Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-03

". ID. Mcintyre are both suspended for
80 days.
AT Pensacola yesterday H. Pfeifer &
GO. commenced removing the debris from
the site of their burned building prepara-
tory to rebuilding. The new building will
be one-stOry one, but will cover the site
OF the old building and, In addition there
10, the site of the building owned by Mrs.
Petersen.
A lady passenger went on the platform
10 look at the water while the train was
passing over the Escambia bridge near
PENSACOLA. The wind was blowing so
strong that the lady was blown off her
lest, ana had not the brakeman caught
her she would have been blown of the
train into the raging waters below.
Sd In Marion county, six miles from Ocala,
on the night of Oct %, Loudon Williams,
while In fuss with party at a dance,
drew pistol and fired into the dancers.
me bullets struck William Cnappell in
the stomach and Foster Wright in the
bowels. James Galloway received a
slight wound in the leg. Williams emp
ued nYe loads into the crowd and then es-
capped. William Chappell died from the
wounds received, on Sunday afternoon,
and Foster Wright is not expected to live.
ii. A. DAVIS, express messenger be-
tween Tampa and Jacksonville,
met with an accident by which he came
in an ace'of losing his life. While at
tempting TO change the position of a bar
rel OF freight in his car he stepped upon
banana peel and slipped, falling out of the
car door, striking his shoulders against
tne edge or the crOssties and turning
several somersaults before he picked
himself up. The train was considerably
behind time and was running at a lively
rate OF speed, but Davis miraculously
escaped serious injury.
Orlando Sentinel Howard Preston,
son OF DR.. o. p. Preston, of Gatlin, met
with most unfortunate accident last
sunday morning. He was unloading
gun and after the shot and paper had
been removed in order to save the powder
he put the muzzle of the gun i'll one hand
and struck the breech end OF it with the
other. The gun went off and blew a hole
through the hand al the muzzle and COM
pletely cooked the flesh all around. The
hand was SO badly damaged that both the
index and middle fingers with the mata-
tarsal bones of each had to be taken of
down to the wrist joint.
According to the custom house records,
the total amount of lumber shipped from
Jacksonville during September was 3,2IS,-
lI9 feet, all of which went to American
Thomas. West Indies. Last month the
shipment amounted to 3,O26 600. OF this
amount 1910 feet went to Hayti and the
balance to domestic ports. For the
month % October, 1881, the shipment was
1864, Pol feet, in 1882 it was 4,500,35 in
1888 1t Has 4,7S4, 352, and in 1884 it was
3,5l6,448 feet. During September 80 ves-
sells entered from domestic ports, none
from foreign. Of this number 10 were
steamers and % were sail vessels.
The schooner Fannie E. Wolsten,
Capt. Mari, master, belonging at the
port Of Bath, Maine, sailed from Fernan-
dina Oct. "a, lumber laden, bound to Trim
dad. When 80 miles off the coast the
vessel was found to be leaking badly.
She put back to Fernandna for repairs
and examination. She was run on the
beach inside the bar to keep her from
sinking. Surveyors and divers found that
the Oakum in one Of her seams in the
bilge below the water line, between the
fore and main chains, had worked out.
The leak was stopped, but as the vessel
is bard and fast, the deck cargo must be
discharged to float her. After she floats,
and the deck cargo is reshipped, she will
be examined, and if found in good condi-
tion, she will proceed to her destination.
Washington special to the New York
World: A naval officer of high rank,
who has had abundant opportunity to
study flibustering expeditions to Cuba,
says it is remarkable fact that these
things never occur in the summer, when
the North Atlantic squadron can't get
down there to stop them. 'EWhen the
squadron is to start on cruise from the
North,' he says, "sOme OF the interested
parties down there subscribe some hun
dreds of dollars and hire some ragged fell
lows to drill after dark. The word goes
abroad that a formidable expedition is
fitting out for Cuba. Away goes the
squadron, and before it gets back the
merchants at Key West VIII have re-
ceived $4,000 of money, spent by the
officers for stores, etc. There is nothing
in it. There never is. They never at
tempted to capture Cuba when the yes
sells are laid up in the hands OF mechanics
or the weather is so hot that Christians
can't live there"