The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-12
tn least. but all were very badly frightened
and considerably excited.
FLORIDA

Orlando, died Saturday.
John Green proposes to erect nine dwellings
at Eau Galhe as soon as possible.
The schooner Serafnia c.. Capt. Rylander
VIII hereafter make regular trips between
Punta Gorda and Mobile, the mercantile firm
OF Sandlln King having chartered her.
William and Thomas Crook, of Clifton,
were IN I1tusvllle Saturday on business and
spent the day in town, having anchored their
boat on the north side of the railway wharf,
where it joins Broad street
The 4-year-old son of Charles Vandergrift
was fatally wounded by runaway horse on
the shell road south of New Smyrna Sunday.
Inc child IS unconscious and horribly man
gled Its recovery is impossible.
AT Palatka. on Friday. Capt G.. W. Bassett.
agent of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
west system, while attempting to shift some
trucks at the hoist, was by some means
caught between them and seriously hurt.
At Orlando a tramp was taken in by a
policeman last Monday at the South Florida
depot be was in box car in which he had
built up nice little fire by which he was
making himself comfortable. The fire was
built on sand that he had put in the car.
Murder was committed in Marion county
Friday at the Standard mine, No. ,. NJ c.
Smith and Enoch James colOred, got into
dispute, when the latter struck the former
with q shovel from the effects Of which he
dled shortly after. James is nder arrest.
In the case Of Epping. Bellas & Co. VS. ex-
ecutors of the estate of D. f. Sullivan, pend
Ing IN the circuit court of lGscambia county
John B. Jones, the special master appointed
IN the case, has made report to the court in
favor OF the plaintiffs for the sum Of $4,000
j. H. Afford, county clerk, bought out the
livery stable of Riley Johnson. at Arcadia
last week. and last Thursday bought out S. H.
Wilder. of the same business, and Friday sold
both stables and outfits to w. +. Wilder. 1t
seems that this was the understanding at
hrst, and now Mr.. Wilder has the monopoly
OF the livery business.
Over 900 O)O pine apples were last year,
Oh Il do V4s.NH
mention those shipped elsewhere and con
sumed at home There are 2,500000pounds of
redsnappers sent from Florida to New York
every year One district in Florida sends
annually to the New York market 20 900
crates of fruit. There are in Florida 10000
eOcoanut trees whose fruit is all sent 20 the
New York market. Florida gives to the
world outside of her borders 600O0,G0O
oranges
The citizens OF Arcadia we're excited Satur-
day by the news that Dr. b. b. Blount, a
prominent young physician, was lost and had
not been seen or heard of since last Tuesday.
he went out on a camp HINT with a party
OF four last Monday. Tuesday they began
their hunt, and the party separated, and was
came up. except DR.. Blount, and he could not
be found or heard OF. The others came to
town for help Saturday. In the meantime DR..
Blount had turned up at Uncle Dave Mahon S,
thirty miles northeast of Arcadia
Titusville Advocate: On Monday Capt. E.
II. Rice was fortunate enough to ind an old
silver coin in shell on Julia street, near
Robinson & Graham 8 law and real estate
offices. The coin is dated 1877, and the cap
tain says 1t is either Spanish or French. 1t
was brought to Titusville in the shell taken
from the Indian mounds near the Packwood
place, OaE Hill. few skulls and a lot OF
human bones have also been found in these
mounds while digging out the shells for re
moyal to Tttnsville's streets, One OF the
SkullS-in a fine state of preservation-iS
now on view at the Indian River hotel.
H. NJ Shockley was arrested at Jackson
vile Friday by City Marshal Vinzant, on
warrant sworn out by Mrs. E. Il. Marshall,
charging him with embezzling SO 900. Shock
ley has been in charge OF Mrs Marshall's
store at Pablo beach and Mrs. Marshall
claims that she put in 5000 worth OF stock,
for which Shockley has failed TO make any
before Justice of the Peace c. b. Smith on
Friday afternoon, and was placed under
5000 bond to appear yesterday afternoon for
a nearing. Yesterday afternoon the case was
called, but was contin ued until to morrow. He
gave bond for 81 900 for his appearance.
De Land News: Arch Nevins, brakeman on
the De Land branch, met with a very serious
accident on Friday night The branch train
had gone to the junction with a load OF freight,
and was switching onto the main line. The
brakes had been put on. and the wheels were
sliding. when Nevins got in between two cars
to uncouple them lie was thrown down and
dragged on the track by one foot which had
caught under the wheel of freight car. En-
glneer Fish saw him fall, and immediately
reversed the engine, thus saving the brake
man 5 life, as the wheel would have gone over
his body if the cars had not been Immediately
stopped. As it was, Nevins foot was very
badly crushed The engine was Immediately
uncoupled from the cars and Mr. Nevins was
brought to town and put under the care of a
physician, and is now getting along very
nicely.
William Crook, who is about 80 years of age
and very deaf, was crossing the track from
the boat on his way to supper few minutes
before O'Clock. when the rear end of the
Jacksonville Tampa and Key West switching
train. IN backing down to the wharf. struck
and ran over him, mutilating the body fear
fully. The mead was severed from the body
and crushed almost beyond recognition. One
arm and both legs were cut off. Death was
instantaneous. The railway officials say that
every effort was made to warn Crook, but
owing to the darkness he was not seen till
the train was close to him and his deafness
prevented him from hearing the shouts, The
coroner was summoned at once and empaneled
a jury, which, after hearing the evidence,
found verdict in accordanle with the above
facts, generating the trainmen from blame.
The deceased was unmarried.