The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-01

finished grading his ten miles and that il Is
now ready for the iron. He may shortly
take the Jacksonville and Mayport road in
hand and give it an overhRuling.
Rumor has it that a brother Of Chief
Joyner Of the Atlanta fire department has
| been offered by the board OF public works
the position Of chief of the fire department
Of Jacksonville. He is holding the offer
under consideration, aud in case he declines
the position will be rendered one Of the fore
men Of the Atlanta department
| ECounty Surveyor Butler, who has charge
Of the preliminary survey Of the z. A. and
I. b. railway from Tavares to Lake Helen
reached Crows Bluff on Aug. 49, He ran
this line via Paisley, and it will cross the
river there within a few hundred yards OF
the dock. This road, when completed from
the Gulf to the Atlantic, will be an impor-
taut one to the state.
Judge Baker of Apalachicola held an in
quest day or two ago over the body OF a
young negro who was shot In Calhoun
county. The shooting was proved 70 have
been accidental. After the shooting the
wounded man was brought to Apalachioola
| for treatment but be lived only short
| time. Two men were fooling with pistol;
the hammer OF the pistol slipped from the
holders thumb. Result: Death.
Gainesville Sun: 1t has been suggested
that IL would be pleasant and profitable
| thing to have a reunion Of old Indian war
soldiers There are several IN and ABOUT
| this city who would like to sec their old
| comrades in arms and rehearse the tales OF
| privation and daring that Characterised
that period Of the history OF Florida. Let
there be a reunion, aud appoint historian
| who shall get up the inside history or that
war and preserve the memory OF 1t for pos
| terity.
James Z. Venable was found dead in his
cell at the county jail at Fernandina Fiji
day morning, after q few days sickness
with fever. In the cell with him were two
other prisoners, who are said to have given
him all necessary attention. On awakening
from their previous night's rest they were
| Mortified to see their sick fellow prisoner
sitting with his back against the wall, his
legs crossed and his eyes wide open and gag
ing in to vacancy. The grim monster had
done bis work.
Greeley, Rollins e. Morgan, bankers, will,
In a few days, commence the erection OF a
3-story block on the northeast corner of
Hawk and Forsyth streets, at Jacksonville.
The new building will be 52x105 feet, built
OF Florida brick from the company's yard
five miles west OF the city, aud when COM
plete will be an ornament TO that part Of
the cttp, and will cost about $40 600. When
complete it will be leased by the D. A. Beck
with Furniture Company, and used az q
store room and factory.
The joint democratic convention OF Wal
ton and Holmes counties assembled at
Argyle last Saturday and nom mated for
the state Senate on the first ballot Prof. L.
J. Reeves of Walton. Mr.. Reeves is one OF
the rising young men Of his section. When
quite boy he was thrown upon mis- own re-
sources for living, and had the misfortune
to loose his right hand while working in a
saw-mill. He then determined to have an
education, and how we'll he succeeded is
shown by the fact that he graduated with
honor In the first graduating class from the
state normal school in 1889.
Ocala Banner: Last Friday morning
William Watson was shot and killed Just
outside the yard Of Mrs. Olsen at Citra. This
fact was made known to Justice Oyer BY
Mrs. Olsen, who said she shot Watson The
justice ordered Mrs Olsen's son, John Ellis.
by former marriage, to take his mother
homo aud await the action of the coroner's
jury. When the jury arrived at the Olsen
mansion the mother and son had flown, and
as no gun could be found it was surmised
the fleeing ones had taken IL along. The
indications Of the ground plainly showed
that w atson was sitting on a mule outside
the fence and the person who did the shoot
ing was standing inside. The fugitives were
pursued ,overtaken near Eureka and brought
back, and Saturday morning they bad their
hearing. John Ellis said his mother called
MIN, out before ne got 30 the house he heard
the report OF a gun and when he got to the
fence he found Watson's body lying beside
it, lifeless. His mother told him W atson
had threatened her life Mrs Olsen made
the same statement, adding that she stood
on the porch and shot Watson as he came
runnin, toward her. When asked what
had become of the shirt her son had on
when he picked up Watson's lifoless body
and became bloody in so doing, she could
not tell. only that her son had removed IL.
Being further questioned she admitted see
ing Watson fall from the mule when shot
and that he was shot on the animal, in this
contradicting her first statement that she
shot Watson rushing toward her The
son being recalled and informe
what his mother had admitted, strenuously
denied it. This convinced the jury that
John Ellis did the shooting The dead
mans brother stated before the jury that
deceased had told him only a short time be-
fore that John Ellis had sent him word to
keep off his place, that If he came again he
would kill him. and Watson being warned
| took the risk aud met his death. Early
| Sunday morning John Ellis sent for Justice
Oyer and confessed to him that he did the
shooting. The people of Citra are IN SYM
patty with Ellis, as he has tried to keep an
| orderly house, though his mother did not
bear a good name and was known to keep a
disorderly house, to which her son seriously
| objected. Mrs. Olsen and her son were
brought to Ocala Sunday night and are now
confined in the county Jail.