The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
FLORIDA.

At a meeting of the city council of High
Springs Saturday night. DR.. J. II. White
mayor Of the town, was asked to tender
his resignation, and If he does not he will
be impeached for conduct unbecoming an
official.
At Levyville, on Tuesday last, the two
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. f.
Watts met with a frightful accident The
parents of the child went into the yard,
leaving the child in the house by the fire.
In some manner the child fell in the fire
burning all her hair off, and burning her
head so that it presented a CHASTITY APP
pearance. Its hands were also badly burn
ed.
The closing of the phosphate mines in
the western part of Alachua county has
caused a decrease in the negro population
About fifty negroes left Wade and about
seventy-five left Newberry the other day.
They had been at work in the phosphate
camps and were on their way to Georgia.
More will leave in a few days, when all
of the mines employing free labor will shut
down.
Several weeks ago a little trouble arose
between ]. S. Rooms and r. II. Wynn, at
Sorrento over a sack of oats, and in a
scuffle Rooms cut Wynn, and was tried be-
fore the Justice of the peace at that place
and released upon paying the cost of the
court few days ago Rooms and Wynn
met near Ethel, a station ON the J. t. and
X railway, and had another quarrel,
which resulted in Mr. Rooms being slightly
wounded in the left arm by a pistol ball
fired bv Wynn Wynn Immediately took
out a warrant for Rooms arrest and he
was arraigned for trial before Justice H.
o. Reeve, at Sorrento, and acquitted.
Wynn having to pay costs.
The franchise and contract existing be-
tween the city of Gainesville and the
Gainesville Gas and Electric Light Com
pany, which has been missing for nearly
two years, was found Saturday by w. B.
Goodwin, proprietor of the company,
among some of the old papers at the home
of the late O. d. Norris, who had them in
his possession when he was city clerk.
While looking through the papers some
other valuable city documents were found.
Upon an examination of the contract 1t
was learned that the present company had
been granted an exclusive franchise for
fifteen years, dating from September, 1887.
The company is required to put in an cleo
trio light plant when the city guarantees
them profit of 8 per cent on the invest
ment.
jacksonville Metropolis: ]. H Durkee.
of this city, as receiver of the ]. T. and
Key West railway, brought suit this
morning against the National Bank of the
State of Florida for $4,000 damages, of
which j. n. c. Stockton is president 1t
is understood that this suit grows out OF
an old matter of three years standing,
when Mason Young was receiver of this
road and d. G. Amber was president of
the bank. Certain receivers certificates
were discounted by Mason Young at the
bank, and the money placed to Young's
credit. These certificates falling due, the
bank refused to renew them and they
were charged to Young's account. When
the road came under the Durkee receiver
ship the balance to the credit of Mason
Young, less the amount of these certifi-
Gates, was paid over to Durkee. A rule was
afterwards issued by Judge Pardee, of the
United States circuit court, for the bank
to show cause why the amount of these
! certificates should not be paid to Durkee
as receiver. Upon hearing Judge Pardee
dismissed the rule CThis was in 1881 The
amount of the certificates is about $50 600.
| Il. 7. Axtell is attorney for Durkee.