The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

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FLORIDA
A Yacht club has been organized at Palatka.
a fire department is TO be organized at D.
Land
The farmers around Monticello are plant
ing considerable rice.
w. r. Richards Of Eden will ship300) crates
OF plneapples this year.
One hundred and thirty people died Of heart
disease in Florida last year.
a DeLand man has contracted TO furnish a
Chicago firm with 10000 canes.
A mad dog killed a good many valuable
bird dogs in MiccosulSie last week.
Nolusias scrip sells at par and ii has been
many DAY since X was at discount
There are fifteen prisoners in the county
jail at Orlando. Nine of them are white.
There is a movement on foot to work the
large deposit OF "kaoline clay near Lake
City.
The stockholders Of the steamer Sweeney
n Iitusville have disposed Of their boat 10
Mr. Flagler for IS 900.
a meeting OF the county alliance OF Pasco
county will be held AZ Clear Lake school
house on Monday. May -.
1t is seldom that two pursuits as opposite in
their nature as preacher ana tie contractor
are combined IN one Individual Is they are IN
the case Of r. T. Wynee OF Ethel.
L. b. Barker, formerly a resident OF Orlando
William Brown. viii on June l. begin the pub
LEGATION at Barlow of a weekly paper.
The new s0horse power boiler for the
Tampa Electric Illuminating Company has
arrived and viii be placed in position imme-
dl1telY. Mr.. Mugge hopes TO nave all the
new machinery in operation by the middle OF
this week.
The sale Of the Tillis grocery stock al Tampa
Friday brought in about 81 800 If Mr.. Tills
is allowed 81 900, as an exemption under the
lea hnw will ms.
creditors. 1t is understood that the exemp-
ton will not be allowed by the creditors
without lively legal fight.
A. r. Heyser of Lake Worth has just sold
1856 acres Of pineapple land in body, near
Oak Lawn, to II. NJ. Flagler for conStdera-
ton of $40 $50 Nothing definite is known
but il is supposed that the purchase was
made for friends OF Mr.. Flagler, who will go
into pineapple culture on a large scale.
Mr. Bertoa who was at DeLand a few
days ago, said to "A Record man that he was
willing TO stake his reputation on it that the
next orange crop would not exceed the one OF
1892 90 by 70 900 boxes. lie has just made
general tour over the orange belt and all sec
tons report only an average crop in sight.
A serious accident occurred on board the
steamship AuSterlitz. of the Pensacola and
Havana line, at Pensacola Friday, to William
Feenan, aged ~ years. native Of Ireland and
dOpkeyman on the steamer. Feenan was try
ing to get the donkey to work, when, by some
means he was struck in the right eve by
piece of iron three or four feet long The eye
was smashed in most horrible manner.
The proposed new building to be erected at
Jacksonville by George b. Usner and assOCi-
ates will be 250x75 feet, and supplied with all
modern cOnveniences. 1t is to be used as an
orange packing house, and the intention is to
pack in scientific manner all the fruit sent
10 the house from all sections Of the state.
The house will be the largest and most CON-
pletely equipped of any similar house in the
world.
Edward J. Quinby of Aurantia was in Titus
vile on Monday, and on that day filed in the
clerk Office the United States government
patent covering the Domingo AcOsta grant of
6OOO acres situated at Auranta in the eX-
IRENE northern part of the county. The pat
ent was signed during the Harrison admins
tration, hut through the course OF red tape"
did not reach 1itusville until within the last
few days. This will enable the owner Of this
grant TO give a good and sufficient deed to
that property
Capt Dick Marks the real estate man of
Orange county. was at Seville last week. look
ing into the iuterminable paint beds recently
discovered about six miles east of that place
MIR. Roberts, who has been engaged in the
vegetable business in that section for years
discovered that rich bed Of wealth several
years back, and bought most of it from the
railroad before the company found out what
he had discovered and promptly withdrew all
these lands from the market Mr. Roberts
sold out for S25 900, 5000 down cash.
j. r. Crump. aged about 90 years of Red
wood Falls MINI, fell overheard on the
evening Of May from the schooner Jessie
Z. while on the trip from Pensacola TO st.
Andrews bay and was drowned. He was sub
ject to heart failure, and had, with his wife,
spent the last winter at the bay, Recently
he returned north with his wife, but tiuding
the climate there detrimental, he came south
again alone. and stopped at the Lewis house
in Pensacola. On Wednesday, May B. he
started on what has proved to be his last voy-
age. About 10 o'clock at night, on turning in,
Capt. Schellinger of the schooner saw Mr.
Crump standing in the bow. Upon the latter
saying that he intended to sleep on deck that
night, the captain demonstrated. suggesting
the danger of his falling overheard. and also
of his taking cold. That was the last seen
OF Mr.. Crump alive. The body has just been
recovered.
Titusville Star: S. G. Vanlandingham had
a narrow escape from what might have
proved serious accident Monday morning.
While he was standing up on the top of a
loaded truck of lumber and window frames on
the way from his mill to the railroad dock he
thought that the switch ahead of the car was
placed wrong and called to one Of the colored
men who were pushing the car to run ahead
and change the switch before the car reached
il. This the man proceeded to do, but Mr..
Van, on approaching nearer the switch, found
that his eyes had deceived him and that the
switch originally was right, He called to his
men to change it back again but ii was too
late and the car left the railroad track preci-
pating MIR. Van to the ground distance of
IL
lumber struck him in the small of the back,
and aside from this he was pretty well
bruised up all over.
Friday, May 5, just after dark, while Hartly
Wells and family were eating supper at their
home at Center, Sumter county, some one
came to the gate and called for George Wells
George. in reply, Immediately left the table
and proceeded to the gate, and was seen to
leave with some unknown persons out in the
woods. After some time had elapsed Mr.
Wells became uneasy at his mysterious delay
and called him, but there was no reply. Soon
afterward he heard some onea approaching the
house, but knew from the footsteps that il
was not his son George. Then the horrible
thought flashed through his brain that per
hapS his son had been murdered and the
murderers were returning TO the house to
daughter and himself. Mr.. Wells immedi
ately securely fastened and barred the door
and prepared to defend himself, but there was
no attempt made to break the door in, and he
quietly stood guard until daYbreak. AS soon
as il became light enough to venture out he
began to search for his absent son. After fol
lowing the trail about 100 yards from the
house to the public road he saw the
earth torn up considerably and upon
closer investigation discovered a
pool of blood upon the ground. II
was then very easy for him tC
follow the trail the body had made in being
dragged over the wire grass and had not pro
ceeded more than forty or fifty steps, when tC
his horror he discovered the mutilatcd corpse
of his dead son. There were nine indentions
in his head, either one OF which would have
killed him almost instantly. Tho deadly work
is supposed to have been accomplished with q
large hammer or heavy piece of iron of some
description. Sink Wells, a brother of the de
ceased has been arrested on suspicion, The