The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-11

l hotels at jacksonville will open on Jan IS
Mr.. Lauback, German gardiner. OF Or
/ lando, while picking oranges Thursday lost
an eve by limb breaking and striking il.
The Leesburg Commercial is one Of the
| most neatly printed papers in the south.
] Its reading matter Is well written and well
/ selected.
: The survey from Braidentown to Sara
| sofa has been o9mpleted and the distance
has besn found to b. eleven and eighttenths
miles.
A large number Of electric light wires
have been strung at DeLand, and it is
! hoped that the lights will be turned on
within a very few days
The NobIe Bros, erstwhile Robert F. and
William 3. Noble, have purchased the com
plete job department of the Florida Agri-
culturist at DeLand and will in the future
conduct that business.
sgd B. Sturdivant Thursday, received a
telegram from an authentic source that
money was on the way to Tallahassee to
pay off the debt Of the Georgia Fioriia and
Western railroad, and to complete it to
P erry.
John B. Stetson of Philadelphia, hat
manufacturer, accompanied by ms family
and retinue has arrived at his winter home
at DeLand. His fine residence had been
reprinted and put In apple-pie order for
his reception.
Mrs. Hanlon, wife of the captain Of the
Havana steamer Mascotte, VINO had her
foot SO horribly crushed by q train at
Tampa Thursday that it had to be ampu-
ted at midnight, died from her injury Fri.
day morning.
Orlando has expended s.. 1873 20 for clay
Ing the streets. and deducting the $l,5l6 10
contributed by the property owners, only
50, Sl4 10 OF the money voted for such street
improvement has been used. making a cost
OF only about S12 per carload for clay and
distribution on the stress.
Work on the new university building at
DeLand has been somewhat delayed for the
want of brick. The wood work, however,
IL being pushed, and the new building will
DO completed as soon as possible, TO meet
the ever-increaslnR demand for room by the
rapidly-growing university.
The old settlers Of DeLand held their an-
nusl picnic at the residence Of j. j, Banta
on New Years day. j. d. Bohannon was
elected president for the ensuing year and
Mrs. II. b. Austin was reelected secretary.
The next meeting will be held at tho resi-
dence Of e. q. Painter on Jan. 3, 1893.
Officials OF the Western railway at Tava-
res were greatly astonished q day or two
ago TO find that force Of hands had been
sent there by the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West railroad. who took out the frog
OF the former road crossing the latter on
the new track leading TO the dock, recently
built by the Western in the cove. A law
suit may result
Palmetto roots means business The roll
road contractors took to Braidentown q big
plow and turned out the other morning
with six mules harnessed TO it, intending to
go through several acres Of palmetto roots
knNT1 IL. MI
pillow struck the first root the whole institu-
ton stopped and they came TO the con-
clusion that grubbing hoe was a slower
but surer instrument.
The Tampa Journal says that DR.. Daniel.
president Of the state board of health. and
MIR. Hyer, member, have rendered their
designations, to take effect on Feb. . and
that Dr.. Daniel wishes to confine himself TO
his practice ia Jacksonville, and Mr.. liver
Of Pensacola is tired of the position. A
meeting Of the board will be held next week
for the examination of bids for the i'm
provement of Mullet Key quarantine sta
ton, aud this will probably be the last meet
ing with the above two gentlemen.
George Hall of Lochloosa, who has been
wor sing at Heilrory 81 Dexter's saw-mill,
met with an accident about two weeks ago
which resulted in his death. 1t seems that
the freight train was standing on the side
track at that place and Mr.. Hall wanted to
go across the track for some purpose. He
went between the cars, placing his foot on
the Drawbacks His heel got between them
and the engine came back and mashed It.
Atthe time it was not thought serious and
he neglected to have doctor, and when
doctor was summoned he was too weak to
stand an operation and died on the MORN
ing of Jan. 2.
Mariana Times Courier: Considerable
interest has been taken in the preliminary
trial before Justices B. T. Weeds and w II.
Kmbell of Choice Adams, charged, to !!
gether with Buck Hall and Seab Esny. with
the murder OF John Il. Ely, Jr., on Dec. 9.
Adams was arrested by Robert Stinson in
Alabama last week and delivered to Sheriff
Scott OF this county. The examination con-
tinued four days and was concluded Wednes-
day morning by the defendant being COM
mitted to jail without the benefit Of bail
During the four days of the trial the court
house was crowded. The evidence DEVELOPED
such case against Henry Simmons, one Of
the states witnesses. that the commit
ting court also ordered him to be
held TO await further prelimi-
nary investigation which has not yet
been taken. Choice Adams ls a brother of
the celebrated Ben Adams, who has been
charged with SO many murders aud other
crimes in this and other counties. Bill
Adams, it will be remembered was released
from the Jail in this place about two years
ago by On armed mob of his confederates
Our people are $50 sick and tiredn Of the
murders and other crimes perpstrated by
Alabama outlaws upon our soil that it was
feared at one time that efforts would be
made to lynch the defendant, and on the
other hand it was feared that his friends
would attempt 10 rescue him. Better coun-
sells prevailed all around, and no effort in
either direction was made. The presence Of
armed men in the court room, the large
plumber of people in attendance, the close
attention paid to the evidence, showed the
case to be one of no ordinary Importance.
The following is brief history of the case:
Seab Espy and VIII Holloway arrested
John K. Ely at Greenwood, in jackson
county, on Dec. 9, upon a charge of an at
tempt to assault Holloway's daughter They
took him before Justice Neal, who placed
him in charge Of Special Constables Henry
Simmons and Choice Adams. These par,
ties took him to Hollowav's store, on the
line Of Alabama aud Florida, and kept him
there until just after dark, when he was
killed. The evidence showed thst he
was afraid he would be killed that
night and he begged for protection, but, ac-
cOrding TO the evidence, Adams told him
that he needn't take on and cry, for they
were going TO kill him anyway. By this
time new party appeared on the scene
one Buck Hall. Adams and Simmons both
claim that they were forced to submit and
that Hall. Holloway and Epsy made them
take Ely and start with him over to o bar
room Holloway owned In Alabama, and as
they were walking, one on each side of Ely,
on the mill dam Ely was shot from behind