The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-30
FLORIDA.

says that twenty mills are now in full opera
ton in Florida, and by Jan. fully fifty
more will be added to the number.
The Ocala house opened Monday morning
under the management of A. B. Davis, 40
old hotel man of large experience. Robert
). Clark as manager also threw open the
doors Of the Montezuma hotel Monday.
Jacksonville Standard: John Thomas. the
popular head waiter OF the st. James hotel
will be sadly missed by the regular guests
of the house this winter. The hotel will
open on Thanksgiving day. as has been the
custom for years Thomas has accepted q
position as head waiter at the famous De
S0to hotel in Savannah this season, anc
Allen Thompson, his first assistant, goei
with him.
Monday Beauregard Jenkins (whte) shot
Jim Rigolds or Riggles colored) al
Spore. Report has it that R'gold!
went TO the white mans house and
| threatened him. He vas ordered out
OF the yard. He refused to go. Then
Jenkins went for his gun, and coming back
saw the negro raise his gun, when jenkins
fired. hitting the darkey. From the wound
OF this shot be died.
At Brooksville Sunday night a panel in
the door Of the mayors office was cut out.
| and the mayors docket distracted. IL is
now believed that the incendiary fire of
| Sept. 9 was started by sorae who feared the
use of the docket as evidence before the
grand jury and circuit court which cons
vened there to-day. Had that fire not been
discovered and extinguished it would have
burned the mayors office and books, as the
town has no safe to keep its books il.
A negro festival and dance Saturday
night in Newtown, a suburb Of Leesburg,
eliminated in a tragedy. About 1890
O'Clock Jane Williams a young woman who
recently came there from Eustis, and who
was participating in the dance, was told
that some one wished to see her outside.
She accordingly repaired to the place of
meeting. Five minutes later a pistol shot
was heard, and Jane Williams was found
lying dead at the gate with bullet through
her heart The cowardly assassin fed, aud
during his retreat fred at a passer- ~, the
close proximity OF the ball scorching the
whiskers Of the man fired at. The wit
nesses, all of whom are colored, will not
testify as to the guilt Of the party who did
the shooting, their evident desire being to
shield the principal Of the crime. Sufficient
evidence, however, was adduced to cause
the arrest OF Joe Dabney and Sept Gaunt.
Jacksonville Standard: The mystic ious
disappearance Of $3.50 from the office OF the
Jacksonville, Mayport and Pablo Railway
and Navigation Company last week has
caused much comment Last Wednesday
Miss Ida Conant, daughter Of Marcus
Conant of Mayport. had a check for $3.50
cashed and left the money with S. L. Earle,
superintendent Of the railroad. On his way
to dinner that day Capt. Earle met Miss
Conant, who was on her way to the Office of
the company, and told her chat he had
placed the money in the third
drawer Of the desk in his Office Miss
Conant went to the Office to write letter
After finishing the letter she In
closed $50 draft in it and put the letter
and the package of money in the drawer to-
gethsr. Miss Conant then asked f. w.
Houston to carry the package and the letter
TO her father at Mayport, on his trip down
that afternoon. When the boat left to con-
meet with the train for Mayport, Mr..
Houston went aboard, but forgot to take
the money with him. Capt Earle also went
down TO MaYport on the same train. When
the boat left Miss Conant was on the dock
aud Houston called out to her
that be had forgotten the package
but would get il the next day.
The next morning both Capt Earle and
Mr.. Houston came up from Mayport, and
upon entering the office found all tho
drawers of the desk unlocked and the
money gone. Miss Conaut was notified Of
the disappearance Of the package. She FAY.
che is positive that she replaced the package
| OF $3.50 and the letter in the desk In the
same drawer in which she found it. Moth
ing has yet been seen of IL. The colored
porter who attends to the office says ht
knows nothing of the money. He claim.
to have seen a suspicious character loafing
around the office on Thursday morning,
but can give no definite description of him.