The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-09

Philip Gise Of Sanford is charged with
assault and battery on Mrs. Septlmas High
| to Her Gise is lder $50 bond ID appear
before the criminal court
T. Mansbrough has sold his place. 127
acres, forty of 1t an orange grove, near
Leesburg. 70 John Fabyan and ". ID. Law
renee, OF Brooklyn, n. Y, for $25 1000 cash.
William A. Pratt, formerly city editor OF
the Palatka Herald, joined the Lees Jurg
Rifles at a recent meeting Of tne company.
and at the same time was elected second
| Lieutenant.
At the late term Of Sumter circuit court
Levi Wilson pleaded guilty to the charge OF
larceny, and was sentenced TO one year in
tie state prison. John Conley was nned
$3.50 for illegally selling liquor.
A citizens meeting was held few days
since at Green Cove, 10 liking TO the town
purchasing the sulphur springs there. 1t
was decided to hold an electioI 70 vots on
jnding the town 10 raise funds 70 make the
purchase.
After a little blaze at Fernandins on
Thursday, at which it was demonstrated
that with thirteen hydrants turned on for
the pubic's use the pressure was mad
equa,e ia case Of fire, the authorities had
them turned off.
The receipts of Florida pine lumber at
New York between Sept. 10 and %, accord
ing to the Lumber Trade Journal, were
5,45l, 402 feet. The receips from Fernan-
dina and Kings Ferry, which are virtually
one port, aud make their clearances through
one custom house, amounted to 2,425,6l
feet, an excess over Jacksonville, the next
in rank, of 146, SIS feet.
In the house of ill-fame kept by Josie
Gilbert, at Jacksonville, Mondly night,
Archie Self had his left hand nearly severed
at the wrist, presumably By a young woman
named Josie Dickinson The wounds were
CHASTITY in the extreme. There was one cut
in the left arm near the elbow, but the most
horrible ones were at tine wrist, being tour in
numuer, cutting through muscles and
tendons to the bone, severing the arteries,
and making a most CHASTITY sight.
Micanopy Lake ptetU: Last Sunday after
noon while A. Q. Dunovant, the town mar
shal, was strOlling around, in company
with friend, he went outside of the cor
poration, and was surprised t. be halted by
Joe Moree, who presented a double barreled
shotgun, and Informed him that he (Moree)
had been waiting to ca Gu him out of town,
and was going to shoot him. Mr.. ID. not
expecting anything of the kind, was I'M
armed, a d ulprepared for an encounter
so stood behind his friend during this con-
versation. Moree asked him repeatedly to
"oome out from behind there so he could
shoot him" The trouble seems to have
arisen from the fact that the marshal bad
arrested Moree once, while drunk in town,
and placed him in the guard-house, where
he spent the night.
Several of the peddlers at Key West have
formed a trust-in order 60 corner the
little fellows-by petitioning s. Stienfle Id
q Co. and II. B. Claffin & Co., merchants
in New York city. Tue movement is
headed by E H. Steinberg. Rigeler &
Holdsberg and H. Honipbaum, and the
petition is signed by several other pedilers.
The petition states that if the above mer-
| chants sell to certain psddlers therein men,
| toned, the pet tioners will boycott them,
and purchase their goods elsewhere. Several
| others are opposed to the movement, among
| whom is Abraham Walkskoshi, one Of the
richest of them, and who 10 supposed to
have about $4,000 to his credit In Me-
York bank. A few mouths ago he ordered
$4,000 worth OF dry-goods and disposed of
| them inside of three months Whilst the
| majority of them loss % per cent. Of what
| they credit, Abraham does not lose b per
cent. still all OF them make enormous
profits Their trade, which is chiefly among
the Cubans, amounts to $4,000 or $l2, 900
per month, and of this sum not dime is
spent on the island except what they spend
for a cup Of coffee or a banana They sell
almost everything in the way of dry-goods,
such as cashmeres. hosiery, under wear,
handkerchiefs, etc. One or two of them
deal in very fine silk dress goods