The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-06

! a foot in the past two weeks IL must either
be raining heavily 70 the south o. US, or
! e 50 some now spring has burst out on the
| upceT St. Johns.
Up TO Saturday night the total number
Of persons who had paid their poll-tax in ST.
Jobss county was 223, which includes the
whole county. The total number entitled
to vote, If they comply with the law, is
about 2, 800, Of which number at least 500
reside in St Augustine
TIE Pensacola timber market has been
well supplied with sawn timber during the
past weekTend there has been so,ne dspres-
| sion in prices, Ire market closing Saturday
! at 10IS Co III cents, according 70 average.
| The stock Of hewn timber is limited and
/ the market c.osed firm ON a basis of II
cents.
The cattle are dying in large numbers in
some parts Of the state on acco unit of the
drought. A gentleman driving out from
Plant City counted fifteen lying dead by
the road ID a twelve--nile drive. A heavy
rain visited that section Thursday, however,
and it is probable that NJ further loss of
cattle will occur.
w Barnwell of New Hope plantation,
Nassau county, procured from the agricul-
| tural department this spring one-quarter
| OF an ounce Of silk worm eggs for his chill
dTen TO experiment with. On March 20 the
eggs Matched, and the result is about 5000
worms, which are now forming their
cocoons. These worms have been fed on
the leaves OF single black mulberry (rnorHS
nigr1l tree.
J. E. Smith and w. II. Hinton Of Jasper
are 10 hot pursuit of the would-be assassin
Of Hal Fink. who, they beiisve, is one
Green Jackson, a noted gambler and
desperater character They followed him
to Lowndes county. Georgia. where they
fired on him as he dashed away on the horse
bac fcla Lob raI
the horse at Lake City and are sanguine of
capturing the thief and assassin.
United States Engineer Coulson, in COM
pany with James Morse and George Crib,
were taking soundings near the bar at Fer
nandina Friday, and on starting for home
their boat was capsiZed on the north break
ers. Fortunately Capts. James Bell and
Mcneil, of the pilot boat COwan, were out
side and went to the rescue of the party.
who chung to the capsized boat for about
ten minutes All the sounding implements
were lost.
At meet ing of the democratic club Of
Fernandina Thursday night Robinson's con-
viction on a charge of inducing a minor
to vote, and the manner in which it was
procured, was the sole topic Of conversation,
and much indignation was expressed. The
collection 10 meet the fine is progressing.
The CORRESPONDING secretary, Mr.. Edwards,
was instructed to prepare and send out let
tars TO various points in the county in Rob-
insons behalf.
A few days ago Capt. William Chestnut,
who resides five miles northeast of Melrose,
at the crossing Of the Georgia, Southern
and Florida and tho Western railroads,
was digging ont his well, when his shovel
struck peculiar substance that SO newhat
excited his curiosity, and he did not know
but what he had struck a deposit of phos-
phate. He sent specimen Of the find to
Fernandina and had it analysed. On re-
ceiving an answer il proved to be pure yell
low ochre.
W. s. Popple, master of arms of the
Galena, who is charged with smuggling the
1900 cigars recently seized by thu custom
house inspectors a. Key w est, was tried by
court-martial on the Galena for desertion,
Popple having taken French leave of the
ship day or 50 after TIE seizure of the
cigars. However, he was a1jud ged innocent
OF desertion, as he had left word with the
Gaena OF his intention to make the trip to
Havana. :, The court-martial ordered him
turned over to the civil authorities, who re-
leased him on 800 bail, which he gave. He
is now on duty aboard his ship.
Fernandina Mirror: On the Jacksonville
train Thursday night there were twenty or
more men from st. Augustine who had
been employed at the hotels during the
winter season and were going north by the
| State of Texas. Eight or ten Of them were
| somewhat intoxicated and made consider
able disturbance on the way over. When
near Hart,i road junction they became so
| troublesome that Conductor LeFils threat
ened to eject them from the car. This only
| made them more profane and abusive in
| their language, several of them standing
up in the car and blocking the door
SO that no one could pass in or out
After travelling some time with them,
| the conductor asked for help, when
| Ed. Jordan aud VIM. Hunt responded.
During this tussle several pressed forward
| toward the door to help their comrades,
when Postmaster Cakes tried to quiet them.
| This resulted in directing their belligerent
intentions towardythe postmaster, but Mr..
| Cakes was master of the situation. He
| pulled off his coat, and rose to the occasion
/ by getting upon seat, from which posi-
ton he dealt few well-aimed blows, which
served t. divert the warriors from their
! course. One of them took sitting posture
on the floor several feet back from the
| place where his head came in contact with
/ Mr.. Cakes fist: In the heat of battle Mr..
Oakes dropped from his pocket an envelope
containing several hundred dollars.
He succeeded in regaining this, how
ever, and, handing it to Mr.. Thomp-
son, held back the reinforcements of the
enemy until Conductor LeFils, with his
efficient aids, had reduced their foes to sub
| lection. Messrs. Cakes and Hunt had bloody
| shirt sleeves, and Hunts vest was badly
torn, but the only wounds Of the home
guards is a scratch upon Mr. Cakes face.
Four of Fernandlna's men subdued the mob
SO effectually that the balance Of the trip
was made in comparative quiet. The roughs
left Fernaudina with more respect for
Floridians than they appeared to have in
the earlier part Of this trip. They all lett
| on the State of Texas but two, who became
disorderly on the Clyde dock and were ar
rested Thurs day night by Officer Lynch.
These were fined S5 each in the city court
| Friday morning, and left that afternoon to
join their comrades on the State of Texas at
| Brunswick.
| MEDICAL.