The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-05

half way between Jacksonville and ST.
Augustine.
The injunction fled Nov. Is, by the city
of Fernandina against the county of Mas
sau, restraining the board of county COM
missioners from offering any contracts, APP
proving any bills, or having any warrants
drawn on the road fund ia payment Of any
bill audited or presented for paymsnt by or
through said board of road superiutendsnts,
as organized. was dissolved yesterday by
Judge James NJ. Baker, and the road work
will 20 Oh as before
Pensacola HsT1s: In nearly every branch
of mechanical industry just now Pensacola
is feeling the Lace of workmeu. Carpen-
1ers, brickmasons, painters and the build
ing trades arti ans generally are most in de-
mand. Building is going forward on all
sides, and the best Of wages are being paid
TO workmen. There is no prospect Of a
let-up. Building contracts are being let
every day, and the work is promised con-
tlnuance far into or past the coming spring.
Saturday night George Turner, a colOred
policeman of Palatka, while attempting to
preserve law and order, arrested w. g. Go
win, a colored hand on one Of the roads,
who resisted the officer by drawing his
pistol and putting a thirty eight ball
through Turner's forehead. Turner, after
being shot, lived about two hours, and the
ball 50 completely paralyzed him that he
never spoke a word after receiving the
wound. The murderer escaped. Policeman
j. h. Mauncy has been suspended for neglect
OF duty in connection with the murder.
Titusville Star: Rlttenhouse Moore of
Mobile, who recently took the contract to
complete the East Coast canal; G. T.
Spencer, engineer of the canal company,
accompanied by Lieut. Gaillard, H. Gaillard
and j. w. Hazlehurst arrived here about
OiOlnOy eta rfa cd hn
morning for Lake Worth and interme-
date points of the canal company's
route, to view the work to be done, and
which is expected to be completed within
the contract time Of two years. Moore,
who is connected with the Mobile Dredge
Company, will have his dredges on the
river in few weeks, and the canal com
pauy means business by pushing the work
ahead without any further delay. We are
also informed that the Hanulover is to be
put In Thorough repair with, probably.
gates, and the company propose to have
one of their toll stations at that place.
The governor has commissioned the fol-
lowing field officers of the Third brigade of
enrolled militia of the state OF Florida:
Charles b. Rogers colonel of the Fifteenth
regiment, +. w. Parker lieutenant colonel
of Fifteenth regiment, Walter f. Coach
man, major OF Fifteenth regiment; D. U.
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George o. Holmes, lieutenant colonel, C. C.
Robertson, major; B. Genovar, colonel
Seventeenth regiment, J. d. Oliveros, lieu
tanant colonel, E. NJ. Sabin major; Fred.
". Hoyt colonel Fourteenth regiment,
Samuel D. Swami lieutenant colonel, Wal
ter A Drake major. The following staff
appointments have been made by Brigadier
General j. O. Burbridge, commanding Third
brigade Of enrolled militia of Florida: Maj.
Telfair Stockton assistant adjutant general
MAJ. z. j. Stollenwerck surgeon, Maj.
Frank b. Genovar quartermaster, Mai.
Thomas A. Darby commissary.
Tampa Journal: Ii will be remembered
that when the deputy sheriff of Orange
county, Seth Taylor, was murdered by
Willie Hansen, negro, the city council of
Sanford offered a reward of 5000 for the
capture Of the negro. Shortly afterwards
Officers Boil and Burnsed of this place
identified by the city clerk of Sanford, who
came here for the purpose, and taken back
to Sanford, the officers claimed the reward
offered by the council and 5000 reward
offered by the governor. This latter was
paid them, but the council said they would
not pay the reward they had offered until
the negro was convicted Early in this
month the negro was convicted and SEN
fenced to be hanged, and the officers ag ain
demanded their money. They were CURLY
notified that it had been paid to the city
clerk, who had been to great exense and
trouble in the matter" etc., etc. 1t was
also discovered that the clerk had tried to
get the reward offered by the governor, and
would doubtless have succeeded had not our
men been ahead of him. There is no ques-
tion but what Boil and Burnsed were Justly
entitled to the money, and they propose to
demonstrate that fact in the courts if it
takes the whole amount to pay the law