The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-27

the managers The striking cigarmakers
! are not members Of any organization, as
! the foreign cigarmakers can very seldom
be induced TO join a labor organization.
Messrs. GUNNER, Gerrick, and Stuckert
Of the GUNNER Land and Timber Com
! pany have returned to Gaines
| Vile from the western part OF
! Alachua county, where they have been
| looking over the many hundred thousand
| acres of timber land destroyed by the
| storm. The trip was made TO ascertain
! whether or not II would be advisable 10
| saw the timber into lumber before it was
| destroyed by the wood sawyer. They re-
port a very gloomy prospect, but would
! not say whether they would establish saw
mills in the devastated country. II they
| do not do so AT once. they cannot save
! stick of timber, as eyeryth ne large enough
to saw is down. They left yesteray for
Levy county upon like tour OF lnVestl-
CATION. A terrific tornado passed over the
Rocky Point neighborhood, five miles
southwest of Gainesville Saturday Fences
were blown down and a house occupied
by T. NJ Crown was blown off the blocks
and badly wrecked. The tornado lasted
for only a few minutes.
An interesting case was concluded In the
circuit court at Orlando Saturday. 1t had
been in progress for two or three days, and
had attracted considerable attention. Will
lam e Wilett, a railroad conductor,
brought suit against the Savannah, FLOR
ida and Western Railway Company Tor
breach of specific contract. The claim
was made that Willett, who was employ
ed on the Florida East Coast railway ap-
piled TO the manager Of the South Florida
division of the Savannah, Florida and
Western for a position as conductor, and
was notified to come on. He threw up ms
situation, went to Sanford, and was or
dered to go over the line and familiarze
himself with it, which he did But the
company refused TO employ him. Willett
ascertaned in some way that he had been
back1isted, and after his failure to Sc
cure work at Orlando, he Travelled over
the country, endeavoring to obtain a sit
uation at the only kind of work he was
familiar with, but was not successful.
Finally he brought this suit, claiming
wages for a period Of eight months. The
case went to the jury Saturday afternoon,
and in brief time verdict was rendered,
awarding to Willett the sum of $50 per
month for a period of eight months.
The case probably win be carried up.
Montclair correspondence Jacksonville
Citizen: Mention has been made in these
columns of an intelligent pointer, Marean,
owned by Miss Helen Harcourt who has
constituted himself snake guard, and
connects the sight of hoe at work with
the presence of a snake. Miss Harcourt
also owns a parrot, which is apparently
jealous OF Marean's accomplishments in
this line. A few days ago the attention
Of the family was attracted by his excited
calls for Helen, Helen, oh, Miss Helen
followed up by continuous shouts of 'Ho,
no, no. The first was not unusual but
the last was. An inspection of the back
porch where the birds cage was hang
ing, found him Strengthened out to his
full length, and staring intently at small
garter snake on the floor The snake
seemed bewildered at the cutlery, and lay
still with uplifted head Content at hav-
ing summoned his friends, the bird ceased
his shouts, with one triumphant 'Hurrah!
A hoe, attended, of course, by the dog,
speedily appeared on the scene but the
little snake had vanished, presumably to
the ground below. A little later, however
the shouts for Helen again uprose, and
there was the intruder emerging from the
dining room. This time the hoe and Ma
rean ended the career, amid the laughter
and hurrahs of the delighted parrot, which
evidently understood all about it"