The morning news., 1892-03-30

hog last Friday which weighed S4s pounds.
Last week so pounds Of sour orange
seed were sent by mail from Leesburg g
Sunoy Side, Cal.
An eagle as large ss a turkey gobbler was
shot and killed at Green Cove Springs last
week by J. A. Thomas
Amos n. Simmons, editor and proprietor
OF the Mayo Free Press ia Lafayette county,
died Day or two ago.
Oh Tallahasses. q flower vender at the
Jacksonville hotels, It is said. cleared 81 ,O00
this season on orange blossoms alone.
Jasper's new court house is nsaring CON-
pletion. Il will be 40 ornament 60 bOtn
town and county. The next term OF circuit
court will be held therein.
The Knights of Pytaias Of Barlow will
institute lodge In that city on April 8.
Visiting teams from Jacksonville. Ocsla
and Tampa will participate.
Seventy-ssven conversions and thirty ac-
cessions to the churches at Inverness are the
results Of the meetings of Rsv. David Tss
ker in that place this month.
Charlie Wood ward, a dissolute. drunken
negro living near Sanford, beat his wife
one day last week IN a most Outrageous man.
ner, inhicting wounds that may prove
fatal He skipped.
According to the extension OF charter
granted 70 the Carrabelle aud Tallahassee
railroad by the last legislature, the road
Crawfordville by May /, 1879.
During a carousal at coiored lobby at
Punta Gorda on Saturday night, Frank
jenkins, a colored brakeman on the Florida
Southern, was shot through the knee by
John johnson with Winchester.
Last week the cold wave took to Apa-
lachicola with it thousands of birds OF a
kind never seen there before. They were
about the size Of q snow bird, had yellow
breasts, and were exceedingly gentle.
Capt. c. L. Estes Of Apalachicola has re-
Gently been engaged In surveying 1900
pine logs for the Franklin County Lumber
Company at Carrabells. The logs were
fioated down Crooked river and were sold
by the Graham Lumber Company.
Friday a colored man named John Jack
son was accidentally knocked Off a raft in
the Brothers. near Apalsohicola. by an
car, and drowned. The body has not besn
recovered Jackson, 1t Is said, came from
the neighoorhood OF Meals landing.
There has not been drunken man ar
rested for disorderly conduct or violation of
any OF the city ordinances at Brookvills
since the saloons were closed last October
There has NOT been single person in the
calaooose Ter many months. and there has
phosphate camps, IN fail for months.
News was received at Lake City Thursday
evening that white man, named
Turnwheel, had been murdered the night
previous about six miles up the river from
White Springs, in Hamilton county, by
having his head split open with an ak, and
that Peter Spradley and John Crews, two
white men, were under arrest charged with
the crime.
The town election at Jasper was held
Monday for mayor and other town officers.
and passed of 80 quietly that a non-votiug
citizen could hardly know that an election
was going on. Col. d. B. johnson was re-
elected mayor without opposition; the only
contest was as TO the Office Of marshal, be-
tween ]. N. Cannon and J. M. Duncan,
Cannon was elected.
At Quincy last Sunday, while skylarking,
ctgarmaker named Cohen struck one of
Burzhard 81 Bro. 3 hack horses on the head
with stick, when the animal staggered a
few steps aud fell dead. Cohen struck out
for Georgia, bat was stopped at Faceville
aud brought back and taken before Judge
Shared. The matter was finally settled by
Cohen paying for the horss, it being proved
that there was no malice and that he did
not intend to injure the horse.
The case OF Hutchinson against Mabbett
was tried 10 the county court at TitusviIle
last week and verdict was rendered for
Mabbett. 1t was an action for possession OF
the Indian River hotel on the plea that
Mabbett had violated his lease contract.
Judge Jones charged the jury that 1t was
necessary In order to dispossess tenant
who had made default in payment Of rent
to make demand in writing and to give
three days notice demanding either rent or
possession OF the premises before commence
ment Of suit, and this had not been done,
hence the verdict for defendant.
The candidates for county offices Of
Duval are: For county Judge, Braxtoa B.
MacDonell; for county assessor, q. +.
Verelst for sheriff, Richard Fleming Bow
den, w. A. Adams, Henry Hudnall, N. b.
Broward; for clerk circuit court, Theodore
Fl. Livingston, N. A. Hull for clerk
criminal court OF record. John l. Doggett,
]. P. Clarkson; for tax collector, Edward
w. Glllen, James E. Johnson for county
treasurer, Gustavs Muller, George G.
Wilson; for justice OF the peace, Thomas
A. Bethel Of Eleventh district, Columbus 5
B. Smith of Tenth district, Charles NJ .
Conroy of Tenth district, Charles A.
Mcbride Of Tenth district; for constable,
w. A. Smith of Tenth district, John A,
Diedrichs OF Tenth district.