The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-03

their masquerade proved otherwise. After
spending Monday night at Mr.. Doris. whC
lives a few miles in the country, on Tues
day morning they came 70 town 10 take tht
Sunbeam" for Atlanta, but missed Il AND
they went to the hotel to put up, but found
that the rates were too high for them
Nolan engaged board at W. A. Baggetts
| When night came and bed tims arrived
| Mrs. Baggett announced that their room
was ready. Upon this announcement
Miss Crouch, who had passed during tbs
day as Mrs. Nolan, commenced to cry anc
said she would die before she would SLEEP
with Nolan as they had not been married
Upon this announcements Mr.. Badgett hsC
Nolan arrested While being searched G
pistol was found on his person. AT about
! IL O'Clock Judge j. G. Maxwell convened
his court and Miss Crouch refused 10 testify
or say anything after being the cause Of
the arrest Of Nolan. The judge bound th'
prisoner over 10 await the action OF tn,
| grand jury under q 500 bond. He wa
carried to Tallapoosa where he readily gave
bond. Miss Crouch is a pretty young lady
about II years of age. Nolan claims thai
their escspade had her full consent before
leaving Tallapoosn. As Miss Crouch re
fused TO talk it 10 not known whether thi'
| is true or not. She left on the same train
for Tsllspoosa that Nolan was carried on. p.
FLORIDA.
The cyclists OF st. Augustine have ex-
pended IS, 900 In bicycles during the past
three months.
Gov.-eleot Mitchell will be inaugu-
rated with imposing ceremonies at Talls-
hassee tomorrow.
T. DENLY OF Gainesville received notice
that lettuce shipped by him to Philadelphia
had brought Sc per barrel In that Market
Hon. r. w. Brooks, mayor Of Bluff
Springs, has appointed J. Blscksher and
John p. Forbes delegates to the Nicaragua
canal convention which meets at Talla-
| hassee to-day.
Last Saturday night while the freight
boat WelHka was being uuloaded at the rail
road wharf at Sanford q oolored deck hand
named Ed Smith lost bis balance, fell over
board and was drowned before aid could
reach him. He belonged in Jacksonville.
There is now afioat and due within the
next thirty days 1873, 900 boxes of foreign
oranges. During the same period last year
the receipts were only 10000 boxes. These
will be distributed at New York, Boston,
Baltimore and New Orleans. the bulk at
New York.
The large tobacco barn of David McFar-
lin Of Quincy was burned last Saturday
night. IL contained about 5000 pounds of
tobacco snd q lot OF farming implements.
IL was partly insured, but the net loss TO
Mr.. McFarlin 10 about $500. The fire was
Of inoendiary origin.
Harvey 1raub, aged about 16, son Of
Rev. John Traub. accidentally shot him
self near Manhattan. on the st. Johns
river, about twenty-five miles from UNA
| tillA Saturday. The entire charge Of a
shotgun entered the head through the face.
The latest report says that he is still alive.
James Bradbury, while hunting in the
woods near Bayard. Friday. met with a
serious accident by stepping into a gopher
hole, throwing him forward in such a man
ner as to strike his knee on a lightwood
knot and iniicting terrible wound, which
will probably disable him for some time to
come.
Near McRae, Clay county, Saturday
George Mathis (colored) enter ed an old
oolored woman's house, killed and robbed
her, and fired the house. He was captured,
taken before Justice Livingston and COM
mitted TO jail under q strong guard. A
body OF masked men took the prisoner
away and further results are not known.
He had confessed.
Palatka Times; The young man crawling
around the city on his hands and knees
attracted great deal Of aste1 ton and sym
patty. His name is W r. Melton, and he
lives at Lake City. He was paralyzed in
bis legs when only IS years OF age. Since
that time, which is nineteen years, he has
not been able TO move around, except to
crawl on "all-fours.n
The soft phosphate underlying a large
body of land within a short distance OF
Lake City will no doubt be worked as an
early date, as experiments have proven
that soft phosphate contains plant food
ready for assimilation without the treat
ment with acid. As soon as this fact is es-
tablished thoroughly there will be increased
demand for this class Of fertilizer.
Frank Bartlett of Bayard, a young man
Of 10 while playing with a friend, each
striving TO gain possession of a gun, dis.
charged full load Of shot into his knee,
completely shattering it. He was removed
10 the frankie Schumacher hospital, where
the limb was amputsted by DR.. Mitchell.
He had suffered from such loss of blood
and such delay before medical treatment
could he reached that recovery was hardly
thought possible, but all are glad to learn
that he seems to be gaining strength.
B. r. Dillon, superintendent of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, has re-
ceived as q New Years present from Sir
Ambrose Shea, governor of the Bahamas,
the appointment of electrical engineer OF
the Bahamas government cable. This In q
position Of honor and profit, and no man
could better ill 10 than B. +. Dillon. His
friends are proud of the honor conferred
upon him. II will not interfere with hi,
duties st Jacksonville, and he will still re
main 3 citizen Of Jacksonville.
The store of NJ. w. Lee at Spring Lake
In Clay county, and the postoffice fixtures
were burned on last Saturday night at ar
early hour. Mr.. Lee left the place sons
thirty minutes before the house was discov.
cred In burning state, 60 attend Christ
mas tree a short distance away, and IL Il
| difficult to account for the fire. Mr.. Leei
stock OF goods, books, aud all matter DO
longing 10 the postoffice, were entirely de
stroyed. including about $50 in cash In the
drawer. Mr.. Lee carried small amoun
! of insurance.
For several weeks SO gold pieces in coun
terfeit coin have been frequently passed il
Barlow, which has eliminated in the arres
OF Tom Taylor and Charles Cochran. Tht
former was arrested Tuesday and il now il
the Citrus county Jail for passing the spuri
| GUS stuff In Inverness. Cochran wa.
arrested Saturday, and incarcerated In the
| Barlow jail Three merchants will testify
to having been victims of Cochran. 1t /,
generally presumed that there are severs
other individuals implicated. Sheriff Bal
lard and posse are now searching for tn,
main leaders in molding the stuff.
Florida's new missionary bishop has al
ready arranged for a number of appoint
meDts in bis diocese of South Florida
They are as follows: Orlando, Jan. s; Ke,
West, Jan. Is; Key West, Jan. %; Man
aztec, wednesday, Jau. %; Pinellas. Thurs
! NJ o.