The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-30

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uroVe bis horse into pond through which
the road seemed TO lead. he place looked
harmless enough, and the doctor had no
IDEA OF having any trouble until the horse
began 70 swim. Being unable TO turn
around, aud as mis- horse was unable to swim
aud pull his buggy and other effects across,
the doctor called for help, which two col
ored men rendered They swan in and cut
tue horse loose from the harness and led it
out The doctors tools and instruments,
which he was carrying in trunk, were
submerged until Tuesday morning, when
ne succeeded in finding them.
A report was made to the department of
the interior at Washington, Wednesday,
recommending that suits be broug tagai st
MiJigan, Chaffin & Co., and Francis Jour
negin Of Milton, Fla, and Chaffin, Fla, for
taking quantities Of fine timber from pub
lie lands. The report states that they en-
tered forty acre tracts in various places
and then proceeded TO cut not only their
own timber, but great quantities Of timber
on government lands. The report estimates
that quantity Of lumber exceed 15,
O0O,0 feet, worth So SO per 1000, has been
stolen by these parties and their subordi-
mates and RATED down the Yellow river to
PENSACOLA. They are spoken of IN the re-
port as old offenders, who have accumu-
lated fortunes in this way.
Pensacola News: Whan Mr. H. S. and
Clara A. Whitcomb Of Chicago came to
Pensacola a short while since they brought
WI h them little steam lauuch-the Santa
Rosa-in which they purpcsed making an
occasional trip to aud fro between this city
aud their property. located across the bay
at the butcher pen. They were at that
time reminded by Collector Moreno that
they must be licensed before they would be
allowed to navigate their little craft with
passengers, and a corresponds zee thereupon
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United States inspectors of hullS aid boil
ers. The latter thou ht that with slight
knowledge Of engineeri & on the part of
the gentleman THE. boat uses kerosene oil
as fuel and an acquaintance with the art t
steeri and other necessary slight Incl
dental accomplishments on the part of the
lady, Mr.. ard Mrs. Whltcomb might secure
the requisite papers. The lady and gentle
man applied themselves assiduously to
their resp ctive tasks of acquiring
the prescribed knowledge, d the
latter passed examination shortly there
after, procuring his license. The lady
subsequently st Cd a satisfactory examine
tion, and yesterday Collector Moreno wrote
Chief Engineer Whitcomb of the American
steamship Santa Rosa that he bel license
for Capt. Clara A. Whitcomb Of the same
vessel
Key West Equator Democrat: At a little
after l O'Clock Sunday morning the house
of an old colored woman (the mother of
George Long living on an alleYway lead
ing from Simonton street, between Patro ia
and Olivia streets, was discovered to be on
fire, when the alarm of fire was give and
the bells soon re-echOe1 the alarm, but
fore the engine arrived on the scene the
fire was extinguished. This fire was beyond
a doubt the work of an incendary, and
was not more than p OF 30 feet from the
houses which were burned few nights
ago. The house caught fire from a
lot of chips, shavings, etc. which
had been piled under the
house by some villailous incendiary, after
which he sprinkled them with Gil and set
fire to them, and ran. Fortunately, the
smoke and blaze, together with the noise of
retreating footsteps, awakened the colored
man, George L ng, otherwise the house and
himself both would have been ashes this
morning, inasmuch as the fire had been
kiuded Immediately under his bed. There
can now be no doubt but that the fire few
nights previous was also tue work of an in
cendiary, and something should be done by
our citizens at once to capture the culprits
"A citizens meeting should be held and COM
mItteeS appointed to inquire into tue mat
ter We are informed that there is an or
ganized band of incendiaries on the island,
and that it is their intention to keep on with
their nefarious work until the scenes of
March 30. 1886, are initiated.