The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-23

der Of J. F. Bowling. tax collector of
Bradford county, appeals 70 the charity
of the people Of Jacksonville for aid in
her hour OF need She has six young
children and is without any means Of sup
port, and they are living on nothing but
corn bread.
The scarcity Of oranges In Florida this
Christmas will make big hole in the
express company's receipts. Col Os-
borne, agent In Jacksonville, said Satur-
day that heretofore it had required all
the resources of the company to handle
the oranges and other freight during the
holidays, and the absence Of the fruit this
winter makes business light TO what II
usually Is at this season of the year.
Gainesville Sun: II. F. Dutton & Co
have been working their cotton gins reg
ularly ever since the middle of last week
Mr.. Robinson says they have been Of
fered more cotton during the past two
weeks than at any previous period of the
same length for two months This is due
to the approaching holidays, which has
placed considerable amount of the crop
on the market by the small farmers, who
want a little spare money.
seburn Harris. a colored boy
of Gainesville, who was struck
was reported dead Friday night. The
rock was thrown by Ed. Williams. The
two negroes had had a little trouble and
Williams retired. a short distance from
Picking up a heavy rock he hurled Il at
the boy, striking him in the back of the
conscious state.
Gainesville Sun: The contestants in sew
eral cases of homes tead entries of naval
reserve lands have Withdrawn. In a ma
Jority of these cases the party Withdraw
ing his claim entered the land for the
sole purpose Of speculation and not for a
home, They were of the opinion that the
actual settlers would pay them for their
claim. Some did succeed in selling out
but those are very few. The date for
hearing contest cases in the United States
land office has been set for Jan. Is. In
other counties testimony will be taken
before the circuit clerks.
Gainesville Sun: Ole Myrick was con-
victed of manslaughter in Gainesville
Tuesday. His attorney was s.. &. Tapp,
by assignment of the court. He was also
assigned to the defense of Henry Smith,
colored, charged with killing his wife.
Judge Hooker instructed the attorney to
witnesses he might want summoned. Mr..
Tapp did as instructed, and when he
again appeared at the bar the judge asked
If he had talked with his client. Mr.. Tapp
replied: Yes, and / think I'll get a fee
out of him, your honor" How about wit
nesses?' asked the judge. "Ohr replied
the attorney, 81 failed to mention that"
Mr.. C. e. Mclean of Terra Celia Island
tells the Tampa Times that cabbage, to-
matoes, egg plants, beans, etc, are grow
ing finely there and were not at all in
jured by the recent froSts. The artesian
wells in that locality raise water to hight
of forty feet above the average level of
the island. The depth at which the water,
which is pure and sweet, is found varies
from $40 to $50 feet in the seven wells
now on the island. A three-inch pipe sup
plies $50 gallons per minute, which is suf-
ficient to irrigate fifteen acres, in the or
binary way, or ten acres in crops which
require a great deal of water The island
lies north of the mouth of the Manatee
river.
About two years ago three men were
convicted at Tavares. of killing two women
and a child in Volusia county. The SUI
preme court granted a new trial and il
win be had within a short time. The st.
Francis Facts says that it is feared that
il will be hard work to get the states wit
nesses together again, as they have scat
tered to the four winds of the earth since
the first trial nearly two years ago Mr..
Hurry one Of the important witnesses
who made a chemical examination of blood
stains on one of the defendants shirts, and
testified that the same was human blood
now resides in England and cannot be
made to attend Other witnesses are also
scattered, and It is likely that the most
atrocious crime in the history OF the state
will be forever unpublished.