The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-28

] last grand jury o. DE soto county Tor the
/ murder Of Johnnie Hagood, was arrested
| Monday. II is said that he will apply 10
i Judge Philips Tor writ OF habeas corpus
I al Barlow. Public sentiment IS With Mr
| Holmes, and Il Is believed that the judge
| viii grant him bail.
The directors OF the East Coast Canal
/ Company have elected the following Of
/ ncers. President, II. NJ. Flagler vice
/ president, J. r. Parrot; general manager.
I George f. Miles; treasurer, II. Gailliard,
/ secretary. Samuel Maddox. The board Of
I hrectors consisted of the above and
| G. l. Bradley and John T. Dismukes.
The woods close TO the residence OF II.
/ J.. Frater, at Crest View, were burning
/ and Mrs. Frater, In order to save the
! fencing. took bush TO whip out the fire.
Her clothing caught fire, and before
I assistance arrived she was nearly burned
/ to death. DR.. W. l. RichbOurg. who is
I IN attendance on her has slight hopes OF
/ her recovery.
The State Sunday School Convention
| held meeting at Eustis last week. but 1t
/ was not largely attended, although TO
/ those present the proceedings We're in
/ terestings Mr.. Cover was secretary and
! Messrs Reynolds and Walrnan and Miss
/ Croft made interesting addresses. Only
1 about fifteen delegates from outside Eus-
It's were present.
E. r. b. Kite. who shot a negro in
] Waldo some time ago, after the latter had
/ had difficulty with the boys father.
| which resulted in the breaking Of Mir
| Kites arm, has given himself up TO the
/ authorities. lie waived examination be-
/ fore Justice Waldo and gave bond for his
! appearance at the coming term of the
county court. The negro was not seriously
| hurt.
Monday morning Mrs. s. H. Leonard Of
gainesville SWore out warrant against
/ Assistant Postmaster George r. Ellis
| 1t appears that Mr.. Duke, who is a SON
! in-law Of Mrs. Leonard, lost a valuable
| dog few days ago which was picked up
! by the little son Of Mr.. Ellis who, after
keeping II for some time, returned IT to
| soon as he ascertained the name of the
owner.
William H. Parkin, one of the best
known residents Of Palm Beach. died here
Of the stomach. lie Wa the owner Of
fine pineapple plantation, which Is ex-
pected 10 produce the largest quantity of
pineapples Of any property in the state
He was also a director of the Dade County
State Bank. the chairman OF the Dade
| county school board and a Mason. The
body was sent to Cleveland, o., his former
home,
The San Mateo Item reports that at
meeting Of the city council last Tuesday
the salaries Of the city. officials were re-
duced as follows: Clerk, salary $500 per
annum not reduced3 tax assessor from $3.50
TO $50 per annum: tax collector from 1900
to $500 per annum; chief Of police from
500 to 5000 per annum; policemen from
500 to $3.50 per annum; scavenger from
| $5l6 to $40 per annum feeding city pris-
oners from 40 cents per day to % cents
| per day
The sale of the Sanford and st. Peters
burg railroad to the Plant system has
started quite a boom in real estate at
| Clearwater. Blount q Eldridge have sold
| five lots to Scott a Cooper. Buildings
will be erected on two of them. DR.. Allen
has sold two lots to st. Louis parties,
buildings to go up on one Of them. Rumor
| has IL that the Mrs Tates lot has been
! sold for 5000, but the trade is still pend
! ing. Negotiations are in progress for the
sale of the Verona Inn for $4,000.
At Wildwood, the last few days the
wind has been blowing hard, doing con-
| siderable damage to young vegetables
| Rain Is needed very much. However the
crops look fairly well, and the prospects
| are favorable for good yield in the diff
| ferent portions of the county. with fair
| seasons Sumter county viii raise corn
| oats etc, enough for home use, or nearly
| so, more being planted than for several
years past. A visit to the different points
ers.
| A conservative estimate places the acre
| age of sea island cotton for this year in
| Alaehua county 20 per cent. larger than
| last. This increase is, in fact, due TO the
efforts of w. G. Robinson of the firm of
| n. +. Dutton a. Co. of Gainesville, who
| has not only been inducing farmers to
| plant larger acreage, but who has been
urging them to plant better quality OF
| seed. They have succeeded in their eff
forts in this direction in all parts of the
state. and large quantity and good quad
ity of cotton is anticipated.
As lnomaS Melvin was passing the
! Grand View hotel at Jacksonville Tues
! day night about $3.50 o'clock hes was ac-
| costed by negro, who asked him the
| time. Mr.. Melvin, not wishing to tempt
| the negro by exposing his handsome chro-
\ nometer refused to tell him, Whereupon
| the negro snatched the watch from Mr.
| McIlvin's pocket The owner caught him.
| The two men grappled and fought, and
! the negro seeing his opportunity, drew
| back and struck Mr.. Melvin a stunning
blow in the face and escaped. The watch
was valued at $50.
The Madison Recorder tells of the fol-
lowing accident: Last Saturday Willie
| Williams, son of j. W. Williams of this
| place, lost his horse while crossing Nor
| tons Creek at the ford at Sam Jordon' S
| place. He and Lee Jordan were going
| home in buggy drawn by the horse. They
| drove into the creek, which was swollen
| by the recent heavy rains, and when
about the middle thereof the horse got
| into hole, and baked. In twisting around
a SHAFT was broken, which pierced the
| horse's Hank, and disemboweled II and
caused its death almost Immediately.
Sol Moody. constable at Citra. arrived at
| Ocala Monday night, bringing with him
! April Thomas who is accused of the kill
! ing of Wallace Wilson at that place on
| saturday by striking him on the head
| with large pine limb. The two negroes
It Is said s were engaged in hot words,
l lay down double-barrel gun which he
| held in his hand he (Thomas) would fight
| him.. AS soon as the gun had been de-
| posted upon the ground, Thomas struck
| him terrific blow across the head, which
| crushed his skull and caused almost In
slant death.
| Frank Storer, Mr.. Ripley and quite a
| number of gentlemen of DeLand were
| at Crows Bluff, Saturday, en- route to
/ Lake Tracey, where they went to see
| about the ACCESSIBILITY of draining that
| lake. A company was formed some years
ago to drain 1t, but the scheme fell
through after the survey had been made
| and levels taken. Ii was found that most
of the lake was a vast muck bed from
ten TO twelve feet deep, and could easily
| be drained. The gentlemen now interest
| ed talk as though they would take the
| matter up where It was left several years
| ago, and push ii TO early completion The
land, after 1t is drained will be fully as
| good, If not superior, TO lands Disston
| has reclaimed.
The loss of stock raisers from the cold
winter in Alachua county has been a
| heavy one. More than 20 per cent. of tho
| stock has either been killed by the cold or
has starved to death In the southern
| portion OF the county the loss has moi
| been so great, for the reason that Alachua
Lake borders offered fair grazing the veal
| round. and during the cold weather the
| dense hammocks have afforded annie
shelter. Still in that section, IS per cent
of the stock has perished In the western
part of the county the loss is a tremendous