The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08
ITEMS FROM ooALA.
The Dukes Shooting Case Tried Be
fore the Mayor.

Ocala, Fla, Sept. Capt William Nc
Kay, the railroad builder and phosphate
miner, has gone into the turpentine bust
/ ness and has men in the wood selecting
timber and making rentals of lands.
The Citizen of Jacksonville contained a
three-column article write-up of Ocala
! Thursday, and made a free distribution
of that issue to every man, woman and
| child in the town.
The examination of the forty-eight white
| teachers and forty-four black ones is
ended. A more perplexed body of teachers
never assembled. as the questions were
the most difficult they have ever encoun-
/ tered. Some of them have passed examina-
tions successfully.
! John Dozier, the ticket agent at this
place, with his family. has gone to Mag
| ara Falls. He is a delegate to the meet
ing of national railroad agents at that
place.
Rev. J. e. Oates of Palatka has been
called to the pulpit of the Baptist church
of this place, and has accepted. He will
begin his pastoral labors on Oct. /.
| ]. H. Carry, who recently returned from
Baltimore, will preach at the Baptist
church Sunday.
Col C. E. Merrel, former editor of the
Jacksonville Times Union, but now the
Florida representative of the New York
Mercury, a silver organ, is in town visit
u
where he attended the silver convention,
and was the orator Of the &C.
casion. He said that the meet
ing was not a success numerically,
because the meeting was not properly
announced. The colonel is satisfied the
silver element predominates in Florida
The Tampa papers are Just pitching
into Rev. j. c. Porter of the Baptist Wit
ness and Ocala Evening Star. because the
lase named paper said several people who
had been in Tampa several months, on
their return said Tampa was a very dirty
place and just such a place as would In
vite yellow fever in case 1t came along
Rev. Porter could not have said this, as
he has been absent for ten days at ST.
Petersburg assisting Rev. Mr.. Walker hold
a religious revival. But then such is edi-
torial life. and the responsibility OF the
editor, even If he is absent from his 'den"
week at a time.
Miss Grace Mccormick, who has been
absent a year at Columbus, o., returned
and is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank
Bugbier.
Miss Lille Williams, who was spending
the summer with her sitter, Mrs. Hand
at West Palm Beach, was called home
yesterday by the serious illness of her
mother.
Maj. Rourke of Fruitland Park brought
to town yesterday a large number of
Japan plums and sold them readily at 2
cents apiece.
Master Tom Harris. son Of Editor F. e.
Harris, left last night for a two weeks
fishing vacation in Jefferson county.
The parties in the Bob Dukes shooting
scrape were all arraigned this morning
Capt Dukes, whose wounds would not
permit him to be present. Alfred Hoe
file was arraigned on two counts, firing
a pistol and using profane language. The
last count was quashed, but on the former
charge he was fined S25 and costs, II hav-
ing been shown he attempted to shoot
Hilda Raymond, the keeper Of the house
of III repute because she ordered him off
her premises, and would have shot her if
James Beacher and Capt. Gibbons, who
were driving by had not interferred. Hill
da Ramona was fined S25 and costs.
The court room was crowded and Mayor
Reardon gave Hoenle a good lecture that
is bound TO do the disorderly element
and those who take the law into their
own hands good.
Prof. W. d. Coons viii conduct the
examinations to-day for applicants for
a free scholarship in the Barlow Military
Institute. There are dozen applicants