The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-12
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
At Orlando, Thursday, j. B. Mattair,
master mechanic of the Tavares, Orlando
and Atlantic railroad, met with painful
accident by which he received a pistol shot
wound III the foot. He had tust arisen
frum bed and was dressing preparatory to
going II work, when on reaching under the
pillow for his watch and pistol, tho latter
fell to the floor and was discharged, the
ball striking him in the right ankle and in
flictiug painful and serious wound. Dr.
K. Ii. Peak was called in and promptly
cared for the wounded man. The doctor
states that the wound is of quite q serious
character, and will Inconvenience MIR. Mat
tair for some time
An incident CT Thursdays stampede from
Jacksonville was the temporary loss OF Mrs.
Thatcher's children. The lady put her lit
tie ones on the wagon with her trunks and
sent them to the depot to await her arrival,
she being detained until almost train time.
Just before the train went out Mrs.
Thatcher arrived at the depot and tried to
find her children, but for awhile without
success. After searching unaided, she en-
listed the services of Officer Smith, who
found the children at the Savannah, Florida
aud Western depot, and brought them to
their distressed mother just i'll time to put
them aboard the train US it moved out.
The trunks were with the children, but
there was no time to get both, SO the trunks
remained and will be forwarded.
Reports come from all points that the
present orange crop will be by far the
largest ever known, the number Of boxes
reaching up into the millions. Some have
placed it as high as 1900, 900 There Is also
evidence that better transportation facilities
vii! he afforded for marketing It, Repre-
sentatives OF the railroad lines between
Florida and northwestern points have held
a meeting in Allan lately and perfected
arrangements for the rapid transportation
OF the next crop, by putting on solid orange
trains, TO run between Jacksonville and
Chicago in seventy-two hours. Arrange
ments are also made for the agents at ter
minal points to display daily bulletins for
the information Of consignees, showing
what shipments are due, where from, aud
to whom consigned These arrangements,
the large crop and the establishment of the
auction system, will be Of vast advantage
to the grower, bringing him more money
than any previous year.
A very serious shooting scrape occurred
at Scuffie, negro town near Cantonent, on
Aug. s. A party of colored youths were
joined by another youth, Henry Prear,
mean negro. When Henry was asked
pity, or no pity" by Dick Elder the ring
man, Charlie, Dicks brother, answered mo
pity" for Henry In joke. Dick raised his
leather strap to administer the mo pity" as
the play goes, and Henry stepped back and
picked up shotgun that lay behind him
and cooked and pointed it at Dick, who
said: What do you mean by aiming that
loaded and cooked gun at mef' Charlie
ran up to get the leather strap from his
brother, when Henry pointed the gun at
him once or twice and fred. The gun was
loaded with shot, and the load nangled his
arm and cut a bad cash in his SIDE The
wounded boy was sent to Pensacola for
medical treatment. The am will probably
have to be amputated. Henry insists that
the shooting was accidental. He is still at
large.