The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

only the majorities were certified to the
secretary of the state instead of the vote.
The nomination of officers of the board
of trade of Jacksonville for the ensuing
year viii be held next Wednesday. The
names prominently spoken of for president
are d. q. Amber, w. f. Coachman and
L. Furchgott
A dog owned by A. c. Perry OF Lake
City was bitten by a diamond-back rat
tlesnake Saturday and died within an
hour The dog ran rabbit into a CONNER
hole, and was bitten while in the hole
Perry dug out the snake and killed it. 1t
was five feet long.
The Tampa Times says Rev H. B. So
meillan, Cuban Methodist minister, has
built two Cuban Methodist churches. one
at hey west and the other at Tampa, and
mas done fruitful and most efficient work.
during his two years of missionary labors
among his countrymen in Tampa.
Last Sunday night an unknown party
went to the premises of the Standard Oil
Company, in Pensacola, and with tools
opened one of their large supply tanks
The tank was about half full of oil
amounting to several thousands of gall
Ions, all of which ran out upon the
ground
The cutting of the sugar cane on ST.
Cloud farm was begun Monday, and the
grinding and sugar boiling began Tuesday
and Will continue for about five or six
weeks, until the crop is made up There
are now about 800 men employed in con-
nection with harvesting the cane and
| making sugar.
pff Of
| county are pushing the tobacco interest
for all it is worth. They are doing what
they can to stimulate an increase in the
tobacco crop of that section. They are
maintaining the factories already estab-
lished and offering encouragement to
| others to locate.
The Palatka Advertiser says that if
| there is one thing Putnam county need
more than another. it is a new court
| house. The apology that answers that
| purpose now is relic of the past, and
| was considered a tirst-class building only
In ante-bellum times when progress
| was an issue of the future.
| A man giving his name as Tom Head
has been working sharp game on far
mers who come to Tampa A. ]. Howell
and another eountryman were approached
! by Head Saturday, who claimed to be
| their cousin, and ended up his relation
ship by borrowing so cents from Howell
| and dollar from the other man, telling
| the same lie to both at a different time.
He was arrested and jailed.
Barlow Courier-Informant: Barlow is to
be congratu ated upon her board of trade.
Although only a few meetings have been
held since the reorganization, yet enough
has been seen to justify the conclusion
that much needful and beneficial work
| will be accomplished by the organization.
| This is a county movement and those of
other portions of the county are invited
| and should become active members of this
| board.
Fort Meade correspondence Bar
tow Courier-Informant: At SUI
gar boiling at Elijah MeCleliand's
in the William Raulerson local.
ity on last Friday night, several persons
We're severely poisoned. Perry Brown
came to town ON Saturday to summon a
physician to attend the sufferers, and be-
fore he left was taken severely i'll. sup
posedly from effects of the poison We
learn It Is suspected that arsenic was put
in the cane juice by an evil-minded per-
son, which explains how so many were
| poisoned.
The Pensacola News thinks the Georgia
system Of supreme court should be adopt-
ed by Florida. The News says: The
bench should be made up of six justices
sitting in two divisions, each of the latter
| to act Independently of the other Just
twice as much business. under such a sys-
tenn, might be dispatched. and the extra
cost involved would be so slight as to
merit practically no consideration when
| opposed thereto would be the benefits re-
sulting to ntigants and to the always i'm
! portant interests at stake in the decisions
Of an appellate court"
Jacksonville Metropolis; L. C. Berrien
who formerly lived in Savannah, Ca, but
who Is now resident OF Riverside, IN this
| city. has just returned from Savannah.
! where he went few days since to estab-
| lish his claims as an heir of w. S. Mann
who died In Chicago, ILL.,, on the ed of last
month, leaving property and other effects
valued at over $1,000, to be divided among
four heirs. Mr.. Mann was about Ga years
of aga and was a near relative of Mr.. Ber-
| rien. DIR. Mann named Mr. Berrien as an
heir la his WILL and learning of the death
J Mr. Befrien succeeding In establishing his
| Identity to the satisfaction of the admin
istrators. Mr. Berr-en win come into pos
session of his portion OF the
estate within thirty days from