The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-15

81, So q IS opera BLOCK, LIMA, Onib
| The new firm is composed of c. L. and S.
| W. Jones and Gordon Keller, the two last
named gentlemen having moved to Tampa
| recently from Valdosta, Ca.
/ Sunday afternoon A. +. Vivian, at Oak
/ land, lost by fire a frame cottage and its
contents valued at about 81 200, upon
which there was no insurance, the policy
! having expired but short time before
the fire occurred. A defective tlue was
the cause of the burning.
The Confederate veterans of Walton
county have organized a camp at De-
/ Funiak to be known as the e. Kirby
/ Smith Camp, No 1882 II has already a
membership of 35. j. T. Stubs is com
mander and d. c. Mcleod, adiutant, the
| other officers not having been elected yet.
Near Tampa, Thursday, the state quar-
| intine steamer Missoe seized the Spanish
| smack Josefa for violation of the mari
| time quarantine regulations She was
/ caught in the act of communicating with
! the shore. The vessel was towcd to the
| Mullet Key station, and will be turned
/ over with her crew to the sheriff of Hills
! borough county
The vice presidency of the race track
! association recently formed at Tampa has
been rendered TO M. f. Plant. The prop
erty where it is proposed to make the
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that active work will be commenced
within the next two weeks and that the
| track will be ready for use the coming
season. The projectors of the scheme
intend to build a first-class track, esti-
mating the expenditure at $4,000 to
| $4,000.
Wednesday morning train No. IA, on
the j., T. & X. W. RarilrOad, bound for
| jacksonville from Sanford ran over a
| colored man named Gibbs at Green Cove
| Springs and cut off his right leg above
| the knee and fractured his skull. He
was carried to Jacksonville and put
| in the Schumacher hospital in
Brooklyn, where he died at 6:80 o'clock
Wednesday night Gibbs was in the en-
ploy of the railroad and was walking on
| the track and evidently did not see the
approaching train He was about %
years of age.
When r. NJ Call was appointed Judge
of the circuit court, Fourth judicial
circuit, he resigned as major of the First
Florida battalion of state troups. That
left a vacancy, and the Wilson battery
and the Metropolitan light infantry,
companies of Jacksonville, and the two
companies at St. Augustine recommended
NJ. p. Turner, captain of Wilson battery,
for appointment, and the jacksonville
light infantry recommended Hon. Francis
p. Fleming, Wednesday Capt. Turner re-
ceived his commission duly signed. 1t is
said that Gov. Fleming did not desire the
position. The battery will have to elect
another captain.
a horrible accident occurred at Maui
denis mill, two and half miles from JAS
per on the G. S and f. railroad, Thurs
day evening of last week. A son of
Green Wells, a boy of II years of
age, is employed at the mill, and on the
evening mentioned his left hand and arm
caught in a belt and the flesh from near
the shoulder to the wrist was literally
stripped from the bone. DrS. c.. b. and
! c. w Thomp1ins were sent for, the arm
skilfully amputated and the little fellow
is getting along well. While his
mother and others of the family were
weeping over his sad misfortune he babe
them dry their tears; assured them that
they had nothing to cry for; that he was
theonly one who had any reason to cry and
that if he did not choose to do so the 9th
err members of the family should refrain.
While the surgeons were preparing their
instruments for the amputation of his
arm the little fellow sat in the piazza
, whistling a merry tune and watching the
, proceedings with curious interest.
The construction camp al Faustina was
left in charge of young man named AL
bert +. Forscher, well and favorably
known and well connected He had strict
, instructions to keep order in the camp.
, 4 burly negro had made trouble last Fri
, | became very abusive and fired at him five
? times. Saturday morning Forscher
armed himself, watched for the negro,
/ GiSarmCd him and ran him out of the
! camp. His partner, who had been loafing
around the camp for some days, was
ordered on Thursday of this week, TO
either so to work or leave the camp The
negro suddenly drew a thirty eight calibre
Smith & WessOn revolver saying that he
would fix Forscher, but the latter was
. too quick for him and put one bullet
through his brain and another through
f his side, killing him Instantly For
scher Immediately teegraphed for the
sheriff and gave himself up. The coroner
was at once summoned and jury impan-
eled. Two negro bystandsrs testified to
the facts as stated, and the jury found a
! verdict of iustitiaole homicide.
Tuesday night burglars entered the res
idence of j. Nj Mahoney, in Riverside
j. suburb at Jacksonville and stole Smith
/ x WeSson revolver and other articles.
y The bureau drawers, where the revolver
was, were cmptied of their contents and
$ all thrown on the floor. There was gold
e watch and several pieces Of jowelry lying
l on the bureau, which We're not taken and
probably not seen by the thief. The
2 same night robbers entered the residence
G eff Joseph Price, in Brooklyn suburb, and
= ransaCked the bureau drawers, where
there were also two gold watches add sew
= eral pieces of diamond jewelry, but took
nothing but a revolver and about g. in
change. Wednesday night the residence
OF L. f. Pellerin, also in Riverside, was
, / entered by burglars, who are supposed to
have climbed up one of the veran-
. da posts to the upstairs, where
| entrance to the house was made through
a window The thieves entered several
. rooms and went through drawers, but
took nothing from them. They took $50
! i'm ht1pt oh ,f { bn
Il pocket of gentleman sleeping in one of
7 the rooms Jewelry was again here re-
q fused as there were several pieces lying
q conveniently to hand. In the first two
h robberies the burglars are supposed to
ii have been secreted in the houses, as no
It signs whatever of any one breaking into
the houses could be found Whoever they
:. We're they made their escape by opening
u windows 1t is thought by the police that
the rascals are boys, as their mode of
work is entirely different from that of
I professional thieves.