The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-24

that he lives at Dayton. o., had his LETT
! leg crushed near Pensacola, Wednesday
night while stealing ride on a railroad
train.
Sheriff OdeT of Pasco county arrived at
! Tampa Thursday from St. Petersburg
with William Pregge in charge. William
! is wanted in St. Paul, Mimi, on charge
| Of grand larceny.
! At Welaka Thursday Thomas Raines
was bound over to the criminal court for
| forging the name OF J. W. Qulgley to a
| S25 merchandise order on c. II. Gilchrist
| he was taken to the county jail at Pa
latka.
The water in Alachua lake Is said to
| be lower than IT has been for years, and
| It Is sull falling. Some OF those who own
land on the prairie are preparing to build
lcvees around it and protect 1t from fur
Their overflow.
Fort White reports that some cotton is
coming in, and parties are paying az to 4
cents per pound for seed, and y to IA
for lint. The crop is fully one-haif short
in that vicinity. Most farmers have
plenty Of corn and have hogs to kill.
The list of qualified electors for Polk
2O76. OF this number the three largest
precincts are Barlow, with 262; Lakeland
with $50; Fort Meade, with 262; making
little more than half Of the entire vote
in these three dictricts.
A movement Is on foot at Miami to have
q law passed at the next session of the
legislature requiring parties who may
apply for a license to sell liquor to obtain
q n v
payers in a precinct as found on the tax
books, instead of the majority of regis
tered voters, as found on the registration
books.
AS yet no active steps have been taken
by any of the large lumber companies
owning large tracts OF timber in the west
ern portion of Alachua county to dispose
Of the vast amount of timber at present
on the ground. The Amber Lumber Com
pany are cutting and hauling timber from
the devastated section near Lacrosse and
Worthington Springs, and 1t is under
stood that they are purchasing a great
deal of timber from the GUNNER Timber
Company, few miles from Alachua.
Tallahassee correspondence of the
Morning News: Fire was discovered in
the 2-story residence, corner of Clinton
and Calhoun streets, about daylight
Thursday morning, in an upstairs ROOM
directly over the kitchen. The inmates
of the house got safely out, and a good
portion of the furniture was saved. The
building was occupied by Dr. H. e.
Palmer and family, and the furniture
belonged to him. j. NJ. Burdin, who had
a room in the second story, lost a gold
watch and his best clothes. No cause
for the fire is known The damage to
the building is fully $3.50, covered by in
surance There was no insurance on the
furniture.
Jacksonville Times Union: States At
torney A. G. Hartridge has returned home
from Green Cove Springs where he has
been since Monday, in attendance upon
the court. Mr.. Hartridge reports the case
of the state of Florida VS.. John Drew, as
one of unusual interest. Drew is the son
of a cattleman of Clay county, reputed
to be worth $4,000 He was charged by
his mother-in-law, Mrs. James Burney,
with the theft of $500 in gold from her
trunk in September, 1894. The gold, Mrs.
Bnrney testified. she had been possessed
of since 1859. During the war she buried
it for safe keeping. The evidence was
purely clrcumstantial 1t was brought
out that Drew changed SIS of the money
for greenbacks in one day at Starke, and
when arrested, had upon him seventeen 81
pieces all bearing date prior to 1853. The
jury brought in a verdict of guilty and
sentenced was passed for two years in
the penitentary. Col. r. w. Davis, who
represented the defendant, gave notice of
appeal Paul Russell, the postoff1ce rob-
Der, who burglarized a number of places
in Green Cove one night. was caught the
next day on the train coming to Jackson
vile, by the conductor and +. II. Hafer
was found guilty on three Indictments
and was sentenced to six years