Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-14

waded in, and succeeded in restoring
order after smashing his lantern In the
ringIeader's face and otherwise pcmmel-
ing him.
The west-hound freight train on tie
Florida Central and Western railroad was
wrecked between Madison and Greenville
on Monday morning. A number of cars
were badly damaged. and the regular
mail and passenger trains delayed several
hours. The accident was caused by y
broken rail.
Shire's warehouse, at Tallahassee, was
burned Wednesday, with 100 bales Of cot
ton. The toUal loss is $4,000, without IN
surance. The university library building
was damaged 5000. The same day the lit
erary department Of the university was
slightly damaged from fire, which origin
ated in defective chimney.
Florida is going to have larger boom
than ever this winter. AS prominent
Floridian said in the NEWS Office a day or
two ago, the Land of Flowers has no bet
ter friend than the Savannah NEWS and
none that has worked more dlsinterested-
ly or zealously for the best interests of the
state and its enterprising people.
The Magnolia house at st. Augustine,
opens to-day. Manager Seavey will open
the San Marco on New Years Day. Capt.
4. K. Vail will open the st. Augustine
hotel, as soon as his repairs are complet-
ed. The Greene house opened Monday.
1t is reported that the Florida house has
been sold. Work on the Ponce De Leon
! hotel foundation was begun Monday.
! Capt. William A. Shaw, commander of
the steamer City OF Jacksonville, has been
| presented with a beautiful diamond stud,
and John l.. Phillips, chief engineer of
the same steamer, with fine hunting
case gold watch. Capt. Shaw is at once
one of the abandonment and most gallant
shippers af1oat, and has host of friends
throughout the entire country. Engineer
Phillips is also a gentleman of great
popularity.
IdtlGhdSSe0n: MIR. -, OF Wakulla
county, bought horse this year from Mr.
| Cobb, giving his note, payable Nov. /.
FINDING that his cotton crop was going to
J be too short to meet his note, Mr.. -
! came and got an extension to Jan. l. Re-
| turning to Wakulla he shculdered his gun
and struck out to killing offers. lie says
| that it is ground hog case, he has got to
get otter skins enough to pay that debt
when it becomes due, and we are betting
high that he will do it.
A Sanford Argus reporter asked Capt.
| Wood, of the steamer Belle, If there was
any truth in the report that the officers of
his boat had heard cry of distress from
| u man sOiuc nlRuJ uul lux tue WbBh Ill
which young Simms disappeared. He
was told that the pilot heard a cry from a
! source unknown, near Green Cove
Springs, and the boat was stopped, but it
could have had no connection whatever
with the Slmms case, as his body was
found near the mouth OF the Wekiva.
Peter Hinesville was shot in the mouth
at Tampa Wednesday night by Joe
Wright, as he alleged. the ball passing
down his throat into the neck and knock
ing out couple OF front teeth in its fight
Joe, however, says that Peter tried to
shoot him, and in attempting to wrest the
pistol from him it was discharged with
the above result. Both parties are colored
and live in the scrub, and each accuse
the other of starting the fracas by using
insulting language without prOvocation
The matter will be Investigated.
G. G. Harrison, of Key West, N. j., is
en- route to Pine Island and Charlotte
HarbOr. Mr.. Harrison has been instru-
mental In building up several of the re-
| sorts on the coast of New Jersey, at d now
has an idea of creating Southern winter
resort. Pine Island has been selected by
him for this purpose on account of its eX-
IRENE Southern location and many ad-
vantages, and he is now on his way there
for the purpose Of arranging for the erec-
tion of large hotel, which is to be under
the management of his son, and also for
the erection of several handsome resi-
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