The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16

pounded those that have remained il
the pound forty Gig hours shall be shot which,
if the present public dog killer maintained,
I will ron him OF the pleasure Of clubbing them
! 70 death. ElectrOCution Will do away with the
/ services of man who will kill dogs in the most
/ brutal manner possible FOR Is cents. While no
Z definite arrangements have rs yet been made
for electrocutlng the dogs, IL Is understood that
/ it will be arranged SINH ar to that used 10 some
Of the northern cities for criminals and
/ operated on the same Plan, q cage being built
! into which the condemned dog is placed, and
then the current with q sufficient voltage viii be
turned on, which VIII Kill the dog IN an instant
FLORIDA.
The death Of John D. Wattles at Sarasota
lately revealed the fact that his life was insured
to the extent Of $4,000.
joseph R Dunn. the newly elected president
OF the board OF aldermen 81 Palatka, is the
youngest member Of the COiy and probably the
most youthful alderman in the state.
Last Saturday night at Tolens still, near Fort
White, some one entered the room Of a negro
man and chopped his left arm nearly of ana
cut ugly wound in his right shoulder. He is
in a precarIoUs condition.
Arrangements are being made for trian-
gular shooting match between five picked men
Of the Gainesville Guards. East Florida Semi
nary and the citizens Of GAINESVILLE The three
clubs will Immediately begin practiciag.
There Is a probability Of more phosphate de-
velopmencs in the near future in the vicinity OF
Fort White. as several prospector5 have been
giving the matter close attention the est week,
and sales of large bodies Of land are being ne
Gotiated for by capitalists, VINO contemplate
mining operations at once.
The case of Mccullough, the wife murderer,
was called at Palatka Friday morning IN the
circuit court The regular panel was exhausted
ia selecting q jury, only four being accepted.
a special levy was made for thirty jurors when
the case will be resumed. G.. W. NJ. Williams
and Donald ellis were appointed by the court
TO defend the prisoner.
An important addition to the steamboat serv-
ice of the NaUatee river is the establishment Of
a regular line between Tampa and Rye which
is twenty miles above Braidentown. The
steamer Mary Disston, Capt. Demere, will touch
at Jordau's landing on one day in each week,
and at Fort Hamer twice a week. An experdi-
ture of ST5 upon small bar in the river will en-
able this boat to reach the itchellville bridge,
and during the winter two trips week will be
made
AS usual, the farming element predomnates
in the composition Of the Florida legislature
out OF the ~ members OF the Senate rsuOrting
their occupations there are farmers, and out
of 81 members of the House so reporting the
farmers number 10; OF those reporting other
occupations 10 both houses there are more
who follow farming as incidental to some other
calling or profession; and OF the 10 legislators
not reported fully half are known to be farmers;
80 that II is safe TO say that in the aggregate
there are al farmers out of the 100 Florida men
who are engaged in making and amending our
laws to-day. The profession of the law comes
next in point OF numbers, there being Just 8 O {
this profession in each body out Of the 81 leg
islators reporting their occupations; and to this
16 must be added about more among those not
reported-a total of 20 out Of the 100.