The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-19


probabilities.
The residence Of VIM. McCurdy. who lives
about two miles south Of FlOmatOn, IN Es-
Gambia coun Y, YVES burned TO the ground a
day or two ago. The loss to Mr.. McCurdy
is about $50, with no insurance.
The new Uniform Of the Palatka Guards
will arrive early in September. Arrange
ments are now being made for the company
TO go into camp. North beach viii doubt
less DO the place selected for the encamp =
| Inent.
A handsome memorial window Tor 81.
Peters church. at Fernandina, known as the
holy innocan is window, has just arrived
| from New York. 1t is given by the paren IS
who have children buried in st. Peters
/ cemetery.
| At Fernandina Thursday afternoon Her
mann Pierce, a son of Engineer Pierce, and
a couple OF companions, went out TO tue
beach for bath. When they came out Of
the water Mr. Pierce found that some one
had entered the bath house. and stolen his
| watch.
A citizen of Tallahassee, who owns several
residence lots in the town of Fort Meade,
| has been offered an advance of 80 per ce1t.
| above what he paid for them two years ago,
! but refused the offer. He says that he has
reason to believe that the Peace river phos-
! phate movement will make Fort Meade real
Joseph Howe, white man who lives at
| SIS East Government street, Pensacola,
and who is employed In the planning mill
of b. r. Pitt & Co., had the misfortune TO
have his right hand badly lacerated by
coming in contact with one of the circular
saws in the mill Saturday. 1t was found
necessary TO amputate his three first fingers.
The committee having in charge the ar
rangements for the reception to be rendered
Mr.. Mallory upon his arrival at Pensacola
are arranging an elaborate programme.
| Three hundred torch lights have been or
dered from New Orleans, and almost every
| organization in Pensacola has signified its
! intention of participating. Ii is estimated
that fully 5000 people will march in line
from the depot.
At Green Cove on the 18th instant, Frank
| Mayo undertook to have his own way. He
| thirsted for gore, and concluded he would
| make his wife furnish it. He beat her
badly and bit her several times, The cry
Of murder" brought the officers to the
rescue. Frank is now serving out his
sentence. aud will have to get some Of his
friends TO go on his bond as a guarantee
that he will keep the peace for year.
George A. Peoples died suddenly at his
home near Wilton Greek, Polk county, on
| Sunday. He had been to church in the
morning and bad just stepped over TO
Marion Tillis' in the. afternoon. Returning
he had arrived at his gate when he called to
his wife that he was sick at the stomach,
and dropped down dead The deceased was
about 81 years of age, and man very much
| respected by all who knew him. He leaves
wife and TWO small children.
Friday night at 10 o'clock the dock of the
| Mayport road at Arlington caught fire and
| large portion of the wharf was consumed.
The blaze is supposed TO have started from
| pile of wood on the end OF the dock, aud
soon became unmanageable. When the
| flames were at their hight Capt. Broward of
the Kate Spencer saw the glare and went
over with his steamer. TAe steamer Louis o
was tied alongside of the dock and was in
great danger, but the Kate Spencer tow Ell
her out OF the way. Capt Broward then
put stream on the fire, which was subdu d
after struggle One fiat car was burned
and large piece of tho wharf went up.
The damage will amount to several hundred
dollars.
Green Cove Spring: A serious ARRAY
occurred at Neff's mill, out on the Western
Railway Of Florida, on Aug. 10. The fol-
lowing facts come to hand: Joseph
Barnett became involved in a quarrel with
negro named William Wick over a small
sum of money. Jacob Harris undertook to
reason with the negro, who thereupon drew
a pistol on Mr.. Harris. Jesse Harris here
interfered, knocking the negro down. upon
which general fight began. There
were about forty negroes present. Wick
shot jesse Harris in his leg, lnfiicting a
painful though not serious wound. Mr.
Harris, cut Wick several times with his
knife making ugly gashes. The crowd of
negroes shot at the Harris brothers about
twenty times, but inflicted no injury
There were but three white men IN the
fracas, those mentioned above. Warrants
have been issued for Mr.. Harris and Wick.
Too much cider, mixed with homemade
wine and Jamaica rum was the root of the
trouble. All the negroes had been drinking
The correspondent of the Jacksonville
Times Unton writes his paper as follows
concerning the tragedy at that place:
Henry Griffin, the young man snot by Joe
| Young (colored) died of his wounds at g
o'clock on Tuesday, Aug II. This is one
of the most brutal murders ever committed
| in tho county, the young man having been
| enticed away from home, shot down and
| robbed. Young, the murderer, met
Mary Marshall in Ellaville the day the
crime was committed, and the two together
| went to the home of the woman.
After spending awhile there he went to
Ellaville, ar ned himself with a gun, re-
turned to or near the woman's house, and
secreted himself near the road. In the
meantime the Marshall woman went to
Grltfin's house, called him out, and the two
together went OF In the direction where, it
is supposed, Young was secreted After
reaching blind path which led up to the
woman's house, they separated and Griffin
turned to go home, when he was hailed by
Young, who demanded who it was. He
replied that it was Henry Griffin. Immedi-
ately and without word of warning
Young discharged the contents Of both
barrels of his gun into the body Of
his victim, and sthen fled. While Griffin
To-
and robbed him Of his money, and left him
in the woods, thinking he was dead. Later
in the night negro passing by was at
tracted by his groans, went to where he
was, and seeing the condition of the poor
boy summoned assistance and carried him
home, where medical aid was given, but in
vain. The murderer and his accomplish
are together and at large, but will very
probably be caught aud brought to justice. "