The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-31

by the school board The school there will
open oct. 1 and run seven months.
Twelve months ago Jdhette was a
small depot and one store, with perhaps
twenty-five people. Now it has eevgn
phosphate plants in successful operation,
with several others being erected and IN
prospect with q population Of 1909 70 l'-o
people and an output Of rs to 80 tons
of high grade rock daily, with pay rolls
amounting TO about S400 per day
Sheriff Smith at Pensacola received a
message from Mcpavid. Flo. Tuesday
morning. stating that Sherman Unlisted
had shot and MORALLY wounded Jim
O'Farreu In that place Unlisted was also
wounded. Unlisted is under arrest, and
was taken to Pensacola Tuesday after
noon. Both parties are white and are
quite well known McDavid is station
about twenty-five miles north Of Pensa-
cola.
Twenty-one saloons, with sile-door at
tachments were pulled by the Tampa po-
lice Sunday Each proprietor put up a
bond of s25. It was the first raid IN some
time. and the result was that the police
court receipts Monday went up TO the
very unusual total of $500. Nearly all OF
the saloonkeepers forfeited their bonds
The raid was. Of course, entirely uneX-
pected, but the Sunday sellers put up their
money without objection.
The pickers in the cigar factories at
Tampa are still on a str Ike. They have
not mad the amount Of wages they ore TO
receive settled yet. These men spent
Monday in conference and the manufac-
turers held a meeting. Neither side
agreed Just exactly with the other and a
f,nnf o. fIol
state. The question viii be settled, how
ever. in a short time, and the men VIII
return to work upon whatever basis Is
agreed.
Fernandina Florida Mirror; The Dun
Mellon Phosphate Company's railroad from
Dunnel.on TO Ing.is will be completed this
week. This is private road, ana for
the present at least win only be used 20
transport freight for the DunnellOn Com
pany This road has been constructed by
the Dunnellon Phosphate Company to
transport phosphate 10 a Gulf port The
rood will be the means Of keeping some
extensive shipments Of phosphate rock
from Fernaudina.
What is generally reported to be a
strike among the fishermen on the West
coast is now on. There are hundreds Of
men that are employed I'm supplying the
wants OF Inc L lDlll T 1911 anu ice AOill-
pany, and, according to what the few
fishermen say who are in Tampa, there
is general strike among the men at all
the camps down the bay. Il seems thai
there is some trouble over the price. The
fishermen do not know whether to accept
the weight or count as basis OF settle
ment. and over this indecision on their
part has grown the strike.
Gainesville Sun: THE Gainesville and
Gulf Railways Sampson City extension is
rapidly nearing completion. The right of
way has been cut to the northern limits
of this city, and by walking up the Plant
System track as far as the tannery. OF
possibly a little further, one can get a
view into Sampson City. From this point
to Sampson City distance OF
twenty miles, the road is as straight as an
arrow The merchants of Gainesville are
already beginning to reap the benefit of
this new road For the past week or more
the hands employed in the construction of
the road have been coming TO Gainesville
and doing considerable trading. The road
will not be long in getting ready for run
ming trains.
Zach b. Bailey, the negro postmaster
at Millview, has been lodged in jail at
Pensacola, in default of 81 500 bond on the
charge of robbing the mails. So enter
prlSing, II Is alleged, was ne IN MS rob-
berries that ii was difficult for the people
of MiI.view to get any mail. Numerous
complaints were sent to Washington, and
finally Calvin Wheat was appointed post
master, and his commission was mailed
to him. but II never reached his hands. A
duplicate commission was mailed and it
too. went astray. Two other commissions
were mailed, none OF which reached Mr.
Wheat. inspectors Rosson and Fuller
were sent to Millview to investigate and
there it Is said, they found the four COM
missions for Postmaster Wheat, together
with several barrels and boxes of mail
matter that had been opened and stuffed
away by Bailey. This is said to be the
first case on record where a postma ter
robbed the mails of the commission of his
successor in office. Bailey got considera-
BILE money out of the mails. it is charged
but just how much will not be definitely
known until his trial.