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6 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. A Colored Woman Under Arrest at Carters ville Charged With Infanti cide—Two Good Stories About Dogs A Man Charged With Robbing a Depot Safe to Sue the Georgia Cen tral Railroad for Damages. GEORGIA. The new opera house at Athens will be opened about Jan. 10. There are fewer vacant stores in Athens than was ever known before. The Gainesville Volunteers have changed their name to Piedmont Rifles. Many of the weekly papers of the State will not be issued during holiday week. Tallapoosa finally gets the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, and every body is happy. Louis Bray, living four miles east of Athens, made this year fifty bales of cotton with two plows. The earth is being cleared away for the foundation of the new £IO,OOO Baptist church of Bruuswick. There are about fifteen flats that run on the Oconee river at Athens every day, hauling wood and brick. There is a man now grown in Athens who orrce traveled from Jackson, Miss., to hang up his stocking and got a 10c. barlow knife in it. A stock company is at present being or ganized to build and equip a rope factory in Tallapoosa. Mr. Lynn, of Oxford, Ala., is the head pusher in the enterprise. Some of Gridin's physicians have ad dressed a letter to President Cleveland in behalf of Rev. Dr. Thomas, whose applica tion for a chaplaincy in the army the Presi dent has had under consideration for sev eral months. At Brunswick Friday a building on the boulevard owned by Ur. W. B. Burroughs and occupied by G. A. Griffith as a family grocery was burned. The building was in sured for S4OO, the stock for i ami the furniture for SIOO, all in the Western of Toronto. J. J. Kilpatrick, who was charged with robbing the safe of the Central railroad at Midviile and was acquitted, will enter suit immediately against the company for heavy damages to his character, as it was at the instance of the company that the prosecu tion was brought. On last Tuesday a negro man named Tom Atkinson, who lives on the place of Mr. G. M. Smith, some twelve miles from Greensboro, met with a frightful accident. His left arm became caught in a gin and the flesh was tor *ill/ lacerated from the elbow to the tips of the lingers. Amputa tion was unavoidable. J. L. Gilreath, the old gentleman from Union county, who was so seriously hurt by failing through the shaft at the elevator at Messrs. Barnes. Evans & Co’s store at Gainesville, ten or twelve days ago, is still in a very precarious condition. It is now thought by his physician that one of his legs will lie paralyzed even if he should oth erwise recover from his injuries. Ida Bohannon, a young mulatto girl now living at Cartersville, claiming Rome as her home, 9ome four months ago gave birth to a girl babe. Ida, from the birth of the child, abhored it, from evidence given in at the Coroner’s inquest, and more titan once evinced her displeasure at its exist ence, and was unconcerned as to wbat be came of it A few da vs ago the child died suddenly and the mother Is now under ar rest charged with infanticide. Joseph Arnold, who was captured in Texas last summer, and has beeu in jail at Brunswick ever since, was tried in Way croas this week for the murder of Patrick Ward at Millwood in 187 b. After healing, the evidence and the law, the jury returned in about five minutes with a verdict of not guilty. Arnold claimed that he shot Ward in self defense, as Ward was coming at him with a brick in his band, when he shot. At Sandorsville a few days ago Henry Taylor, the 7 year-old son of W. B. Bar wick, was severely hurt by falling under a wagon and having one of the wheels pass over him. He climlied on the hind wheel of B. C. Harris’ wagon, loaded with two bales of cotton, and the driver, not noticing it, started on. when Taylor fell, the wheel passirg over his breast and right arm. In failing his head probably struck the front wfceelT almost entirely severing one oar. Secoia Sentinel: Conductor Croft tells the following good joke: Several weeks ago aa old gentleman got aboard bis train at one f the stations, and when asked for his ticket banded the conductor a half tick et. Upon being told that it was a half ticket, only good for a small boy, and that be would have to pay full fare, the old gen tleman replied that he was a little boy when he got on the train, but they remained a long time at stations and run so slow that be