The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-15

New York Saturday night. They will be
shipping twice a week from now on.
The plans for the buildings at Lakeland
for the fair association are about com
pleted and work will soon be begun. The
buildings will be of architectural beauty.
and permanent in character.
w. f. Bozeman, prominent citizen of
Center Hill, accidentally shot himself
through the fight hand Saturday morning
while getting over a fence with a loaded
shotgun. The hand was so mangled that
It was amputated above the wrist joint
The city council of Lakeland has pro-
vided for the paving of more streets. and
work will proceed within thirty days. to
be completed within sixty days. This
will finish the business section paving
that will extend well into the residence
quarter of the town.
The revenue cutter Forward sailed from
Port Tampa Monday and will make q
cruise through Charlotte Harbor, along
the coast by Anclote, and then TO TAMPA
for another short stay. The Forward win
make Tampa her headquarters during the
winter, and the officers are all bringing
their families to the city for the season.
Ocklawaha, three miles from Ocklawaka
station, started by the Williams family.
is now in hourlshing condition. with a
population of about 100, and still grow
ing. They are engaged in turpentine
farming, orange growing, etc. Several
hundred barrels of turpentne and rosin
are shipped every few weeks on the Ock.
lawaha river.
Charles Dyer, a white employe of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad was
committed TO Jail at Pensacola Monday.
charged with the murder of Lewis Faux
also an employee of the road a Flomaton
Sunday night 1t is understood that the
men had a quarrel in regard to some mat
ter connected with Dyers wife This is
the third murder that has occurred in
Escambia county within the past ten days.
Dr. Foster S. VIM of the Marion Sims
Medical Institute at St. Louis, Mo, pass
ed through Key West recent
ly, en- route TO Havana to
make a special study of that ter
rIbie East Indian disease, -beri, which
has spread so rapidly during the past few
months throughout Cuban towns and is
claiming hundreds of victims weekly
among Spanish troops and marines.
Mrs. Mary Register was released from
Jail at Jacksonville Monday on
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c. L'Engle, T. ]. Boyd and r. w.
Adams as sureties. The cause for the
charge against her arose in the circuit
court during the trial of Henry Tyre for
the murder of Edward Register. Mrs.
Register was originally indicted in the
circuit court in connection with Henry
Tyre and Robert Tson charged with the
murder of Edward Register, her husband.
This Indictment has been quashed, how
ever, and she is now under charge of per-
jury in connection with the case.
La Lucia, one of the leading papers of
Havana and one of the official organs of
the government, in a recent issue printed
a story charging that when the VesuVius
intercepted the tug Dauntless as she was
leaving Jacksonville on her last alleged
ilibustering expedition, the officers of the
warship went aboard of the tug and had
a very lively time drinking and singing
with a lot of gay women, who were rep
resented as being on board of the tug.
The officers of the Vesuvius say the story
is too absurd to be dignified by a denial.
The officers of the Vesuvius
are naturally indignant that SO
great an injustice should be done them.
Most of the officers of the Dauntless are
said to be negroes, and there were no
swomen on board of the tug when the We
suyius intercepted her.