The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-17
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from his tobacco. but up 10 date reports
poor success vita his experiments.
The colored population Is considerably
ahead on new bibles In Jacksonville this
month, according 10 the reports in the city
he1ith office OF the twenty-tnree babies
only five are Of while parentage.
st. Augustine Journal: The now famous
balcony on the Bishops building is grad
uaIly nearing c3mpleti9n. Every day sees
few more beams aid, and as the council
has been restrained from interfering, the
work goes merriy on.
Key West Herald: We have been in
formed that the name OF the schooner
Richard K Fox that Is being used to
carry the mails and supplies 20 Tortugas
VIII soon be changed 70 that of the
schooner DR.. Glazier, after the late doctor
of the marine hospital. who ded here
some years ago Of yellow fever.
The Punta Gorda Herald remarks that
illiteracy is rapidly disappearing in Flor
ida. Our people have good reason 10 be
pround Of the splendid public school sys-
tenn that is 50 rapidly supplying the young
With school education. No state in the
south surpasses Florida in this respect,
though ncne Is so sparsely settled.
While some bathers we're in the ocean
last week near Malabar. during a heavy
blow, an immense shark was tumbled up
on the beach, within six feet of one Of
the bathers. 1t struggled heroically with
the waves, and finally got back into deep
water. II was thought 10 have been fif-
teen feet long. This is the first case on
record here Of a live shark coming in
shore
ST. Augustine Journal: Since the amalga-
nation of Jacksonville's two big papers
the new management has cut down the
newsboy's profits on the sales OF papers
to the extent of penny on each one.
This the youngsters who sell them in this
city decided 10 rebel against, and when the
papers arrived yesterday they struck in
a body and refused 10 handle them. As
the representative in this city could not
make any concessions to them, they walk
ed off to she opposition shop and took the
Savannah News out on the streets for
sale Il is probable that new corps will
be employed to-day.
Jacksonville Metropolis; Henry Hurl-
but the white man who blew his jaw off
and a portion of his face Sunday a week
ago with Il load of buckshot at his home
near Mayport 5 still living at the county
hospital. Hurlhuts wonderful vitality has
greatly puzzled the doctors, who did not
expect he could possibly live, but dread
fully mu1lated as he is he does not seem
10 be sinking; in fact, his strength is Won
derful and some of the dismembered flesh
Is actually healing. AS he has no mouth
liquid food Is given him through the ORR
fee in his throat. He is unable to speak,
as his tongue was entirely shot away, and
all he can do Is to utter gutteral sounds.
If he wants anything he writes for it.
Tampa correspondence Jacksonville
Tlmes-Union and Citizen: The Law and
order League met last night, and the re-
port of the committee appointed for that
purpose was read, giving the detailed
charges against p. o. Knight, solicitor of
the criminal court of record. The charges
were very voaumnous, and entered into
the minute deSails. The league appointed
II. G. Macfarlane, G. A. Hanson and Rev.
j. G. Anderson a committee to lay the re-
port before Gov. BloXhem. The report
asks that the governor suspend the solc-
itor pending an Investigation OF the
charges, and asks that a commission be
appointed 10 take testimony in this city
MIR Knight has frequently invited an in
yestigatlon of the charges made against
him, and Is doubtless prepared to meet
his accusers.