker, of St. Louis. Not one of
them turned up in Jacksonville Each got
his ticket, and 1923 80 was paid ty r.
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