The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-20

state drill, hobnobbing with each other
From the coat tail pocket of one is protr I'd
ing $50 bill. On the right Of the card IS a
scroll with the following inscription, I'VE
beat the Doodle Guards, but not the Doodle
judges
The st. Johns. Lake Weir and Gulf rail-
road has just been granted right OF way
through certain streets OF Palatka by the
city council. The right was given the road
to pass through LAUREL and Adams streets
70 the river The company receiving this
grant agrees to begin building at this point
within thirty DAYS, and, il they fail, give
up their right to the street. The name Of
the road is TO be the Palatka aud Anclote
Keys railway. Tue iron has been bought
and the company agree to begin the con-
struction Of the road at once. This road
will prove valuable to Palatka, as that will
be its terminal point.
Macclenny Sentinel: There seems to be
great diversity Of opinion among lawyers
on our marshalship question. Some say
tnat the election Of James Sweat IS legal,
others say with equal emphasis that he is
and was ineligible, owing to the fact OF his
living outside of the corporate limits. At
torney General Lamar admits in effect that
he is undecided on the question. He says
that while the supreme court decided that
neither six months residence or registration
was necessary to eligibility to Office, the
court has not passed upon the question now
before us, our case and the one above men
toned not being parallel.
At Orlando Thu rsday morning a report
was brought TO town that colored man,
one of the section hands on the South Flori-
da railroad, had been shot and killed at Pine
Castle at about $3.50 o'clock. The man, at
the time of the shooting, was sitting by
fire which he had built to keep warm, and
was killed by some person unknown, with,
as supposed, a Winchester rife. At Orlan-
do Thursday morning, at about 2:30 o'clock,
Officers Preston and Carter, who were
standing at the crossing of Central ave
nue. on the South Florida railroad, no
ticed a colored person walking down
the track toward Pine Castle with a Win
chester rife on his shoulder. They followed
to the outskirts of the town, and, seeing
that he did not intend stopping, paid no
further attention to him. Upon hearing
the news, J. NJ. Lane, justice of the peace,
summoned coroner'S jury, and IN company
with Deputy Sheriff Pickett and Constable
Bewan went to the scene of the murder to
hold an inquest on the body, and returned
Thursday afternoon, the jury having found
that the deceased came to his death by
gunshot wound inflicted by some party or
parties unknown.
Chas. o. Maddox of Belleview sent to
Washington. d. c., a month or two since, a
$40 bill in registered letter. Whel the
party to whom it was sent received ths let
ter it was found to contain only SO bill.
The matter was reported and no clew could
be found to the missing $40. Mr.. Maddox
recently received from the party with whom
he was doing business in Washington a
marked copy of the Washington Ersning
Star containing an account of one H. D.
Darby, clerk in the registry division of
the city postoffice having been arraigned on
April before United States commissioner
Mills. The charge against him was having
stolen a letter containing $243 81 from the
United States mails. For some six
months past complaints have been
received at the postoffice department of
losses of money sent in registered letters"
1t appears that detective taking a secret
inspection of the registry room from the
outside, saw Darby, who was alone, open
the letter, take out a roll of bills, select
few, and having placed them in his pocket,
restore the roll to the letter. Before he had
sealed up the letter the hand of Mr.
Troy" the detective, twas upon his
shoulder and the terrified man was in
formed that he was under arrest. The in
spectors think that they will trace to Darby
a number of other losses which have been
reported since Jan. l." Mr. Maddox thinks
his loss may be traceable to the above
source.