The morning news., 1894-11-23


/ signed by tv-entv-three members Of the
/ recently organized church in St. Peters
burg. asking that they he enrolled as
church. Their petition was granted. and
I Rev T. R. Graves was instructed to visit
them as soon as convenient and com
plete the Organization.
Last Sunday afternoon Newton s. Sui
llvau. who lives six miles west of Quincy,
was riding il his buggy with his wife and
child when the mule shicd and ran away
and all We're thrown out the mother and
child not being harmed. Mr.. Sullivan fell,
was caught between the hind aXletree
and step. and was dragged for 200 yards
in this position. His condition is most
critical one.
J. n. Hooker Of Barlow has I'm his pos
session one of the first shin-plasters ever
issued. 10 bears the date April, 15T7 It
is q a-pence piece, and one side has the
following. To counterfeit is DEATH 1t
was printed by John Dunlap in Philadel-
phia. This is perhaps the oldest money
in existence in this country. Mr. Hooker
found it last Sunday in an old history,
and has no idea how it came there.
AT a meeting of prominent business men
held at Orlando Tuesday afternoon it was
decided 10 run free holiday excursions
into Orlando just before Christmas from
various sections of South Florida. A COM
mittee consisting of Edward HudnaH, r.
hN
O'Neil, John VI. Fleming. Jr., and Arthur
j.. Williams was appointed TO select the
days for such excursions and make all
necessary arrangements for the same.
The new residence at Jacksonville for
Bishop Reed Of the Episcopal diocese win
be completed about Jan. /, and shortly
thereafter the bishop and his family viii
move in il. Mrs. Weed, who is now in
Augusta, viii come down, and the re-
moval will be made from st. Augustine
to Jacksonville in ample time to get things
settled before the bishop and family go
north to their summer home. The new
structure is a most commodious one, well
arranged and with large piazzas around
the sides and front 1t will cost about
$4,000.
The city commissioners Of Pensacola
have ordered another election to be held
Dec. 4. on the question of authorizing them
to borrow 100000 with which to pay the
floating debt of the city The plan is to
issue promissory notes bearing per cent.
interest and payable in not exceeding
twenty years. F. c. Brent, NJ. +. Con-
zalez and w. S. Keyser are named as
trustees to handle the fund, and they are
to be paid half Of ! per cent. each for re-
ceiving and disbursing. The notes are to
be of such denominations as the trustees
may name.
Capt Brannon received a letter from the
gard to the new uniforms. They state
that the mistake made was the fault
of a stupid foreman and that they are
perfectly willing to make a compromise
by allowing the Rifles 10 per cent off the
bill. This Capt. Brannon refuses to accept
and telegraphed the company to that
effect Monday night. He offers to pay
them $l2 per suit which is about so per
cent off. If the company will not accept
this offer the Rifles will not take the uni
FORMS as the mistake made releases them
from the contract.
Mrs. c. u. Lark who resides at 2O3
Riverside avenue at Jacksonville, was
coming down Laura. street Wednesday,
and when at the corner of Monroe a
in the back and then grabbed her hand
bag The fellow then made off and was
lost in the darkness before Mrs. Lark
could raise an alarm. The sachel con-
tained an alligator pocketbook, which
bore her name and about SIS or $50 in
money. There were two S. bills, four sill
yer dollars, one two dollar bill and some
change. In the bag was also a plain,
white handkerchief, a pair of gold spec
tacles with case, bearing the name of
Gilbert, the jeweler.
The Murat cup and saucer, the property
of Gen. and Mrs. j. J. Dickson, were
stolen from their home at Ocala during
of the house were absent. The cup and
saucer are Of porcelain, eXquisitely hand
painted, the coloring as rich as an oil
painting. The cup belonged to Mime. Mu-
rat, wife of Prince Murat, son of the
King of Naples and Caroline Bonaparte,
who was a sister of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1t is part of a set made for the royal fam
lily in 1918. On the under side of the
saucer is the crown of Naples, with an in
scription designating the beautiful paint
ing inside, which represents the Bay of
| Naples, with the temple of Diana on an
elevation above the bay. The crown of Ma
pies, with date 1918, is also stamped on the
under part of the cup with inscription,
designating the painting, which pOrtrays
an old castle in the vicinity of Ottagano.
The case of the state Of Florida VS..
George Hazlehurst, charged with secreting
with intent to embezzle the books of ac-
count of the East Florida Land and Pro-
duce Company upon complaint of John
r. Dismukes president of the First Ma
! tional Bank of St. Augustine, came up
| for hearing at St. Augustine Monday
| morning before Justice Forward. The ev-
| idence tended to show that the books were
the private property of the East Florida
Land and Produce Company for which
/ the defendant was agent at Melbourne,
/ and that while the First National Bank
| held an assignment of certain claims
/ and accounts it did not possess any right
/ to the custody of the books. The defend
/ ant had never refused to permit the bank
/ to have access to the books of account,
/ but had refused to comply with the re-
/ quest of the bank for an unconditional
! delivery of the books The evidence fail
/ ing to sustain the charge, the case against
defendant was dismissed.
A GYPsY'S PREDICTION.