The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-27

about the same instant. Shaw was a single
man, while Sheffield leaves wife and two
children to mourn the untimely death Of a
husband and father.
Judge Foster and Col. s. NJ Sparkman,
attorneys for the defendants in the case of
Lawrence Pickering VS.. the South Florida
! railroad, in the Osceola county circuit court
| raised the point last week that it was neces-
sary for voter wnen he was registered TO
| subscribe his name at the time of taking
the oath required by law. 1t appears tc
have been the custom of the registering
| office to administer the oath to the person
applying to register and then write the ap-
| plicant's name himself, while the law saws
the applicant shall take and subscribe tc
the oath. The court overruled the motion
to which counsel noted an exception.
An Orlando man can boast of a wonder
| fully intelligent dog, and one which mu st
have good deal Of humor in him. His
owner frequently gives him a piece of coin
"a dollar or half dollar-to carry along
to market A day or two ago he was given
| dollar, and was trotting along, when he
saw a colored man approaching He
| stopped a little distance in front of tue darby
and dropped the dollar from his mouth on
to the wooden sidewalk, so as to ring and
| attract the darky's attention. Then he
walked to the edge Of the pavement, appar-
| entity as If he cared nothing for the money.
4
| the act of STOPPING to pick up the money
when the dog flew at him as if to bite,
| quickly seized the money, and trotted off
| with an air Of mo you DON'T" and over
| took his owner.
At Jacksonville on Monday night, at
| about o'clock, Officer Harkins found Joe
Dawson, a Charleston drummer, lying on
the sidewalk insensble in front of the Bank
or Jacksonville. Upon investigation it
yndf IaNE - r..
terlng from seriously broken leg, aud he
was quickly sent to the county hospital, st.
Lukes being closed. The leg was set Tues
day, and the physicii IN in charge of the
patient pronounces the case seriously COM
plicated, being fracture of the fibufa, with
extensive and serious rupture of the liga-
ments, the foot being also disocated. Pro
fessional opinion is that Dawson must have
fallen from some considerable hight to sus-
tain these injuries, but the semi-conscious
state OF the patient leaves the case in
mystery no one having come forward as a
witness of the accident. 1t is the general
suppositlon of the police that the unfort-
innate man fell down the adjoining stair
way.
The Caloosa river valley is offering to
northern aportsmen charming sport, for
they can chase the deer in the woods and
feast on their flesh, and the succu.ent wild
IN awhile bear, or panther, or wildcat is
seen and offers more exciting sport. But the
grandest is the tarpon fishing season, now
here. Those who have never cast line to
this monarch of the southern waters can
not understand the wild exhilaratio1 one
feels when this gamey monster is hooked.
"A full grown tarpon weighs about 200
pounds. His coat of mail looks as if it were
made OF new minted silver dollars riveted
together; hence his name--the "silver
king" The best fishing grounds in the
United States for this game fish are in the
waters of the gulf, at and near Punta Rassa,
Naples, Marco, in San Carlos bay, at st.
James and all up the Caloosa river, at Fort
Myers, and just above this city at Beautiful
island the river at times seems to be alive
with them.
The Improvement of the bar, which is
looked forward to by the citizens of ST.
Augustine as an important factor in the
future growth of the city, is likely to be ac-
c1mplished in the near future. A reporter
of the Ecening Ne1s recently called on
Capt. w. M. Black, of the corps of engi-
neer's whose headquarters are located..there.
Capt. Black has charge of the Florida dis
trict, which embraces greater extent of
sea coast and navigable rivers than any
state in the Union. In reply to
the interrog atories, Capt Black Stated
that the appropriation of s35, 900
as beginning was conditional
on receiving the approval of the Secretary
of War and the chief of engineers, after
receiving the report of board of engineers
to be appointed for its inspection. The
following gentlemen have been appointed
for the purpose: Gen. Henry L. Abbott
colonel OF the corps of engineers; Col.
Peter G. Haines and Capt. w. H. Bi1by.
The board is expected in st. Augustine
about the middle of January to begin
their investigation. Capt. Black is conf
dent that the report will be favorable one,
and has personally recommended its i'm
provement.
The local committee at Tallahassee has
about formulated the programme for the
inaugural ceremonies on Jan. s, under the
immediate direction of Col George w.
Walker, the efficient chairman of the county
executive committee. A national salute
Will be fired by Wilson battery at 6 o'clock
a. m. The procession will be formed on
the western side of the capitol at 1880
o'clock, moving to the Leon hotel at about
IL O'Clock a. M, in the following order
First division: Adjt. Gen. Lang and the
governors staff; First Florida battalion
band; Second battalion Florida state
troops, Maj. I. ID. Lancaster commanding;
First battalion state troops, Mai w. D.
Barnett commanding; Third Iattalion
band; Third battalion Florida state troops,
MAJ. w. II. WlluamS commanding. Sec
ond division: Tallahassee Cornet Baud:
detached volunteer companies; CGipley
Light Infantry, Capt. w. S. Scales
commanding; Island City Guards, Capt. f.
G. Brossier commanding; Barlow Rifles,
Capt. w. j. Jewell commanding; and Other
volunteer companies which may hereafter
report. Third divisiol Union veterans;
Confederate veterans; carriage with Gov.
Perry and Capt. Fleming and the chief
justice Of the supreme court: escort of vet
Grams from the Second Florida Infantry.
Confederate States army, of which
both the outg Ding and incoming GOV
ernors we're members; carriage containing
the supreme court judges; carriages with
the reception committee and members of
the state executive committee; carriages
with members of county executive commit
tees who may report at the capital Fourth
division: Students of the state normal col |
lege; students from other colleges: freuen
and other civic bodies. Fifth division:
Citizens in carriages. Sixth division: Citi. |
zens on horseback. At noon governors |
salute will be fired, Immediately after which |
the Inauguration ceremonies will take place
on the east front of the capitol. This gen
eral outline will be elaborated by Col |
Walkers committee, and such changes a. |
seem necessary will be announced together
with the names of the grand marshal and |
his assistants, and of such distinguished
citizens as may be invited to participate in
the exercises.