The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10

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| the air and yell at every one he passed.
| Friday he went down on the Clyde dock
a. the foot Of Hogan street and tried to
jump overheard, but was prevented from
| doing so. He is as wild as a hare, ana
/ when Policeman MCKewn tried to arrest
| him he ran like a deer. but was finally
/ captured. At the station he continued to
| carry on, and made so much noise that
| ne was put in dark cell He appeared to
imagine, he was riding bicycle in his
| cell, and kept up a continual screaming
| Ior people to get out Of his way.
The democratic executive committee of
| Washington county met at Vernon Wed
nesday. with Gen. William Miller. chair
man. call was issued for a senatorial
| GonVenton' TO meet at st. Andrews Bay
| july Is. and a county convention at Yer
| non, June g. at which nominations will be
made for all county officers; also delegates
| Ior the state and congressional conVen-
tons.
The county commissioners of Orange
county have decided TO levy a three-mill
tax for the purpose of laying clay and
shell roads throughout the county unless
a protest shall be made by the citizens of
Une county by August 4. The plan pro-
Vldes that whenever the property owners
on any road agree to stand one-half the
! expense, the county will pay the other
half, and the road will be built under the
| supervision of the commissioners.
The primary election in Escambia coun-
ty to nominate candidates of the demo-
cratic party for the legislature will be held
IN Leon county to-day Mr.. Call is a can
d1date foc reelection, and his most prOmi-
| nent opponent in the democratic party is
| Hon. W. d. Chipley of Pensacola The two
| candidates to be voted for by the regular
| democrats to-day favor Mr.. Chipley. SEN
! ator Call secured the services of Senator
| Ben 1illman OF South Carolina to assist
| MIN with silver speech and Mr.. Tillman
| spoke last night.
Some time ago the board of
| trade of Tampa determined to
! erect magnificent six-story
/ building on its Franklin street lot, and
| $4,000 worth Of second-mortgage bonds
| were to be tioated for this purpose. This
/ was thought to be as much as could be
! disposed of at the present time, but so ra-
| pidly We're the bonds taken up that We'd
| nesday night the erection of a more costly
| building was decided on, and the amount
| is to be raised to $4,000. The bonds VIII be
| disposed of very rapidly.
The democratic executive committee Of
Duval county met at Jacksonville Wednes-
| day and after some discussion agreed to
| have two conventions In Duval county, the
nrst IN the opera house at noon on June
| 8, and the other at some later date to be
! DECIDED. At the first convention delegates
| VIII pc selected to the state and congress
sional conventions and at the second coun-
! ~ ofhcers and an executive committee will
| be named. The primaries for the first con-
/
NJ. D. Tindall, wife and three children
were hoeing corn about a quarter of a
| mile from their house In the southern part
| of Osceola county Tuesday Mr. Tindall
| sent his son, 9 years old, and his daugh-
! ter, years old, after his gun. Some time
| atterWard he heard the discharge of the
! gum, and, knowing that nobody was at
| the house, but the two children, he went
| there and found the little girl dead, with
! part OF her head blown away by load
| OF buckshot. The boy says that the gun
! was accidentally fired.
The report of the United States land Of
| nee at Gainesville for the month of April
! has been forwarded to Washington. There
is a singular coincidence in connection
| with the business in the office for that
month. The number of entries was IA, and
! corresponds exactly with the number of
final proofs. The entries embraced s,O54 16
! Excess sales amounted to 1888 Amount
| received for reducing testimony to writ
ing for plats, etc, $9S.s5. There was one
| payment for timber depredations, amount
| ing to $3.50. During the month there was
not single committed homestead.
The democratic convention for Brevard
county was held at Titusville Wednesday.
! Seventeen .precints out of twenty were
| represented by delegates or proxies. The
committee on platform reported in favor
| Of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of
/ l6 to l. A committee of seven to nominate
! delegates reported for state delegates.
/
| ton, T. j. DesteGben, and for congressional
! delegates. W. H. Sharpe, II. L. Parker,
/ Jack Carter and Seabrook Sans The
! convention adopted the reports of the va
/ rious committees and adjourned sine die.
! DR.. Porter Of Gainesville, during the
present year, cultivated forty acres of
| strawberries. The yield was 10000 quarts
/ ana the average net returns were 8 cents
/ per quart, making a total amount of 49,
/ 500 received during the the entire sea-
| son. The doctor states that he is not
! faVorably impressed with the result and
| that 1t has been a poor year for straw
| berry culture. The doctor has given en-
! ployment to about forty people during
4 certain portions of the season. Next year
] he Will cultivate Strawberries on the
/ same extensive scale.
| In the municipal court at St Augustine
| Wednesday Judge Corbett rendered a de-
/ cision in the cases of R. r. Goff, c. Ed
mondson and Jack Dyalls, charged with
assaulting a hackman named Campbell
/ several days ago. Much Importance is at
/ tached to the finding of the court as it is
| believed that it will put a stop to the di-
! hculties that the railway company is con
/ tlnually experiencing with the hackmen
/ judges decision, Mr.. Golf Is declared not
guilty, while Edmondson and Dyalls were
round guilty and fined the sum of IS each
and costs.
Jacksonville Citizen: c. r. Carlin of the
Jupiter life saving crew stated to a Citi-
zen reporter Tuesday that Jupiter inlet
has entirely closed absolutely no outlet
existing for back water. This condition
has prevailed for some time, and the cti-
zens have more than once made an effort
to open and maintain the inlet but to no
purpose as the sand shifts rapidly An
appropriation of $500 has been made nv
congress, but this has been deemed made
quate; in fact, It has nearly all been used,
but no good was accomplished. A pri-
waite subscription is now being raised
which, with another requested appropria-
ton by congress, will, il is hoped be
sufficient q nav fo. fha penaceartr