The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-21

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A prominent citizen Of GzinesvLle, VIII
owns an grange grove ~ Hicaacpv. saws 81
will give the right Of way for Ihe SouSl
Florida railroad u pass t1rSuga aay o. n
property.
Miss Nellie Beck. che OF thu lady com.
missiozars TO the Chicago exposition, lef
Tampa las Thursday 10 ate d the frs
meetlag and the organization q the ladiei
commission.
Tae South Florida railway IS securing the
right Of wav through Citrus county. and II
the near future the ph0spAate region o.
that county Will Be t-svsrSed BY at leas'
two railroads
Saturday morning while Master Josiah
Ray boa was engaged II cutting some piece
Of tn with a large pair Of shears e. the
shinZls mill. az ADalscnioola, he clipped q
the cad Of one Of ais fingers.
Z J. White, formerly a Gainesville edi
tar, was dsfsl.si for senator in the new
sta-e If Waslin Z,oa AZ me lacs elec,i1l. He
was canIiia.s on tie democratic ticket,
and led al others on the sicEe: by - votes.
The announcement that the Florida Snip
/ Ca 81 Company has decided On tbs Orange
4 LAKE routs. aud that work you'd be com
mencsl at once. has created zreas deal Of
! interest at Ksuka. This survey passes a
! mile south Of town.
! a well known commercial traveller Of
| Jacksonville has just returned from q trip
in the interior of the state, and he reports
that IN many sections there Is great
scarcity of labor, and that the cotton fields
are white with open b3lis which cannot BE-
picked.
Manatee county claims the youngest
school teacher on record. lie Is Master A L.
HENRY, aged IA, principal Of Antioch
school. He has five months term, and is
teaching one Of the best schools that has
ever been taught in that section Of the
county.
Tha citizens Of Green Cove Springs have
extended cordial invitation TO the PaIatka
Rifles and Davis Guards to come down and
give an exhibition drill. The Green Cove
boys are trying 70 revive the City Guards
and they think that little military dis
play will do the good work
o. w. Jcslyn, w. A. Andoe, W D. Hill
and W. S. Peissn. New York capitalists
passed through Barlow, Friday. en- route to
Punta Gorda. They ere prospecti1g for
phosphate. and will remain in South Fiori-
da for some time, and in all probability in.
vest very extensively there.
During the festivities Of the Knights Of
Honor aud Mas0ns at Bluff Springs last
Saturday, dog fight occurred which had
the effect Of destroying for the time the
peace and quiet for which that village is
noted. The owners of the dogs became IN
volved in a difficulty and a fight ensu2d.
which for time had a serious look TIE
outcome OF the whole thing was one broken
head, aud three citiz ans placed under bonds
to appear before TIE criminal court.
The case OF George Burt VS.. the Florida
Southern railway at Palatka is still in
progress This is an important case, ard
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lnvol7ed. The jury were carried out on a
Florida Southern train to view the
the situation Of the land and the position Of
the road. Hon. Horatio BlSbee and Joseph
Spatford are engaged on the prosecution,
and Hon. r. w. Davis and T. NJ Day are
conducting the defense. Much interest is
manifested in the case and the court room
is full.
Pensacola NeWs: Some of the john c.
"a noun sSmIy are now residing in this
state. Benjamin p. Calhoun, recently
elected to the state Senate from Putnam
county, IS granddaughter of John c., and a
cousin or Pot, who was the alliance candi-
date in Georgia for United States senator.
There Is In this city an oid darkey, formerly
owned by the great Carolinian, and whose
name is that OF his old master. He was a
body ser want Of aPat Calhoun, bis masters
SOD, whom he accompanied TO the war. and
y HDDD NChA OOAJ uO uOIIlb from IEe
heid OF pattle upon which he met his death.
Director-General Long Of the AL
lance Semi-Tropical Exposition, at Ocala.
has just issued the following circular, ad-
dressed 70 exhibitors Of live stock through
cut the state: "All exhibitors OF live stock
viii take notice that they must have all
stock intended for exhibition on the grounds
between Nov. 20 and Dec. 2, and all entries
"iii be closed at 4 p. m. on the "a prox
All stock entered for premiums will remain
on the ground until the close of the first
week, AID premiums will be awarded Oh
FRIDAY, Dec b. at II o'clock IN. F. Hous-
toun, manager live stock department. H.
w Long, dItector-general.
Pensacola Ne,Us: Several OF the cens1s
enumerators in this city aud county have
not YET received pay for their work,
period a. moro than four months
has elapsed since the census was taken. One
or the city enumerators received a COM
few days since from the
census office at Washington, requiring him
to furnish list of twenty-three more dead
persons to csme lste what that office coz
sidered should be his average The enumera-
tor has replied TO this demand, saying that
he had searched all tho records in the ceme-
terles, offices OF physicians, and at the Office
OF the board Of health, and was unable to
lind any tracs of another dead person in his
district.
Palatka Herald: When the jury ron
dered this verdict in the Horace Lee murder
case yesterday morning quite a pathetic
scene ensuet. The usual hush that occurs
in court room upon the rendering of an
important verdict made the silence almost
painful, as the solemn tones of the
clerk pronounced the short sentence that to
all appearances meant hanging For an in
slant death-iike silence prevailed, then
suddenly the poor darkeys mother, who
was sitting in the audience, sprang to her
feet and uttered the most
hideous screams, clasped her hands and,
throwing back her head, seemed TO appeal
to higher court above earth and man, and
exclaimed, my boy! o. my POOR. poor
boy" The old woman fell in a swoon aud
was carried out Il is said that the boys
face as he looked at the jury and then at
his old mother was picture of distressing
agony, and the whole scene moved the
hardest hearts. The probability is that
Lee will be able to obtain new trial, and