The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-19

OF L. L. Hughes and Henry Payne were con
solidated under the firm name OF Payne &
[ Hughes.
4 W E. Thomas and c. W Gates. two Ken
tpc Slans have purchased the cigar business
operations in few days.
It is reported al Orlando that the receiver
| OF the suspended FIRST National Bank will de-
clare a dividend of 10 per cent to the credi-
! tors Of the bank in a short time.
r. A. Shine. tax collector OF Leon county
/ on learning of the efforts Of the Shine Guards
OF Orlando. to raise fund for the company s
benefit has sent TO Capt. Philip l5ewan his
check for so 10 be used as the company may
deem best.
T. W. Collier, an invalid who came to
/ Gainesville, from CoXsackie. n. Y. month
ago. for the purpose OF benehting his health,
( died Wednesday Mr.. Collier was an educa-
| tional instructor of considerable note in New
! York state,
Municipal nominations were made at
Leesburg Tuesday. The result was the
following ticket: Mayor, L. b. Lee;
members Of council F.. H. Mote /.
/ z. Douglas, r. H. Burton, and A. L.
Miller: treasurer Robert McNamee; assessor
and collector, T. j. Ivey, and marshal, j. A.
/ Clark.
Ocala New Capitol: Capt Mcconnell. of
| the Ocala Rifles, received instructions yester-
| day from Mai c. p. Lowell. Of the Second
! battalion Florida state troops, to proceed to
| Jacksonville with his company on the noon
train Florida Central and Peninsular railway,
Jan. %, fully armed and equipped. The in
| structions were issued and signed by the com
| mauder of the state troops GOV. Mitchell.
An election will be held at Madison on Feb.
| g. with probable result in favor Of the issu-
Ing OF water bonds. Bonds will be issued for
| $1,000 in denominations OF from 800 TO 500,
| drawing per cent interest, due in thirty
| years. Bids will be advertised for the con-
| struction OF a system of waterworks. A sur
| vey of the town has already been made, and
! plans and specifications are being prepared.
! Two miles and half Of main pipes and thirty
hydrants viii be laid. Bonds will be sold in
| bulk and otherwise to the highest bidder, by
| Hon. Randall Pope mayor
In the circuit court at Mobile on last Friday
the suit Of H. II. Thornton of Pensacola, VS..
John Kemper, was compromised by agree
| meut on the payment Of $1,000 by Bemper.
| The suit was OF long standing and had its
| origin some eight or nine years ago in an al
legged breach Of contract Mr.. Thornton
made contract with the firm OF Kemper g.
| Scott for lumber. but they found that they
were losing and threw up the contract Be
| sides the loss on the sale of the cargo, Mr.,
! Thornton was compelled to pay demurrage TO
the vessel he had chartered, and sued for
| $1,000 damages.
AT Ocala, Wednesday, Marshal Bargainuier
broke open the door Of little shop on Main
| streel occupied by l.. Fried, an old man who
| had eked out a precar1ous subsistence in
Ocala for several years. The.Shop having re-
mained closed two days and the mar hal
! knowing the old man slept inside, he became
| suspicious ana broke open the door. He
| found Fried nearly dead from consumption,
| having been practically unconscious for forty
| eight hours. Fried was removed to board
| ing house, where he now lies in a precarious
| condition He was originally from Savannah,
where his family now reside.
But for the prompt action Of Marshal Pres
! ton at Tampa Tuesday morning there would
| have been a sad casualty at the South Florida
| railroad depot. AS the o'clock mail train
was coming into the depot, two little colored
/ children who we're playing near the track be-
! came frightened and ran directly in front of
| the engine. The marshal sprang to them
| when the smaller one broke and ran toward
| the engine. The other was pulled away from
| the track on one side. and a crippled gentle
man, who was on the edge of the platform,
caught the smaller one and pulled him to the
platform just in time to save him from being
| crushed
Pensacola News: Detective Watts, Of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad service, ar
| rested man who gave his name as b. NJ
| King at Montgomery few days age. Some
time ago King was registered at the Mer-
| chants hotel In this city and represented that
| he was a special detective in the service OF
| the Wells Fargo Express Company and that
he was on the track Of the murderer OF the la
| mented John G. Richardson, who was killed
| in his car near Houston, Tex. He went up to
| Moline and saw the parents of Mr.. Richard
| son ana made the same representation, at the
time getting some money from them. He OBJ
| tanned passes over the railroad as a detect
| i've, but il was found that he was fraud and
Detective Watts overhauled him in Mont
| gomery He is now in Jail in that city.
Palatka Herald: During the past ten days
| over 100 horses and mules have been brought
| to Palatka for sale. the majority of which
| come from the extreme west-from the I'M
| settled plains and canyons that butt against
| the Rockies The purchase of this stock by
our farmers and stock men may in few
| years transfer the horse and mule raising
| business from the west to Florida. Already
| stock men are here from the west, and are
| quietly prospecting for eligible ranges for
| this purpose There is no question about the
| success of this undertaking In Florida, and
the only wonder is that it has not attracted
greater attention before now. A fortune
awaits the first undertaken of this scheme.
| Florida possesses many advantages over the
west for this purpose. Our entire freedom
| from winter cold, an abundance Of grass and
| pure water are great advantages.
Pat Raedy and Edward Pierce, we'll known
| characters about Jacksonville, severely as
saulted William Childers, of Marietta, at the
| corner OF Ward and Bridge streets, Wednesday
| night Raedy had been drinking during the
| evening, so the police say, and happened along
| infront of Baxter place on Bridge street with
| Pierce when they met Childers on the corner.
| Raedy inSulted him, and he resented it, and
! started at Raedy. Pierce and Raedy jumped
| on him after Raedy had knocked him down.
| They stamped and kicked him in a terrible
! manner. Police Omcer Monaghan arrested
! Raedy, who would not go along quietly until
| Offlcers Taylor and Alexander came to the
| officers aid, and after determined struggle
| no was finally locked up at police headquar-
| ters During the excitement Pierce escaped.
| Raedy is well known among the sports as
| good all round slugger and has been at Jack
| oOuNlll6 StNGTdl months. fierce nails from
| Brooklyn and is a boxer of some note.
! st. Augustine Press: In the history Of ST
| Augustine there is many hidden romance in
| the cold facts of the past, and it would seem
| that the artistic remnants of Spanish herosm
| still lmger with us to-day. The scene OF bat
| tie this morning was vacant lot, and the
| weapons were those popular In the art OF self
| defense the fists. Two young men OF the best
| family connections in st. Augustine met by
| agreement, to settle dispute regarding
the affection of young lady. whose
| beauty has caused ali the mischief il can
| There were only one or two witnesses
| present and the men faced each other with
! all the calm fury of mutilated affections The
! battle was short but decisive. 1t was not a
| case of even skill, and the smallest conbatant
was assisted from the field of honor CON
siderably the worse for wear. 1t is presumed
! that the young lady will hereafter transfer
| her affections definitely ana submissively to
| the conquering hero, according to the fairy
stories OF ancient Spanish fiction We shall
see, however when the vanquished one re-
| covers.