The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-26
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
What Is Going on at the Capital City
ofFlorida

ofFlorida.
Tallahassee. Fla, Nov. 25.-W. G. Nc
Call, negro who was convicted Of as
sault with intent 10 murder, in the cir
cult court at Crawfordville last week,
and sentenced TO state prison for two
years, has been brought to the jail at this
place. S. c. Miller. his attorney, applied
10 Justice Taylor, of the supreme court,
for a writ OF habeas corpus to set aside
verdict and annul proceedings in lower
court The writ was granted and made
returnable 10 the supreme court next
Monday. The grounds for this action
are: The court house at CrawfoTdyille
was burned some months ago, and court
was held in a building beyond the limits
Of the town. Counsel claims that the
court, sitting outside the limits Of the
town, had no Jurisdiction in the case.
Frank and George Williams attacked
Noah Burton Tuesday. Frank fractured
Buttons skull with an AK. All the par
ties are negroes, living nine miles in the
country. Physicians dressed Burton 5
wounds and brought him 70 the city.
There is little hope for his recovery. The
Williams is still at large.
AT 10 o'clock on Nov. q the stars and
stripes were hoisted over the United
States courthouse for the first time. A
1etANsN f'ttS a. ~ Al AACASA ~ VIZ - --N -
Thomas Costa.
Col john S. Winthrop is hauling his to-
bacco crop TO the warehouse in Tailahas-
see. He has about 1000 pounds.
Adjutant General HOustoun has commits
stoned the following officers on the STAFF
Of Brigadier General I. d. Lancaster, Of
the Florida state troops
j. b. Bradshaw. of Orlando. TO be as
sistant adlutant general. with rank Of
MAJOR; Albert Wright, of Ocala, aid-de-
camp, with rank of captain; Richard B.
Mcconnell, Of Ocala, ordnance officer,
with rank Of major Harry Fl. Thornton.
Of Pensacola, quartermaster, with rank
Of major Robert w. Davis, Of Palatka,
comlnissary, with rank of major; Joseph
Y. Porter, of Jacksonville, surgeon. with
rank of major. The governor mas made
the following appointments: Charles
Kruger, Of Olive, TO be notary public for
the state at large; Denaro Hernandez, of
Tampa, to be notary public for the state
at large
The young gentlemen Of the capital
city gave a dance at the Leon Friday
night, complimentary to Miss Elizabeth
Pearce.
The Tallahassee Literary Society met
at the residence of Mrs. ). c. Pearce one
A. L. Randolph, directress; Miss NJ. A.
Pearce and Mr.. Guy Hassard assistants.
The programme for the present is English
and American literature of the nineteenth
century, and Sir Walter Scott and mis-
works were selected as topics for the
meeting next week.
Col. William Eddy Miss Anna Eddy
and Miss Osborne, of Boston, are at Mr.
T. G. Gilmore's for the winter
Col. Ed Roberts. Of Washington city,
government inspector of public build
ings, is here looking over the work on the
United States court house, and he says il
is all right.
The board Of medical examiners for the
second circuit-Drs. Turnb bull, of Month
cello, @. W. Lamar of Quincy, and Geo.
H. Gwynn, of Tallahassee, met in this
city on Wednesday ana granted certif-
Gates to practice medicine TO Drs. w. s.
Emory and D. H. Perry. of jefferson
county, and DR.. Morgan, Of Gadsden
county.
According to the monthly bulletin, is
sued by the state department of u agri-
culture, the following figures indicate the
prospective yield of crops named: Up
land cotton 81, sea island cotton %. sugar
cane 100, rice 9S, sweet potatoes 102, field
peas 90, peanuts los, hay l2l, oranges %,
lemons 81, 'limestSS, grape fruit SO, bananas
l03, guavas 100.
A number of Cuban cigar makers have
arrived for DR.. w. L. Moor's cigar fac
tory, which will begin operation next
week with orders on file for 100000
cigars.
The governor has appointed DR. Frank H.
Caldwell, of Sanford DIR. Henry X Du-
bois, of Port Orange, and DR.. r. L. Har-
ris, of Oakland, to be board of medical
examiners for the Seventh judicial circuit.
John McNicol, aged about ~ years. died
suddenly Thursday evening. He was a
native of Scotland, came here seven years
ago, and settled on Lake Hall, six miles
from Tallahassee, where he had an ele-
CANT home. He will be missed in the
community where he resided.
w. NJ Tomson left Benton Harbor,
Mich, Oct. ?, in a one-horse spring wagon,
bound for the Florida everglades. He
passed through Tallahassee yesterday,
and was in good health and anxious to
get to his destination.
1t is said that the last rail on the Car
rabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia railroad
will be laid by Dec. 10, and that all the
equipments will be here by the 10Th The
company has bought steamer to ply be-
tween Carrabelle and Apalachicola, dis
lance of twenty-five miles, which will
connect at the former port with all trains
to and from Tallahassee.
Mr. T. s. Sherwood, from the tobacco
growing section of Michigan, is prospect
ing in Leon county.