The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-13

1885.
Hon NJ P. Delgado. representative from
Monroe county. received, by last mail, his
commission from Gov. Fleming, as quarter
master general. with the commission Of
lieutenant colonel, Of the Florida state
troops.
The city marshal Of Key West has re-
fused 10 issue certificates Co fOur.. nackmen
on account Of the dllapidated condition Of
their hacks, and the probability is that
Key West will have better class Of street
hacks than formerly
Collector Of Customs Horr Of Key West
| will appoint George Hudson Of that city
special deputy collector at "A salary of s.. 500
per annum. Peter H. Williams will sue
coed T. c. Pinto as special night inspector
at 50 per day when serving
| A party of serenaders stopped before a
| house at GAINESVILLE one night last week
and played some Of their most exquisite
airs, and every moment expected some one
to come forth and set EN- up. They played
for about an hour before they found out
that no one had been living IN the house for
| about week.
Efforts are being made to pay the amount
! due Orange county from 4. NJ. Hyer The
| bondsmen have offered TO give the county a
twelve months negotiable note with good
| security, aud the county commissioners
have agreed TO accept it. But subsequently
It was announced that the note could not be
/ male. The bondsmen are anxious to settle
the matter up in order 60 avoid suit at
| law.
While Charles Shaw. one Of the employees
at the wharf of the Key West Commercial
| Company. was engaged in repairing the
| coal shed on the wharf, Thursday, one Of
the planks which were hanging in a per
| pendlcular position, accdeG tally fell from
| its fastenings. and u nail which was protrud-
ing through the downward end Of the plank.
went through his shoe and pierced one Of his
feet to great depth, going nearly entirely
| through the foot.
| Notification is issued by the railroad COM
| mission to the railroads in Florida. and to
the public generally, of series Of meet
lngs to be held. beginning at jacksonville
| next Friday These meetings will consider
| the schedule rates submitted by the various
companies, which must be passed on by the
| commission before final revision and adop-
| ton. Those who have any reasonable
| grounds of protest, one way or the other,
| are invited TO lay their complaints before
the commission.
Mother Lazarus, the mother superior of
| the st. Joseph's convent, at st. Augustine.
| and provincial general of the order of St
| Joseph's for the state of Florida, accom-
| panied by Sister Theresa, arrived in Orlando
| yesterday, to perfect the arrangements for
| establishing Catholic school, The pros
| poets for the school are at present very fiat
| tering, and an attendance of between fifty
| and sixty scholars has already been prom
lsed the institution. A building is to be
| erected at once
| There was Jail delivery at Green Cove
| Spring Saturday When Deputy Sheriff
| Rivers went to feed the prisoners one of
| them threw a bucket of lime into the
| deputys face; then four of the five prisoners
/ fcrs Ia
| Sheriff Peeler, with posse, followed, and
caught three of the escaped men. He re-
| turned tue IN TO their old quarters A fire
| occurred about the same time, which tended
| TO create still further excitement One old
building, with the effects of two negroes,
was burned. The loss was light
Saturday morning James Whittam, clerk
at the Ocean house, at New Smyrna went
| up to call the colored help, who sleep over
the laundry. He leaned against the railing
to the stairway, which gave way and fell to
| the ground, and Whittam fell with it
striking upon his back, breaking his back
| bone and three ribs. besides sustaining
| severe internal injuries. He was at once
taken to his room in the hotel and every
| thing possible was done for him, but he
| fingered In great agony until Wednesday
| afternoon, when death cut short his suffer
ings.
A. c. White, superintendent of the
famous King grove near Wildwood, un-
earthed some rare treasures in the grove
| last week, The most curious thing found
| was an ancient coin of the reign Of Alex
| auder the Great. The coin is silver, about
| the size of fifty cent piece On one side
| is the embossed likeness of Alexander. on
| the other three Greek notices and the nude
| likeness of a Greek warrior armed with
| sword, helmet and shield Buried with this
coin was found a vessel OF antique design
| perhaps Greek wine iar-and a curious
| knife and something like a common hoe
perhaps a species of battle-ax.
In response to a letter from the collector
| of customs at Tampa, transmitting a com
munication from the Plant Steamship Com
pany asking to be informed under what
regulations European baggage can be trans
ported through the United s ates to Cuba
| without examination, the treasury depart
| ment states that while baggage destined for
| either Canada or Mexico may be assimi-
| lated to merchandise in transit to these
countries undor special laws relating
thereto, no authority is found for extend
ing the same privileges TO baggage in transit
to other countries. Consequently such bag
gage must be duly entered and examined in
the United States.
| Sumterville Times: On last Sunday
night two old citizens of this county met at
the house of a certain colored woman in
pcssessor of a forty-acre tract of land of
which she was the owner The land was
not of much value, but for certain reasons
was wanted by both men, who proceeded TO
bid against each other until an offer from
one of $3.50 was accepted. But it being
Sunday night no legal acknowledgement of
the transfer could be received. The pro-
posed purchaser, therefore, continued to
hold the fort at the woman's house until
O'Clock a. m, when circuit clerk Hull was
sent for to place his official seal upon the
| documents
One of Starke's colored farmers, who
possesses more ingenuity than energy. was
tired of hauling home fire wood, and put a
pair of vicious ours in his yard to compel
passers by to furnish that article A paling
was Knocked from the fence to allow the
dogs to run out on the road and attack
pedestrians The latter for defense would
never pass the place unless they were pro-
vided with an armful of pine knots to
chunk the dogs with. Az night the darky
gathered up the dogs earnings for the day.
and found fuel not only enough for the
hominy department. but surplus to lay up
for winter But now his ours are both
poisoned, and their owner sits on a stump
beneath wide-spreading Jerusalem oak
bemoaning his loss.
Gainesville Advertiser: Miss Lula Bell
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