had grown old. At 11 o’clock Tuesday morning severa’ freight cars on the Georgia Midland road lumped the track about a mile from Wood bury. The train was bound northward and was going at the rate of twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. Five cars left the track and most of them were entirely wrecked and their contents more or less damaged. A negro brakeman named Hen derson was thrown from the top of the train against an embankment and was bruised up Considerably about the shoulder and hip. Gainesville Eagle: Messrs. Camp Bros., have at their livery stable, in this city, a fine shepherd dog, that is well trained “and wonderfully sagacious. If a horse leaves his stall, '•Shop ’ as the dog is called, will by barking and snapping at his heels, soon force him to return to it. He will go along the lino of the stalls, and when a horse is standing too far back, Shep will snap at his hind legs until he moves well up into his Elace. Though horses kick at him, hesonie ow never gets hit. He is boss of the sta ble and the horses soon learn that they must obey him. Thirty young ladies of the Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, in charge of the princi pal, Miss Rutherford, and ex United States Senator Pope Barrow arrived in Brunswick .yesterday. They have determined to spend the holidays in the “Ijmd of Flowers/’ St. Augustine being their objective point. John B. Wrenn will take them over the popular Cumberland route. The Italian baud has been employed to enliven the occasion with sweet strain* along the trip. John K. du Bignon has invited the party to land at Jekyl and inspect the club bouse and sur roundings. and accordingly the "City of Brunswick’’ will stop on her way down. Fernandina, Jacksonville, Palutka. St. Au gustine and other points will be visited. Camilla Clarion: Judge P. IV. Twitty, of our County Court, not only wears a sett I skin cap. but he has another smart dog. He is noted for always having a big heart and smart dogs. Old Dash is dead and gone, but Dash is not forgotten. The many ac complishments of the lamented jule wore an honor to the science of dogology. And now the fine young black-nosed Bob is on the boards. The other day the Judge sent Bob with a written order to Pope’s butcher stall, for a nickel’s worth of beef. Bob carried the order, which Was duly read and and then thrown flown. The beef was given him, which he ate with a relish, and then deliberately picked up the order and ran over to Dun can McLean’s stall and presented it again. Duncan took the order, thinking it was di rected to him, and gave Bob another nick el’s worth of his line beef. Duncan wrote a little bill for the beef for Bob to carry home. But instead of taking if to his mas ter, Bob went across the street and pre ?®nt*d |>! pai*r at George White’s stall. Mr. tv hite glanced at it, thought it was an order for beef, and promptly gave Bob more beef. By this time this sharp ca nine trader had got, enough, and went home. FLORID*. Monroe county is without a Justice of the Peace, F. 8. Gardiner is collecting funds to build a Catholic church in Starke. The Brevard County Fruit Protective .As sociation will meet at City Point Dec. 28. The receipts of cotton at Tallahassee this season are double those of last. The gentleman who is to take charge of the Hanford House, will arrive in a day or two. New tomatoes, raised in Orange county, are selling in South Florida markets for $3 20 per bushel. The Brock House at Enterprise has opened for the season, under the management of Mr. Charles Htone. The heavy timbers and marble for the new Presbyterian church at Gainesville are being delivered on the ground. Mrs. R. B. Hilton, of Tallahassee has just sold three of her fine cows for sl70 —one for *SO, one for *55 and one for $65. The Tallahassee City Council has granted William Mclntosh the exclusive gas and electric light privilege for that city. The steamer Alice K. is running from Pemberton down the Withlaeoochee river, ami the people in that region are happy. Montieello will elect a Mayor, a Marshal, Clerk and Treasurer, a Tax Assessor, a Tax Collector and four members of Council on Jan. 0. The post, office at Gore, Levy county, has been difcontiuued, and Frederick R. An drews has been commissioned Postmaster at Conan t. W. W. Peaderiek, of Orlando, made an assignment Thursday, to M. G. Gibbons, for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities *2,000, assets SBOO. South Florida papers report