The morning news., 1889-03-29
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. MARCH %. 1889.

About twelve years ago, Gerald Byrne, a
! so -in-law of l.. Bombay of Pensacola, and
a we'll known and highly respected gentle
man, left Pensacola for Havana, going
thence to New York city. Shortly there
after he wrote to Dr. r. w. Hargis, an
nouncing his intention Of starting the fol-
lowing day for Pensacola Since that time
and up to a short while ago, he had never
been heard from, and it WAS generally sup
posed by his friends at Pensacola thai he
had met with foul play. About two mouths
ago, however, DIR. Hargis again received a
letter from him, and day or two since a
telegram, both misives bearing a San
Francisco date.
Monticello Constitution: Below we give
the particulars as near as We could get
them, of the finding of tho body Of a colored
infant in a rond on Mai. B. w. Bellamys
plantation. On last Wednesday night a
crowd Of negro boys were in the pond with
lightwood torches striking for fish, when
they discovered the corpse Of a baby. They
gave the alarm, and Justice Bush soon
impaneled a jury and he'd an inquest on
the body. A young woman, Martha
Michens, about Is years old, was discovered
to be the mother OF the Child.
She was arrested on the charge of
murder, and her mother, Patsey Mic e,s
as accessory. They we're brought to Month
cello Friday morning and delivered to
Sheriff Simkins, who pac ed them in jail
The mother told a Constitution reporter
that she threw the child into the pond Sun
day. March 10, as it was dead, and there
was no one to take charge Of 1t. She said that
her mother was at church and none of them
knew of the birth of the child until its body
was discovered in the pond. This is the
second offense of this kind which has
occurred in this county in less than three
months
Last week a gay party of Mariana
youog people picnicked in the natural
bridge cave. One OF the party thus de-
scriues the exploring tour in the Times:
After a short resting spell we entered the
cave--a thing more easily said than DONE
A small opening in the hillside is the mouth
of the cave. Into this we went. II slanted
downward AMI looked dark aud forbidding.
Procuring lights we went or. The passage
got smaller and smaller and 1 stopped lower
and lower until, neither walking nor crawl
ing, and yet doing both, / came out of the
funn i into a spacious chamber feeling de-
cid9cly as il had come out of "the little
end of the horn.n Here our party halted
until cur eyes became accustomed to the
candle light. A little farther on we came
to sheer descent, which at first seemed
like the road to nowhere. But few more
lights showed that about five feet below
descent without di Gcu!ty. They call is
place Lovers Leap" Possibly so. But it
is my private opinion that it is more uncer-
tain than even matrimony Farther on the
cave wIdened into large chamber, whose
arched roof was adorned With natures own
carving, and where stalactitss IS and stalag-
mites uniting formed fantastic columns,
rivaling those of an ielt civil
izatiOD. Here one of our romantic
young men found an elevated and roomy
niche in the side of the chamrer which he
delighted in styling "Beauty's Throne"
Leaving this "falacs" we went on through
marrow pas ages, now asc9ndi g, now de-
scendng, until We reached another spacious
chamber, where our party stopped awhile
and Misses Holm and Davis each gave us
recitation. Scores Of names were carved
upon those walls-silent witnesses of many
happy hours in days gone by. When we
emerged into daylight again we looked ai
if we had dug a we'll and then been run
through thrashIng machine