The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-15

Mariana.
/ II is rumored that the Carollton hotel
al DeLand will soon open again, and re-
main open permanently.
/ Since Tallahassee failed to secure the en-
| campment some Of the young men nave
/ been talking Of organizing military COM
pany
Two new hose reels and about l, 200 feet
Of hose, together with spanners. trumpets,
etc, are now on the way to Sanford ior the
| fire department.
The Apopka City democratic club will
/ meet in Harrisons hall on the night OF July
/ 10. when it is expected that a number OF
short speeches will be made.
At Sumterville, few days ago, William
johnson (colored) filled the back OF Philip
jefferson tcolored with bird shot because
ne was too intimate with Mrs. Johnson.
Mr.. Sampson of Boardman, the noted
owner of one of the finest groves in the
state, has eight acres which for the past
seven years has yielded IS 900 net year.
Gov. Perry offers a reward Of $500 for
the arrest and conviction Of the murderer
or murderers Of Mr.. Busk, the Englishman
who was 50 brutally murdered at Weklva
few days ago.
Archer Brown, colored man Of West
Gainesville, brought to that city Thursday
n WILDCAT % IuSe pi OpOt tlOilSs llc CauEdb
the cat in a trap and finished the job by
shot from his rife.
The directors Of the Merchants national
bank Of Ocala, at their late meeting, voted
to accept the plans, specifications and bids
as presented by George MacKay, architect.
The building will cost $4,000.
The bids for building the new Presbv-
terrain church, on Church street, at Orlando,
were opened and being considered Thurs
day by the committee in charge Some de-
tails have yet TO be arranged, when the
successful bidder will be announced.
The steamer Alice Howard is laid Mp at
Charlotte Harbor for repairs. The wheel
while the steamer was going through Cap
tiva Pass last week, struck some large
object, supposed to be logger head turtle,
which snapped the iron shafting in two.
At Gainesville the case of Turner GRAY.
charged with the murder of Earnest Wells
continues to occupy the attention of the
court Witnesses are being heard for the
defense, and the case drags slowly. 1t is
rumored that court will adjourn next week
Mrs Singer, the mother of a little hunch-
back man who died at Punta Gorda several
months ago, is in that town. She has or
dered a neat headstone of marble to desig-
nate his last resting place. Her husband is
brother of the Singer machine man, who
died worth $l9000,O00
Gabriel Smith of Sneads has made quite
a success in raising melons. His first car
load netted $40, the next $50, third $50 and
remnant at S25. This was the product
from fifteen acres. He estimates his ex-
penses at $40. This includes labor and fer
tllizers, which leaves him a net profit of
$l97.
D. B. Butler (colored), who has been work
ing at Gracey, Alachua county, was paid
$40 at Hawthorne Wednesday. Later he
started to walk from Rochelle TO Gaines
vile, but on the way was overtaken by five
negroes, terribly beaten and robbed. When
be became insensible they placed him across
the railroad track, but he regained CON
seriousness before train came along. The
wounds were found to consist of bad cut
over the left eye, a terrible cash on the left
side of the throat. horrible gaping wound
on the outside of the left thigh about foot
long, and two bad cuts on tho left leg be-
tween the knee and foot. He first saw the
negroes at Rochelle.
At the camp, one mile south of Wild
wood, John Cureton was shot and killed by
a worthless negro named Cicero Barron.
On July 8, the time he was shot, Dir.
Cureton was in charge of tie camp for l.
L. Barwick. He had ordered the negro,
Cicero Barron, to help put out a fire that
which threatened to destroy it, Cicero re
fused to obey, and exhibited so much stub
born impudence that Mr.. Cureton dis
charged him, and while yet in the woods
the negro drew an ak ON him, which, though
unarmed at the time, he forced him to drop,
without making any further attempt
to use it. Later, the negro laid
in wait for him in the woods. and
when Mr.. Cureton turned to see what he
wanted the scoundrel made threats and
placed his hand upon pistol Mr. Cure
ton told him TO throw up his hands or he
would shoot him. The negro did SO at the
instant, but shot at the same time, hitting
Mr.. Cureton in the right hand and arm.
Mr.. CuretOn then fired at his head, but
missed. The negro had a self-cocker and
was getting in two shots to Mr.. Cureton's
one (both had 81 calibers and were not over
Is feet apart. Mr.. Cureton next fired at
his body, but having wounded
hand and not having handled
the pistol before, missed his mark the Sec
ond time lie then bent over so as to rest
his elbow, and with deliberate aim shot the
negro down, hitting him just below the
heart, but while and just as he took the
position, the negro shot him in the thigh,
the ball ranging up-and this was the fatal
shot for Cureton. He died Sunday morn
ing at , o'clock, and the negro at o'clock
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Cureton was about
"a years old, and moved from South Caro-
lima to Wildwood six years ago, where he
purchased twelve acres of land, upon which
there is now beautiful young grove, which
would in few years have placed him in
independent circumstances.