The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-26
BEWARE OF FRAUD.
$4,000 pounds of red snappers, besides a4,a4o


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so, 800 pounds OF red snappers, besides 1880
pounds received by others,
Country carts we're selling oranges about
the streets of Jacksonville Tuesday at 80 cents
per hundred, and grape fruit at 81 30 per
hundred. The latter fruit was much the best
in color.
William Perry, the founder Of Fruitland
and agent for Clydes St. Johns river line and
Beach & Miller S line OF steamers, died at his
home at Fruitland Saturday night, after
long and painful illness.
II. s. Fowler is under arrest at Pensacola
for making counterfeit silver dollars in
Washington county. The coin was made Of
type metal or pewter, and perfect in cast ex
cept where the neck was cut of and file
used to complete the milling which showed
an unevenness easily detected.
A cottage on the east end of Lake Lucerne,
near Orlando, owned by Dr.. F. 5. Hall as
trustee, caught fire Tuesday from defective
fue. 1t was occupied by Capt e. G. Hart.
Almost all the furniture was saved but the
house was considerably damaged. 1t Is
covered, however, by insurance
1t is reported in a Philadelphia paper that
Lorettus A. Metcalf, who has been editor of
the North American Review and also Of the
Forum, is to be editor of a new paper at
Jacksonville, which. it is intimated, capital
lists Of Florida are about to establish. 1t is
stated that Mr.. Metcalf left New York on
Friday for Florida.
1t Will take about $50 900 to repair the dam
ages done by the storm of Oct. l to
lighthouses east of the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi as far as Pensacola. Such is the rough
estimate of Major James B. Quinn, United
States engineer in charge of the lighthouses
on the Gulf Of Mexico from the mouth of the
Rio Grand to HillsborO Inlet, on the East
Florida coast
In the circuit court at Orlando Tuesday
George Alexander Walker, another Of the
prisoners accused Of the murder Of Louis
Marot, was arraigned and his counsel, Maj.
Alexander st. Clair-Abrams, filed three pleas
in abatement, to which States Attorney Beggs
demurred. Judge Broome sustained the
demurrer and the defendant pleaded not guilty
to the indictment.
Pensacola is defendant now in two damage
suits. Sheriff wilkins sues for So, 900 salary,
claimed to have been withheld from him as
city marshal, and w. G. Norman sues for
damages claimed to have been sustained from
the action of the old board OF city commits.
sioners in closing up his saloon after he had
complied with all the requirements of the law
and the city had issued him license to sell
liquors at his saloon.
Tan pa Times: B. F. Moody, of Gulf City,
who was in the city yesterday, told Times
man that while digging in shell mound near
his place recently he unearthed three
human skeletons in space less
than six feet square and very
near the surface The skulls and bones were
very large and they crumbled into powder as
soon as they were exposed to the air, There
is said to be another large mound in the sa>Se
vicinity which, excepting layer Of dirt and
oyster shells on the surface, is composed al
most entirely OF human bones.
Boston dispatch announces that Gen.
George 5. Cruft has sold the san Marco hotel
at St Augustine, and that therefore Messrs.
Ainslie & Webster will not return to that
house this season. If the news is correct that
the house has been sold, to be authentic the
dispatch should have stated that the eXecu-
tors of the estate of the late Isaac S. Cruft, of
which Gen. George s. Cruft is trustee have
sold the hotel, A hotel keeper says that
William A. French president of the Massa-
PhnGRffG National IL "a ~ al TOW
OF the estate, The hotel has been quietly in
the market for sale since the death of Mr..
Cruft, senior.
Nearly everybody in Florida has heard of
w Bayard Cutting, the wealthy New Yorker,
and owner of railroad property and stock in
Florida. The New York Advertiser has this
about the gentleman: wv. b. Cutting,
wealthy resident OF Isltp, had q narrow es-
cape from being shot few afternoons ago by
q watchman in his employ. The shooting oc-
Cured while Mr.. Cutting was walking on the
piazza to learn whether the Waterman was
performing his duty. AS Mr.. Cutting was
rounding the corner of his house q shot was
fred, and bullet whizzed past his head He
ran into the house fully satisfied that the
Waterman was alert"
An EllKhart, Ind, special of last week says:
"a new claimant OF the property left by Ed
gar II. Stillman, the Key West millionaire,
has put in an appearance. Last week Still
man, wealthy wholesale liquor dealer and
real estate owner of Key West. Fla. died
here at the home of his niece, Mrs. NJ. x
| Weaver, willing all his property to the latter.
| The deceased was supposed to be unmarried,
but an unknown woman, who gave her name
as Emma Mayrick Williams OF Washington,
q. C. has put in an appearance. She claims
to have been the mans wife, and has engaged
| able attorneys to set aside the will. Mrs.
Weaver has also engaged counsel and pro-
| poses to make the newcomer prove her case
| or abandon her claim"
The color OF the Hotel Royal Poinciana,
| Mr.. Flaglers new hotel at Lake Worth has
| been decided upon. II will be a light bun,
| harmonizing with'the blue of the lake and sky,
| and the feathery foliage of the surrounding
| palms. The greater part of the furniture OF
/ this palace viii be made to order and be ap.
| propriate to the style of the house. which Is
colonial. Harmony is being carried into the
| minuteSt details: even the pictures are care
! fully selected with a view to fitness Compe-
| tent persons arc searching in both continents
| for useful hotel novelties. There will pe a
| great curiosity in the minds of Florida tour
| lists to see a hotel which its builders think
| will surpass hotel constructions to date and
| which stands in such enchanting surround
| ings.
most remarkable story reaches the Jack.
| sonyllle Metropolis from Chicago Marcus
| Conant, the wellknown citizen OF Mayport
| recently visited the world S fair in Chicago
| with his wife and little boy He arrived there
! about week ago. On Thursday last he Wis.
| TIED Libby prison which is on exhibition In
| that city, and the prison had peculiar interest
| to him, for he was the hrst prisoner incareer-
| ated there having been captured al the bat
| tie OF Bull Run. On entering the prison he
| pointed out to his wife the very place where
| he had slept, and asked permission from the
| guard to lie down where he had slept years
| before. On permission being granted he got
| into reclining position. and Immediately
| complained Of pain Ia his ear. On getting
| up he felt III and had to go home to bed from
| which he never arose, dying last night The
| BODY Is now en- route to Mayport. Mr. Cpnant
/ leaves, besides his wife and son a dauaht "
and brother. He was for many years o ietty
| contractor at MaypOrt