The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-13

Bishop Weed confirmed three persons at
the Church Of the Good Shepherd at Fernan-
dina sunday.
A residence ct Palatlza owned and occupied
by Mr.. Cole of the Florida southern shops,
was burned few nights ago.
The Tampa offices of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway have sold eighteen
world fair tickets so far this month
1t is said that the peach crop around Pensa-
cola now promises to be the largest for many
years past. Other fruits also promise an
abundant yield.
There are :, 4T5 miles of railroad in Florida,
valued fOr purposes of taEatiOul at Sl5,709,
09l 81. ana 2S05 miles of telegraph and tele-
phone wires valued at S20G, l73.
Tampa now has q typographical union. Its
officers are Frank j. Iatum, president r. j.
Lynch, vice president; ). i. Bell secretary
a nd treasurer; IT, A. Bell. sergeant-at-aImS
Besides 272 inmates in the lunatc asylum at
ChattahOocVee. there are 70 lunatlcs In the
hands Of private parties. The latter cost the
state 597 95 per capita and the former $751; IS
per capita last year.
Miss L. A. Cross Of Daytona has been APP
pointed a delegate by the state Woman's
M ssionary Union Of Florida to attend and
read paper at the national annual meeting
10 be held at Saratoga May 80. .-
w. II. Hewson, n tailor. was knocked down
by some unknown aSsailant al P2latka on
Friday night on River street and painfully
injured by several blows ON the head. Mr..
HewsOn describes his Gssailant as a tall NEGRO.
The motive OF the attack IS unknoWnG
s p. Evans, a sectionmaster on the South
Florida railroad, living near Barlow Junction,
was ia Sanford Thursday to see sick
brother. who was living sick there. While in
the railroad yards he was run over by
switch engine and cut in pieces, dying in
stantly.
The variety of calctte discovered by M.
Schafer of Gainesville on the Suwannee river
is said to vary in color from a rich pink to a
deep magenta. On further examination it
may be found TO display other colors much
sought after for concentrations and useful
articles OF marble.
The Nile hyacinths which have become so
numerous in the St. Johns river at Palatka
within the past two years are in full bloom
along the banks in the hummock the flowers
being so dense that nothing but blue masses
on the water are seen. these plants are sold
| by florists in other states at large profits
A. w Wright was shot at High Springs
| Thursday, by d. A. Gray, the bail entering
his right leg Just few inches below the hip
joint and infiicting a severe flesh wound. The
shooting was accidental, Mr.. Wright was
standing on the railroad track. and Mr. Gray
was about 100 yards from him. when the lat
ter pistol was accidentally discharged.
On May little George Pendleton, grandson
of Prof. w. r. Pendleton Of Eustis, went to
the usual bathing place Of the family, on the
grounds Of Prof. PendletOn ut Crooked lake
with his nurse. for a BATH The little fellow,
| who was about 5 years of age, ran into the
water and suddenly dropped into a hole four
/ or five feet deep. The nurse rushed after him
UP 10 OBr neck N tllG WHtST, Dll ulU not eaten
/ him and ran off for help. The body was in
! tho water probably from five to ten minutes,
/ hut it was too late and all efforts at re5uscita-
/ ton failed
A gentleman from De Soto county the other
/ morning, chatting at Tallahassee on the sub
1 jeVt Of riparian rights, recalled a bin OF the
4 legislature passed some years ago which If il
had continued in operation without a time
1 limit would have made one man millionaire
/ several times over. d. z. Holland. IL seems.
! some years ago secured a contract from the
state for dredging Peace creek. He agreed TO
! dredge the creek for from 5000 TO 10000 acres
per mile for dredge work. II phosphate had
/ been discovered in those days what picnic
1 he would have had
! IT was shown in the circuit court at Jack
! sonville thursday that according TO the tax
! collectors books, only $40 men In the county
! had paid their poll tax for 1892 qualifying
| them for Jurors. and many Of these were alb
/ sent from the county. NhenG special Yenire
! of fifteen only produced one qualified to serve
each TO come before the court to say they had
| not paid the tax was q farce and stopped 1t.
He then continued the case Of sam Motin, in
| dicted for murder. until the next term of
court. The case of Ben Reed, for killing
/ Frank Burrows on July 4 last was also CON
! tiuued for the term owing to tho absence of
! attorneys in the case ana the impOssibility of
| securing jury II was proved that men did
not intend TO pay the tax in order to avoid
/ jury duty The court Is blocked SO far as
! jury trials are concerned.
/ EsMr Shcats state superintendent of public
/ Instruction, has been making inquiries of the
/ various states on the question OF the uniform
4 i.y of text books The states which have no
] Uniform text books are. Alabama. Maryland.
/ Florida, New Hampshire, Texas. Massachu-
| setts Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connect
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