The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-09

a long illness with chronic liver trouble.
The deceased was one of the most sue
cessful and popular young business men
Of the city, and was a member of the po-
lice board of the city government.
Gov. Bloxham has made the following
civil appointments: F. L. Rees of Live
Oak. jefferson B. Browne of Key West,
Thomas Pebley of Pensacola, Alex J.
Goode of Melbourne and r. E. Browne of
Zolfo, 20 be notaries public for the state
at large. and Hardee Bryan of High
Springs. to be constable for district 20, AL
achua county.
The county commissioners at Orlando
have appropriated 500 toward detraying
the expense of getting out a second edi-
ton Of Florida Home, Farm and Field,
for the purpose of advertising Orange
county. S. r. Hudson, L. ]. Dollins and
c. Z. Howard are to issue the publication.
They will make a canvass of the county
FOR financial aid to make the edition as
large as possible.
JudgMJ Wofford Tucker, an aged and
prominent resident, died suddenly Thurs
day at his home in Sanford. He had been
quite feeble for some time but was feel
ing unusually well this morning and walk
ed through his garden with his wife, and
the aged couple We're photographed to-
gether by their grandson, J. w. Tucker
of Jackson, Miss. Shortly after he was
taken with a sudden attack and died al
most instantly Judge Tucker was promi-
nent during the civil war, and was the
head of the secret service of the confeder-
ate states. He published a newspaper in
ST Louis before the war. He was a man
of high principles and greatly beloved. He
leaves a wife and daughter, Mrs. A f.
Phillips of Tampa. His grandson, Sam
uel NJ. Tucker, is principal of the public
schools of Sanford. Another grandson, J.
w Tucker. and his wife, are here on
visit.
Gainesville dispatch to Jacksonville Me-
tropolis: This city was thrown into Juror
OF excitement this morning at an early
hour by the announcement that a negro
brute had attempted to assault Miss
Claude Bennett, a respectable young lady
of this city. The facts are substantially as
follows: Miss Bennett was en- route from
her home In East Gainesville to her moth
ers place of business in the city at about
7:30 O'Clock this morning when she was
met near Sweet Water branch by Sim
Howard a burly negro, who grabbed her
by the shoulders and attempted to assault
her For a moment Miss Bennett was
overcome with fright, but recovering her
screamed loudly for assistance. The negro
made an unsuccessful attempt to hush her
cries but finding this impossible he fled.
The young lady then hurried up town and
reported the matter and a posse are now
searching for the brute, who If caught
will fare badly. Howard has repeatedly
tried these tricks, as learned from lelia-
BILE source this morning, having made at
tempts on two other young ladies. These
attempts have been kept "A secret IN the
hope OF catching the rascal. Howard Is
about p years of age, slender and very
black.
The proposed new railroad from VAL
dosta Ga, to Jacksonville. will open up
a section of country that is well timbered.
and that has heretofore been untouched
by the turpentine and sawmill men, The
new road is to be known as the Atlantic,
Valdosta and Western, and it will connect
with the Florida Central and Peninsular
at Crawford. The proposed line begins at
Valdosta, in Lowndes county, Ga, and
runs through the counties of Lowndes,
Echols, and Clinch, passing south of the
Okefinokee swamp. Twenty-seven miles
of this road are already in operation, I'M
der the management of G.. S. Baxter &
Co., the large crosste contractors, with
Headquarters at Haylow, in Echols county.
The capital stock of the association, as
stated in the application for charter pub
lshed in the Waycross Journal, is not less
than S100, 600, and not more than 1000, 600,
to consist of common stock. The principal
offices of the company will be in Valdos-
ia. The petitioners are g. S. Baxter, New
York. e c. Long, Haylow, Ga. Walton
Ferguson, Jr., New York; George era
ham, Haylow, Ga; f. f. Twiss, Haylow,
Ga; H. A. Tabb Haylow, Ga; James w.
English, Jr, Atlanta, Ga; T. G.. Crawford,
Valdosta, Ca; F. w. Long, Haylow, Ga.
G. L. Pitcher, Haylow, Ga. Ample capital
is back of the scheme to make a success
Of It., and the indications are the road will
be built.