The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-19

beauty of the picture. but he ssysit is not
bis girl
Mrs. SalRs Sanders, tho widow Of Dep
utv Marshal Saunders, who was 50 foully
murdered in Gaisden county, viii continue
the public ton Of the DeFuniak Signal
income from the paper is her only means Of
support
Mrs. II. f. Boyd Of Palatka has a con-
tract 10 supply St Augustine with flowers.
For tie first three days OF the week Mrs.
BOYD shipped 5, O0J lunches of sweet violets
which sold i'm Immediately upon arrival Mrs.
| Boyd has one of the finest flower gardens in
the state.
Milo Cooper '(colored). of Orlando, re-
! Gently received an autograph lie ter from
Mrs. jefferson Davis, in which she expresses
q warm interest," IN him, aud her gratitude
for his ATTACHMENT 70 her late husband.
For many years Milo was the body servant
Of Mr. Davis.
Judge Friersoa committed suicide at
Alafa, Hillsborough county, Tuesday. his
wife had been Washing that morning and
be lad helped her. v bile she was outside
ne went inUo the house and sat down on the
bed, tied string to the trigger of gun,
ana then the other end OF string TO ore of
bis toes, and - this means blew his head off.
The baby OF Mr. Roberts Of Lake City
was W0uIuS4 last W6ck Dy q Od14 lTCul a
pistol, held in the hand Of an older child,
which was accidentally discharged, the bull
let entering the baby's face, Just below the
eye, ranging downward. The child is likely
to get well, but MIR. Roberts thinks the eye
Is gone.
Last Thursday DR.. Harrison invited
Charley " hitner and Charley Starke out
70 his place, near Fernandina, when be set
ire to an old held and the sportsmen shot
rabbits as they rau out of the burning
straw. Twenty-Five were bagged. Four
large rattlesnakes were burned TO death at
the same time.
At Fernandina the Loomis Manufacturing
Company had fire Saturday morning,
burning SIS worth Of palmetto stems
being portion Of $3.50 worth of that fiber
mat=rial made useless by the hot weather
in February. while awaiting the arrival of
the new engine The balance will b.
burned in few days.
a musical convention win be held in the
Congregational church at Winter Park,
commencing Monday evening, March "a
AMI concluding Friday, April 4. with a
grand concert. The convention will hold
Its sessions in the afternoon and evening of
each day, and will be under the leadership
OF Prof. c. G. Case OF Cleveland, o.
Oviedo Chronicle: Another jury has
been summoned to assess the damages to
the property of Messrs. Reynolds and Rus
sell, by the condemnation Of the right of
way Of the Osceola and Lake Jesup railway.
The jury are all residents Of the Gabrielle
aud Lake Howell settlements. They will
meet at the Oviedo pos5office on April s.
Joe Johnson was killed at Chipley Sunday
afternoon by Zell kimball. There was an
old grudge between the parties. johnson
and Win Skinner fought, johnson whip
ping Skinner, whereupon Kmball drow a
pistol and fired, with fatal result. The yer.
dict OF the cJroner's jury was death from a
pistol shot, fired by Kimball, who was ar
rested. 10 Il
Mrs. D. NJ. Rice, daughter of Mai.
Wright, vice president of the Merchants
National Bank of Ocala, died at her resi-
dence at Lake Weir March T. The circum-
stances Of her death are pee lliarly sad. Her
husband died about two months ago, since
which time SIZE has been confined TO her
bed. She leaves four children, the youngest
but weeks old.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Florida Midland Railway company
was held in Apopka Thursday, March Is.
The following gentlemen were chosen dt-
rectors for the ensuing year: Messrs ]. Fl.
Burtrick, Edward Page, Cyrus Carpenter.
John Spaulding, c. c. Read, e. s. Mae
kenzie. John Pearee. F. e. Bill, A E.
Drought, John F. Cogswell, and Andrew
johnson.
George MacKay, one OF Ocala's substan-
tial contractors, secured the contract to
erect the buildings for the Baldwin phos-
phate works at Dunnelon. aud has already
commenced operations. The contract calls
for large warehouse $4,000 feet and a
comm0dlous engine room attached: also
twelve cottages for the operatives The
Dunnellon Phosphate Company has also
given out contract for similar structures.
The county commissioners of Orange
county at tneir meeting last week pur-
chased forty acres of land two and half
miles east OF Orlando, belonging to the
I. j. Shine estate, for poor farm. ALI of
the land is cleared and fenced, and about
thirty-fve acres ln young grove; the consid-
GRAFTON was s., 100. Suitable buildings will
be erected at once, and all of those depend
emit upon the county will be placed on the
farm and put at such work as they are able
to do.
Fernandina Mirror: A meeting of the
county board of health was held Saturday
morning. The secretary stated that the
board had been authorized by the state 70
occupy the land at the mouth of jolly river
for such purposes as it desired, and that The
| property would be transferred to the county
| board The state board of health has
| granted permission to locate permanent
ballast dock at the point mentioned. and
DIR. Horsey was authorized to contract for
the piling to be used in constructing the
! same.
Tampa Journal: The school for colored
children is in charge of Miss Christina John
son, in what is known as the Harlem
| academy building. 1t is contemplated to
open an industrial school there as soon as
the proper teachers can be obtained. This
school will be located in the main hall.
which is 40x50 feet A musical department
| will also be established. T. Mcknight, the
erector of the building, said YESTERDAY.
while talking with a Journal reporter, that
Jan. 81 last, when be hauled the first loa /
OF bricks to the ground on which the build
ing now stands. he had only 81 in his posses
sion toward its erection, but by hustling
one way aud another, he got more and more
money, until, at last the work reached the
advanced state that it is now in.
Tampa Journal: J. Il. McMartin re-
ported yesterday that he had come in on
the cars Saturday night and was met at the
depot by man who engaged to pilot him
to the Booz house, and for this purpose he
took his satchel and they won't of together.
McMartln had been here before and'notic
ing the man was taking him what he
thought to DO out Of his way, complained
BY this time they had got to quiet place
on the outskirts OF the city, when, McMartiu
says, the man threw him down and robbed
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