The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-11
FLORIDA

Enterprise is to have a new depot. The
! land question has been decided and the rail
road will proceed to erect nice building.
Mrs. Emma S. Young Of Florida, clerk
| in the general land Office at Washington
! at 81 200 per annum, has boon promoted to
$l,450.
Oscar Neunert, contractor, is building for
tho Bars estate, on the corner of Bridge
and Bay streets, jacksonville SIX one-story
brick stores, with plate-glass windows. Two
of these stores will be 10 feet front, three of
| them 10 feeG inches, and the remaining
one q feet 6 inches. He has twenty-five
| men employed now, aud will take on more
| III a few days.
The reported murder of Emma Boyd by
| John Boyd at Jacksonville Monday night.
proves to be farce instead of a tragedy
Emma says she was facing John when he
! fired at her, but the only mark she has is a
| bruise on the back of her head. The suppo.
| sihon is that there was no ball in the pistol.
| and the woman fnlling over herself, found
| tho floor little bit harder than her cocoa
nut.
Rev. c. A. Mitchell, pastor Of the colored
| church in the neighborhood of the Morse or
Engle cremator, between Cedar and Clay
streets, on Cleveland, at jacksonville, com
plains that, through lack of capacity of the
cremator, or through some defect in the
|
night that would drown a meeting of car
pet-baggers during the reconstruction pc
| Rod.
Brooksville Netos One of the smartsst
and most manly little boys in the state is
Eddie Walker son Of Mrs. W. ". Walker.
The little fellow is only ~ years old, yet be
| looks after everything on the place, keeps
| up the fences cultivates the place, milks
the cows, does the marketing in fact fills O.
/ G ac i 10 J. Ia 70 Il,
and best of all, just knows there is nobody
| as good az his mother That boy is bound
to succeed.
Daytona Journal The greatest drawback
to gardening on Dur hammocks lands is the
prevalence of numerous insects which iniure
or devour the produce. Ths most valuable
agencies against these pests arc the numer-
GUS varieties of birds Nothing EQUALS their
| effective work IN the destruction OF worms
and insects which without them would soon
increase to such an extent rs to drive the
gardener from the field entirely. Therefore
spare the birds.
Gainesville san: Col. Alexander Lynch,
TIE new register Of the United States land
office, has entered upon the discharge of his
duties. Col. Lynch, many years ago, was
citizen of Keokuk, la. The present Sec
rotary Of the Interior. Gen. Noble, was at
the same time a resident Of Keokuk, and a
| wa IA peA AOlial Ltleuu Oh CDI Lynch. 1t Is
thought that this relationship had some
thing to do with the appointment Of Col
Lynch to the office he now holds.
The old steamer Rosa, well known on the
st. Johns river, rebuilt. refurnshed, and
made better than new. sailed from Jack
sonville Tuesday for the United States of
Colombia, having changed her name to
Jose NJ Goenaga. She viii run on one Of
the rivers of that far off country, and is
~ VtNV raaFar 4n~R
Capt. H. q, Blanchard, the general man.
ager Of the proposed line, accompanied her.
Before leaving he WAS presented with a
handsome cane by the employees of the ma
rine railway, boiler aud machine shops.
Fernandiua Mirror Yesterday morning
Z. +. Alexander, formerly OF Chicago. and
Mrs. Hattie NJ Sheaman, formerly of New
York city, came over to this city BY the
steamer City of Brunswick. They were
chaperoned by Col and Mrs. LaForce, and
the movements of the party indicated that
something very important was on the tapis.
fastening TO the residence of Z. X. Sweat,
Rev W. J. Dowell was called for. who re-
spOnded with alacrity. After a short visi.
by one Of the party to the Office of Judge
Baker, Mr.. Alexander and Mrs. SheamAn
were happily married, after which thew
Immediately returned to their home in
Brunswick.
| AT dIaJAS 5unCay AFTERNOON, when all
| was quiet and everyone seemed 10 be enjoy
ing tie holy Sabbath, there suddenly broke
| out from the house Of I4azaras Lewis. on
the upper snd of Lemon street, the cry Of
murder. In few minutes a crowd had
gathered at the door. TO find Dosia Barnes,
a coiored woman, carving Eveleua White
OF color, with razor at a rapid rate, while
one William Martin, corored man. was
holding Evelena, who received four cuts on
her lett arm, only one of any consequence,
being about four inches long, above the
elbow. Officer Washington arrived and
placed Dosia Barnes N Jail aud William
Martin under bond
The county jail at Orlando was the scene
of quite a serious cutting ARRAY Monday.
The analr was between two colored
prisoners in the Jail, in which Sam Hall
was the assSilant, and cut Charlie Williams
with a knife in four places. The first wound
was Just under the eleventh rib on the left