The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-11

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cincts of Marlborough county will be held
next Saturday to select representatives TO
the county convention, which meets in
| Tampa May 10, for the purpose of selecting
delegates TO the State convention.
S. p. Hinkley will begin on May 30, to
run the steamer Lizzie Henders n direct
! from New Orleans to Punta Gorda, prima-
rily, for his individual freights. The
steamer will touch at Tampa and Cedar
Keys on its return trip from Punta Gorda.
The cit zens of Lake Weir and vicinity,
! and few repre- sentatives from SummelBed
and Wakull1, met last Saturday to discuss a
| few pc nts about the st. Johns Lake Wir
and Cult railroad. Dr. Aver proposed o
build the road to Summerfied if the neople
along its line will donate $1,000 and 900
| acres of land.
The Florida delegation called at the office
OF Surgeon General Hamilton, Tues lay, but
found him absent. They expected to con
| suit with him regarding yellow fever mat
| ters in Florida, and arrange for prompt
utilization of the fund on hand should any
| be needed during the coming summer. The
| delegation will visit him again in day or
| two for consultation.
b. F. Jackson has disposed Of 100 acres of
| land three miles east of Barlow, on which
there is seventeen-acre grove, to II. NJ.
| Woolman, a prominent business man of
Julesburgh, Col. He also sold to tee same
| party four residence lots in Mr.. JacksOn's
second addition to Barlow. Mr.. Woolman
while at Barlow, also purchased ten-acre
| lemon grove on Broadway.
On Blackwater river, near Milton Satur-
day, colored woman by the name of
Amelia Levins had three fingers shot off.
The ball also cut furrow on her head.
The woman was sitting by the fire resting
her head on her hands, when some one shot
through Il hole in the wall. Suspicion rests
on her former husband, Claiborne Levins,
who is now under bond awaiting trial
At Tallahassee, Robert Robnsons bear
got loose last Sunday and created excite
fnent, soon having the entire street to him
self Knowing good thing when he saw
1t, he climbed the fence and went into A.
j. Fish's vegetable garden and would baye
eaten all the tender truck, but Mr.. Robin
son was sent for and at his command bruin
hung down his head and walked back to
his cage.
Deputy Sheriff Hopkins, of Tallahassee,
received notice Sunday that Henry Strick-
land, the negro who struck his wife on the
head with hoe, on Saturday April %, en-
the Dickinson plantation, was preparing to
skip the country, as his wife was much
worse and not expected to live. Strick-
land was Immediately arrested, aud is con-
fined In Jail to await the result. If his wife
dies he Will be tried for murder.
At Quincy, Wednesday, seventy-five col
ored hands quit working for the Florida
Tobacco Trucking ana Producing Com
pany on account of a reduction in their
wages. They have been paid 75c. per day
and the company wanted them to work for
6Oc. These hands have been at work on
the Santa Clara plantation. Their places
have been supplied by 100 women at 40c
per day. There are about so men working
on this farm at 80 and rations per month,
with houses furnished by the company.
The case of D. j. Oxford VS. Leon cour-
ty, Ill SUIT to recover something over
$4,000 which plaintiff claimed was balance
due him on building the court house, was
the only case before Leon Circuit Court last
week. It was claimed that the building
was not erected of first-class material, and
for this reason, the building committee, who
had already paid Oxford between $4,000
and $l9, 0W on the contract held that they
did not owe him any more, as be had not
complied with contract, but he was allowed
to complete the building as he had begun,
and the county has been occupying and
using it since 1884 This lost them the case
Congressman Davidson and Col Chiplev,
of Pensacola, had hearing before the sub
committee OF the House Military Commit
tee Wednesday. The subcommittee will re-
port favoIa ly on road to the government
cemetery at Pensacola. These gentlemen also
called on Chairman Herbert, Of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, who promised to
insert clause in the appropriation bill 70"
SlOO,OOO for the purchase of such site for
dry dock at Pensacola rs the Secretary of
the Navy may approve. This may be re-
garded as the beginning of a new naval
station on the shores of Pensacola bay
the same gentleman called on Commodore
Harmony, who repeated his hearty indorse-
ment of a now station at the new city above
old Pensacola. Congressman Davidson
recommends Commander Charles L. Hunt
ington, an accomplished officer and popu-
lar ge tleman, as commandant at he navy
yard. No appointment to succeed Dell ex-
timber agent, will be made until Angus
on account of the shoruneSS of the appro-
priation.
AT Tallahassee, Wednesday, at the meet
ing of the state Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton the Executive Committee reported a
membership of III, and balance in the
treasury of Sl07. a resolution was passed
authorizing the collection rom among the
members of tire sum of $500 for the pur-
pose of preparing pharmacy bill for pas
sage at the next session of the Legislature
for the regu alton of the sale of poisons
registration OF druggists and the establish
ment of Board of Pharmacy; and
Mr.. j. NJ. Fairlie was placed at
the mead or the lie ylilatlon Committee to
carry the resolutions into effect A reso-
luton was also passed disapprovin the
action Of Surgeon General Hamilton in
publishing the reports made TO him. A
petition was ordered sent to Congress, ask
ing that drug lists ba permitted to sell
alcohol for use in medicine and in the arts,
without the necessity for taking out retail
liquor license. A motion was agreed to re-
questing the committee in charge of the
revision of the United States Pharmacop;aia
to discontinue the present system of weigh
ing liquids in making up pharmaceutical
preparations, and to adopt the rule, "solids
by weight and liquids by measure"
The following officers were cleo ed for the
ensuing year, namely: President, DIR. j.
deBuey Palmer, of Monticello, jefferson
county; First Vice President NJ. Lively, of
Tallahassee Second Wee President, w Z.
McDougall, of Milton; Third Vice Presi-
dent, j. NJ. Dixon, of Titusville, Brevard
county; Treasurer, II. V. r. Schroeder, of
Tallahassee; Secretary, S. P. Watson,
drummer for a New Orleans wholesale drug
house. w. A. Raws, OF Tallahassee,
was appointed chairman of the Executive
Committee; DR.. Robinson, j. a. Conover,
and j. NJ. Fairlie were appointed commit
tee on a revision of the bylaws 1t was de-
cided to hold the next annual session at the
same time and place of the State Florida
Medical Association.