The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-13

ore person in the village. q young lady in
charge Of the clerks oftice. The remainder
of the population were out prospecting for
phosphate
The Ocala Building and Loan Association
held its third annual nesting Thursday
night. In its three years Of existence IL has
built tventy-eight houses, all OF kind.
that are a credit TO the town Its assets
foot up $4,000, and the security I'M
Questioned
Brookxville did noblv in voting unani-
mously for q school tar, and the board
levied tax Of 20 mills. in compliance with
the will Of the voters thus expressed. This
will add four months to the term, and chill
dren living in any part of the county are at
liberty to attend school there
h F. Kedney Of Orlando has received a
letter from NJ P. Courser, in which ne says
that his freight is shipped, his help is en-
route, and that he will be mere as soon as
they are, when ne will 90 vigorously to
work getting the San Juan ho.el in order.
He expects to be in readiness TO open up on
or before Dec. Is.
Gainesville Advocate: We were lately
shown some specimens Of wooden pals
manufactured at Windsor of Florida woods.
The pals shown were made Of cypress,
pine, and red aud white cedar, and were
beautiful pieces Of workmanship. This is
one of the new industries Of Florida that is
destined to develop into one Of the chief
sources Of profit to Floridians.
Two runners for Smiths boarding house
started for Fernandina from Brunswick
Tuesday, but not knowing how to manage
boat they we're capsized by squat IN
Jekyl creek. One swan quarter Oft mile
to shore, and then wadei through mile of
sawgrass. secured a man and his boat, and
rescued his companion, who in the mean
time chung to the bottom Of the boat.
Palatka Times: United States flag at
half-mast, heavily draped in black, floated
languidly in the breeze from a window of
Judge Vertrees' residence on Emmett street
yesterday. The flag. which attracted uni
versal attention. was flung to the breeze by
Mrs Kate Walton, daughter of Judge Yer
trees. 1t was the tribute of noble woman
to the deceased leader of the ''Lost Cause"
The Gainesville Sun says that w. L.
Whitfield, editor of the Bronson Times, is
in critical condition, having by mistake
swallowed quantity of lye water. The
office boy put ball of lye into the bucket
usually kept for drinking water The I've
had not been dissolved sufficiently to make
the water very strong, but Mr.. Whitfield
drank two dipperfuls, enough to endanger
life.
The voters OF Arcadia met at Bryan's
shop Saturday night and placed in nomi-
nation the following ticket. which was
elected without opposition Monday. For
mayor, T. j. Pepper; for clerk, Ed Green;
for tax-assessor. T. II. Bolshow; for mar
shall, ID. W. Brown; for aldermen, T. J.
Herndon, A +. Blair and r. E. Whidden.
5. j. Carlton, George Pollard and j. L.
Jones, were also run for aldermen but only
received few votes.
Joshua P. May, farmer residing about
five miles from Palatka, is carrying an arm
around in sling. The injury was inflicted
by a neighboring farmer named Henry
Cannon. The men. it is alleged, had been
at logger-hea1s for some time, About two
weeks ago Cannon was standing in front Of
his residence when May approached him
and asked for his Mays knife. By way of
reply Cannon pulled a picket from the
the latter could do anything in self-defense,
struck him on the arm, fracturing that
member badly.
Arcadia Arc0didn: Milo Chestnut, a me-
gro employed with J. w. Smell getting out
crossties near Mare Branch, was arrested
and brought before Justice Poser Tues
day, charged with shooting Simon Bailey
on the night of Nov. so. It appeared from
the evidence Of eye witnesses that the ne
groes we're engaged in the fascinating game
OF Skin" when Bailey and woman quar-
relied over deck of cards and
the woman ran TO Chestnut for
protection. Bailey resented Chestnutt's
Interference by knocking him down, when
Chestnut opened fire with his little pistol,
perforating Bailey in both arms. The
woman skipped out, and Bailey was assisted
to his camp, where he laid until able to
swear out warrant for the arrest of Chest
mutt, which he did Monday. Justice Poser
committed Chestnut to Jail to await trial
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