The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-01

of the other barrel, which was discharged,
/ the whole load taking effect IN the right
side Of the neck. tearing away portion u
1t and severing the jugular. he died with
out speaking. He was about 30 Years Of
| age, aud leaves q wife and five children.
The case Of Mrs. NJ E. Titus vs.. Jacob
! Birnbaum which has been postponed SO
many times, came up for trial before JUS
| tice Atkinson in Titusville last wednesday
and Thursday The suit was brought in
covenant TO force defendant to pay rent
! for store occupied by him on Main street,
! but which he vacated on account Of saloons
on both sides of him, claiming they dam
| aged his business. He set his defense as
constructive eviction, After listening to
| the pleadings of the attorneys, Thursday
night, the jury agreed to disagree, five
favoring the defendant and one for the
| plaintiff.
There is considerable speculation as to
what is meant by the transfer of the furni-
| ture from the Palatka National Bank build
| ing to the Grill black. Some say that w.
! j. Vinegar. w. j. Webb and f. 5. Grill
are to open private bank, savings bank,
or lcau AID trust company. Oar smart
man has discovered that people have moth
| ing to save, and if the new company have
money to loan they can stand on the street
corner and do that without paying rent.
| The complexion OF tho new place looks
very much As If Palatka is to have a new
| bank. The gentlemen named arc quiet on
the subject, and have nothing to say.
At meeting of the directors OF the Jack
| sonville Library Assoc alton, called at the
library hall on the night Of Dec o. q
| formal expression Of the report Of the
| association wa given on the occasion of The
death OF the late treasurer, James M. Fair
lie. Deeply sympathiz,ng with the stricken
orphans in their double bereavement and
with the relatives of the family residing
! abroad, and estimating most highly the
character Of Mr.. Fairlie and his usefulness
as citizen, the directors instructed the
secretary to make public their expression
Of the sense of their loss, to record the
same IN their minutes, and to communi-
| cate their sincere confidence to the rela-
ives Of the family.
Considerable interest was manifested in
| Fefnandina Thursday evening by parade
Of the Labor society, the members of
which, headed by brass band, lined both
sides of Centre street for a distance of
nearly 300 feet. Rumors of another strike
we're freely discussed, and a repetition Of
old labor troubles was feared bv ONE. On
inquiry il was ascertaned that the gathering
was fer the purpose of welcoming I. J.
Mott, master workman Of the knights of
Labor in Florida, who was expected to ar
rive in the city on the Jacksonville train,
for the purpose of organizing a lodge Of
the knights in Fernandlua. On his arrival
he was escorted to Island City hall, where
he initiated $50 men into the order Of which
he Is the representative in Florida,
Maj T. d. Lancaster, commanding the
Second Battalion Florida State troops.
notifies w. D. Caipley, chairman, that his
whole battalion viii attend the guber-
Material inaugural ceremonies, except the
Gainesville company, which had its uni
forms destroyed after its trip 10 Fernan-
dina. The companies which will attend
from this BAT alton are as follows: The
Ocala Rifles, Capt. L. B. Richardson; the
Orlando Guards, Capt. T. J. Shine; the
Halifax Rifles, Capt. J. w. Douglas; and
the st. Augustine Battery, Capt William
Moody. Lieut.. Hemphill, of the Santa Rosa
Rifles, also writes that his company will
attend. This will send from western Florida
both companies of the Third Battalio
under Maj. Williams, and the Chipey Light
Infantry, which is not attached. as yet, 60
any battalion. Maj. Lancaster also expects
to carry an u 1detached company from
Leesburg the Rities under Capt George
E. Lowell. As heretofore reported, the
Barlow Rifles and the Island City Guards
from Key West, will attend The Jackson
vile Battalion, including the Fernandina
and Palatka companies, which constitute
the First attali)n, under Mai Barnett
has not yet reported the ex ct number OF
companies which 1t will have in line.