The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-24
FLORIDA.


Seven carloads of oranges were shipped
from the depot at Wildwood in one day this
week.
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accented
Masons of Florida will convene in regular
annual communication in Jacksonville
Jan. 20.
negro named Armstead was captured
IN Cerrabelle last week by Deputy Sheriff
Stokes. Armstead is wanted in Gadsden
county for the murder of his own father
All along the line of tho Florida Central
and Peninsula railway orange shippers
have had great deal of trouble in securing
cars for shipping their oranges, and On
several occasions oranges have had TO lay
on the depot platform for two or three DAYS
at a time.
Tavares Herald: A negro brakeman on
the I. & G. railroad got the little finger of
his left hand caught between the bumpers
OF a car Thursday morning, mashing it SO
badly that amputation was necessary,
which job was performed by engineer Sam
Sheppard with a monkey wrench and a
cold chisel, much to the satisfaction of the
operator and the agony of the sufferer
George Tasker, a colored man. who is
assistant cook at the Carleton hotel at Jack
sonville, received q check Monday for
$4,000, which he drew in a lottery. When
he received the notice of the money he
could hardly contain himself for iov, When
asked by Metropolis reporter what he was
going to do win the money, he replied
Don't know, boss. Spec Use gwine into
the hotel business on larger scale. Use
done tired of cooking vittles for small
wages, and want to be boss myself"
Micanopy Courier: A colored woman by
the name of Eliza Smith was burned tc
death last Wednesday, about noon, five
miles south of town. From what we can
learn it was the most horrible death one
could imagine. 1t appears tbat while nurs-
ing another colored woman who was con-
lined to her bed, in order to heat the room
she built fire ia pan on the floor. II
passing around this pan her clothes caught
on fire. Discovering her danger she lost al
presence of mind and ran cut into the open
air, where the wind was blowing fercsly
Without being able to check the
lire the unfortunate woman became frantic
ran around the house several times, scream.
ing at tie top of her voice, then out int
cotton patch, where she was found {
short while afterward, burned to death
Inc neighbors were attracted to the place
oy the woods burning. which caught FROM
tne dying womnn's garments as she rar
away from the house. There was no on
on the place except the sick woman, ant
she, OF course, unable to render any assist
ance. =.
Palatka Times: For several weeks pas
there have been reports of attempted as
seults on ladies in different parts of tb,
city at an early hour in the evening. The,
ended Saturday in the arrest OF William
Bell and Isaac Posey Icolored). the latte
being discharged because Of insufficient evi
dence. The arrests were made at the in
stance of j. K. Yelvington. a well-know,
citizen of Palatka Heights, for ATTEMPTED
assaults on his mother, Mrs. A. Higvinbot
than, an elderly and respected lady. 81
years OF age, and his sister, Mrs. Nancy 4
hay, highly esteemed lady. Tho scene o
both assaults. at different times, was at th
head OF Whitewater branch, and not Ia
from the hargrove residence, occu
pied by family named Hall. Bot
attacks were revolving and brutal. I
letter . Mr. Yelyington he as rnuc
~ acknowledges his guilt by stating .'ths
he was sorry be hurt bis mother.n Tho eyI
denee 81 the trial before Justice Coke wa
q the most damage character, both MIR
higginpoitham and Mr.. Yelvington iden
tiiying beL Judge COKE bound the pris
o1er over y tte criminal court in tue sui
~ $50, tho cplprt beiDg eogCuoted bac
- jail Ia fle case ~ Isaac Fssey. n
whom LAWYER Purcell acted ns al,orns,
m Hay feiling 70 idshtify her assailan'
~ waa discharged