The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10

mon and J. ". Cabaniss John HAITI
bought city OF Macon bonds. Central
Georgia Bank stock sold at SIS and Ex-
change Bank stock sold at so. South
western railroad stock sold At $685. Cen
tral stock at Sl4 and Atlanta and West
Point railroad debentures sold at S92. %
[ T. G.. Dempsey bought a diamond cross
| that belonged to the deceased for $40,
and a diamond ring for S20. also lot OF
sPG S %a 4n1 for lSrk R Sohn Haiti 6oFgh
street sold TO Frank Turpin for 81 800. one
of the sales made was a house and lot
on Orange street belonging 70 W. b. VIII
lingham OF Atlanta. II sold TO Ben L.
Jones for S2,700.
Tuesday was saleday at Marietta A
large crowd was in attendance and much
interest was taken in the sale under mort
gage foreclosure in favor of C9mpbeIi
Wallace. Jr., Of all the property and prop
erty rights Of the Marietta Electric Light
Company. When this was offered for sale
Mr.. Wallace started a at $1,000. A large,
portly, fne-looking man whom nobody
knew began to bid against him. In this
way the property was soon run up TO
$3.50 and in the strangers favor. Mr..
Wallace suddenly quit bidding. the strang-
er looked excited and IL was knocked off
10 him at this bid. He refused 10 give
his name and on being questioned said
he was buying for some syndicate. He
made an appointment 10 meet the parties
at : O'Clock ana pay the money, and then
walking straight 10 the livery stable hired
a conveyance 10 take him 10 Dallas,
Paulding county, Georgia. His action
curiosity and wonder Of the people as 20
his motives. The property was again pur
1T and sold at his risk Tuesday afternoon
and James I. Anderson was the pur-
chaser at &,5O. He stated that he had
formed no definite plans about the plant
but that II would still continue to run
and furnish lights TO the city as usual
The company was capitalized at 800 0OA.
Of which $1,000 had been actually paid in.
by the sale, the debts will be wiped out
and the stockholders realize about 10 cents
on the dollar of the shares they hold.
FLORIDA
Threats Of discharge from employment
hang over the heads Of some of the mill
tary in Tampa II they attend the encamp-
ment at Tallahassee.
Mrs. Hannah Mode, an old resident of
Fernandna and mother Of s. and ]. Mode.
the wen known dry goods merchants, died
Wednesday after lingering illness.
S. A. Curry. prominent citizen OF Wild
wood, was paralyzed Tuesday night He
is not able TO speak; His tongue appears
TO be affected. He is very old and it is
feared that he will not recover.
The corner stone of the Lamisophian
! Institute was laid at Micanopy Wednes-
day. Senator I4llman was the orator.
More than 1000 people were assembled 10
| witness the ceremo nes, to hear the
speeches and TO eat Of barbecue
Col r. II. Terry was before County
Judge Bryan a Orlando Wednesday on a
charge Of assault filed by Albert Nemericlt
of OVedo. After hearing the evidence in
the case, Judge Bryan held Col Terry in
his own recOgniZance for trial before the
county criminal court.
Harold Papworth. Cyril Biscoe and VIII
Marvin Of West Palm Beach went out on
Fresh Water lake Monday and caught
over 300 pounds of fresh water trout and
Dream. There were 16S fish in the catch
which breaks the record for fish being
caught in Fresh Water lake.
Pineapple plants are recovering much
better than was expected from the freeze.
Amongst those nlanted 10
and fall Of 1894 about Avon Park, there is
probably not an average loss Of above 10
per cent, and some lots of from 5000 to
1000 plants each have not lost above per
cent.
The following patents were granted to
citizens of Florida for the week ending
May I, 1895: Benjamin l.. Baldwin. Gaines
vile, refrigerator and ventilating car; An
drew w J. Best, Key West, motor We
hicle; James r. Gilbert, Kissimmee, broom
head; Buchard I, Kuhl, Orlando, steamer
and baker.
willie Bond, a fireman on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, met with a serious
accident Tuesday at a water tank near
Chipley, where water was being taken.
He accidentally slipped, and fell from the
top of the tender TO the ground, fifteen
feet He struck on his head, and his
scalp was terribly lacerated. and there is
probably fracture of the base of the
skull.
At Gainesville Tuesday a warrant was
taken out by Capt A. p. Price against J
w. McGrath, who killed John Zinck at
Capt. Prices mine near Newberry a few
days ago. 1t is said that Capt. Price dis
| charged McGrath the night he killed
| Zinck, but McGrath was a work running
| the plant next day and when told to leave
| refused to do so. The warrant charges
| McGrath with trespass
e. d. Hatcher, of the firm of C. NJ Lowe
| & Co. commission merchants, doing bust
! ness at los Main street, at Jacksonville,
| fell dead Wednesday evening while max
| ing a social call at the residence of Miss
| Daisy Whistler, to whom he was engaged
to be married. Mr. Hatcher was troubled
| with heart disease He had been in the city
! only few years, having gone to Jackson
Vile from Atlanta. He was originally
4 from Fort Valley, Ga, where his relatives
| still reside.
! The people Of Fernandina look with IA
| Vor on the bill just passed by the Senate
| giving a land grant Of 10 900 acres to the
| mile to aid in the construction Of the Fer
nandina Western railway. As the length
| of the road is to be ninety miles, this will
| give ii a grant of 1,l70,000 acres of land.
| The prospects for the early building of the
| line are good. The engineering corps be-
1 gan the survey Wednesday morning at
| O'Neills station, and will push that part
of the work to rapid completion.
What came near being a serious accident
| happened to two freight trains on the Sa-
vannah Florida and Western railway, at
| a passing point just north of Lakeland
| Tuesday night. The local train, No. 81
| had pulled on the sidetrack to allow the
| through freight. NO. 2O9, to pass, but fail
| ed to get all the train on the sdetrack
| and No. 209 crashed into the rear end of
| No 81, completely demolishing the ca
| boose of No 81. and stripped the engine
| of No. 209 of her smokestack, headlight
| bell and otherwise damaged the machin-
| cry. Fortunately no one was hurt.
Live Oak Correspondence of the Morn
! ing News: County Superintendent r. +.
| Wtnstead is holding the first teachers ex-
4 animation for 1895 in this county, this
week, and there arc fifty teachers, TWEEN,
ty-three white and twenty-seven coIoret.
! present. OF the white applicants nine ars
/ trying for the first grade and fourteen
! for the second At the town election
| which took place here Tuesday. Col. Sil
| r. Broome was elected mayor. O. J Nc
| Gehee and NJ. L. Burnett were elected
| aldermen: s. J. White, clerk and treas-
| urer and II. r. Dixon marshal The
| contest for the marshaPs place was hotly
contested.
The ninth annual session of the Flor,
/ ida State Pharmaceutical Association
/ met at Jacksonville Wednesday. AT tbD
afternoon session numerous scientific pa
I pers were read, among which that of Dr
/ J. NJ Dixon of Titusvile was one Of ths
! most interesting. The election of officers
] resulted as follows President w
! Woodman of St. Augustine; first vice
! president, J. A. Conover of Jacksonville:
second vice president, Dr. Mendoza OF