The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-29

N gallons % aguardienie. which was be-
Ing smugged ashore.
a second carload OF Smooth Cayenne
pineapple plants from the Sandwich
Islands is expected 20 arrive az Orlando
BOZ few days to- meet the local demand
for this fine variety.
Ten inmates are now IN the Plant sys-
tom hospital al Gainesville. eight or whom
are co,oreH only one patient IS dan
ssrousiy ill. the negro who was stabbed
while at work upon a tres;le on the South
Florida railroad
Tampa Tribune: Col ChipIey is gain
ing ground every DAY. In nearly every
county in the state where nominations
have been made. the nominees 10 the
nate and lower house are emphat.calIy
opposed 20 the election OF Senator Gail.
John Bryce OF Tampa. the empIoye o.
the Florida Central and Penlnsular rail-
road. charged with assaulting a girl in
that city on Aug. 49, had q preliminary
hearing before Judge Harrison to-day
and was not only discharged. but fully
eN0uerated To seems TO have been an at
tempt az hlackmailing.
Orlando Star. There are over 160 per-
sons VINO voted in the recent democratic
primaries I'm the county whose names
are not on the registration books. This
matter should be looked to al once and
the clubs and committees and others in
terested should see that these voters are
duly registered and all others who may
DE in like fix.
Mayor Anderson Of Pensacola demands
OF ex-Mayor McHugh $50 OF back salary.
Mr. AicHugh is in receipt OF a letter
from Mallory d Maxwell. attorneys for
Mayor Anderson. notifying him OF Mr..
Anderson s demand. and requesting an i'm
mediate reply. The matter has been re-
ferred by Mr. McHugh to his attorney,
and no action has been taken beyond that.
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
News: II. c. Cato. tax collector Of Ala
chua county. alleged to be a defaulter to
the amount Of nearly 5000. claims that he
Is not. that his accounts are all right.
and that he can demonstrate the fact.
After his conference with the governor
yesterday, ne left for home, determined to
put an expert at work on his books and
accounts.
Cocoa and 'Rockledge News: Exon
gresham and ex-Judge Bullock of Marion
thought twas strange indeed that boy
would have the cheek to run against him
for the great and important position OF
county Judge but to his surprise he found
that even the people OF Marion. had be-
come heartily sick Of Callism and they
laid him gently on the shelf as a relic
Of the past.
The residence Of Edward Stnlings, at
Cocoa. was struck by lightning on Tues
day evening. The chimney above the
roof was shattered. The bolt travelled
along the caves 10 the west side OF the
house. Two holes in the ground
show where Il descended. In
side the building, doors were unhinged.
facing. thing and plasJering were dam
aged. tin and earthenware were knocked
from the shelves of a pantry, crushed and
broken. The house was occupied at the
time.
St. Augustine Herald: During Judge
Coopers career as county judge. he has
married just fifty couples Numerically
speaking Judge Cooper has far outstrip-
ped the record of any Of his prede-
cessors. But Judge Cooper has made an
other record which throws the above com
pletely In the shade. He told a Herald
representative to-day that out of the fifty
couples he had married, forty-eight had
either been divorced, separated by mutual
consent, or gone crazy. or the remaining
two couples, one man beats his wife I'M
mercifully. and the other couple were
married in the dark Of the moon, and
haven't been heard from yet. though he Is
momentarily expecting to hear of some
awful catastrophe. Is marriage a failure?