a very no ticeable increase in the arrival of visitors, and the prospects are reported good for n fair winter’s business. The bazar and festival given by the la ches of St. John’s parish, Tallahassee, on Tuesday evening, was a success, the pro ceeds amounting to over $l5O. The famous Crooked river oysters are comiug Into market at Fernamhna very slowly. The long dry season causes a lack of fresh water to fatten them. Quite a respectable little town has sprung up about eighteen miles north of Tampa, in Pasco county, in the past month. Two or three houses are being built every day. The Jefferson academy has received a lot of new school furniture, and it will be placed in position during the two weeks’ vacation the children are now enjoying. At Palutka, Thursday, (’apt. Brown was making preparations for taking the ma chinery out of the burned steamer Arms mear, after which the hull will be l-emoved. The Tallahassee Ice and Cold Storage Company last week sold twenty-four veni son hams, several wild turkeys, and scores of ducks, all killed in the Tallahassee country. The January term of the Supreme Court will convene Jan. 10, after which time some of the Circuit Judges will sit in cases in which Judges Maxwell and Raney are dis qualified. Rev. I). A. Donovan, of Ireland, who came to America to look for homes for his oppressed countrymen, is propecting in the beautiful Tallahassee country, and is very well pleased with that s jetion. Dr. I. P. Allired and J. B. Cawthon have returned to DeFuniak Springs from Ala hama. While absent they purchased 1,000 head of sheep. They are going to push the wool industry for all it is worth. The assessed valuation of the real estate within the corporation of Orange City is $151,000, an increase of 50 per cent, over'last year. The Council has fixed the rate of taxation at ten mills on the dollar. Madison Recorder: Those enterprising young merchants, the Fearnside Bros., pur chased from George Walter, of Savannah, Ga., last Friday, the brick stores now occu pied by themselves and J. W. Smith. Rev. Josephus Anderson, for the past year pastor of the Methodist church at Or lando, will soon leave us to take the editor ship of the Christian Advocate. Dr. An derson’s place here will be filled by Rev. Mr. Poage. At Gainesville orange shipping is still tieing extensively earned on, but at least throe-fourths of the crop has been for warde '. After this month shipments will be light, compared with what they have been for six weeks past. Capt. C. A. Bryan, Leon county's Circuit Court Clerk, has recently received 100 patent steel drawer files for use in his office in preserving papers. They are a great ac quisition. convenient, and add a business like appearance to the office generally. A negro man was cut literally to pieces near Orange Home, Sunday morning by the up-freight train. It is supposed that he was stealing a ride and fell under the wheels and was run over. Particles of his flesh were found up and down the track for several hundred yards. Dayton Messenger: We are informed that a prominent buyer of the famous Hali fax fruit fills his boxes with russet and on top puts a layer of fancy fruit, thus delud ing the buyer into buying something that he does not want. No reputable person would do such a small trick. At Bartow Thursday, Senator Mann, by invitation, addressed the Indies’ Subtrop ical Association. They will consider at tlieir next meeting, the advisability of aid ing the Orange Union. Resolutions favor ing a tariff on foreign fruits, were passed. The county is being canvassed for the union. The Hotel Ormond will be ready to re ceive guests by Jan. 2, but the proprietor will not have the formal opming until later. James Ormond, who lived on the Ormond grant before the Indian war, and was wounded at the Duntawton fight, during that war. will be at the opening, and will remain through the season. Mrs. Kingsbury, a niece of Theodore Hit tell, editor of the Alta California, is hav ing a lrmse built on her line orange grove at Lavvtey. Ijiwtey’s colonists are gradually learning the requisites of com fortable living in this climate. The eleva tion of dwellings has leen increased from time to time, until now six feet above the ground is considered about the correct thing. Col. Bhipman dug his well directly under his house, and has ever since had the coolest water in town. New Smyrna Breeze: The steam pleasure yacht C. D. P. Gibson, Capt. Baury, cf New York, hound for West