The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-19
FLORIDA.

A lodge Of the knights of Pythiss is one
Of the early probabilities in Fernandine.
At Fernandina over / 200 barrels of naval
stores are awaiting shipment to Savannah
II. D. Kirkover OF Albany. n. Y, who
accidently shot himself near Barlow, ten
days since, is rapidly recovering and will
soon be able to be out.
J. II. Woodwork, the man arrested in
the Baptist church at Sanford some time
time ago. with burglars tools in his possess
sion. has been sent TO the penitentiary for
two years.
The safe in the Office OF Emile Pons &
Co. g cigar factory at Tampa was robbed
Friday night of money aud valuables to the
amount OF S40O. No clew to the burglars
has as yet been found by the police.
Thieves got into Harry Lees house at No.
10 Clay street at Jacksonville Sunday morn
ing and got away with quite booty, con-
sisting Of several watches and S2S. Lee is
assistant chief of the fire department..
Something over a year ago H. A. Tanner
stepped off the sidewalk on the north side
of Fishers store at DeLand and sprained
his ankle. He now brings suit against the
city for damages to the amount Of $1,000.
NJ. W. Sargent sold last week Miss Rich
Rrdson's house on Indiana avenue at De~
Land to c. r. Pattison of Eustis. Mr.. Pat
tison bought the property as an investment.
and later on he expects to 60 there to reside.
The Baptist Witness IS perhaps just now
the most fortunate and the happiest paper
in the state. A big-hearted gentleman at
the convention gave the editor 81 900 to send
500 copies of the paper to as many Baptist
families unable to pay for IT.
Aluminium is abundant in Florida, and
renders some land less valuable as phosphate
land but more valuable as aluminium land.
Aluminium is worth $40 q pound in COM
merce, and some Of the people who missed
1t on phosphate have fortune in alumni.
mum.
Capt. Davis Of the brig John McDermott,
when entering Fernandina with his vessel
some time back, lost one of his anchors.
After crossing the bar Friday the captain
commenced a search for his lost anchor and
finally hooked into it, copgratulatiug him
| self on his good luck. Unfortunately the
chain parted while dragging the anchor W
and It was again lost. The captain was
| compelled to abandon the hope of recover
ing it.
Sanford Journal: A negro was arrested
in Plant City. Monday, for attempting tc
| commit an outrage upon young lady liv
| ing in that place, and put in the town Jail
| That evening, so il is reported, a mob tooh
the man from Jail and after Kidding hin
with bullets, tied him with his head across
| one rail of the Florida Central anC
Peninsular and his feet across the other
| when shortly after he was run over by a
passing train.
Nine. Janausheok and portion of bel
company arrived at Fernandiua Saturday.
II was feared for while that accommodate
tions could not be secured for them, the no,
tells being full, but the elegant rooms Of the
Egmont were placed at their disposal, and
they concluded to accept them. The
madame will remain for a week. The fol
lowing is list of the troupe now at thu
| Egmont: Nine. Janauscheck, A. H.
Stuart, Paul r. Davis, James NJ Morton
Harry Clifton, Davenport Bebees. George
Fl. Conner, Miss Bomfield Miss Bons.elle
| w. N. Lawrence, manager.
DeLand Weekly: About two years since
Mrs. Judge Stewart lost her wedding ring
and since that time many fruitless searche
have been made for it. The yard arounC
the house was raked over with fine comb
and the sand all thoroughly sifted, out i
was finally given up as lost forever. Now
comes the strange part of our story. Las
| Wednesday Sumpter Jones, who drive
| Fits & Co. IS delivery wagon, while driving
on New York avenue just in front of tht
| Hotel Putnam, discovered something shin,
ing like gold right in the middle Of til,
street. He gos off his wagon and found tht
object to be ring. he at once carried i
to Mrs. Fits, who on examination founC
the names engraved on the inside "Isaac tc
Kate
Pensacola Ne1cs: A circumstance worthy
of remark is the fact that of the fifty-eigh
square rugged vessels now lying in Pensa
cola harbor but one carries the British flag
Such thing under similar conditions ha
never been seen by the oldest livingSlopg
shoreman. And the fact is all the more re-
markable when it is considered that so many
other maritime countries OF Europe, all O
inferior Importance on the high seas, hav,
more or less OF a representation in the loca
shipping. There are Swedes, Norwegians
! Russians, Germans, Dutchmen. Italians
Australians, Frenchmen and Portuguese
and the cross of st. George flies from thu
spanker gait of but one of them all. Ii
former years, of the same number of yes
sells in this port, so per cert. of them at tn
very least had been "limejuicers."
The British schooner Minnie Louise
which had been waiting at Fernandina FOR
a favorable opportunity to sail, wen
ashore on the north breakers Thursday
afternoon. Fifteen or twenty feet of her
false keel we're knocked Off and the hawseI
was passed to tug to try to get the vessel in.
At the turn buoy the hawser parted anC
she fell OF to the northward. The anchors
we're let go and twenty fathoms of chair
given, with a hope of holding her in the
channel but the chain parted
and the little schooner beat VI
to the north breaker on the food tide
She was deserted by her crew, and nov
lies in total wreck on the breakers. TIT
Minnie Louise was commanded by Capt
Pettipaw. She was u small schooner of les
than 800 registered tons, aud was loadet
with 800 tons Of phosphate from Clark
Lsdman Of Ocala.
Pensacola NetUs: Tom Donald (colored
who was arrested in Jackson county, abou
two weeks ago, charged with the killing o
". 2. Busy of Chattahoochee on New
Year eve, has made full confession ,statiui
that he killed Busy for his money. Donald
who lives at Simpsons landing In jackson
county. had gone across the river on tina
day to Chattahoochee to procure some med
icine for a sick brother After procuring
the medicine nothing more was seen Of hin
| until ha WAS arrestad When Busgvis bod