The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-11

| 18th.
The city marshal of DsLand gets $50 per
month from the city. $50 per month from
the county as jailer aud all he can make as
deputy sheriff.
The first ticket to any point on the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular road between
Tampa and Plant City was sold on last
Saturday to Burt COe OF Tampa.
Apopka Advertiser: That excellent pa
per, the MORNING NEWS, offers a years
subscription to the person guessing the
nearest to the population Of the city Of Sa-
vannah.
Apopka Advertiser: One of the very
newest curiositles brought here is a crys-
tallized roach, which was drownedsin bot
tie Of blue vitriol.
Mrs. J. G.. Owen, wife of Maj. J. G.
Owen of DsLand, died at Gainesville. Ca.
| last Wednesday morning. The family ar
rived at DeLand with the remains Friday,
and the funeral services were held at the
| family residence
At Washington Monday, a bill was favor
ably reported from the Senate committee
| on public lands relative to the donation of
certain public lands near the Fort Dodge
military reservation 20 the city of Tampa
for school purposes.
The following changes have been made in
| Florida postmasters: J. b. Mcleod APP
|
vice J. b. Buram, deceased; e. E.
Potter, at Monte Verde, Lake county, vics
| J. II. Mickers, resigned.
Col Bartholomew of Tampa received two
orange trees from Bahia, Brazil, sent by
his friend, Antonio Falacci, formerly of
the Mascotte. The fruit of this orange is
said to be very large and seedless, and fine
favored. The trees came set out in tubs
and are in good condition.
A meeting of white republicans was held
at Klapp's hall, at DeLand, Monday night,
and permanent republican club was
| formed. j. A. Hudson was elected presi-
dent; j. B. Clough, vice president; W. A.
Allen, secretary; J. f. Allen, treasurer;
Lance Adams, j. D. Ross and L. II. Eldridge,
executive committee. Sixty names were
| enrolled.
St. Francis Facts: Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde
and child, and II. Proper Of Lakeville,
were here Friday night with their sloop-
| rugged yacht Mosca. 1t is Is feet keel, ~
feet beam, draws 13 inches of water and
| carries 50 yards Of canvas. They propose
making the inside passage to New York if
all goes well and they do not get tired of
yachting.
Amanda Green (colored) of Lake Helen
was before Justice Dore at DeLand on Mon
day, charged with severely whipping and
beating Lucy Goodall, causing premature
childbirth. Mrs. Green claimed that she
did not know of the condition which the
girl was in, but at the same time there was
no evidence to show that she had authority
to administer the castigation. Bail for her
appearance before the grand jury was fixed
at 5000.
At Washington, Monday, Senator Pasco
presented in the Senate two petitions signed
by Charles G. Wilson and twenty-seven
other citizens of Rosehill, Fla, praying for
the passage of bill protecting actual set
tiers under. the'homestead and pre-emption
law upon phosphate lands Of that stata
Senator Pasco has introduced a number of
petitions OF a similar character, and hopes
to get early action by the Senate in this
particular.
Ormond Gazette: While Will Ellsworth
was fishing from the w. and b. dock, Fri
day, with long drop line to which two
hooks and heavy sinker we're attached, he
hooked 2-foot shark. Upon pulling him
In he found that on the upper hook was the
head of a small shovel-nose shark, and on
the lower hook the aforesaid two-footer 1t
appears that the larger shark found the
smaller one hooked, devonred him up to the
head, and then, taking the bait of the other
hook was in turn caught. The opening of
the larger shark discloses the above fact.
The small one was about sixteen inches
long.
At meeting of the city commissioners of
Key West Thursday afternoon the presi-
dent, the chairman, finance COMMITTEES and
the city clerk were authorized to sign the
bonds numbered from l to 100, aggregating
100000, and to draw a check payable to
the city treasurer for S97, 400 and the un-
signed bonds, numbered 101 to 200, $1,000
bond, and those numbered POI to 600, $3.50
bonds. were directed to be deposited with
the treasurer and his receipt taken. The
kk~,, -
and draw check in favor of q. B. Open
helm for s., 400, commission for negotiating
the bonds.
Ormond Gazette: One day last week
Robert Wolsley, in the full glory of his
cadet uniform, rowed up to the Halifax
postotfice wharf, and aware that the bright
eyes of Miss Josie Weeden were on him,
stepped jauntily on loose plank and fell
ingloriously into the genial Halifax. The
young lady says his expressions as he
clambered out sounded a little like Spanish.
To the same wharf day later Clarence
Nash, the timer, politely escorted a couple
OF ladies to row them across in his boat.
Stepping upon the same plank he, TOO, fell
in, and the ladies concluded to go round by
the bridge.
At Key West, Friday, Charles Cleridge,
white man about 35 years old and a
native Of Nassau, but living here for the
puoU VII GO iAtntuS, W6Db uOWu 20 TAU
dolph's bath house and after being there
some time laid back on the bench and died.
The coroner's jury brought in verdict of
death by exhaustion. There was found on
his person a seven chambered revolver.
fully charged, box Of cartridges and 81 Is
In money. Those who knew him here and
in Nassau say he was well educated, and
that he had been in business for himself in
Nassau, whore he has wife and child. He
was buried from the Episcopal church, at
the expense of E. A. Waddell.
Palatka Times: Prof. Davis, or the Rev.
A. G. Davis. who has been somewhat
prominent church member, politician and
handy man, was arrested yesterday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Dyson as an es-
| capped convict from the Missi ssippi state
penitentary. He had been sentenced
to life imprisonment for murder, but
| escaped in the year 1882, and had not
| been heard Of until the authorities were
| informed that he had been seen in Palatka.
Mr.. Dyson saw his man on First street Sat
urday, and invited him to don the darbies,
which be did very quietly, expressing some
surprise, however. at the proceedings. His
description answers precisely to that given
in the letter to the sheriff, even to a small
scar near one Of his eyes. Letters
to parties in Mississippi were found in
his possession, and altogether there can be
pn dnt1h haf ha tct bn