Indies, touched here and took on water on the night of Dec. 15. She left New York Nov. 13, and will touch at Cape Florida, Key West, Havana, Medauas, Newvetas, Baraeoa, Cape Hayti, Monte Christi and San Domingo. Bile is a trim built boat and a fast sailer, beating ail other tioats from New York to Jacksonville from 24 hours to 12 days. The auctk n sale of oranges at Jackson ville Thursday was not so largely attended as on previous occasions, owing to a great extent, to the fact that many of the Northern buy ers have return's! home to spend the holi days. The sales, however, amounted to about tSOO boxes and entirely cleared up the stock on hand. The prices Drought were as follows: Choice bright, $2 (SO; brights, $1 00 to fJ 20: golden russets, $1 00 to $1 50, and ru.-eetts SO cents to *1 20. Thu corporation of the town of Winter Park seems to have a hard time in getting properly started. Under the last meeting of citizens held there for the purpose of per fectiug a town corporation, a full set of officers were selected ami they entered upon the discharge of their duties; but peaceful possession was of short duratio t, as now they have Usui served with a quo warranto to show by what authority they are a ■ ing, etc. The writ is made returnable t. Mie first Monday in January, at which he defendants will have to answer. The Orange Union Company have decided, owing to the perishable nature of the goads ha vile 1, u> sell at prices fixed by auction all fruit re ceived tie tween ml* days. In this way they have disposed of alemi I.'MO boxes n‘ '■•dees fixed on Tuesday ast, leaving t r Th ire. day’* sale uncut 600 boot. 1 .i, u , (,v the union tl at as little fruit is being Mopped j all fruit on the Dow should be aUtwed to I THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1887. remain until early in January. No matter how large the next year's crop should be it can be disposed of without even a partial glut. The schooner yacht Maria, of New York, which arrived at Key West ten days ago with a party of alleged tourists, whose movements were watched with considerable interest by the inhabitants, sailed Thursday night for Belize, Honduras, in search of hidden treasures. The yacht, which was well supplied with all the neceasary appli ances for carrying on the intended work, was under the command of Special Treasury Agent Peck, of New York. The plot was conceived in Washington, where a chart and the necessary information were ob tained from the dying declaration of a sailor. Several Senators, Representatives and men of high standing are known to be interested in the adventure. Several prom inent merchants have furnished financial aid, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court, a local pilot, joined the expedition. The de |>artui e of the Maria was hastened by tele grams announcing the sailing of another exiiedition on a special steamer from New York on the same mission. Capt. Thomas 8. Eels, underwriters’ agent, returned to Jacksonville Thuisday from Mosquito Inlet, whither he had gone to ascertain the condition of the wreck and abandoned schooner Five Brothers and fler cargo. He says that the cargo under deck, consisting of 150,000 feet of lumber, insured for SI,OOO, was all on board and bad not been injured by the soaking it received. The cargo übove deck, insured for SBOO, was missing. As for the vessel herself, a three masted schooner, her foremost and mizzen mast were standing, but with these excep tions her top works were gone, including all her running and stand ing rigging. Her chains ilid anchors were aboard her when she wai’ towed into the Indian river. The hull is In good condition. The schooner was lying at the fish wharf just inside the inlet when examined by Capt. Eels. She had been in sightirom tbo shore for a week before she was (owed to her present quarters, the towiug being done by Dr. J. C. L’Eugle’s tug Seth Low. When she crossed the bar off Mosquito Inlet she had a draught of 14 feet aim there was a depth of only 15 feet of water on the bar. The place where she was found was nearly ten miles from land. It is thought the schooner’s chains fouled the wreck of some vessel which kept her in the position where she remained during the week. Capt. Eel’s states that the wreck might be the steamer Vera Cruz, which was lost in a cyclone some years ago in that locality, seventy-six out of the eighty-six souls aboard her going to the bottom. The Five Brothers and her cargo will either lie