The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-23
.FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS.
THE BOND OF THE SHERIFF ELECT
FOUND IRREGULAR.

Beef INF. TO Eat-The Slayer Of the
Ne1-o Gambler Baued - he City
Sections Reports TO Be Better Kept
Eereaner-Work on the st. Johns.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Jan. GA meet
ing Of tie Southern Passenger Agents
Association will be held at st. Augustine
tomorrow.
COMPTROLLER Barnes to-day rejected the
bond filei by r. ?, Moody as sheriff elect
as being irregular. Application for writ
of ,a1adamus is threatened By Sheriff
Moodys attorney. There is but one more
official bond fer Comptroller Barnes to pass
upon from this county, that of William
Ledwitk, superintendent Of schools.
Policeman Phillips, charged with shooting
Luke Hawkins, the negro gambler, secured
his bail 81 900 yesterday and was released
from prison. J. c. Greeley. II. w. Clark
and y n. CLARKE becoming his sureties.
There Is n be another investigation about
butcberiDg beef and selling it when unfit to
eat as food Sanitary Inspectors Canova
and Roberts detected case this morning
where COW abJut 10 give birth 10 calf
had been bu,chered and sold in the city
market.
BACK TAXES.
To-day CITY Treasurer Bisbee collected
from the firm Of Warrock g. Co. back
taxes Of ten years, which amounted 10
$500 Mr. Warrack las hitherto refused
pavTneat If th Sc taxes, as be claimed to be
a manufacturer, and was therefore exemp-.
but the cltv ordinance was construed other
wise By Treasurer Bisbee, and after
a long powwow J. r. Campbell,
~ the st. James hotel, who is
really the head Of the firm, settled the
question by paving Treasurer Bsbee the
money. as he CampbelD, said he wished to
assist and not clog the city government in
any manner. There were sixteen CITY
at work breaking rock at the Florida Rail
way and Navigation depot yard this morn
ing. Twelve were white men,
DEATH OF A NEGRO POLITICIAN.
H. Higgins (colored), a police SER
geant. formerly mar+bal Of La Villa and
prominent negro p)litician, died this noon.
At the council meeting tonight several
important ordinances were passed, among
them being: A stringent measure against
cattle running in the city streets; tax levy
for 1899; public market regulations; regula-
tions in regard 10 the new wharves and fix
ing the pr ces for slips; a resolution that the
CITY be redistricted. A committee of three
was appointed to investigate regarding the
proposed bridge across the river.
WORK on THE ST. JOHNS.
Owing TO the appropriation being ex-
haus.ed, work on the st. Johns bar jetties
was suspended last summer, but it has been
resumed again. and Capt. Ross, for the con-
tractors is getting matters in shape this
week to enter actively into work, with a
force sufficiently large to push it vigorously
ahead. He has constructed an incline plat
form near the Mayport depot for the pur-
pose of sliding the mattresses made of
withes, boughs, etc., from the
them to the jettes. Arrangements
for obtaining stone from the counties ira
versed by the Transit railroad has been
completed, aud this rock will soon begin to
arrive here again by train loads.
One of the best features of this jetty bust
ness is the work it affords to large num-
Der of men, aud now as the mattresses are
to be made in the vicinity of the jetties, in
stead OF being sent from the north, it will
fore
THE CITN SECTIONS REPORTS.
The city sections reports have always
been very irregular and unsatisfactory in
this city. The monthly and annual reports
have been found impossible to make up on
account Of the condition of the records-or
rather because Of the lack of them in the
city sections Office. City Sexton Edwards
"refugeed" at the beginning of the late
"unpieasantness" and the different under
takers went it "alone" and the consequence
now is a very muddled condition of the
mortality report for the epidemic period.
II has now been determined to enforce the
city ordinances on this subj 9ct, ana this
morning Undertakers o. z. Tyler and Ed
ward J. Gordon were before Judge Lee
charged with removing and interring a
body without the city sections permit
The city was represented by S. E. Foster,
while Judge o. j. II. Summers appeared
for the defendants. In Mr.. Tyler's case it
was proved that though he made no report,
yet burial permit was given him by the
city sexton, John T. Edwards. This re-
lieved Mr. Tyler OF any intention to violate
the ordinance and he was discharged.
A DIFFERENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
In Mr.. Gordon's case it was different
The defendant pleaded that he did not k ow
that there was a city sexton, as the city
council had declared that position vacant
soon after Mr.. Edwards "reiugeed," and
that he had no information or knowledge
that it had been filled He claimed further
that he had buried the body in st. Mary's
cemetery, whore the city sexton had no
jurisdiction, having secured permit from
Row. Father Kenney. In regard to the
doctors certificate, he testified that he went
ND to DR.. Daniels office twice for it. The
first time the doctor WAS out and the second
he was asleep aAd Mrs. Daniel would not
awaken him. He had sent up after that,
but did not succeed in getting 1t. He de,
sired to comply with the ordinances and had
always done so, this offense being mere
inadyertence
DR.. Daniel testified that he attended the
deceased, but had not reported to the city
sexton, as he said that il uas been the Gus
tom for the undertaken 20 come or send up
TO his office for the certificate.
Judge Lee summed up the case, and while
he gave Mr.. Gordon credit for what he did
do, yet, as one undertaken had found out
that there was city sexton, it certainly
seemed that he could have done the same.
But he would only inhict the minimum
lenalty-$j0. The case will be appealed
aud stubbornly fought, as the whole mat
ter, it Is claimed, is simply an oversight
A RAILROAD APPOINTMENT.
J. J. Clifford, formerly agent at Sanford
Of the Jacksonville, Tampa aud Key west
railway, and who bad 10 resign that posi-
ton on account of injury to his eyesight
caused by illness, has been appointed
general travelling agent OF the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West system, with head
quarters in this city. The appointments
takes effect at once
To-day Julius Slayer, treasurer OF the
American Legion of Honor, received a
check for $4,000 from that order for the
benefit OF the late Henry A. L'Eagle, who
was a member Of that organization. Inc
check was given to Mrs. L'Eugle.
The proprietors Of the FL Modelo cigar