The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-14
to leave the saloon he fell dead from heart

TO leave the saloon he fell dead from heart
/ disease.
While an Italian, employed by Joseph
| Llamhias as scavanger, was IN bathing OH
| Burtons island, north OF St. Augustine,
/ Sa-urd1y, he went out too far and was
\ drowned.
Gen H. S. Sanford Of Sanford was in
/ Washington last week, his object being TO
procure from congress an appropriation for
! the widening and deepening Of the channel
Of the 81. JOINS. the mater Is now before
the Senate.
On train No. l, going east over the Persia
/ cola and Atlantic railroad, Sunday night, a
negro, sup osed TO have been stealing
ride, was killed at DeerlaRd, just beyond
Crestview. IL Is supposed that ne attempted
I TO geB OF at ID serland, while the train was
at full speed. and in doing so fell and broke
his neck.
While carelessly handling loaded pistol
at his home, Sunday, Willie Laird, the Is
year-old son of a well-klown painter at
| Warrington, shot himself the ball entering
the left breass directly over the region of
the heart. The surgeons have not YET been
able 70 locate the ball, and the probable re-
suit Of the wound cannot be determined
The Liverpool aud London and Globe In
surance company has decided TO pay the
insHra &c on the schoolnouse recently
burned at DeLand. The building had been
transferred to the school boa d by the trus-
tees without transferring the policy, conse-
quently the policy was void. The com any
| will not take advantage of this oversight,
and have ordered tie loss adjusted.
Miss Roberta Lindley and Miss Juno
Robinson, both of DeLand, had a
narrow escape from drowning while
bathing on Wednesday last. They
had got beyond their depth and were unable
| TO return, when Miss Robinson became
| frightened and was washed under Some
bathers near reached her in time to bring
her ashore very much exhausted. Miss
Lindley had presence of mind enough TO
| turn on her back and float until assistance
reached her, and was easily brought in.
Pensacola Netos: Officer Byrnes of the
police force, who was severely bitten on one
of his fingers about nine days ago by a
young man whom he had arrested, has
suffered very mucl since then. His hands
| became very much inflamed, and owing to
the season Of tie year he naturally felt
some alarm for the result. Hearing # his
| condition, Mrs. Maggie McEvoy, No. 1T
Spring street, sent for him last Saturday
and gave him the use of maidstone In her
possession. The stone was applied to
the wound, and Immediately adhered
thereto, remaining for several hours,
when il fell off. After being soaked in
warm milk the stone was again applied, re-
/ On Ju0 WOQuu IOT SOi1lb Inc
| result on Officer Byrnes' hand was truly
wonderful. Nearly all the Inflammation
aud pain was removed, and on yesterday he
was able to move his fingers with ease and
without pain, and felt confident that his
hand would soon be all right At the re-
quest Of a reporter of the Nel0S, Mrs. Nc
| Evoy yesterday showed him this stone 1t is
in the shape and about the size of a large
pecan nut and of dark
| greyish color. About ffty-six years ago,
Mr.. Ferdinand Christian, grandfather of
Mrs. McEvoy, killed deer in the suburbs
Of the present city of Pensacola, and took
this stone from the st)ma. h of the animal,
since which time it has been carefully pre-
served in the family. Within Mrs. Nee Sog's
recollection it has been successfully used on
persons suffering from the bites of dogs anu
| cats, and on one occasion a portion of the
stone was trimmed off, and used success
fully in saving the life of a gentleman suf
fering with a severe attack of bilious collie.