The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-15
FLORIDA.

Loads of melons are decaying in the ware |
houses at Palatka on account of heavy ship |
ments and over-supply.
Benjamin Harrison, late Of the Tallahas- |
see FtortdiGn. is now assistant editor Of the |
Jacksonville Standard
Editor G. A. Stevens has sold his interest |
in the Barlow Courier IN formdnt TO Joe |
Warn, talented school teacher of that |
place.
3. e. Thompson exhibited q cucumber at |
Live Oak last week he grew on his farm that |
measured five feet ten inches in length and |
weighed so pounds.
DR.. Carl Hartman late Of Rollins College.
Winter Park, has accepted q flatteriuR cali
to the chair Of modern languages az the
Centenary Female College OF Cleveland,
Tenn.
OWING to a failure to negotiate the Lee
county bonds issued for the purpose of erect
ing court house, they have been ordered
burned on the first Monday Of next month
before the court house door at Fort MYERS.
The Leesburg Orange Brokerage Com
pany, consisting Of well-known business
men of Leesburg, has been formed, and will
be ready for business when the orange sea-
son opens up next fall. j. F. MoClendon is
president, I. J. Iyey secretary and treas
urer, and the managers are Il. J. M Padget
A. Stivender and H. c. Edwards.
The indemnity bond Of S25, 900 on the part
OF the injunctionists in the Lake CITY Bank
case and Receiver Hagens bond for s2O, OOJ
were filed and approved in the county clerks
Office at Lake City Monday. President Col
Inns of the bank stated that outside the
county funds. which were secured, 81, 500
would pay all the bank owes, that nobody
would lose cent in the end, and that the
bank was in better condition than for a year
past Capt. A. B. Hagen has taken formal
charge of the bank as receiver.
The Paiatka correspondence of the NEWS
writes as follows: John Pofntz, the boy
who shot negro girl who was stealing
from bis fathers premises some time since
was shot at by negro man on Saturday
evening. The motive was revenge for the
injury to the girl. Pointz was IN the Hart
block where he resides and stepped into the
hall, when he saw the man at the hall door
and as he was suspicious, having been fired
at before, stepped back. The negro shot
aud the ball struck where ne was standing.
Sheriff Shelby arrested one man on sus-
picioa, but released him. He arrested an
other who ran but when the sheriff fred at
him he stopped. PointZ identified him and
on his person was found q revolver with
one chamber empty" He was put into Jail.
John A. Graham was in court at Jack
sonville Monday under an indictment
charging him with obtaining 81, 900 on 200
acres OF land on false representations.
Through such Misrepresentation Graham
obtained Of Francis Irsch a check on the
Seventh National Bank of the City of New
York. signed by Irsch, for $1,000. The
attorneys for defendant moved to quash the
affidavit, upon the ground that it was the
right and duty OF deponent to inform him
self from the public records OF Pasco county
whether or not Graham owned the land or
had power to convey the same. Defend
ants counsel read authorities to support
their motion. and Mr.. Call argued strongly
against granting tee same. Judge Owen,
upon consideration of the whole matter,
granted the motion and discharged the de-
PENDANT.