The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-17

| night at the home of his sister Mrs Para
mour. Mr. Henderson was 81 years Of
| age, a native Of Georgia and had been
! In Florida since shortly after the civil
! war. lie was successful farmer and
| orange grower of Marion county and had
| been a devoted member of the Baptist
/ church for twenty-seven years.
Wolves are becoming very common and
| troublesome in the cattle range in Laeay-
| cite county. Last week Charlie McKen-
! ney found a calf which had been killed by
/ them. He at once bated the carcass with
/ strickuine and the next day found two
| large wolves dead near the calf. During
! the past week other parties have killed
/ four wolves and taken their scalps 10 the
| cattle men at Mayo, who are paying $40
/ for each wolf killed.
/ J. c. Compton. county school superln-
! tendent Of Lake county. has recently pub
| hshed a course of study and rules and
regulations for the schools of Lake coun-
| ty IL is a twenty-four-page pamphlet,
! and is, perhaps, the most extensive course
| of study that has been issued for any
! county in this state. The annual report
! Of The county superintendent for the last
| school year is almost completed, and Will
be published in a few days.
Hyacinths are said TO be as bad as ever
in the creeks above Palatka and navigation
is almost impossible 1t seems that the
statement made some weeks ago that the
| hyacinths in the creeks We're rapidly dying,
was more hopeful than authentic, as then
it was thought that the salt water which
was being forced up the small streams
would completely eXterminale the pest.
During the past week the heavy rains have
sent the hyacnths on u boom and they
are growing as fast as ever,
/ II.
pairing for an active campaign. They held
a convention at Hillyard last week and
nominated a fun county ticket, with the
exception Of a treasurer. The following
is the ticket A. Macdonald for senator;
John Knight and G. w. Hodges, for rep
Tesentatives; J. II. Jones, collector; and
c. l.. Pratt, assessor. The Democrats Of
The county are pleased that they have put
out ticket, as it viii give them an OPP
portunity of doing good work.
Jacksonville's business men are prepar-
ing to reach out for the Cuban and Porto
Rican business and several of the firms
there are in correspondence with West In
dian parties looking TO the foundation of
their operations. In some Instances per-
sonal representatives have been dispatched
to the islands to look over the new field.
A point which IS now being considered is
the establishment of steamship lines to Gu
ban and Porto Rican ports or at least
line of sailing vessels. It Is thought that
great volume of Western products could
be trained by the way of the Florida city
and that the lumber trade could be work
ed into a prodigious commerce. The Clyde
Steamship Company has a line of ships to
Haytien and San Dominican ports and it
is thought that the same company could
give Jacksonville a line to Porto Rico with
most advantageous results. Heretofore en-
tor plef1 oil of Tar
deavored to establish a steamship line to
jamaica, but nothing has ever resulted
from these efforts.
An injunction was granted by Judge Call
at jacksonville Monday, restraining T. j.
Reese. colored. from disposing of a judg
ment against the city of Jacksonville for
| 81 500. The decree also restraints e. w. Vail
from paying Reese $500 due him, and re-
! straining the city from paying the Judg-
ment until the further order of the court
| The bill in the case stated that the COM
| plainant was engaged by Reese to bring
| suit against the city for damages result
| ing from injuries received from a defec-
| tive pavement on Orange street. "A cOn-
| tract was signed by which Mr.. Gordon was
| to receive one-third of the damages award
| ed. The case was referred by the court to
| T. NJ. Day, Jr., who decided in favor of the
| complainant, fixing the amount of the dam
ment to b. w. Vail, receiving $500 in cash
and a note for the balance. J. j. Holland
! also makes claim for one-third of the judg
! ment declaring that he, too, was employed
! as an attorney by Reese. A bond of $500
was required from the petitioner to indem-
Nifty Reese from any suffering by reason of
| the injunction.
| Correspondence of Jacksonville Times
Union from Orlando, Aug. Is: For some
| time there has been a fractional war in the
/ colored Baptist Church in the east end of
| Orlando. Each faction claims ownership
| of The church building. The case was in
court some time ago, and a decision was
| rendered placing the faction now headed
| by Rev Poole in custody of the building
! This decision did not lay the turbulent
! spirit of the opposing factions, and they
| have been threatening trouble ever since
! Yesterday the affair eliminated. Elder
| Poole went into the pulpit at the appoint
| ed hour to open services. He asked Deacon
| Price TO hand him hymn book, when
| Anderson Hunt, of the opposing faction
! "ht'' on the deacon, and did him up. He
! then attacked the parson in the pulpit, and
| made his nose bleed. The meeting came to
| a sudden termination. Later the officers
went out and invited the belligerents to
! appear before the Mayor this morning. At
| the appointed hour a continuance was ask
| ed for, and the case will go over until to-
| morrow. Deputy Sheriff Hand drove out
from Sanford this morning, having in
| charge a colored man, who is charged with
attempting a rape upon d colored woman
| of that place few days ago The deputy
| stated that while the charge Is a serious
| one, the circumstances rather favor the
| prisoner, and the chances are that it may
! NOT prove as black an affair as is claimed.
| officer Carter went to Tampa on Saturday.
| and returned last night. bringing back
Bill Robinson, who is charged with carry
| ing concealed weapons.
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