The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-24

Youngblood and Meyer, and carried them
to Anclote. so far no news has been re-
ceived of Capt. Topliff.
At Cocoa, beans are now moving for
ward at quite a lively rate. Thursday
nights train carried a refrigerator car of
beans: there was one on Friday night,
and on Saturday night there were two
cars, besides several hundred crates by
express. There is a good crop of beans
and prospect of many other vegetables
A petition is being circulated at st.
Augustine requesting Gov. Mitchell not
to appoint the persons recommended for
county commissioners by the St Johns
county executive committee at ~ meet
ing on April s. The reason given for not
wishing the recommendations to stand
good is that the men appointed are not
representative of the business interests
or Of the people of the county.
Saturday night B. F. Dillon. of Jack
visit to Geo. r. Fostel, leaving the wheel
on the front porch. A small man as black
as the ace of spades came along, and, lik-
ing the bicycle took 1t, but he had to
roll 1t by hand, as his legs were too short
and unsophtsticated to propel the steel
steed. Monday John Walker, messenger
No. 4, saw the wheel and the darby out
on the shell road. He notified Officer
Taylor, who promptly arrested the thief
who as promptly confessed that he stole
the wheel and tried to sell 1t for s..
John Mclaughlin, a young white lad
about is years of age, was shot and ia
tally wounded Monday afternoon shortly
after 5 o'clock by another white boy
named Arthur Hobert, at Mrs. Town
East Jacksonville. Young Hobert was
playing with a pistol in the store, and
McLoughlin was sitting on a barrel near
the door. The pistol accidentally went
off and the bullet struck Mclaughlin. 1t
was found that the ball had entered the
stomach. Mclaughlin arrived at Jack
sonville about two months asp from some
point in Georgia.
1vo,,rr- mon f-o,, c.,oa,, c,o,.o e,,,.i,, -.
got badly done up at the Union station
Monday night by young man from Jack
sonville. The cause Of the fight was a
young lady. The young man from Green
Cove and a companion met two young
ladies on the viaduct, Monday afternoon,
and insisted on their going walking with
them. The young ladies angrily declined
the offer, and "a few hours later one Of
them told a young gentleman friend of the
insult. This friend and a companion went
to the hotel, and, not finding the parties
there, hurried to the depot and discovered
them in a, Pullman. They were induced to
! come out, and then the young man from
| Jacksonville proceeded to punish the
! Green coveite who, after the fight, ac-
knowledged that he only got what he de-
served.
1t is not often that man is presented
| with bill for the making of his own cof-
! fin, but this has been the lot of Prof. John
/ r.. Key, principal of the high school at
Mount Pleasant. and on his refusal to
/ pay the account on the ground of not
decided that as the maker acted in entire
! good faith in making his coffin and IL was
| no fault of his that Capt. Key had no oc-
! CASTOR to use it. he would have to pay for
1 II, which he. did. The circumstances
briefly told. are as follows: During the
war, and in one of Gen. Forests raids
to whose command Capt. Key was attach
ed. the latter was shot completely through
the body. To cleanse the wound a silk
handkerchief was passed through his
body. His company thinking he would
die soon. and not knowing how long the
enemy would allow them to remain in
possession of Florence, Ala. had his
coffin made so as to be ready to bury him
at once. Capt. Key, however, lived. The
enemy made a dash into Florence and
one of their number was killed by one of
| Capt. Keys men, and was buried in the
coffin that was originally intended for
Capt Key.
Several members of the st. Augustine
Rifles have been arrested for non-pay-
ment of dues. About two weeks ago the
/ court of discipline attached to the st
/ Augustine Rifles, Company -, First Bat
/ talon, Florida State Troops, held a meet
/ ing and imposed fines for a breach of
discipline on members who had failed to
conform 70 the military laws. Notices
/ were served on the offending members
/ Individually calling on them 10 paw the
amount due, or submit to arrest Sew
/ eral of the boys treated the matter lightly
I and were surprised when Deputy Sherin
Quigley informed them that he had ar
ders TO collect or arrest. After a brief
conference among themselves they de-
cidcd to place the matter IN the hands n
Lawyer McWtllians. one and all Vcro