The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-14
FLORIDA.


FLORIDA.
John H. Styles, aged "a years, a plas-
terer, fell from a scaffold at the new Ter
minal depot al Jacksonville Monday, and
broke mis- neck.
For the first time in the history of Dade
county a republican representative will
next year be sent to the state legislature
in the person of DR.. Richard b. Potter
Of West Palm Beach,
Bishop Weed has gone to New York to
attend the convention of the house of bish-
ops to convene there for the purpose of
electing two missionary bishops, one for
Asheville, N. c., and one for Duluth, Mich.
W. C. Hargrove whose orange-tree
nursery on the Nights near Palatka, is
considered one of the finest in the state,
finished a shipment of trees Monday d.
rect to France, TO Mrs. Holden w.
Pierce The trees were Harti Tardiffs,
Javas and Riverside Navels.
The members of the Bryan and sewaH
Club of st. Johns county held an enthu-
siastic meeting in their clubrooms at St.
Augustine Monday. The members are
arranging for a rally on Friday evening,
4.
accepted an invitation to address the
meeting
1t is runored upon good authority at
Miami that George L. Mcdonald, the de-
feated democratic candidate for represent
tative will contest the election of r. b.
Potter 1t is not known upon what
grounds the contest will be made, Nc
Donald was defeated by DIR. r. B. Potter
by % votes.
Thomas Roberts. the defeated republican
candidate for clerk of Clay county, has
served notice on the registration officer
that he viii contest the late election on
the ground that ballots were not printed
according to law; that in some instances
the returns were not signed by inspectors,
and that ballots were not properly ac-
counted for by inspectors.
George Merrill of Jacksonville, who has
been overseeing some work on one Of the
Florida Dredging Company's dredges at
Volusia bar, was accidentally shot and Sc
riously wounded Monday noon while hunt
ing wild turkeys near Astor. Merrill's
leg was pierced in three different places.
One bullet took effect in the calf Of the
leg. one in the thigh, and the third In the
knee cap, making a serious wound.
RThe copmanding officer at the barracks
at Key West received recently a telegram
from headquarters asking how
long 1t would take for Com
papy k to get ready to move.
The answer was twelve hours. Informa-
top was also received that the troops
| from California would not come to Flori-
da, but would be sent to New York, and
that the First Artillery, at New York
would be stationed at Florida, and two
companies would go to Key West
The tax books of Alachua county, which
have been accepted by the board of coun-
ty commissioners show the following to-
| tai footings: Value, real estate, s., $50, :
| $50; railroad and telegraph, $1047. POI; per-
sonal except animals, $4S7. 800; animals
s20l $780, polls. S4.44O; total $500, 53l. The
amount of state tax to be levied from this
| assessment is S14,6S5S4, and for
the county 4S,6OO9l. The assessment
shows the number of horses andA mules
in the county to be 500; cattle, 4.337
sheep and goats. 1,4SS; hogs, 6,215; total
| of 900.
/ Gabriel Hernandez of Fernandna died
Monday morning. after weeks of suffering
| Mr.. Hernandez was aged rs years He was
| born In St. Augustine, went to Fernandina
| in 1865 and had ever since resided there
| He was for ten years master of the cal
shops Of the Florida Central and Peninsu.
| lar railway. He retained that position
as long as he was active. He was skin.
| full workman, and had the credit Of build.
ing the first railway passenger coach ever
constructed in Florida and of making the
most artistic panels of beautiful native
woods. He leaves a wife, and four sons
and two daughters.
The Norwegian bark Saturn was lost II
the Gulf during the recent great storm
The bark was loaded with logwood from
Belize, Honduras, and was bound for AL
loa, Scotland. The captain and crew Of
ten lost everything that they had and
| took to the boats. They were picked
up by the German bark Hedveg, Capt
George Gottescherosky. and were trans
ferred to the pilot boat Glance at the bar
and taken to Key West. They were
looked after by the English consul, w. j
H. Taylor, who left nothing undone tC
make the men comfortable. They left or
the Mallory Line steamer Concho for New
York, on their way home to Norway
Jacksonville Times-Union: Capt. Her.
ring Of the revenue cutter Morrill,, Cant
| Kilgore OF the revenue cutter Boutwell,
| Spanish Consul Pedro Soils and Collector
| OF Customs c. r. Bisbee OF the port of St
| Johns, held a conference Monday. In
which the reported sailing OF the steam
tug Dauntless from Palm Beach with a
cargo Of munitions OF war for the Gu
ban insurgents, and her landing on the
| coast Of Cuba. was discussed The United
| states customs and revenue marine Off
Gals do not place much confidence in the
| reports OF the landing OF an expedition
by the Dauntess They ACKNOWLEDGE
] that they have not heard of the Daunt-