The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-06

game Of foot bah at St. Augustine on
Thanksgiving day.
Jer Messer. son Of p. F. NIesser OF Jack
son county. is i'm Jail az Mariana. charged
with stealing goods from the store Of II.
Green.
Much sickness exists in Jackson county
along the ChattahOOchee river. many
children having died last month with ma
| larial fever.
There is a probability Of the attachment
Of the Gainesville fire department appa-
ratus for debt for horse feed furnished by
the merchants of the town
rumor is current at McAlpin that a
| large turpentine still is to be placed there
in the near future The enterprise is be-
ing pushed by a. p. Malloy.
The license on pool tables at Ocala hav-
ing been raised from $50 TO $50 table, all
saloon men have covered the tables and
the pool rooms look deserted.
John Stewart, a young negro man, was
arrested at Gainesville a day or two ago,
on a charge of criminally assaulting a ne
gro woman by the name of Sears.
Marks & Friend. sawmill men and deal
ers in coal, and Z. @. Friend x CO., shoe
merchants at ST. Petersburg. assigned
Friday. The Liabilities of the lumber firm
are S9,4i5.
r. L. Bracey. Of Brooksvine has Sc
cured a patent on a cover for early vege-
tables, protecting them from frosts and
market The cover viii be cheap but dur
able.
The Oliveros property. situated near
Fort Marion, at ST. Augustine, was sold
was purchased by John r. Dismukes and
the First National Bank; consideration,
5000.
Burkhardt Bros. have established a reg
ular packet service between Palm Beach
| and Linton. The boat that viii make
| this daily run is the thirty-five foot six
| horse power launch, lately purchased from
/ i. G. Oliver
A dead negro man 40 years of age was
| found in the woods near City Point
| Wednesday. No one identified him, and
| there was nothing about him by which his
| name or home could be ascertained He
| was buried where found.
At Rockledge H. s. Williams has con-
| structed a public water basin out of CO.
| quina rock. Four large blocks stand up
right On top of these Is large block
| followed out like BASIN into which the
water flows from a spring.
The following ticket has been elected
| at West Palm Beach: J. +. Lamont, may
or; J. d. Ross, marshal; J. +. Glenn, clerk;
| oseph Elliott. assessor. and G. II. Brad
/ ley, 7. J. Grier and c. II. Woodal for
members of the city council
| At Osteen Sunday six small boys We're
climbing pine ss99plings when Alvin
| while trying 10 80 from one tree TO anoth-
er and dislocated both bones in his right
/ arm. The ulna and radius parted and
/ broke through the skin.
1t is reported that A. Fisher, a Justice
/ Of the peace of Jacksonville, has just
| received the intelligence that he has been
Left a fortune of $4,000 by an uncle, who
/ died in Germany last May. Judge Fisher
is now. getting out the necessary papers
to enable him to secure the money.
The fertilizer companies in Gainesville
report their October sales to be about one
| half Of what they were last year during
| the same month. The shortage, however,
| can be easily accounted for In the fact
that nearly all of the truckers are putting
in smaller crops than they did last sea-
| son.
Capt. Benjamin Hogg OF Waveland
| left in his schooner for the Bahamas, via
Santa Lucia Inlet, on Oct z, and has not
| yacht may have been wrecked in the
| gale of Oct. p and %. Capt. Hoggs fam
| lily and friends are very anxious as 10
his safety.
NJ. w. Bass Of Colquitt, Ca, and J.
+. Mansfield of Button, Ga, were in
| Jackson county last week In behalf OF
the heirs of the late w. II. Hilson, who
died Sept. 10, leaving valuable property
| in Jackson county, and since his death
a woman to whom II Is alleged he was
never properly married, has laid claim
to the property.
Miss Richards of Orlando is in pos
session of a curiosity in the shape of ar
old ticket headed by Jefferson DaVi:
of Mississippi, for President, and Alex
President. 1t was a ticket used in thu
state OF Virginia, as upon the list o
| electors appears the names OF man!
prominent Nirginians.
| Countv Census Enumerator Gordon ha
about completed the taking of the cen
sus of DuVal county. As far as he car
ascertain Mr.. Gordon, Is OF the belle
run up to $4,000. The census of the re
| mainder of the county viii probably FOO
as much more Mr.. Gordon expects I
! H..F.. ha WI latter MARI
the week.
The circuit court at Ocala was occupied
Saturday in hearing the case or }. T.. Fler
nov VS.. d. c. w Smith. Smith attachel
the phosphate mine and the ore on tn
| dump believing the mine was the propert.
| of E, w. Agnew, and that Mr.. Agnew own
ed a half interest in the rock on the dump
Flernoy proved that Mr.. .Agnew had n
| interest in the rock but that it was hi
| property, and so the attachment was dis
Hiss Mary HoeAe Of Ocala was awaken
ed Saturday night, about y o'clock, b!
a negro entering her ROOM When dis
covered his face was close to hers. Sh'
screamed and the. negro beat a hast!
retreat. The lady is under the impression
that the negro meant robbery, as tina
night and Sunday night several othe
places We're entered and considerable prop
erty stolen, at once place $500 worth o
jewelry.
ing of John Haygood at Arcadia las
Christmas is set for trial at Arcadia thi
week. This killing occurred in a salool
and was the termination of a genera
fight. during which the lights We're ex
tinguished. Shooting promiscuously wa
INDUCED in and when the saloon was re
lighted Haygood lay dead upon the floor
1t is difficult TO determine who fired tn
fatal shot.
An expedition is being organized at Tam
pa to visit Honduras TO investigate quail
tiles Of certain surface or placer gol
mines. Two small schooners are booke
for the trip. c. s. Doolittle is engineer
ing the movement. Eighteen years ag
he was in Honduras and saw the native
/ obtain gold from surface sand. but fever
necessitated his departure. The idea is [
obtain concessions from the Honduras gov
eminent and operate extensively Tn
sluice system will be used.
At Tampa Monday afternoon a train o
the Savannah. Florida and Western Poa
| pulled out TO the water tank While tn
engine was taking water Hampton Payne
a negro man. climbed upon it. He was OF
| dered off by Frank Rowe, the whit
| brakeman, and responded in a very insC
| lent manner. The men cursed each othe
| and Rowe picked up a piece of WOO
from the tender and started towards tn
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