The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

Palatka early in January, for the UurPos'
Z OF considering the situation from tneii
standpoint, with a view . lettering It.
The call is sig ed by three gentlemen oi
( InJerlschen, al large shareholders aud de-
p sitors.
Maiison's election comes OF next Tues
day. So far only two candida,e'
for mayor are in the field, yIz;
A d. Stanton and Ranie.i Pope,
while four are said to be IA the race FOR the
two places OF the council Tney are !. F.
Perry, W. Il Dial, Jr., J. F. Lines aad l..
A. Fraleigh.
While shoveling sand from the old knobs
near Front ana Date streets. at Fernandiua,
a day OF two ago for the curt house, the
workmen exhuned portion Of human
/ skeleton presumably that Of an old Indian.
There were several teeth in one Of the jaw
I bones; the upper pars Of an arm and few
/ other bones were scattered around.
| II. S. Chubb, mayor Of Winter Park,
saws the Seminole hotel has been thoroughly
| renovatei and repair ed, side and out, un-
der the super vision Of Manager F. c. Camp
bell, and opened Jan, !. The city has or
dered 8, 700 feet Of clay paving on the prin-
cipA sidewalks OF the place, and have q
mile OF street paving with the same mate
rial uHder consideration.
Acme is a new town situated on the
Florida Southern railroad, about four miles
south Of Fort Meade, Polk county, on Peace
river There are three phosphate compa
MES in the immediate vicinity Of the town,
two Of which-the United States Phosphate
Company aud the Massachusetts, Phosphate
Company-and the third, the National
Peace River Phosphate Compan are IN full
operation.
At the last meeting of the Gem City
Guards OF Paiatka commissioned OFF,
GERS we're appointed, making the roster Of
officers stand as follows: Captain, T. NJ
McLaury; first lisutenani w. Nj Davis
second lieutenant w. H. RogerO; first
sergeant, Benjamin E. Dyson; second
sergeant, j. S. Lewis; fourth sergeant, s.
A. Lowry; fifth sergeant. H. A. Burt; first
corporal, W. p. Anderson; second corporal,
John Bond; third corporal, Donald ellis,
fourth corporal, c. Fl. Wigg
Madison Recorder: On Christmas eve
Sam Milford, a 14-year-old son of Joe Mil
ford, was accidentally shot by young Mr..
Hodge with pistol. These and other boys
had bean popping fl ecrackers when young
Hodge wentinto the house and returned to
the yard with his pistol, which he fred
rapidly. Unknown 20 him one cartridge
failed to explode. Holding the muzzle OF
the gun in his left hand he continued 90
snap the pistol aud return toward the house.
As he started to enter the cartridge exploded,
tearing through his fingers and striking the
point of Milford's hip and running around
lodged in the back whereit was found and
extracted by DR.. Boatright.
Just after train No. 20 Of the Florida
Central and Penisular pulled out from
Bronson on Sunday morning Brakeman
Morgan discovered man on the rear end
Of the express car, viii h, on account Of a
defective coupling, had been attBched to
the rear end of tho trim. Morgan imme-
diately notified Mess niger c. G.. Nc
Cormick, supposiug something was wrong.
Mccormick opened the window and dis
covered burly negro with pistol in his
hand attempting to open the door. McCor-
mick immediately poked his pistol through
the window and fired, but mi sed the
would-be robber, but succeeded Ia frighten-
ing him so that he jumped of.