The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-22

done at $3.50 to-day at the colored school
house in town.
After being detained at St Augustine
for six days by storms and rough weather
at sea, the steamer Planter babe farewell
Wednesday morning with the officers ana
men of Battery c., First Artillery, bound
for their new quarters at Fort Moultrie,
opposite Charleston,
Slater Adams, white man of Lake City,
while under the influence of whisky, went
to his home and, after tearing things up
in general, threw a heavy glass lamp at
his daughter, striking her in the face dis
figuring the young lady in terrible man
ner. At last reports the young lady was
resting easily.
Miss Helen Troy, daughter of William
Troy of Daytona, was married to James
Kincaid, express agent on the Florida
East Coast railway, by Rev. c. NJ. Bing-
ham, at noon Wednesday at the home of
the bride The wedding was private only
a few friends and relatives being pres
ent. Their only attendance We're little
Flossie Bingham, flower girl, and PHILIPPE
Forkes, page.
News has been received at Daytona of
the death of J. B. Jordan at Joliet, H.
He was a highly honored citizen of Day
tona and one of the early settlers of the
town, and also a prominent real estate
agent, but, on account of poor health,
was obliged to give up business last spring,
and left Daytona. He resided a short
time on his place back of Port Orange
prior to his going north.
DR.. F. NJ. Wilson of Barlow was in
Tampa Wednesday, and conducted the
medical examination which had been call
ed for the day before. Among those who
passed successfully the rigid examination
were DR.. j. A. Girard of Hawthorn DR..
c.. NJ. White of Fort Myers, DR.. j. c.
Matthews Of Fort Ogden, and DR.. Shell
ton Rinehart of Eagle Lake. These gen
tlemen were very much disappointed the
day before on account of the examination
not being held, but are happy now.
Tallahassee Correspondence: Adjutant
General Houston has commissioned the
following new officers for the Starke Ri
fles: A. V. Long, first lieutenant; G. C.
Livingston, second lieutenant.-Capt. C.
+. Davis of Iamonia, owner of the Tai
lahassee fair grounds, came here Tuesday
to supervise the Improvements for the fall
races. The track being in good condition,
local sportsmen are daily speeding their
horses.-The famous military production,
THE Siege of Gettysburg" under the di-
be presented by cast in
Guiding forty persons, at the
opera house Friday night, for the benefit
of the Governors Guards.
Wednesday afternoon at 4:9O word was
sent into Lake City that Lee Cathey, the
13-year-old son of S. Brooks Cathey. had
shot and instantly killed himself Upon
investigation it was learned that the young
man had left that city early Wednesday
morning to spend the day with his grand
mother. Mrs. Lanesa Cathey, who lives
about mile and a half southeast of the
city. He had been playing with a pistol
and had been warned by his grandmother
to put it up. She was under the Impress
ion that he had. After diuner the young
fellow slipped into the house and took the
revolver out with him. A short time
afterwards his grandmother hearing a
shot, went out and found him dead. the
ball having passed through the brain. The
body was at once brought into the city
and carried to the home of the grief-strick-
en- parents.
Winter Park Correspondence The COM
ing of President Plants private car at
this season of the year is always an i'm
portant event with our people, because it
means with hardly an exception, new and
attractive Improvements about the denot
grounds and the Seminole hotel. This Yea r
his return in safety and renewed health
from foreign shore made his welcome
more hearty and significant. Happily he
found everything here in good shape ana
departed with the assurance that he look
ed for a good business here this winter
The past fortnight has been a remarkable
one on this section of the Plant system
railroad for. the number of cattle and
horses killed. We have no stock law. and
cattle perambulate at night all about the
curves that naturally abound near sta
tons and before the engineers can made
a sudden stop they strike one or two ami
mails. The stock damage account this
month will cover nearly dozen horses
and COWS on this single seciion.-The an
houncement that Hon. II. S. Chubb of this
city had set out an orchard of a thou
SAND young camphor trees has created
quite a stir among people looking for some
KIND of an easy-growing money crop. Now
IN his case, for example, no great risk il
run, as he Is a big-saaried man looLins
after large real estate interests here ana
occasionally picking up a fat politica,
Plum and also has the land and the time
10 give to such an experiment Men of
small means and smaller experience in
TINS Kind of culture had better go SLOW
IN their ventures In camphor productions
winter Park, Maitland and Orlando
nave big colored settlements. and they ara
mostly Methodists The announcement,
that bishop Wesley j. Gaines of Atlant,
IS TO succeed Bishop Abram Grant in
Florida, is hailed by them with much graft
hcatlon. Bishop Gaines is well known
and highly esteemed there by all classes.