The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-08
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
There are on the paupsr list of Suwannee
county tairty-three names and il took
Sl25 80 to pay them over last month.
Barnwell, borer Of wells, struck into
deposits of alnm and arsenic, at Sylvan
Lake and made his tough hands very sore.
E. II. GsiHor has completed his contract
for the jetty work at Cumberland bar, and
has sent his stock, ETC., north by the Rio
Grande.
Z. II. Cato, the cigar manufacturer of
Key West, is Offering the greater part of
his real estate for sale, but It is not known
what is the cause. as heretofore he seems to
have been anxious to buy instead OF selling
Contractor Mann is cleaning up the new
court house lots at Fernandina, 81 Getting
sheds for TOOLS and hauling material pre-
paratory to commencing work on the court
house. He will probably do this within
about ten days.
At Kisiimmee a few nights ago as Frank
L. Pierce was closing the back door of his
meat market previous to retiring to his
house FOR the night, he was attacked by
some would-be assassin and dealt several
blows with a club and severely injured, re-
quIring surgical help.
Postmaster Dolph Edwards Of Sanford
has been making an official examination Of
seventeen offices along the Orange Belt and
South Florida railroads. Daring the seven
days trip he travelled $50 miles by rail, 80
on foot. besides visiting four offices by team
With two or three exceptions he found the
offices well conducted and books neatly and
properly kept.
The negro Walter Daniel, alias Dan Price,
held at Lake City for rape in North Caro-
lima, had on him watch Of the following
description which the sheriff thinks was
stolen from some one: Fourteen K. gold
hunting-case, No. 7,2lS, STEM winder,
William Ellery nickel-jeweled movemsnt,
No. !, 800. 500, Waltham, Mass. shos-strIng
guard with gold slide, psarl set and gold
swivel.
Thomas J, Pepper, editor of the Aired
| dian, was convicted at Arcadia Friday of
assault with intent to murder Charles II.
Bonard. and sentenced to two years in the
| penitentiary at hard labor. The assault
| occurred on April Q, 1890. The defense was
| represented by Hon. T. l.. Wilson and
Judge g. A. Hanson; the prosecution by
Hon. Frank Clark and Samuel T. Fletcher.
| Much interest was manifested, and the able
and well-matohed counsel on either side
were on their mettle throughout the tive
days of the trial. The motion for a new
trial was overruled. The defendant ap
pealed, but without hope of getting the
case reviewed.
Titusville star. The sloop Barbara,
while on the wav from this place to the
Dummitt grove last Wednesday. loaded
with provisions and freight and a party o.
seven, including Frank E. Heath. N. C
Wambolds and others, carried away hei
mast while beating toward the east shore
beyond Black Point. The accident wa
caused by Il faulty shroud iron, which CAV,
way and left no support to the mast. Capt
PED DeCourcy's sloop was at the canal, anC
he luckily noted the accident with a glass
and Immediately started TO the rescue unde
his jib, as the wind was very heavy from
the northeast The party boarded tn
Clean and left the Barbara to drift, think
! ing she would ground about BLACK Point
but she missed it and struck the west shor
near Minis. No great damage was sus
tanned by the boat. and the freight and pro
visions were all saved.
A special election. called by Mayor Perry
for tho election of a city treasurer, was helC
at Key West Tuesday. which resulted In th
choice Of George W Allen, cashier of thu
Bank OF Key West, by a majority OF thirty
six. At the general election held on Oct. {
last, both candidates, Mr.. Allen and Georg
II. Curry, received the same number o
votes, necessitatjng the calling Of thi
: special election. More feeling wa
exhibited and more hard work done by tn
friends Of the respective candidates than ii
the general election, and much bad bioot
! was exhibited when it became general
known who was elected. Many democrat
supported Mr.. Allen, who is a republican
while few republicans supported Nj
| Curry, and the general feeling OF the dem
! ocrats who supported the latter from part
san principles is very bitter against those c
the party who voted for a republican whe
a democrat was running as a candidate.