The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16

been committed to the state insane asy-
lum.
a movement is on foot toward organic
ing an army and navy club at st. Angus
tine.
Wilson, the prisoner in jail at Vernon
awaiting trial for killing his brother, Is
in very feeble health
Lake county has organized a Good
Roads Association that will work to i'm
! prove the highways of that county.
An effort is being made to get William
| J. Bryan to deliver a lecture at the De-
| Funiak Springs Chautauqua this winter.
The fight is already on for the Inver-
ness postohice one petition has been cir
culated and signed by several of the lead
| ing republicans.
The Land Pebble Phosphate Company's
works in Polk county, which have been
shut down for some weeks, are resuming
operations and Will run on full time.
The farmers in the Kissimmee section
are spreading themselves planting early
vegetables, and with favora BILE seasons
there will be larger quantities than ever
shipped from that point.
Under the new ordinance Of Barlow no
stock, except milk cows, can run at large
in the COW limits in day time and no stock
at all after night Hogs are prohibited
from running at large in any portion of
the city day or night.
A large number of bales of moss were
shipped to the northern market from
Gainesville Saturday This industry has
greatly increased since the storm, it be-
ing an easy matter to gather the moss
from trees which were blown down by
the wind.
A large colony of farmers from Indiana
viii locate in Washington county this
winter. Five families advance guards,
have arrived at Chipley, and one will
leave Indiana this week with a herd of
registered cattle to be placed upon
stock farm in this county.
Barlow Courier Informant: Treasurer
Payne, of the late Bryan and Sewall Club,
has been refunding the moneys paid into
the club as membership fees and dues,
as the club seems to have been buried.
No doubt this is the first case on record
where money paid in for political pur-
poses has ever been refunded.
The following municipal ticket has been
nominated at Orlando, and will be elect
ed without opposition: For mayor, J. B.
Parramore; clerk James X. Duke; mar
shall and eX-officio tax collector 3. l..
Dean; treasurer, S. Y. Way; assessor, G.
A. Boone; members of council, A. G.
Branham II. L. Beeman, William Smith.
At the last April term of the United
States court in Pensacola the cases of
William Tharp, an old man and a Grip
pie, walking on crutches, and mis- wife,
Mary Tharp, were tried for Illicit distill-
ing, and sentenced to the Columbus, o.,
penitentiary. Among the children, of
which the couple were possessed of sew
erai was an infant in the arms of Mrs.
Tharp. The infant is an inmate of the
prison with it's mother.
Wednesday night as Jeweler E. A. Rus
sell of Leesburg was preparing to close
up two young negro men came in and one
of them asked to see some fish hooks.
While Mr. Russell was showing the hooks,
the other negro slipped fine double case
gold watch off the work bench in front
and sneaked away with it. After the
negroes were gone, Mr. Russell missed
the watch from his bench, but thought
that he had puts it in the safe, and so he
did not actually discover the loss until
next morning. The watch was worth
about 500.
Starke Telegraph: Considerable excite
ment was occasioned Monday night by
the report on the streets that G. B. Rich
ard of Lake Butler had shot at Mrs. VIM.
Tison proprietress of the Starke house.
1t develops that Mr.. Richard had gone
to the Starlxe house to spend the night,
and shortly after supper entered Mrs.
Tisons room, adjoining the hall. Mrs.
Tison was in the room, and thinking that
the young man had been drinking, or
dered him out of the room, whereupon he
became incensed, and drawing his pistol
declared that he would not go, nor could
he be elected from the room. Mrs. Tison
then seized a stick of fire wood and dealt
Richard a blow about the head with it,
and he fired his pistol 1t is not shown
whether he intended to shoot Mrs. Tison
or merely frightened her. At all events
she escaped uninjured. Subsequently
Richard was arrested by Marshal Ben
nett and gave bond for his appearance
at the mayors court Tuesday morning.
After hearing the testimony Tuesday
morning Mayor Won kim fined Richard
SIS for breach of the peace