The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-10
have placed carpenters at work to get it in


readiness at once.
After some Unforeseen delays, the suf-
| ferers' relief fund committee Of 81. Augustine
met Monday, and decided 70 promptly for
/ ward the amount reported by the treasurer.
J. A. Rnslow, Jr., has on hand $50 20
Since tie meeting, Misses Mamie and Jessie
Robertson have paid in s75, the proceeds Of
an operetta given under their direction
| This makes total for this fund Of $47l 30.
| Mr.. Ward q. Foster, in the absence Of Mr..
Enslow, who leaves on a business trip, was
elected in his sic d.
Lake Helen Life: WIN Lanegan, a lad
about 16 years Of age, died at the residence
| Of j. K. Halle, where he was boarding, yes
| terday about noon. He was Ill about
week, and first complained Of pain in the
shoulders and arms. He was fond Of swim
| ming in the lake, and would stay in the
water an hour at time. He also kept his
feet soaking wet most Of the time, fishing
about the shores Of the lake, and it is
thought that these thoughtless habits led 70
his sickness aud death. His parents reside
at Centreville and we're not present. This
Is the first death that has occurred in Lake
Helen in three years.
! In the capitol square at Tallahassee there
are three or four yucca plants now in full
| and exquisite bloom, the tall bloom stalks
! capped By immense clusters of creamy
/ white beh-shaped flowers, with fine stripe
! of purple on the outside of each segment of
/ the periauth, making them the most beau
| tiful among the many beautiful flowers Of
| the Floral City. This plant, commonly
| called Spanish bayonet, says the TdttdhGS-
| sean, is a valuable fiber plant, the fiber of
| the leaves being used in the manufacture of
cordege and cloth. They grow wild in
| Florida, many Of the islands on the Gulf
being covered with them. Some day CAPT
| taliSts will come to Florida and make mil
! lions ont of tha fbar of the vuCpa
Lake City Tobacco Plant: A contract
was entered into Monday between John w.
| Bowling q Co., saw mill men of Lake
! Ogden, this county, and Crawford Bros,
| turpentine distillers, by which the mills of
| Bowling 81 Co. will be removed as soon as
! transportation is open by that line to oca-
! ton near the Georgia Southern and Florida
| railroad upon the lands controlled by the
| Messrs. Crawford, and seven or eight miles
! of railroad iron belonging to the mill firm
| used IN the construction of a road from the
| Crawford still 10 junction with the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida line. This will
bring a magnificent body of timber to the
saw, and doubtless prove profitable ali
around, besides greatly stimulating the
output of lumber. Bowling & Co. pur-
chased all the timber on 20, 600 acres.
! Two years ago several new counties were
made in the state and all have not yet de
clded upon a county seat, owing to the fail
ure of the voters to agree upon any one
| location. Citrus county has nominated for
! her county seat Inverness and Mansfield,
| and the election is fixed for Aug 3. This will
be the third effort of this county to secure a
| site. Other counties have had much trouble
in the same line, and the cause is generally
a local jealousy or a selfish desire to en-
| nance personal interest T eb best and most
suitable places are not generally acceptable
to the necessary majority Of voters, simply
because one fac lou, it is believed, will be
moro benefited by locating the county
buildings there than another, and thus 1t
| goes from one election to another, besides
being expensive, it stirs up bad blood
among good neghbors.
Soon after the death of Music B. Given
the Sanford MdScotte Published an article
| in which Mr.. Givens financial troubles
were mentioned and very serious rehec-
ton cast upon some lawyer not named who
mad acted for Given. The charge was that
through the treachery of this attorney an
| accommodation Endorsement of a $500 note
had led to the sacrifice of $4,000 grove.
In the MdScotte Of July l Jay c. Allen
| appears IN letter in which he
states that his father was the attorney who
acted for Mr.. Given; that Mr. Given had
signed the note as principal with Charles
F. McQuaig; that G. A. Harley, cashier, had
sued Given and had extended the time to
was advised to pay the Judgment and hold
it against McQuaig, but the former said he
wanted time in order to get more money
which was coming to him. He was told
that he could have two or three months
and expressed satisfaction with this The
matter dragged along, Given going else
where and failing to answer letters, and
nearly one year after suit was brought the
property was advertised and sold Even
after this the purchaser offered to reconvey
the land on payment of the Judgment.
Orlando Record: The cross-tie camp at
Gainesboro, on the Tavares, Orlando and
Apopka railroad, was the scene of a care
less shooting affair yesterday about noon
1t occurred in a house occupied by several
of the negro hands who work at the camp
Tom Branch, the man who was shot, went
into room in which, at the time, were Gus
Rilander and negro woman named
Missouri Grant. Branch and the
woman got to cutting each other.
evidently in fun, when she turned
to her companion, Gus, and said: Don't
you see Tom slapping me, and you let him
do itp Gus Rilauder then said "Why.
you have pistol in your hand and let him
hit you; why don't you shoot him?'
Tom Branch, seeing the cooked PTS
tol in the woman'S hand,
told her not to fool with it. as she
might shoot him. He had just uttered the
| Worus, When the report or the pistol fol-
lowed, and he was hit and rolled on to the
floor, the ball having entered his groin,
and passing through evidently lodged in
the hip. Medical aid was obtained from
Zellwood, but the ball was not extracted,
and the man was brought to this city last
night. He is now lying on the floor in one
of the shanties in Whldentown, without
any mattress, and seems to be suffering con-
siderably The wound is dangerous, and it
is doubtful if he RECEIVERS. The pistol was
80 caliber. and longs to the negro, Gus
Rilander. AS far as we can learn, no ar
rests have been made as yet
Quoting the telegram announcing the
death of Gen A. c. Myers, the Fort Myers
Press says: The readers of the Press, and
even the citizens of Fort Myers, may be
surprised to learn that Gen. A. G. Myers,
whose death is announced above, is none
other than Abraham c. Myers, iu whose
honor Fort Myers was named. No man has
made a better record as a gallant and
worthy United States officer Like many
worthy men. such as Robert E. Lee and
others, he resigned his commission and
followed his beloved state through all the
vlclSSltudeS OF the war of states This act
of his threw no cloud over his illustrious
character, confirming, however, bevond a
doubt, his sacred devotion to all that was
near ami dear to him. The cit zens of Lee
county are proud of its name, Lee county
being Dama1 in honor of tho ill,rstri,uS u