The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-03

wears. with hardly water enough In the
hat-woods for cattle 90 drink.
George Adams. OF jacksonville. has re-
Ceiycd the medals won los him al the
Cum ber'and Island bicycle meet, May
Hith They were so long coming that he
had about given them zap. They are beau
ties and be is well satisfied with them.
William Goolsby, who was arrested at
Leesburg a short time ago and confined IN
jail 20 await preliminary examination for
alleged connection with the Morat muir
der, was released u Zellwood Thursday
because there was not sufficient evidence
TO warrant his further detention.
A Cuban Protection society has been
organized In Gainesville with thirty-nine
members. The officers Of tho society are
r. Cabrera, president; Lorenzo V. Villa,
secretary; and G.. Castellanos, treas
urer The object Of the organization is
TO aid cigar-makers, when sick or out Of
employment
At Orange Park the dissatisfaction in
relation to the shipping of fruit vegeta-
bles, etc, By rail has moved the shippers
TO consider the feasibility Of building a
stOrehouse upon the wharf whereby eX-
ports can be SHIPPED direct by steamer.
The meeting to this effect was well at
tended and doubtless something Of a
substantial nature will soon be devel-
oped.
The work OF laying the foundation for
the VERIFIED brick paving at Jacksonville
was begun Saturday at the Intersection
of Bay and,Julla streets large force
Of hands are busy and are now rushing
the work rapidly ahead. The foundation
consists of boards laid ap the ground,
which is packed hard, upon which is put
an eighth Of an inch of oyster shells
mixed with cement. 1t Is then packed
hard and the surface smoOthed with
layer Of cement
Mr. Heidemann was drowned at Fer
nandina Thursday Mr. Heidemann was
Americas, afew months ago, as will be re-
membered by all He was a Hebrew and
she a Christian, but to remove all Obsta-
cles to their union she renowned her
faith accepted his, and they were accord
ingly married by Rabbi F'arber in Macon
some six or eight months ago. Mrs.
Heidemann is now in Americas, where
she has been visiting relatives for the
past several weeks
Green Cove Springs, according to the
census Just completed, has only 0S3 peo-
pie. This turns the cattle in on them, bag
and baggage, and the cattle are masters
of the situation. Well, Of the i ,0S3 people
562 are over the age of 81, and the bal
ance, 551, strange as it may appear, are
under the age of 2le There are white
males over 81 years of age 1875, while there
are 1b3 colored males in the same oOndi-
tion. There are 56l females and 522 males
in the town. Betsy Harris, negress, is
reported to be the oldest person, her age
being put at 81 years.
In the circuit court at Jacksonville
Saturday Judge Call heard, at chambers,
a demurrer TO pleas in the case of Charles
Hindman, trustee for r. Ramsey VS.. N.
A. Hull, clerk of circuit court of Duval
county, and overruled the demurrer This
is an action tOrecover money deposited TO
redeem land sold at tax sale in Septem-
Der, 1891, which sale has since been de-
cided by the supreme court as illegal and
made without authority of law. Judge
Call decided the purchaser of
the lands sold by the tax-collector
could not recover this money as
shown by the pleas. In September, 1891,
lands were sold in nearly every coAty of
the state, and a syndicate of Philadel-
phians sent agents through the state to
purchase the lands While the sale was
progressing in jacksonville, Col. G. p.
Cooper told the agent that the saiewas
illegal and that he would appeal to the
courts to set it. aside and save people
from imposition. The Messrs. Cooper did
carry it to She supreme court, without
fee and it was declared illegal. Now
those who had redeemed their lands sold
at that sale, by paying over to the clerk
certain amounts, can have theirmoney re-
funded instead Qfpaying ii to Ramsey ct al.