The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-14

| The news Of the shooting was then tele-
graphed to Capt. Crovatt at Brunswick,
who left on the first train, accompanied by
| DR.. J. Z. Mcmillan. On arrival Keeps
wound was examined. The ball had en-
tered the left cheek. ranged downward, and
| lodged near the carotid artery. The wound,
| although painful, may not prove fatal
| Iadlock has not yet been apprehended,
although trusted officers are on his TRAIL
FLORIDA.
| Thomas johnson of Pensacola has entered
the race for the tax collectorship Of Escam-
| bia county.
L. n. Milan of Haines City has just sold
twenty-five acres Of fine vegetable land for
! 500 an acre.
Monttort & CO. of Barlow have sold
their stock Of dry goods AMI notions to
Joseph Oppenheimer of Savannah.
On Tuesday night of last week Green
| Cove Lodge No. IS Knights of Pythias, was
| organized by delegations from the Jackson
| vile and Middleburg lodges.
| The Fourth was celebrated by contest
between the rife teams of Jupiter and Lake
| Worth, which took place at Juno, and
resulted in victory for the Lake Worth
| boys.
w. S. Keyser has sent in his resignation
! from the board of city commissioners of
| Pensacola to Gov. Fleming The demands
| OF his business upon his time are such that
he can spare none to other purposes.
| For the six months ending July 1 the
| National Bank of Gainesville ma ie u per
cent. profit, ont of which 1t paid its stock
| holders the usual semi-annual dividend and
carried the balance TO the surplus account
A deputy United States marshal from
| Florida was in Montgomery Thursday
| looking for Cottrlll, the fugitive ex-mayor
| of (,a1ar Kew who WAS rap0rtad m ba IN
hiding near the former city. The marshal
failed TO fild Cottrill.
Precinct primaries were held Wednesday
| throughout Jefferson county by the demo-
Gratis. The indications are that the delegates
to the county convention are largely alli-
ancemen. The county convention convenes
on Wednesday, July 16
| J. c. Swanson OF Green Cove had war
rant issued against Daniel Lewis, who he
| charges fired through the door of his ROOM
he also charges Lewis with carrying con-
cealed weapons and with threats to d. him
| personal violence. Lewis was held to an
swer the charge TO the circuit court.
Eugene Deming Of the Savannah, Florida
| and Western, at jacksonville, died yester-
day of meningitis, aged 80 years He was a
brother of G. Demi4g of the same line. Just
before his sickness he was joyfully prepar-
ing to make visit to his old home, from
|
| years.
Richard McGhin, a worthy citizen, who
resided within two miles of Jasper, was
| found dead Tuesday morning in his horse
! lot. He had been killed by lightning. Mr..
| McGhin had gone to feed his horse at dark
| His wife was absent and the children only
were at the house. His little boy on making
| the discovery tainted.
Wednesday morning large alligator was
seen besporting himself in the st. Johns
river near the dock at Green Cove Springs
and well-aimed shot from "a Winchester
rife brought him to his last account, and
he gave up the ghost. The alligator was
| fine specimen. He measured 10 feet and Z
inches and tipped the beam at 33S pounds.
| Last week the store of NJ s. Lee of Spring
| Garden was robbed of some $500 in goods
| The burglars we're traced TO Sanford, and
jeff Kurtz went there on Tuesday and sue
ceeded in capturing Harry Dickens, Jim
| Pinkney and Moses Dossy and about 800
worth of the stolen goods. JEFF brought the
prisoners and lodged them in Jail Thursday
| evening.
The stockholders of the Melrose Lumber
| company held meeting at the office of the
company on Tuesday and elected officers
for the ensuing year. Dexter Hunter of
Jacksonville was elected president, o. A.
| Budiugton, vice president: d. N Reynolds
secretary, and w. J. Wilson treasurer.
The principal Office of the company will
remain in Green Cove Springs.
At the next meeting of the county board
Of public instruction OF Alachua county,
scholarships will be issued to attend East
Florida Seminary. BY law enacted at the
last legislature the power to make appoint
ments to scholarships in East Florida Semi
nary. heretofore vested in the county COM
| missloners, has been transferred to the
county boards OF public instruction.
Rev. Benjamin Moody of Clay county is
somewhat Of a remarkable man. He is now
in his Goth year Of age, is the father of a
| large family Of children, has always been
an abstainer from alcoholic drinks, never
had occasion to pay but one doctors bill,
and but twice In the day time has he been
asleep The gentleman Is in good health,
and bids fair to live a number of years to
continue his record of usefulness.
The following is the tax levy as filed by
the Clay county commissioners during
their session last week: County proper,
three and one-half mills, county roads and
| bridges, one mill, county building, two
mills; by the school board four and one
half mills, making for county and school
purposes total OF eleven mills. The state
| levy is five and fl ve-eighths mills, or total
Of sixteen and five-eighths mills.
Messrs. Slayton, Smith and Count, repre-
senting the faction that has been contesting
in the courts for the past twelve months
the result of last years municipal election
at Daytona, were admitted into the council
Wednesday by ruling of the president of
of that body. The president claimed his
ruling to be in accordance with a recent
decision of the supreme court in the case of
one of the contesting councilmen.
Madison Recorder: As the excursion
train from Houston, upon which were a
large number of negroes, was coming west
ward on the evening Of July t. and while
in Suwannee county, Eliza Green lost her
handkerchief, in which she had silver dol
lar tied. She began a search for it, and the
handkerchief was returned minus the money