The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-15

prisoner was Mrs. Charlie Meadows of
Milledgeville, and the charge on which
she was arrested was running away from
her husband. Chief Bunter received
telegram from the chief of police at
NlilledgeVllle Tuesday asking that the wo-
man be detained, in accordance with
which Chief Butner caused the two Off
GERS TO meet the train Officer Drew
boarded the train at junction and placed
the woman under arrest before she left
the train. After seeing the chief of po-
lice the woman was allowed to remain in
the custody of Detective jenkins, who
took her TO his own home for the night.
Wednesday morning when News repor-
ter went to the police station Mr.. Mead
OWs the husband had arrived, and claim
ed his young wife. They left for Milledge-
vile on the 8 O'Clock Georgia railroad
train Wednesday morning, and would not
discuss their affairs with reporter.
There seems to be two sides to the story.
one version of il is that the woman
eloped, but this is denied and branded
as false by one Of the arresting officers
Detective Jenkins. He says that she could
not get along with her husband, and had
run away from him to go 10 her aunt in
JonesborO. WheH Mr.. Meadows made his
appearance at the police station Wednes-
day morning. his wife was greatly shock
ed, and at first declared she would not
20 back with him. She talked right out
in meetin," as il were, and denounced
him in the presence of all. She wanted
to be let alone, and charged him with i'll
treatment. ne man was greatly dis
tressed. He appears to be in ordinary cir
cumstances and took his wife's conduct
very hard. He told the News reporter
! that his wife had run away because she
could not get along with her mother.
FLORIDA.
All the town taxes except $50 were col
lected in Milton this year.
The merchants in Milton close their
stores to attend religious revival SER
vices.
From three to four hundred applicants
will be made to the Gainesville land Of
flee for homesteads when the military
reservations are thrown open to entry on
the 2Sd inst.
r. L. Anderson was arrested in Ocala
Saturday for failure to pay his street
tax. This will make test case, of which
the whole town, including Mr.. Anderson,
will be glad to see the result.
Rev c. Grub of Eustis has received
a call to the p. Il. parish at Lake City,
diocese of Florida, and will in all prob
ability accept II, on account of the SUI
perior advantages it offers for the educa-
ton of his children.
The people of Punta Gorda offer $4,000
i'm lands and 81 600 in cash, or they offer
to build a factory 40X60 feet, three stories
| high and give $1,000 in cash to anyone
/ who Will operate a cigar factory of at
/ least forty hands there for two years.
During the past several weeks the own
/ ers of stock in Alachua county have been
gathering up and disposing of the beer
4 cattle. Many hundreds of beeves have
/ been taken from the prairie, a majority
/ of which have been brought to Jackson
/ vile.
Col. w. S. McCIelland of Eustis met
| with an accident on the Sth that might
/ have been very serious. He was up a
/ ladder, when it broke and he fell a dis
lance of several feet, receiving quite Sc
/ we're bruises, from which he is much
| crippled.
A movement is on foot thst will prob
! ably terminate in the establishment of a
/ weekly newspaper in West Tampa. 1t
/ will be a combination of English and
/ Spanish reading matter, and will be, if
1 the present plans shall be followed, joint
/ ly operated by J. T. Hearn and Luis
Carbo
There have been constructed at the
Tampa Bay hotel fifteen dog kennels for
/ the use OF guests of the hotel They are
/ located in a beautiful side mark. well nro-
tected with shade trees and enclosed by
a six foot fence enclosing an area of
about half an acre for an exercise lot.
! They are absolutely storm proof pro-
/ tected against any cold weather, and are
| pronounced TO be the most complete dog
accommodations Of any hotel in exist
| ence.
Miss Lizzie Braithwaite, who has con-
| Quoted curio stores on St. George and
! Catharine streets at st. Augustine for a
| number of years, was stricken with par
! alysis Tuesday night. She had just fin
| ished her meal and was walking toward
| the store to warm herself, when she stag
! gered and would have fallen but for the
| timely aid of Mrs. Thomas Nelson, who
was with her at the time. DR.. Alexander
v
| ical condition.
In the municipal court at Jacksonville
| Wednesday Claude LEngle, the hard
| ware dealer,was fined $40 for fighting.
/ The charge was made by Max Frank, and
LEngle was arrested on a warrant. The
| fight took place a week ago. and. accord
| ing TO the statements. was brought about
| by a row in regard to the settlement for
! some paint purchased by a painter from
| LEngle and used on Max Franks store.
| l. Engle pleaded guilty, made his state
ment and was fined $50, which he paid.
Gainesville Sun: A travelling Baptist
| evangelist is preaching at the camp meet
| ing for the benefit of the colored popula-
| ton Much indignation was expressed by
| prominent citizens of Gainesville yester-
| day against the man. who, il was said
was advocating social equality. He may
be willing to give the negro all the social
| privileges he enjoys, but the most respect
| able white people do not. If such mis-
chief making cranks were kept out of the
| state it would be more of a blessing than
a loss
c. Reed. a drayman of Gainesville was
| severely injured Tuesday as the result
| Of playing a joke. He is in the habit of
| coming up behind persons, pinching them
I on the leg, and at the same time imi-
/ tating the bark of a dog. George Bridges
who drives an ice wagon. is the last
! man Reed has played with in this wav
/ Bridges is over-sensitive and when Reed
| came up behind him Tuesday and reDeat-
cd "a fu MI FlrfF ~