The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-17

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Efforts are being made TO start bank at
| Madison with fine prospects of success.
! Rev. w. w. DeHart of Tampa has de-
| clined the call to 81. Marks church, Kan
| sas City.
The suwannee Rifles will be on duty al
! Live Oak to-day, during the hanging of
/ the two negroes.
| j. +. Jaudon, a grocer at Orlando, made
/ an assignment for the benefit of his cred
itors Monday morning.
I The mayor of Niacclenny has called an
! election for Aug. u to vote on bonding the
! town for 5000 TO build a school house.
sawtish was recently captured near
4 Tampa fifteen feet and two inches in
length. and having q saw hirty-eight
/ inches long.
/ O.. 5. Wright is being urged to again ac>
| cept the Office Of mayor of Plant City, he
/ having already served two terms with sat
| isfaction to all.
A cash postOifice package and some jew
| elry stolen by Jim Pitman, colored, in
Palatka have been recovered. Pitman
Is tn Jah a Jacksonville.
The veterans OF Hllsborough county
viii hold their annual reunion to-day, at
/ NalricO station. Florida Central and Pc
ninsular railway, near Plant City.
S. Fl. Jones brought into the office Of the
| BAKER County Press one day last week
\ a magnificent ear of corn in the husk,
/ which measured % inches from tip to tip
| - inches round, and weighed "a pounds.
J. A. Harrison, deputy internal revenue
| alysis of the right side four or five days
| ago, and now lies in a critical condition,
not able to articulate or move himself
The Rev. George Ward, of Cres-
! OF the Rev J. c. Bicknell, who has recent
| ly filled the rectorship Of Trinity i. L.
| church at st. Augustine. and who leaves
for his new field in Mariana in a few
days.
| Sunday the three-year-old child of Jo-
seph Austin, Jr., was bitten by a rattle
| snake, the fangs entering the foot says the
| Quincy New Era. The leg was corded
| this condition until the following day
| when the child was brought to town to
pretended from the bite, still II is feared
| that the leg may have 20 be amputated.
William Hollingsworth living a few
/ miles from Avon Park, came near being
4 or two ago. lie was cutting tree where
| bees had made their home; the tree split
| letting the whole swarm Of bees on to his
Immediately came, but for a long time he
was in an unconscious condition, and suf-
fered untold agony until medical assist
| ance could be had.
The resolutions Of the city coun-
/ ell of Jacksonville indorsing the
contract made between the for
F oer ely gor f5e asIe Of tS Sad 4
| city bonds, have been forwarded to Coler
| & Co, at New York, and their reply is ex-
! pected at any time. II favorable, it is ex-
| pected that sufficient money will be re-
| ceived in a very short time to relieve the
present strained condition of the city
treasury.
/ Cooley Webb. who is superintendent of
| the electric car sheds at Tampa, met with
| a severe accident Monday morning which
! will prevent his attending to work for
! some time to come. Mr.. Webb was at
| work on a car, using his wrench. il slipped
/ and struck the feed wire of the motor.
| The blow caused the current to be turned
/ nd Mr knOCFnl
| He was unconscious for a few minutes,
| and when he recovered, asked for some
| water 70 drink. He did not know at first
| what had happened, except that he had
| fallen, but upon trying to stand, he found
| that his right leg was broken at the ankle.
| This is the third accident he has met
with since being employed In the electric
| ear works.
| The municipalities of Tampa and West
I Tampa have had a hitch already. Some
/ DAYS ago a couple of Cubans had a fight
| in West Tampa and a few minutes later
| one of them crossed the line into Tampa,
| when a policeman heard of the fight and
/ arrested him, taking from him bond of
| $l5 for his appearance at the mayor S
| court in Tampa. The city marshal of West
| Tampa, hearing of the affair, hustled
| around in a lively manner, declaring that
| If anyone was entitled to the $40 West
| Tampa was as the offenSe was committed
| within her limits. He jumped in his gig
| and drove to the Tampa city hall, where
1 the affair was soon Strengthened out, and
1 the bond turned over to him. When the
| case was cAlieu before ddSO II
| however. there was not sufficient evidence
| to warrant the holding of either party,
and they were discharged.
At Jacksonville Monday holders of old
sanitary bonds presented coupons for
| 1916 interest to City Treasurer George
o. Holmes, who said there was no money
| in the city treasury to meet this interest.
| This is the first time in the history of
the city that ii was unable to meet this
| interest. Provision was always made for
| IL. 1t is due semi-annually, on Jan. Is and
! July Is. When there were no funds the
| money was borrowed from some one of
the city banks. If the money is not Sc
| cured and the interest paid the bondhold-
| ers will resort to compulsory methods,
They will first appeal TO the old bond
| trustees, who were created for the ex-
| press purpose of protecting the bondhold-
ers, and II the old trustees are not able
TO find a way for the interest TO be paid
| then action will be taken in the nature of
| foreclosure the bonds being practically
| secured by a blanket mortgage on the
| water works and other city property
There is a great scheme on foot. which II
| successful, Will reclaim hundreds of thou
| sands OF acres of land near Gainesville
] Alachua Lake, or Payne's prairie as n is
/ more Familiarity known, is a large sheer
/ Of water. Many years ago 1t was a large
| and beautiful prairie known as Payne's
| prairie. The overflow OF New