Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-20


fore been known as VIM. Hurter Il Co.,
wholesale grOcers. has been dissolved by
W. e. Candlish purchasing the interest of
MAJ. ,. COnant, who has ever since tle es-
adjustment Of the business some 10 years
ago been the silent partner, but the new
firm will in future be known under the old
name.
The congregational General Association
of Florida met in Orlando last week.
There are - churches in the State. all of
which are included in the association,
and % ministers. Orange county has
churches of this denomination. Among
the visitors were Rev.W m. BarrOws, y. D.,
New York, Secretary of the American
home Mission Board. and Rev. PhilO K.
Hurd, ID, OF Detroit, Mich.
Capt. t. S. Eells, underwriters agent,
has returned to Jacksonville from Mos
quito inlet, where he went to look after
the wrecked schooner Theo. S. Parker.
He says the 10000 brick and the salt OF
her cargo were lost. The $4,000 worth OF
furniture was mostly saved, but much of
1T is strewn on the beach. There was
$1,000 insurance on the furniture. The
vessel has gone to pieces. On returning
the steamer Peerless was obliged TO put
back owing to foul weather, and Capt.
Eells came through by land.
At Ocala Thursday afternoon about 5
O'Clock the front part of Miller's new
brick building, on the corner OF Magnolia
and North First streets, fell to the ground,
making terrible noise. The accident
was caused by the carpenters knocking
down the braces on the inside before the
walls had been anchored. Several work
men were on the second floor at the time
of the accident, but none of them were
burt. Mrs. B. G. Harter, the wife of
PoEtmQ Harfar had NnGcnA
building, and had hardly gotten feet
from 1t when the wall tumbled.
Anthony was the scene of a robbery
Tuesday about midnight. Two thieves
forced an opening through a window in
The store of Il. ID. Forbes Il Bro, and car-
ried off lot of valuable articles, includ-
ing cash to the amount of $lS 05. The
total loss is placed at $500. The burglars
tnen went to the store of S. Gunthman
and took all the spare cash IN the drawer
and lot of valuaOles. None of the stock
in either store vas touched. AS soon as
the robbery was known three parties were
organized to find the rascals. tits thought
that one white and one col0red man did
the robbery.
Sunday night four tramps broke into a
box car at the depot at Milton, and took
up quarters with the intention OF S ealing
ride to Pensacola. About midnight
they were aroused from their slumbers by
a party OF men, who tied them and con-
Quoted them across the river to Marquis
Basin, where they administered a sound
whipping to each of them. and sent them
on the back track. They went up the
road TO Cha;tahoOchee and eot back to
Milton on Thursday. They vowed eter-
nal vengeance against the town, but We're
careful not to lodge again IN the city
limits.
The Pensacola Base Ball Association
met Monday in the Office of H. II. Thorn
ton and organized by the adoption Of
articles of association and the election of
the following officers: S. r. Mallory,
President; j. Emmett Wolfe, First Vice
President; W. B. Wright. Second Vice
President; +. Maura, Secretary; l.. p.
Knowles. Treasurer; IL. FL. Thornton, Lag
Jacoby, NJ. l.. Roch, James Wilkins, ). u.
Gonzalez, Jr.. Board OF Managers. The
Board Of MANAGERS were instructed to
purchase block of land in the West
King tract Tor $500, and to make arrange
ments for the,fencing and erection Of ne
cessary stands on same.
A parody on justice transpired at st.
Au ustne on Saturday. A sneak thief
tramp slipped into Hicks confectionery
and got away with the money till a cigar
box) containing about 81. Mr.. Hicks
discovered his loss and suspected the
tramp, VINO was lettering about, and WHO
had been seen to hide the empty box bv
the neighbors. and caused his arrest. He
VAS arraicned and ed before Judge
Collins and a jury, foI nd guilty and SEN
fenced to pay fine OF 81 lnd thirty days
in the county Jail. Cuuly counting out
the 81 from the money stolen from Hicks.
he paid his fine. and put the balance in his
pocket, So the gamer. with the conscious
ness of months board ahead.
metallic burial casket was found
Wednesday by A. w. Blackweller CON
ceale1 in a thicket about half mile south
of the Florida Railway and Navigat on
depot, between GAINESVILLE and the GENE
terry. Ii had evidently been there for sew
eral days. as it was quite rusty when
found. 1t is a small casket, and has evi-
IDENTIFY contained the body Of 10-year-old
child. The fact of there being two handles
broken off indicates rough handling.
From the fact that traces OF blood can be
seen on the inside, the casket has GER
tainly at one time contained a corpse.
The matter will be investigated by proper
authorities. Iii not yet known whether
or not the casket was purchased from any
Gainesville undertaken. The entire mat.
ter Is shrOuded in mystery. but certain it
is that the slumbering dead has been dis
turbed.
Three miles down the Ocilla river from
the railroad bridge, at Greenvile, Madi-
son county, there is "A little country water
mill tor grinding com and ginning cotton.
The mill is owned by ID. Nj. Walker. The
water that runs the mill comes from a
large sulphur spring in a large pond.
known from time immemOrial as the sui
phur pond. lis thought that the locality
is promising one for the State GeOiOgist,
as the Outcropping rocks have every indi-
cation of being the same kind as the
phosphate found in South Carolina. In
digging across the pond to form the mill
dam great numbers OF bones of different
kinds were dug from the mud, which.
when exposed to the air, decayed at once.
A field near by, formerly owned by Col.
Richard Harrison. frequently made bale
OF cotton to the acre, and was so thick
with cane before II was cleared that IL
was said that man could not lift what
cane he could embrace in his arms after
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