libelled in admiralty, or sold by auction where they now are, by Capt. Eel’s, as the represents tive of the underwriters. Dr. L’Engle will put in a claim for salvage, and now holds the vessel and her cargo as subject to salvage. THE ANCIENT CITY. Some Recent Interesting Facte in Re gard to Its Early History. St. Augustine Cor. Union. One of the most recent acquisitions to the historical archives of this country is a com pilation by John Gilmary Shea, of New York, a historian of merit. This work is entitled “The Catholic Church in Colonial Days,’’ and is of especial interest to St. Au gustine for two reasons. First, many old historical fallacies connected with the his tory of this city and its old buildings have been corrected, and second, the above cor rections, contained in a chapter of perhaps thirty pages, are due to the untiring and zealous research of our fellow-townsman, Bishop John Moore, D. D., who in an able address before a meeting to restore the old cathedral last March, developed the inter ewting characteristic of a historian, much to the surprise of his fellow-townsmen. The restoration of the old cathedral incites new interest in old St. Augustine’s history, and from the above able work we cull the fol lowing, which should set at rest all doubts upon the subjects treated. The first mass held in Ht. Augustine was in 1565. upon the landing of Menendez, north of Fort Marion, probably about where Howe’s beach cottage now staiiids. Of the first church at St Augustine the accounts are indistinct. In 1646 the church used was a wooden building in toto. At that time the population of St. Augustine was 1100 only, whils as far back as 1566, thirty-one years after its founding, it had public buildings (we have none now), parish church, a hospital (we need one badly), and well-cultivated gardens, and a population of about 195 souls. The precent church was commenced about 1789 and finished in 1791, and is not the oldest church in America, as many think. Its original coat was in the neighborhood of SIO,OOO. It was built in the simplest Moorish style of architecture, of coquina. One thing that visitors and citizens havo always been in doubt about was the existence of a wall around the cltry. In February, 1771, John Joseph De La Pu enta made a survey and map of the city, upon which Is shown a wall surrounding the west side of the town, also a wall run ning from Fort Marion to the St. Sebastian river. At one tim there was a popular be lief that the cathedral and the fort were connected by an underground passage for the use of citizens in time of siege, but the weakness of the cathedral as a place oif de fense, and the fact of its being built long after the fort, tends (with the fact that no traces of an underground passage were ever found) to reduce that belief to a ro mantic myth. Aliout where Bloggett's mill now is, and also about where Kuowl ton’s mill now stands, was a fort and ohajiel for the places of worship for Indians. At one time in the history of Florida there were thousands of Indian converts to the Catholic faith. A curious thing in Mr. Bhea’s work is a copy of an old sketch of St. Augustine from Montanus (1671). Its char acteristic is its inaccuracy. The fort looks nothing like Fort Marion” or like what we have been led to believe was a correct rep resentation of the fort that stood upon Fort Marion’s site. Iu the distance are moun tains. Thty probably have been shaken down by some earthquake into more modest and less dignified hills. Probably the same hills upon which a thriving village now stands. What has caused the narrowness and crookedness of our streets will probehly never be learned, as all histories are silent upon these subjects. "It needs," as Hamlet says, "no ghost To come ami tell" this truth. Pure SOZODONT preserves the teeth. In age, in manhood, youth. If any substitute is offered For this reject it when 'tig proffered If you want the best $3 Shoe in the city, buy them from Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. HUY GOODS. BIAS' WAY GOODS Useful Ornamental and Reasonable. Now All Yai. Lace Handkerchiefs Eoj. Sal iu and Fancy Suspenders cheap. Children's Fancy Collars .’sc. up. White ldl Embroidered Ties in:, up. Fancy Handle Umbrellas cheap. White Silk Handkerchiefs, Hemstitched, 50c. to *1 15. Drives in Handkerchiefs, all kinds, 10c., 1 ty*jo., 15c., 25c. Black and Colored Embroidered Cashmere hearts reduced to SI. 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