The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-08
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The young men of Quincy are speaking
Of organizing Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION Club in the near future.
The new Baptist Church at Live Oak is
nearing completion, and will soon be ready
for occupancy. When finished it will be
one of the Drettiest and most comfortable
buildings of its kind in. the place
James Robinson, colored, an employe OF
). NJ. Flynn & Co. of Phenix, was shot
nd instantly killed Friday by Kid Mccoy,
also colored who is employed by Mobiles
Co. The killing was done at Mobiles &
Co.'S still, and occurred over a difference
o. 10 cents in a game of cards, known
10 them as Skin game" Mccoy has fed
TO parts unknown.
Friday afternoon about o'clock B. F.
Woodward entered Mrs Wings store at
Bayard with a loaded gun and laid it upon
some soda crates to do some shopping, not
Suspecting that any one would interfere
with it. While Dusily engaged, James
Bradbury, a lad of Il, began medd.ing
when the gun fired a load OF No. Z shot
into the counter. Some of the shot
glanced to the other side of the store and
lour struck w. l. Acosta, travelling sales
man, of Jacksonville who was sitting on
ice opposite counter Two shot struck
Lucy Frasier negro woman, ana one
Ter little daughter. Acosta's hurt was
not serious.
A. f. styles, one of the foremost farm.
ffs in Duval county, has the proud dis
u1ction of knowing Admiral Dewey very
Well. Mr.. Styles is a native of Vermont.
and when he was a boy he and Dewey
went to the same school and occupied the
same room together. Mr.. Styles says tina (
ne can easily recognize in the features Of
'ne admiral to-day the boy of forty years
ago The story recently in circulation to
the effect that Dewey was a pugnacious
Foungster at school and ring-leader of
all sorts of wicked schemes is denied by
Mr. Styles, who says that Dewey was
one of the quietest and most orderly of
school boys.
Live Oak Democrat: A few days ago
Robert Elliott was out bird hunting wnen
he noticed his dog come to a point. APP
piodching it he noticed the dog make
plunge forward, take hold OF some thing
give it vigorous shake, which threw
ue object some distance away. Go.ns
h'arer he discovered the object to be
Iatuesnake Of immense size, which Boz
says had full string Of rattles. Thinking
me dog had killed it, he sat down ana
louched it with stick or something, when
vac rattles were shaken. OF course, Bob
.fat hasty retreat when he discovered
.'at HE was not extinct, but, returning,
round that the old snake had been relu-
i'rced by a bunch of forty-three little
"es, about six inches in length all Of
which ne killed.
AT a recent meeting of the Fernandina
oliy Council special committee was ap
70 nted to inquire into and report on the
f" Ject Of erecting a building to be USED
- lhe city as a market Offices, Police
'uft' etc The erection of such a build
u has been under discussion for some
me- and has met the favorable consider
auon OF the citizens 1t is estimated that
building will cost about $40. 900, aud
nat the saving to the city in rents, sale
~ market privileges. etc, win fully cover
interest OH the money invested, and will
.aS sum into sinking fund which
l. gu eventually wipe out the principal
-Ghandina is one of the most Progressive