The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-06
FLORIDA.


Orange City is we'll pleased with her new
water works.
The rev Smyrna bridge was opened to the
d. bile on Saturday.
Lon t''Snspper'D Garrison. the famous horse
Jockey Of New y ork city, is in Florida
Only nine owners OF real estate in Tallahassee
neglected to pay their city taxes for 1891.
The wife Of Postmaster A. Harold of Enter
Prise died suddenly OF heart disease on Wednes-
day morning.
G. A. Vannevar, formerly proprietor OF the
Tam q Journal. is in Texas Investigating that
state with view OF locating there.
/. B. Lees tomato farm on Grandview, near
LeesburE, is said 10 he in very fourlsuinE
condition. The plants passed through the
freeze without receiving serious injury.
a meeting OF the Disston Land Company was
held Friday at Tarpon Springs. Am ng the
subjects 10 be discussed was the future or the
Companys lands near Port Tampa City.
The schooner Marion Hill! 10 AZ Jacksonville
loading a cargo Of florida Eaolu Tor some OF
the great potteries in New Jersey The clay
comes from one OF the mlnes-oc bedS-ln Lake
county.
There are thirteen prisoners in the county jail
at Gainesville, five charged with murder, one
for assault with intent to murder. one Tor rape
one for arson ana the others Tor minor ouehseS'
Three of the thirteen are white men.
An Injunction was granted at Pensacola Fri
day night by Hon. John 5. Beard, court com
missioner. enjoiniDg and restraining the rem
sacOla Terminal Company from operating J1elr
railroad on PalafoK strest with steam power.
Atameeting Of the new board OF directors Of
the Sullivan Lumber Company, held IN Mobile
Wednesday, the following officers were elected;
President, j. W. Black; vice president, ;. X
Sanford; secretary aud treasurer, K F hcCon-
nell
A contract was signed at Ocala Saturday to
build a 2-story club house at Crystal river, cost
ing about 5000. The prime movers In the
scheme are Messrs. Mcconnell, william Ander-
son, the league brothers and several others j.
l.. Mills has the contract.
A detective named Salisbury went to Tampa
q few days ago to look for fugitives from JUS
tice, when he was arrested by the police as q
suspect and was about to DO locked up when
citizens identified him as resident OF Orisnuo
and there on detective duty.
A man by the name OF ]. Mays was arrested
at Sanford on Saturday night for issuing forged
checks on a number OF citizens, among whom
were Theodore ]. Miller, J. E. Spencer, Q. D.
LETTER, Swanson and one or two others. The
aggregate amount was about $50.
There is no let up 70 the building Of new
houses in Leesburg. All Of last summer the
contractors were busy and the prospect is that
the coming summer will find them as much en-
gagged, IL not more so. The houses being
erected are for residences, and are being built
with local capital.
Last Monday morning John P. Allen OF Live
Oak, who had the misfortune TO be struck by
lightning several months agofrom which hs was
confined 10 his room for some time, had mar
row escape from death It seems he desired TO
reach the platform where the east bound pas
genger train was standing, and to do so he was
compelled TO go under a freight train that was
also standing on the side track. This ne at
tempted 10 do, and had nearly accomplished
his purpose when the train backed to couple,
striking his leg, breaking IT,
A meeting of citizens was held at mOnttce 10
Friday in the interest OF the worlds fair. J. T.
Budd presided and B. w. Johnson acted as sec
rotary. After hearing Judge A. D, Wright and
free interchange of views, participated in by
Messrs, Carroll, Partridge, Budd Puleston,
Parkhul FinlaysOn and others, on motion OF G.
T. Carroll, a committee consisting OF ths chair
man and secretary, with three Others to be ap-
pointed by the chair, was authorized to lay the
matter of jefferson couutys exhibit before the
people of the county, as to whether the county
should raise the quota $500 by voluntary con-
tributions or ask the board Of county commits
sioners to meet in special session and make the
appropriation. This committee is to report to
a subsequent meeting, TO be held next Satur-
day, March II.
Tampa Times: Particulars OF an attempted
arson at Clear Water HarbOr have Just reached
Tampa, which are these: One George Cash
we'll, a mechanic, separated from his wife for
the fifth tImel about a month ago. He came
TO Tampa and worked for Contractor Drew
a few days, but returned to Clear Water to try
and get his wife to return to him and come
and i've in Tampa with him. but she re-
fused. She was at this time making a sus
tenance for herself and two small children by
COOkluE ~ ms IuubnlA uObbl. nc WbLJ LAeE6t
and failing in his persuasions became violent
and made serious threats, among which was
one to burn the hotel. She paid no particular
attention to his threat, thinking that he might
he of" on account OF drink, to which he is
addicted. Sunday night his threat reached a
climax. AT about O'Clock Mr. Scranton, the
proprietor. who occupies a room over the
kitchen, was awakened by suffocating smoke.
and rushing downstairs he ascertained that
the house had been fred and was burning rap
idly having been set under the kitchen, and
gained such Roadway that the floor was burned
out and the inside was catching. BY some well
directed work, however, it was extinguished.
At that juncture Mrs. Cashwell spoke of her
husbands threat. Officers then went to his
house and saw him through the window IN
dressing, preparatory to retiring He was at
once arrested by the town marshal and carried
to the lookup. There he lauguished till Tues
day night, when under cover Of darkness and
rain. unknown hands broke the lock off the door
and set him at liberty, and on the marshals
going Wednesday morning TO give him atten-
ton he found that his bird had flown. AS TO
who released him there are two theories One
is that friends did il to get him out of the law 3
grasp; the other that persons not so friendly
took him out and, after thrashiuS MIN, tod
him to git" and he "got." These are only
probable conjectures.