The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-20

the academy green at Monticello last Fri
day afternoon. Some OF the boys were
having a game OF base ball, and one Of
them knocked the ball into Mr.. SCOTS
front yard. Simkins Attempted - jump
the fence after it, when has foot slipped aad
he fell on top Il the pickets, and oue of
them made q painful wound in his SIDE. lt
struck a rib, otherwise the wound might
have proved very serious
Tampa Netus. The tax for this year viii
be levied As follows. State tax, q * milis
I county school tax. Is mills. bard of health
tax, : mill. couaty tax proper, ! NIL roal
tax. 4 mill. total tax, $ mills. TIE STATE
tax aud school tsx each WAS increased :
7 MIL The county and hosrd n health tax
were each re5uced i mill The tax last
year was IS miils aud. not outstanding TIE
iucreass ia the state aud school tax. the
boari his heen able q decrease the cou ~
aud health taxes, s. 70 make II IS mills
tois year
Tampa Tribune. The Office II inspector
Of marks snd brands OF cattle butchered in
this district Is = very lucrative one. and as
It has been made vacant BY the death OF
F =. h. knight there Is quite a rush Tor the
place. Numerous petu lus To- appointment
sre now before tbs county commissioners,
. a-d viii doubtless be acted upon before the
. Adjournment x the present seSsi n. Among
the applicants are Mss,rs. F. VI. Robes. b.
. Q Branch. Vannie Parrish and +. L. Hen
darsou. besides several others whose names
we have not lesrned.
; On last Monday morning while Messrs
/ Cheney x Lane were absent from their
/ office, some thief entered and stole there
I from Mr.. Cheney's letter book, but it had
only besn gone about three-quarters of an
hoor before Mr.. Lane returned TO the office
and missed it. He at once set to work to
spot the thief and thinks he has successfully
done so, but on entering the store Thursday
morning, he found, to his surprise, that
the thief, who is doubtless professional, to
save himself from being prosecuted had
returned during the night and placed it
over the transom of the door.
Key West Equator: Manuel Ramos
Fundora was arrested by United States
Marshal p. A. Williams this morning and
brought before the United States court
about 1920 o'clock. He is charged with
committing highway robbery and kidnap-
ing Jose Maria Dlez in the province of
Matanzas, Cuba, in the year of 1887; crimi-
nal charges were made against him in
Cuba. The case was continued for one
week in order that the papers which are
now made out in Spanish can be translated
into English; however, should the
papers be translated before that time the
case will be called sooner.
A. M. Alexander, a respectable white cit
izen OF Crawfordville, was found dead early
Thursday morning in the garden of W. w.
Walker. His death was doubtless the work
of his own hands, as there were no signs of
violence to be found on his body. Over $50
in money, a bunch of keys and one-eighth
of an ounce vial of strychnine, portion of
the contents of which was missing, were
found in his pockets. The supposition is
that he took the drug with suicidal intent.
He has for some time been in a poor state of
health, unable to work, financially wrecked,
and his home desolated by reason of his
wife becoming insane and sent to the asy-
lum.
The Sumter county democratic executive
committee met at the Office of J. C. Langley
the chairman, on Tuesday. 1t was agreed
to call the primaries for July 90, to elect
delegates TO the county convention to be
held at Sumerville on Aug 2, for choos-
ing representatives to the Ocala state and
congressional conventions. IL was also
agreed by the committee to call the prima-
ries for Aug. 80, to select delegates to con-
vention at Sumterville for the purpose of
ascertaining the choice of Sumter for state
senator, TO be rendered to the Marion county
democracy for its Endorsement. 1t now
seems probable that the two counties will
heartily agree upon suitable man from
Sumter, and this Notwithstanding the
belligerent war of words being carried on
ny bho piGbS VI OOLu COulltSS.
Orlando Record: A good joke is told on
young married couple in Orlando who re-
Gently commenced housekeeping small
clock had been purchased, and, unbeknown
to the buyers, it had an Illuminated face,
giving very bright glow of light in the
dark. Oae evening just before retiring the
Innocent little clock was set on the floor
beside the bed so that it would be handy in
case they desired to look at it during the
night. The light was turned out, and as
toe man Of thehouse glanced toward his
place of repose he saw something bright
shining beneath it, similar t. dark lantern
Thinking that some would-be burglar hai
hd himself there, he quickly seized his
pistol and fired at the suppose fieud, The
shot was true to its aim for the light went
out. and the groom approached the bed
side, but, behold, there was his new cIock,
all shattered TO pieces. The Illuminated
face had been the cause of t.le mischief and
the young couples fright now turned to
laughter over their mistake They say
they want no more such clocks in their
home.
Orlando Record. The Milwaukee excur-
sionists, who left here on july 1, have al
ready commenced to turn their faces home.
ward, although many will doubtless stay
the full time of the ticket, which is sixty
days. The first TO return was j. r. Wat
kins, and Sheriff ]. c. Anderson followed
next, arriving on the fast mail last night
The sheriff says that the exhibit of Orange
county's resources which the knights took
along with them was placed in the large
plate glass show windows of an immense
furniture establishment on State street and
nicely arranged. 1t attracted universal
attention and admiration, and was
continually being viewed by large throng
of people, who passed through the store and
saw it from that side and then from with
out. The stereopticon views of scenery in
and around Orlando were displayed each
night in the open air on one Of the princi-
pal streets, and drew large audiences.
Orange was the only county in the state
having the enterprise to get up such an
exhibit, a thing which the knights have
done twice before, having a similar one at
Toronto, Canada, and one at Cincinnati, at
the time of the Knights of Pythias conclaves
in those cities. Sheriff Anderson states that
there were about 10000 knights in attend
ance.
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