The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-18
FLORIDA.

Senator Call arrived at st. Augustine
tuesday.
Gainesville is to organize cotton and
tobacco exchange.
Major Simpkins' handsome residence at
Monticello is nearly completed.
II is said that match between PAGER
and trotter. for 500 a side, has been
arranged at Pensacola.
Pigeons are polluting the cistern water of
st. Augustine. The city council will be
asked to take action to stop it.
In Jefferson county, the pears of the sec
ond crop are as large as hen eggs, but JAG
Frost may have corner on the market
soon.
Rev. E. B. Snyder of Okahumpka Lake
will take charge of the Methodist Episcopal
church at DeLand this winter, in place of
Mr.. Hughes, who is going north for short
time
R. c.. Bisbee, collector of customs of
Jacksonville has been appointed and COM
missioned by the Secretary of the United
States Treasury discussing agent in the
Jacksonville collection district. He sent on
his bond for $4,000 last week, which was
accepted, and the commission followed. Toe
duties of such officer is manly in come ton
with the erection of any building at Jack
sonville by the government and more par
on tue lot recently purchased on Hogan
street, between Forsyth and Adams John
n. c. Stockton was formerly the discussing
agent.
story comes to the Pensacola NelCs of
the trials and tribulations of a mustang
pony which ended his troubles by felo de
Sc He was being broken to harness be-
tween the shafts Of dray, and being very
roughly abused by his driver. The course
taken in the drive led toward Lake Charity,
in the north western suburbs, a I'D when the
animal spied the water he broke for the
pond and rushed to its middle. Unfort-
unately for the mustangs intention, the
water was very shallow. But he was not
TO be baked. He showed his head under
the surface and there held it until he had
| drowned himself, and that despite the
efforts OF the driver to prevent the suicide.
Pensacola Netos: County Solicitor Yonge
| Wednesday investigated the killing of
| Morris Brown, previously reported, and
examined a number Of witnesses. There
was nothing in all the evidence adduced
which might enable the solicitor to lay his
| hand on the murderer, or that even led to
the latter'S identification. Sterling Ander-
son, who appeared to know better than all
! the other witnesses the circumstances
nearest attendant upon the tragedy testified
| that he was the landlord of whom Brown
and his wife rented their room; the pair
had become so obstreperous just before the
killing that he had gone down town
for policeman 60 arrest them; that
he returned shortly; that Brown was
then outside g door and three white men
were few yards away; that the white men
| appeared to be drunk; that he then went
into his room, which adjoins the room oc-
oupled by the Browns; that shortly there
after he heard Brown calling TO his wife ia
"come back; that Brown then addressed
the white men, it seemed, and one of tue
latter replied, calling Brown a black -
| - -; that Brown then called to his
wife to bring HIM his razor; that one Of the
white men then said as if addressing one OF
bis companions, "come back here"; that
the shot was then fired that when he went
out Brown lay dead upon the ground; that
he did not know the white men.