The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-26
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER &C. 1894

I Cotton States and International Exposi-
/ ton 10 be held at Atlanta next fall
Another attempt will be made TO have
I ST. George street at St Augustine paved,
and some OF the property owners have,
4 without solicitation, signiied their viii
lingness to pay for their share of the work
II is belteYsd that il a petition is eircu-
lated at once, there will be no difficulty
in securing the necessary twO-thirds-
Dr. 2. Gutehard, the pioneer druggist
Of Ybor City, has sold his stock Of drugs
70 Drs. L. W. Weldon and C. 2. Gowman
| for $500. The new firm viii be known
as Weldon Gowman and will con-
tnue the business at the present stand.
Dr. Gulchard will build two stores on the
lot occupied by the drug store and after
month or more viii leave for Havana
to JOIN his family who reside there.
Elders Ridges and Hardy from Utah are
IN Pensacola as canvassers or evangelists,
and propose to make a personal visit to
each and every family in that city and eX-
plain the Bible as they interpret it, They
wish 10 allay prejudice which exists
against Latter Day Saints" and convert
as many as they can to their way of think
ing. They have been in Florida two years
and seem to be pleased with the success
Of their mission
G. L. Myers. superintendent of the
southern Express Company, was in Tam
pa tuesday and let to J. c. McNeill the
contract for the Southern Express build
ing on their lot, corner of Lafayette and
Water streets. The house will be brick,
one story, 61x60 feet divided into three
store rooms. The express company will
occupy the corner store. The building
will cost about $1,000 and will be well
built and heavy enough for two more sto-
ries to be added as soon as practical.
A writer in the Calhoun News states
that fifty years ago the town of st. Joseph
on the Florida coast, had 1900 inhabi-
tants, and large business was done over
the railroad, then running there, twenty
trains daily each way, mainly loaded with
cotton. But yellow fever killed the town
and trade, the rails were taken up and the
road abandoned. But the remains of it
are in use for country road and many of
the old "stringers" are well preserved. 1t
was said to have been the fifth or sixth
railroad constructed in the United
States.
John H. Johnson. colored. better known
as big Six a notorious character, was
convicted during the term of Polk county
court at Barlow, which ended last Fri
day night, OF murder in the first degree
without recommendation to mercy. This
means that he is to be hung, unless on an
appeal which has been taken, the verdict
should be set aside. Benjamin F. Rice
who was found guilty of rape was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary. His lawyers have also given no
tioe of an appeal to the supreme court
Will Holmes, colored, was found guilty of
an assault with intent to commit rape,
and sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
at hard labor. John Jackson was SEN
fenced for life for the killing of George
Mccain at the Barlow Phosphate works
San Mateo Item: One day last week
J. A. Crosby, in company with A. +. Broln
and Frank Letson, went to Jacksonville
and purchased a steam launch and then
started for home. The boat is one of the
new make of the Sintz Engine Company
of Grand Rapids, Mich. and uses gaso-
line, which is exploded by electricity
| The start from Jacksonville was made
late in the afternoon. Night soon over
took them and the fog soon settled on the
river. For some reason they ran into
the outlet of Doctors lake. AS the lake
is nearly as wide as the river and several
miles long, they did not notice their mis-
take, and when morning broke on them
| they discovered where they were. They
had been travelling around that lake all
| night, thinking they were making SPLEEN
| did time to Palatka.
| Hoffman Bros, who carried on a large
Wholesale and retail business at Starke
| and at Leesburg, have closed their doors
and the stock is in the hands Of creditors.
! The Bradford County Bank holds a claim
| of 1700, while Savannah and New York
| firms are contendng for their claims 1t
! was feared by some of the depositors OF
! the bank that the bank would suffer from
| the failure of Hoffman Bros, and the
president of the bank invited a commit
| tee to investigate. George E. Pace, N. 4.
Rich and T. r. Morgan composed the
committee, and to-day they submitted the
following report; I'VE, the committee APP
pointed by the citizens of Starke, by re-
quest of w. n. Hacket, president of the
Bradford County bank, make the follow
ing report: We find the bank fully able to
meet all demands, and that the claim due
| the bank by Hoffman Bros. is entirely a
separate transaction from the regular bus
! mess of the bank"
For several years Ocala has enjoyed the
| advantages of two music houses, and in
consequence a large trade in that line was
| done there. In 1898, Manner, Lane & Co.
| OF Jacksonville, located branch house
there and put in charge G. w. Green. For
year things moved along quietly. Then
Green said he was the proprietor, did con
| siderable advertising, and sold many
goods. 1t now seems that Green has dis
posed of his goods at one-quarter and
one-thild their actual values. All day
| Saturday he made forced sales at any
price for spot cash, and now he is miss
ing. He folded his wealth into neat little
wad and under the friendly cover of the
night quietly stole away. Creditors moar
his absence. His stock of goods is in the
sherilf's hands for overdue rent. Those
who know say. that Samuel p. Anthony
who owned most Of the instruments sold
is the largest creditor. Where Green has
gone is mystery, but the impression pre-
walls he has gone to Ohio to join his wife
who departed for that state six months
age.
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