The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

formed part of the cargo of the steam
ship Seminole Wednesday.
The Cedar Key Coaster says DR.. ]. N.
Taylor, formerly of that place, but now
of Macclenny, has been offered Sc, 900 an
nually for the remainder of the doctors
Ire II he Will move to some city of not
less than 10000 Inhabitants, and will give
three hours daily to poor people.
The governor has admitted the HamiI-
ton Blues. a military company Of Jasper,
to the Florida state troops, and commits
stoned the following officers: Captain, II.
]. Stewart; first lieutenant, Daniel Nor
gan Smith, Jr.; second lieutenant, Robert
4. Radford The company has fun ros-
ter, and Will be at the next encampment
The board OF health of Franklin coun-
ty is in a state of collapse. Want of
finances is the cause. Franklin and Es-
Gambia counties clamored to be allowed
to operate their own health affairs in the
passing of the law abolishing county
boards and placing all the counties under
the state board, and the request was
granted
meeting of the democratic executive
committee of Hillsborough county has
been called to meet at Tampa on April
Is. The business to be transacted will be
the calling of the county democratic con-
Vention to elect delegates to the state and
congressional conventions, and such other
business as may properly come before the
committee.
The democratic executive committee or
| Clay county meets at Green Cove Sprine
on next Wednesday, April s, for the pur-
| pose OF calling a primary election or a
| convention to nominate county officers
| Some few are advocating a convention
! but to judge by expressions from the peo-
pie generally, a large majority is in favor
! or a primary election.
There are now confined in the county
jail at Tampa five murderers. all negroes.
| First comes Harry Singleton. the yellow
tough, who murdered Jack Mccormick.
| Milton and Parkman both policemen with
| too much pistol; Bartlett and Denis Rob-
| ertson, the latter being the man who
! shot an inoffensive negro in Buckeit's
Fort Brooke's dance hall last Christmas
| eve
A petition, signed by large majority
of the citizens of st. Andrews Bay and
| vicinity, has been sent to the postoffice
| department at Washington asking for a
! daily mail from Anderson to Vernon via
! Noles' Postoffice. A new steamer, owned
by Mr.. Alexander of st. Andrews, is
/ expected to carry the daily mail from
St Andrews to Bay Head en- route for
Chipley, connecting With the route from
Anderson to Vernon.
The reports filed in the city treasurer's
office at Jacksonville show that sixteen
foreign building and loan associations
are now doing business in that city All
| provisions of chapter 15S of the acts of the
| legislature of 1898, requiring each foreign
building and loan association doing bust
| ness in the state of Florida to deposit
| with the state treasurer the sum of SIS :
OOO to secure the holders of stock in these
associations
Before the body of Railroad Bill was
consigned to the grave at Pensacola re-
Gently his Winchester rifle and pistol were
taken from the coffin. With these wea-
| pons the outlaw had committed several
| murders, and they show the hard usage
| to which they had been subjected Both
are covered with blood from his numer-
| Gus wounds when he met death. The
butt of the rifle is splintered by a bali
and the wooden part of the pistol handle
was shot away.
Prof. w. B. Lynch, who has served as
principal Of the Sanford public schoo,
for three or four years, is announced
as candidate for the office of county SUI
perintendent of public instruction Fol-
lowing this announcement of Prof
| LynchS candidacy, is that of Prof w Cart
johnson, first assistant of the Orlando
/ high school. Besides the two gentlemen
just mentioned, j. T. Beeks, the present
incumbent, will be a candidate for re-elec-
ton to a fifth term, and Mr. Richardson
of Oakland will also enter the race
The issue of the Jacksonville Citizen on
March II contained the news of the find
ing Of the old time-faded will of Mrs
! Sarah Coil, which left certain CITY pron-
critics to the Mckay family of Tamps
! There were seven direct heirs, ali chill
! dren of Mrs. Matilda Mckay who died in
october. 1884 Since the publication some
an evidence OF which the heirs have Az
| fected a compromise for the block a.
| Tampa which she recently sold for Ar O00
] giving a warrantee deed Mrs Finelds