The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-01

| The populist party claims 10 have about $50
voters in Nassau county. SeVen-e1ghts OF
this number have been supporters Of the
Kelly faction The pOpullst leader, j. +.
Cole, has advised the party in the county 10
put out full ticket ia order to hold the party
together The meeting 70 De held at Callahan
next Saturday viii be attended by many
prominent Dopulist orators, and an earnest
effort will be made to poll big vote in OctO-
Der.
About fifty cowboys IN the employ
OF Messrs. Lybass. Mann Bros. and
Parker Bros, crossed the CalOOSa-
hatchie river. near Fort Myers
saturday morning in search OF cattle
thieves. Over 40 head Of cattle have I'm the
past month or so been run across the river by
these thieves, and the cattlemen mean tOput
stop 10 these marauders The COWBOYS are
all well armed, and there IS apt 10 be
trouble
The board OF the city commissioners at
their last meeting awarded the contract for
putting In system OF water works at Key
West to ID. Lamar OF New York for sos 800 the
work to commence within one year from the
signing Of the contract Ten thousand dol
lars of this amount Is 10 be expended in sink
ing an artesian well, to q depth OF not less
than 900 feet provided fresh water is not
struck at less depth in that case the unex-
pended balance is to revert 10 the city.
Orlando Reporter: Fred Lamplng started
out TO Lake Highland yesterday taking his
dog along with him. Before he got 10 the
water works the dog began 10 act strangely,
ana finally, with fOGming mouth and Rldring
eyes, rushed at him. He got out OF the way
and the dog ran against the fence and fell
down. IL finally got up and started at him
again. This time il fell on the railroad track
and Rnawed the iron rails. Fred concluded
the animal had the hydrophooia and that it
ought to be killed, 50 he shot it TO death.
Tampa Times: Rev, F. r. Graves was
called unanimously to the passionate Of the
Presbyterian church Sunday at the con
cluslou OF the morning service. The members
OF the church are well pleased with him, ana
he is most favorably impressed with the
church and Tampa. He left this morning
for GAINESVILLE, Tenn, where his wife is visit
ing her parents, then TO Aberdeen, Miss to
lay the call Of the Tampa church before his
presbytery 1t is expected that he VIII re-
turn here and settle as pastor Of the church
about Sept. Is.
S. B. Kelly Of Keysville went to Lighthar
Saturday afternoon where he met a man
named Telly. The two were drinking straw
berry wine which IS sold at Lighthan, 1t is
said, In violation Of the law. Finally they
got into dispute when Telly drew his pocket
knife and cut Kellys throat. seyering small
| vein and cutting near to the iugular vein. His
| friends put Kelly into buggy and drove him
| to Plant City where the wound was seWed up
| by DR.. Jones He was unconscious from loss
! of blood before they reached Plant City, but
is now recovering.
Tampa Times: Willie Cross, son of Jack
| Cross, the fisherman, was run over Saturday
| afternoon by big lumber wagon without be-
| ing injured. He was playing with another
| boy in front of the pOstOftice and when
| chased by him ran out into the street imme-
! diately in front of on empty wagon being
| driven by George Price a negro team ter EN-
| plOyed by j. G. MCNEIL 1t was impossible
| to check the mules and both the heavy
! wheels OF the wagon passed over the boys
| legs. Had the wagon been loaded the boy
would have been crippled.
| Tampa Times: G.. f. Lassiter and c. J. Al
! len played game Of cards Monday, after
! which Mr.. Allen presented Lassiter a bill for
| groceries, which Lassiter disputed. Mr. Al
/ len says Lassiter said he did not owe that
| much, and then called him a --- liar"
! Allen then slapped Lassiter's face and showed
him, to the door, when Lassiter pulled his
/ pistol and fired five shots in quick succession
at random. Two went INTO the floor, one into
! the show case, one into the door facing and
! one struck telegraph pole outside. After
/ Lassiter fired he ran back and threw his
| pistol In his baker shop in the rear of the
! store, then went around the block and on to
! FRANKLIN street, where Oh1cer Jones arrested
| him. His story agrees with Mr.. Allen ex-
| cept that ne says the dispute began over
| cards, and that Allen called him vile names,
and then slapped him.
John and Calvin johnson. white have Teen
! placed in jail at Milton for murder, For sew
/ eral years they have been working at mill
at Miilgan in santa Rosa county, and have
| been known as Il. II. Wright and Calvin
! Wright. Some time since the barn of cti-
! zen OF that place was burned, ard suspicion
! rested upon them as having committed the
! deed. "A quiet investigation into the ante
cedents was made by the gentleman and il WINS
! found that they were living under assumed
names, and had murdered their brother eight
/ \ -
! bama, and had fed. When arrested they con
! fessed the crime and said that they had stao-
/ bed their brother to death while he was sick
| in bed, and that it was dOns in
a III of ellousy because their father had given
| him entire charge of his property. They
| will be held to await the arrival OF the sheriff
! Of Henry county.
Capt. J. NJ. Cook OF St Augustine claims
/ to have found a deposit OF marble in
| Wakula county. Capt. Cook for some time
/ mas been engaged in supplying rock for the
I Johns iD1n 70
! tors, and has in the past several months Sc
| cured and shipped over LOCO car loads Of
! letty stone from the St. Marks region. lhiS
/ stone, the captain claims, is harder than
! the surface stone $50 common in Middle
! Florida and known as rotten lime, ." rock but
which Is really decomposed mari with lime
| properties introduced by sea shells and is
! readily calcined. Capt Cook climbed down
! into crevasses aad over high boulders, pieces
OF which he carried away, and upon crushing
! the samples he found that Wakulla was rich
In not only building granite Of fiutv sub
stance, but fine grade OF marble Of the
color OF white, black and red, with occasional
| quantities OF red and white notified grains
! Orlando Reporter. The suit Of j J. Creed
| for recovery of money expended upon the
| Catholic church and other property here and
! IN Sanford was decided at Deland Saturday
! in favor OF Bishop Moore as the head of the
! church. Col. W X. Ammo and j. Edward Al
! len represented Mr.. Creed while Messrs
/ Massey 81 Baumgarten represented the de-
/ PENDANT. From one OF the attorneys
in the case we derived the foiIowi3g
Information of the trial and its result;
The first evidence in the case was that
the defendant, Moore, promised TO pay Creed
/ every dollar which could be traced into the
/ church property and the cemetery at Sanford
ana that he had actually paid 1900 on that ac
count since the suit. This was not denied by
| the bishop, put the court held that the obi
| cation and promise were not binding in the
| law on the bishop unless IL was proved that
ne had made the promise from the begipnins
OF Creeds work on the churche ;
three and half years before Mr.
! Creed then swore that the bishop
| promised him that whatever money he
| expended, over ana above what he received
| from the congregation, he would pay The
/ plantln attorney then proved under the
! rule laid down by the court that Sy7CO
| which went into the church property
| over and above what the CONGREGATION
had paid. but the bishop denied the contract
| In It's inception aud the case was decided
| against Creed. The people in Orlando who
were pecuniarily interested in the Judgment
are disappointed over the result
MEDICAL.
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