Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-08
FLORIDA,

The Orange county people are consider
ably wrought up over base BALL
The ice house at Key West for the new
company is nearing completion.
Mr.. Cato intends building a concrete
wharf ON the south beach near Key West.
There will be large crop of peaches on
the native trees this year in Orange
county.
The choir OF the Methodist Episcopal
church at Grange City mas been reorgan-
lied for the summer.
Next week carpenters will begin work
upon the new Methodist Episcopal par
sonage at Orange City.
Robert Sharp. colored, who works in
Clark's saw mill, at Jacksonville, had q
most painful accident Tuesday. He was
working at the shingle saw, when unfOr-
tunately one of the fingers got damned,
and in a second the fingerwas completely
severed.
The old steamer Gov. Worth, which was
recently bought by the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West railway, has been
thoroughly Overhauled and fixed up and
expects to make her trial trip to-day. She
has been entirely changed so as to run on
the Indian river. She is called the Rock
ledge now.
Monday evening about dark James r.
Barnes, Mrs. Deming and Mrs. Green
witch were in LaVilla. suburb of jack
sonville, shooting at tin can with 30-
caliber English bulldog revolver. Capt.
c. W. Jones and family reside in house
near where the shooting was going on,
and after a number of shots had been
fired, Mrs. Greenwich fired a shot which
entered the breast of Willie Jones, aged
u years, while sitting in his fathers
piazza, killing him almost instantly, he
dying in his mothers arms. Tues
day morning Justice Harm impaneled
a jury of inquest, who heard the state
ments of Mrs. Deming and Mr.. Barnes
and adjourned until yesterday. Barnes
was ordered held by the jury, and JUS
tice Harm required him to give $500 bail.
Mrs. Greenwich was allowed to 20 on her
own recogniZance. and Mrs. Demlng was
discharged. The accusation is that the
shooting party were intoxicated and were
discharging firearms IN reckless and
careless manner. This is, however, de-
MED by the man and both women.
The two-story residence of L. r. Booth,
cOlOred, in East jacksonville, was struck
by lightning Tuesday. The electric cur
rent commenced its fearful work by rip
ping from the roof the saddebOard, tear
ing large hole in the root, entering the
east gable, shiYering the studding and
Notwithstanding, setting a bed on fire in
another room, and then passing outside
of the main building into the kitchen.
Here it went through a safe on either side
OF the kitchen, burn ng paper and singeing
the hair on Mrs. Booths head while she
was sitting in the room sewing. Mary
Daniels, cOlored, who was sitting at a
window in the kitchen, was struck on the
right shoulder, prostrating her and rem
derlng her speechless. The electricity
ran down her right side burning her on the
elbow and knee, iniuring her painfully.
In this room were another woman
and child who were stunned
and Strengthened out on the
floor. When the house was struck Booth
was saving at the west end OF the house.
His right arm for an instant was para
lyzed, the saw being dashed some dis
lance from where ne was standing, break
ing out piece of the blade. The electric
fluid in passing away tore out the corner
styles, Notwithstanding, splitting the
foundation block of the kitchen in two
pieces as If done by an ak.