The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-25

losing his life at starke Wednesday af-
ternoon while attempting to couple his
engine to a car. He missed the coupling,
and was knocked down. His left wrist
was broken and crushed, and he sus-
tanned bruises ON his body and legs.
party of prominent lumbermen and
capitalists from Lacrosse, Wis, who own
vast tracts of fine land in Southeastern
Georgia, arrived at Fenandina Wednes-
day, on a tour Of inspection, with the idea
of making Fernandina the shipping port
for the entire output from their forests.
The COllingham. the first steamship of
the new Pensacola and Liverpool lime,
arrived at Pensacola Tuesday. Her first
outward cargo Will consist of cotton, to-
baccO. naval stores etc. The chamber
of commerce is arranging for a demon
stration in. honor Of the opening of this
line.
Ten car loads of hickory logs are to be
sent from Fernandina within a few days
to London, England. The shipment win
ship Ineshowen Head, now in port load
ing with phosphate rock, Other and lar.
ger shipments of similar nature will
follow soon.
The city marshal Of Jacksonville says
there are over 800 stores and places of
business within the city limits, but there
have been less than 600 general merchan-
disc licenses issued by the city this year,
showing that more than 200 places of bus
mess are being operated from which the
city receives no revenue.
graph office at X issimmee has been noti-
fled that the office will be discontinued in
side of thirty days. Charles w. Damn has
sent in petition signed by number of
citizens and business men asking that the
Office be continued, moved to Damn Bros
store, and that he be appointed operator.
Last year there were forty-nine licensed
liquor saloons in Jacksonville. Only forty
one liquor licenses have been issued by
the city recorder this year. This shows
that there has been either falling off in
hot
dealers are doing business without paying
the city license tax of $3.50 for each place
Of business.
The following fourth-class postmasters
have been appointed in Florida: r. II.
Ault, Cleveland. DeSoto county, vice Lo-
renzo Clisby, resigned; d. ID. Elliott, Kath-
leen, POLK county, vice j. b. Turner. re-
county, vice f. l.. Canty, resigned; and
Ferdinand Bullock, Vale, Holmes county,
vice G.. w. Bennett, resigned.
Roswell King Jr., of Sanford who re-
Gently purchased the wrecked English
steamer Breckenshire, which went ashore
near Sebastian about two years ago, was
in Titusville Wednesday on his way to
Sebastian. Mr.. King has an offer from
wrecking company in New Jersey to repair
the ship, and turn her into the yards at
Norfolk Va, for the sum of $4,000. pro-
vided he will clear her of the 400 tons OF
coal aboard.
Considerable excitement is being mani
rested at T1tusville over the results of
this year. A large number of citizens
! have suffered from its effects. Recently
| a test case was made in the county court,
/ IN which the town was sustained. Since
| then the impounding of other cattle has
| caused these citizens to bring another
| suit against the town. 1t will be heard
| before Judge Broome of the circuit
/ court
| The question of wages, which has
! been agitating the Knights of Labor and
! the Mallory Steamship Company on the
] E'erQanQlna- a
settled. The longshoremen have gone to
work at Is cents per hour, the price
| offered at first by the company. Ever
since the strike ~ the phosphate docks
| the men have refused to work for the
Mallory company on the same terms
that they agreed to work for the Ter
minal Company, and in consequence the
steamers have had to be loaded by men
not belonging to the knights of Labor
and by the vessels crews
The Ladies Improvement Society OF
| Gainesville met Tuesday at Mrs. Horatio
| Davis. The constitution was received
and accepted, after which those present
signed the document. Mrs. c. 4. Col
| cOlOugh was reelected president, and
| Mrs. H. Davis and Mrs. W. Porter were
| reelected vice presidents. The object of
the. association is to promote neatness
and order in the city. and to do what
| ever may tend to beautify the same and
| keep 1t In a healthy condition. The So
| ciety is growing in membership, and all
| of the prominent women of Gainesville
/ are either members or honorary MEM
| bers.
A collision occurred at Pensacola Mon
day night between a street car and an
| oil tank car at the intersection of Wright
| and Hayne streets, where the street car
| line crosses the tracks of the Pensacola
! and Atlantic railroad. The tank car had
| been kicked" along the track by a loco
! motive, and it struck the street car
| horses, killing one of them instantly,
| and managing the other so badly that he
| had TO be shot. Part of the platform of
! the street car was torn off and the driver
! was thrown several feet but escaped
| without injury. There We're no passen-
| gers in the car. The matter will be in
/ vestigated to determine who was to
| blame.
The municipal election, which viii come
off at Titusville on the 18th inst, is being
| holly contested, with both sides confident
| 1t is a case Of the outs against the ms
| and the lines are closely drawn. A mayor
/ three aldermen, a marshal, city clerk and
! city assessor are to be elected. The "Ins"
| have for their candidates b. r. Wilson
\ for mayor; E. L. Brady, r. c. Scrimgeour
| and r. L. Paddison, for aldermen; H. T.
/ Titus for marshal; ]. W. Rogers for clerk:
and 5. G. NaEaudingham for assessor
| Their opponents have VIM. NJ. Brown for
| mayor; +. L. Brady, r. +. Hail. and S n
/ GladWin. for aldermen: L. 7. Coody for
| marshal. H. ]. Anthony, for clerk: and s.
G. Nanaudingham, for assessor.
| A decision has been handed down nv
| the supreme court Of the state in the case
| of Burrows & Daniels OF Jacksonville VS.
! the Clyde Steamship Company. reversing
i the decision of the lower court This was
/ case in which Burrows q Danials sta1