The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19

parties residing in Middle Florida, and
they viii be employed on the farms. I'm
der rules recently established by the So
clety, the persons taking the boys are re-
qulred If the boy taken proves satisfac-
tory after months trial to pay him a sal
airy Under the old rules of the so
clety, the boys were given a trial of six
months before being paid salary.
Ghouls are preying upon the graves in
the Protestant cemetery at st. Augustine,
known as the "Old Huguenot graveyard"
on san Marco avenue, next to the city
gates. They are destroying tablets, de-
monshlnS vaults, and committing other
depredations. 1t is said that the villains
convert the tombstones to card tables on
Sundays, being sheltered from detection
by the rank growth of weeds.
The increased business of Port Tampa
in the shipment of phosphate is shown In
the statements issued by the Plant sys-
tenn. For the wear 1891 only Is 4S2 TONS
were shipped, while the following year
shipments had increased to 65, 406 In 1882
9S63l tons were shipped In 1894 shipments
increased enormously to 165, $50 tons while
last year l6S 44S tons were sent out the
large majority of it to foreign ports.
The injunction which Court Commits
sioner Finley of Gainesville granted to
III. c. Cato, tax collector of Alachua
county, has been dissolved by Judge
Hooker. The injunction was to restrain
the board of county commissioners from
acting upon or publishing the report of
the expert accountant who had examined
the accounts of the tax collectors office
Information has been filed at Gaines
vile against Col. S. Y. Finley S. C. Topp.
Col. J. p. Gambreth. e. e. Vogle and
Col. E. G. F. Sanchez for practicing law
without a license. The gentlemen in ques-
ton do not wish to violate the law but
are DESTROYS of having the state supreme
court place an Interpretation upon it.
They are all members of law firms and
claim that the firm and not the individ-
ual members are responsible for the Ii
cenSe tax of SIS. If the county court shall
decide against them, they will appeal.
A sensational account of lynching and
murder scrape, near Kings Ferry, in Mas
sau county q few DAYS ago reached the
ears of the officers at Fernandina Thurs
day, and Deputy Sheriff Higginbotham
went to the scene of the supposed trouble
to make Investigations. The report stated
that two negroes had been captured and
terribly maltreated by white men, because
of petty thieving. 1t was claimed that one
of the negroes was shot and killed and
that the other though also shot had es-
capped. Deputy Sheriff Higginbotham.
after investigating the matter says there
tramps held up and shot colored man,
between Tulee and Evergreen. The man
who was shot had disappeared, and no
evidence could be obtained.
Five firemen employed at the Central
fire station at Tampa struck Thursday
when the chief ordered the suspension of
George Morris, one of the force. On the
nrst OF the year the chief appointed a new
captain, which, evidently, was unpleasant
TO the firemen, who felt certain resent
ment at the action of the chief Cant.
crook reprmanded George Morris for
some oIcnse, and reported him to the
chief, who suspended him. This action
resulted in the strike. Later in the dav
the men who went out visited the vicinity
of the station. While one was engaged
in cursing the chief another became in
VOWED in difficulty with the objection
aole captain, and drew a razor He was
arrested and jailed. Bond in the sum of
500 was promptly furnished. New men
fill the strikers places