The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18
FLORIDA

The Episcopalians of St. Augustine will
soon erect a church to cost $4,000.
The Florida Baptist convention will be
called to order at St. Augustine begin
ming Tuesday, Jan >.
Thomas w. Stubblefeld, second leuten-
ant of the Shine Guards at Orlando, has
rendered his resignation.
A stock company has been formed at
Daytona to publish the Commonwealth, a
five-column daily. +. A. Mann will DC.
cupy the editorial chair.
S, Il. Ives, grocer, and H. H. Dickson
dealer in grain. hay and fertilizers, nave
entered into copartnership at Orlando,
and will consolidate the rwo stocks al one
place.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. consul general to
Cuba, will arrive at the Tampa Bay hotel
Friday evening, and VIII be a guest until
Monday night, when he will sail for Ha-
vana on the O1vette.
The shipments of both phosphate and
lumber from Fernandina promise to be
good for January, and the dealers have
closed quite a number of orders for lun.
Der, good portion OF which is for export
AT Jacksonville Wednesday the grand
jury of the United States court found a
true bill against Walter R. Dlngee, clerk
in the Jacksonville postoffice, charged
with having embezzled a letter in trans
mission through the mails.
An American tie hewing machine is be-
ing placed on the Burke property at Nor
rston by an agent of the company to test
its work. This is the first machinery Of
the kind in that part of the state. There
is quite a demand for turpentine hands in
that part of the state.
Secretary Of the Navy Herbert has an
nouneed that he will send to Tampa one
of the vessels in the navy used for the
drilling of naval reserves, during the
meeting of the coast and harbor defense
convention at the Tampa Bay Casino in
January. The newly organized Tampa
naval reserves will probably be drilled on
the ship.
Joe Raspberry, young negro, about IS
years of age, died at Jacksonville Wednes-
day from the effects of a wound received
from a shotgun in the hands Of Edward
Pyne Lane, who caught him stealing cab
bages from his garden. Mr.. Lane had been
greatly annoyed by thieves and was on the.
watch. When he discovered Raspberry he
opened fire on him with the result al
ready stated. Lane has been arrested on a
charge of murder.
On Saturday last ]. G. Johnson one of
the employees of Johnson & Thompson's
sawmill in East St. Andrews, met with a
serious accident. While feeding shingles
in the planer, his fingers became entang-
led between a shingle and the knife, in
stantly cutting off the first three on the
left hand. Medical service was imme-
diately summoned, and hopes are enter
tanned that his hand, which was also bad
ly cut Will be preserved.
At the Tampa Bay hotel Casino, Dec.
49, Gen. John b. Gordon of Georgia, will
deliver his famous lecture, 1.-The First
Days of the Confederacy." His war and
political services have made his name IA
nous as a general and tireless educator.
The Last Days of the Confederacy'' is
pleasing and patriotic theme. 1t deals with
the early days of the civil war; when Gen.
Gordon organized company of noun
taineers, and was elected their captain.
He gave them the poetical name of 1.-THE
Mountain Rifers," but they insisted on the
name of 'Raceoon Roughs." In the course
Of his lecture he pays high tribute to the
heroes on both sides, and his eloquence is
something remarkable when he deals with
the high Christian character Of Stonewall
Jackson, Grant. Lee and others. The
tntHc VI the SllAife lSCluIS Is lndl the Iul-
damental law of a republic islove. The is
sues of the past were all washed out in
the blood of our brothers days.
The Continental National Building and
Loan Association. the Florida National
Building and Loan Association and the
Fernandina National Building and Loan
Association, doing business jointly at
Gainesville, were closed Wednesday by an
injunction granted by Judge Hooker. This
restraints the officers, G.. w. Hyde, presi-
dent; James NJ. Graham, treasurer, and c:
M. Alderman, manager of agencies, from
collecting any money, removing any funds
or making any entries upon the DO ks.
The plaintiffs in the case of ID. A. Miller
f. p. Gaffney, II. G. Grover and Alexan-
der Mcintyre of Ocala, stockholders Of the
association. They are represented by An
derson & Hooker of Ocala. The bill Of
complaint charges extrayagant expendi-
lures Of funds for expense, gross misman-
agement and an attempt to depreciate
in value the stock Of the Florida National
Building and Loan Association OF Ocaia,
which was purchased or absorbed by the
| Continental National Building and Loan
| Association last winter. ff