The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-15
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 1890.

Se1srture OF the south-b5uad train for
o ala, Sheriff Stephenson # Volusia county
was accosted by negro, who confessed 10
having killed one Smith at Osteen, Volu STA
county. some time since. The negro was
arrested.
George N. Pendarvis, agent for the
Florida Central aud Peninsuar railroad at
Lloyds. while on his way home, fell from
the baggage car # No. 8 near Blanche mill,
on the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road, at which place he was found by Sec
tion Master Harnage in an unconscious
condition. He will recover.
Four miles above Ellaville late Monday
evening Henry Griffin, young white man,
was shot BY Joe Young (colored) and NOR
tally wounded. Young made his escape.
A negro woman of low character was the
cause of the trouble. IL seems from what
can be learned that Griffin was waylaid
and shot with double-barrelled gun.
A general row occurred about six miles
from Green Cove springs on Saturday even
ing, at one Of the numerous saw-Inills on the
Western railway. 1t seems that a crowd
had gathered around the commiSsary,
where they were drinking cider and Jamaica
ginger, a beverage that does not require
license to sell Yet the drinker gets as
crazy as If he had drank ''chain lightning"
When well filled up on this a colored man
named William Wick made an attack Oh
Jesse and Frank Harris, white men, and q
general melee ensued, when the man Wick
was badly cut in a number Of places, and
Jesse Harris was shot in the leg bys me one
of the crowd. His wound has laid him up,
but is not considered dangerous
Shortly after the adjournment of the
republican primary convention at Ocala on
Monday, number of negroes gathered in
Vereenss (colored) bar, where words of q
boisterous nature were INDUCED in. VIM.
jackson, loud mouthed denizen OF color,
assumed threatening attitude toward his
fellowmen, and the insults he heaped upon
some were resented, whereupon Jackson,
without warning or just reason, shot Bill
Jones and Joe Bailey. jackson struck out
on a run. not forgetting to blaze away at
an innocent negro through the window as
he ran. Special Policeman Rogers took
after him aud fired several shots to halt the
fugitive, but without avail. The negro
escaped TO the woods. The wounded men
are doing well.
During thunderstorm at DeFuniak
Springs Saturday lightning struck chin
ney in the center of Maj. Lewis house,
knocking 10 OF even with the roof. 1t then
came out OF the sit ing-room fireplace and
jumped twenty-five feet through an open
door and knocked large picture from the
wall on the opposite wall Of the parlor,
burning the wire cord with which the pict-
ure was hung completely, but not breaking
the glass. II also knocked a few holes in the
plastering and went out under the front door
doing probably not over IS worth of dam
age. Mrs. ]. n. Lewis and three other people
were in the house at the time, but had just
left the rooms an instant before the b 1t
descended, and none OF them sustained any
injury save from fright and Jared nerves.
1t was a tremendous stroke, the ooncussion
jarring the calsomine in showers from the
ceiling of house $50 feet away, and pros
trating J. S. Martin in his cottage 800 feet
from Maj. Lewis house. Mrs Lewis and
the other occupants of the house jumped
from the windows into the pouring rain
and raised the cry of fire. as the house was
full Of smoke and seemed to be filed with
flames, but it was a false alarm, and only
the trl fling damage mentioned above was
sustained.