The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-02

excitement and had gone above Atlanta
They had no money and wanted TO return
home and had walked to Atlanta After
resting there for few days they started
south for Tallahassee, and expected to walk
the entire distance. They were told that
if they would go to the city hall and state
their case to Mayor Price he would no
doubt give them pass to the Georgia line.
They were afraid of being arrested, how
ever, and would not go. They are now on
their way to their Florida homes.
FLORIDA
The negro who shot Andrew Stanley at
Live Oak last Monday night is IN Jail.
s. Won Gemmingen, George NJ. Palmer
and others, Of the canal company's engi-
neering corps, are now hard at work in the
Hlllsboro river.
Walter Roberts, of Key West, nephew of
Capt. and Mrs w. d. Archer, and John
Maddox will go into stock raising and truck
farming near Apalachicola
Nocatee's court house bond has an addi-
ton giving the county $1,000 in cash, in
stead of building-with the land-if pre-
ferred by the commissioners.
Forty eight Italians from New York,
passed through Palatka Tuesday on the fast
mail for Kissimmee, where they will work
on the st. Cloud sugar plantations.
by TcQu6Sb VI VIC uGdtbu lll6S VI
Putnam county, no tickets were sold in
Sanford Monday night for points north.
This was requested merely as matter of
precaution for few hours.
Last Wednesday evening two colored
men got into an alteration at or near En-
erson'5, ard both were badly shot with pis-
tolls. One Of them has since died, and t 10
other is in very critical condition.
Three families, consisting Of sixteen per-
sons are now on their way TO Bridgeport,
Putnam county, from the north, to settle
permanently. They are bringing with
them two carloads of blooded Jersey stock
1t is rumored at Apalachicola, that Mr.
Rowland will go out as superintendent OF
construction of the Thoma willie, Tallahassee
and Gulf railway and that the road will
he pushed through without further delay.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Slmonton will have
charge of the company's saw mill
Poles for the eiec ric light wires at Pen
sacola were being distributed Monday. The
first distribution will cover the bu mess por-
ton of the city, and the system will he ex-
tended as an increasing patronage shall de-
mand. The poles are Of cypress, thirty-fve
feet in length, and carry four wire arm
each.
The draw on the railroad bridge at Pa
lttka is to be one hundred and thirty feet.
space. leaving an opening on both sides of
one hundred feet. 1t viii not be many
weeks before trains will run over the new
structure to st. Augustine and Daytona
The draw is Of the same pattern as that at
Buffalo Bluff.
Whereas it has been currently reported,
and by some bel eyed, that the Knights OF
Labor had something to do with the killing
of r. A. Ivey's horse and mule at Live Oak
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offered by the Branford assembly of the
Knights of Labor for the apprehension,
with proof TO convict, of a member of the
Knights of Labor.
c. F. Hopkins stood in the ST. Johns Saw
ings Bank at st. Augustine, Saturday, with
big roll of bills in his hands, and offered
to bet $500 on Clevela0d's election, but dead
silence prevailed among the republicans
present. This don't prove that Cleveland
will be elected. but it proves that those re-
publicans are afraid that he will be. Mr.
Hopkins stated that gentleman pl toed
$500 in his hands yesterday to put up on
Cleveland.
One of the gentlemen of the gripsack
who must have been born when the lucky
planets were in the ascendency, came into
st. Augustine Sunday. He happened to
have the same name as one of the govern
ment inspectors, aud, in answer to a re-
quest, was photographed permission to come
into the city from Palatka. He is the first
commercial traveller who has visited st.
Augustine IN two months, and is selling
goods at rate only commensurate with his
marvellous luck.
Judge NJ. r. Cooper and Attorney Con
eral Charles NJ. Cooper arrived in St. Au-
gustine Saturday night. The Judge says
he didn't care to go by LaVilla junction,
SO on last Wednesday he started from
Quincy, from there to ralla assee from
ITALIA assoc to Live Oak. thence TO New
nansville from Newnansvile in team
across the country to Waldo, thence t.
Hawthorne, thence to Palatka and from
Palatka home. He says he saw in Alachua
county a large number Of Gainesville
people camped in tents in the woods.
NJ b. Coleman was brought to Apalachi-
cola Monday by Sheriff Stone Of Calhoun
He was captured at Wewahitchka and
afterward made his escape from the guards
and was finally captured at Cypress Station
by Sheriff Stone. Coleman is charged with
breaking into and burglarizing the houses
of j. b. Hunter; W. o. Donaldson and S. S.
Alderman some time in August. Some
500 50 worth of property was stolen. Cole
man was brought TO Apalachicola for safe
keeping. the Calhoun county jail being con-
sidered unsafe for the keeping Of prisoners.
Two colored men, Carson White aud
Chester Post, met sad late by drowning
last Sunday. They were engaged as deck
hands on Beach & Miller's steamer, Gov.
Stafford, which runs between Palatka and
Drayton island. Sunday morning the
steamer went up to Dead river TO take on a
load OF oranges. When she had received
her load II was found that the Boat would
not bulge, as she was stuck IN the mud.
The two colored men mentioned above, tax
ing an anchor In small boat, towed Off some
distance 80 that the anchor could be
used TO heave the boat from her fastened
position. They had not gone very far
before their small boat sank, the weight Of
the anchor holding it down. One OF the
men attempted to swim TO the steamer
While doing so, he turned to see how his
companion was doing. He saw BIN strug-
Cling for life and then 60 down, whereupon
the man who was swimming completely
lost his head, turned round and round in
the water, threw up his hands, when he,
too, gave up life and sank into mis- watery