The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-11


an old experienced hand at the bu siness,
has arrived with his son TO take charge
OF the operations. The company proposes
10 20 slow until they know celery will
prove a success in this climate, when they
will Immediately establish the largest
celery plantation in the world.
The store of NJ. E. Weeks at Melrose
was struck by lightning Friday, Fol
lowing the lightning the building caught
fire. A heavy rain was falling at the
time and large pool of water was stand
ing opposite the store A crowd OF men
quickly eNtinguished the fire. The dam
age TO the building and stock was about
SO. Three other buildings We're struck
at the same time. woman was sitting
in the parior of her house when it was
struck. She was rendered unconscious
for several hours and the weather board
ing on one side Of the house was damaged
cOnsidera bly,.
Clermont was visited by a violent wind
storm Sunday afternoon at O'Clock.
Henry SandcrsOn'S house was blown off
its foundations; j. =. COuricr's house
was badly wrecked, and John Flcming's
completely wreC ted. Pat GrissOm's (col-
ored) house was blown down, and Clara
Grissom, aged u years, was killed in
stantly. Martha Grissom was badly
hruised about the head and face; another
child had it's arm broken in two places,
and one child's leg was broken. The
other inmates Of the GrissOm house We're
uninjured, but they had to be cut ouGof the
ruins Of the house with axes by the
neighbOrs.
short time ago a movement was made
against COlOrcd man named Dolphin, at
Warrington, TO have Capt. Reed, com
mandant Of the navy yard ana in charge
OF the naval reservation, TO close his place
l,ra. /
drinks to the Indian soldiers stationed at
Fort Barancas. An investigation was
made by the commandant, which will re-
suit not only in the closing of Dolphin's
liquor business but that of about seven
other persons, some of whom have been
selling liquor on the reservation for the
past % years Commandant Reed, it is
learned, has given all these parties 80
days in which to dispose of their stocks of
liquors, after which the liquor tratfic will
| cease on the reservation.
Saturday morning, between 3 and 4
o'clock, it Is supposed, the Office of the
| Almeria hotel was entered by thief or
thieves ana the money chest in the safe,
which contained about $50 besides sew
| eral rare coins, was taken out, the door
| of the safe being unlocked at the time.
| The night clerk was asleep in his chair
at the time mentioned and that is the rea-
! son for supposing that the robbery was
committed then Tho storeroom of the
hotel was also broken open and a lot of
| fruit and other eatlbles stolen. The
theft was not discovered until morning,
! when MIR. Hoagland, the proprietor, went
| to the safe to get out some money. The
matter is being thoroughly investigated,
| though no clue TO the robbers has yet
| been discovered.
Two negroes INDUCED in a carving
match on the railroad wharf at Titusville,
on Wednesday. with theresult that one of
them was quite seriously injured bv sev-
eral slashcs from the knife of the other
which cut the muscles of the left arm in
one or two places, and made a bad cut
across the abdomen, the latter coming
very near being IA fatal wound. Marshal
Titus and Sheriff Bowman took after the
( aggressor who fed towards Sand Point
After searching for a while the sheriff
I came to the conclusion that the man could
not be found and gave IN the lob Mal.
1 shal Titus was determined to find him
| and feeling sure that the negro had hid in
/ the tall grass. he placed several mer
/ along the edge of the marsh and set fire tC
J the tall grass After burning n while il
came to the place where the negro was
hiding, and he had to take to the river
/ He then made for the hull of the old
/ steamer on the north side of the Point
where he was cnught. the most thorough,
| ly scared man in seven counties.
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man If The II q ~ ii,n nm
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bonnd north from Fan CaIlia ana i "a ra
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dorcd b,l ~" ,,o,rnoas in t,n ,,oos oa,
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but met the up maH at Guy Point, or
BOARD OF WhlcR , were tne prisoners, WIZ
deputy 9uGtih LIlIs III &c Stl@IReI ana 1t
returned win tnehl 10 ilJusNliIe' WherS