The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-27

/ another UND Thousand holtu. some
groves are reported as showing the larE
est crop ever seen on the trees before this
season
At Orange Park the dissatisfaction IL
relation 10 the shipping of fruit, vegeta
bless etc, by rail has moved the shippers
TO consider the feasibility OF building "A
store house upon the wharf whereby eN-
ports can be shipped direct by steamer
The meeting to this effect was well at
tended aud doubtless something ola sub
I stautial nature will soon be developed.
The overflow on Orange creek, near
Fort Myers, caused by the heavy rains
last week, was very disastrous To the veg
etable growers. The corn crop Will be a
failure, as also the crops Of Irish potatoes
! egg-plants, cow-peas, etc. There has not
been such an overflow on the creek ID
eleven years. The orange trees are not
| hurt, and the sugar cane will thrive from
the food of waters passing over 1t.
The city council of ST. Petersburg has
! Just passed an ordinance for bonding the
town to the extent of 5000 for new
school house, $4,000 for waterworks and
street paving, making total Of S23,OOOi
| and the question is to be submitted to the
| voters of the place on July Is. Ihls IS an
| outcome of the recent charter granted oy
| the legislature, in which was an enabling
/ clause that permits of this forward move
ment The town also appropriates $500
| for suitable celebration Of the Fourth OF
July with fireworks, speeches, music,
sports, banquet, etc.
Friday afternoon young man who had
! for short time been in the employ of Mr..
Lundgren, a painter at Tampa, endeay-
ored to get away with 50 belonging to his
employer. He got the money and ar
ranged to take the Volunteer and so out
TO schooner in the bay where he was TO
Join the crew. Mr.. Lundgren learned OF
his intention and placed the matter IN the
hands of Officer Campbell, who soon found
/ his man After some discussion, the
Young man obtained s. from the captain
! of the schooner and settled the matter by
! turning the money over to the officer Tor
/ Mr.. Lundgren.
Tampa Times: L. Meriwether & Co.
have not yet ascertained the amount of
/ their loss by the defalcatiOns of their b
sconding bookkeeper and collector, W. l.
! Gross. They have already found short
| ages amounting to over 81, 900, and the
amount grows as the investigation pro-
ceeds. He came to the employ of the
! firm two years ago and sOOn,gained the COM
! plete confidence of his employers, al
though they never learned anything of
his antecedents or past life. His method
was to steal from the payment of those
! parties who seldom came to the store, US
| uallY not touching the money OF those
who made payments at the store. The
firm does a large business selling furni-
ture on the installment plan, and this en-
abled Gross to pursue his stealing very
readily. Since his fight it has been learned
| that Gross left Savannah suddenly two
years ago after swindling a furniture store
| there. He left his wife there
and his people had not heard
from him for two years, until they heard
through the Tampa Times, of his defalca-
tion here. His relatives at. Savannah are
said to be very respectable people, but
| Gross has long been a black sheep in the
family. This is said to be the third time
that Gross has swindled on a large scale.
| 1t is doubtful whether Meriwether 81 Co.,
win be able to recover any of the money
/ taken from them, as it is stated that
! Gross had for some time been in the habit
! of drinking and gambling. His friends
are probably not in position to make up
the shortage His name is said to be
! Isham Gross Lowry, but probably to
conceal his identity he dropped his last
name. Gross is expected to arrive at the
| S. f. & w. depot tonight $3.50 o'clock in
charge of Deputy Sheriff A. ]. Harris.
| Gainesville Sun: One of the most bru-
/ tai and disgraceful crimes that has been
! perpetrated in Alachua county for years
has recently come to light An old negro
! was arrested in JonesVille some few weeks
! ago for stealing bacon from his colored
| neighbors. He was released from Justice
! Dupuis' court at Jonesville under bail.
| While he was under arrest a number of
| negroes called at his house and commenced
a search for the stolen goods, but they
We're nowhere to be found. They ques-
! toned the defendants children, some of
| whom are girls, nearly grown, but they
| denied having seen any of the meat
/ Their statements were not believed by the
/ CpdrphiDQr t11ptipc and in tha hOnn of
! eliciting confession from them they tied
/ the hands of the children behind
! their backs, and under cover of the in
| tense darkness, led them to an oak
/ thicket where they tied and stripped
! them, and whipped them until their bare
backs were covered with blood. Their
! victims knew nothing about the meat, and
/ of course could not say where it was. Not
satisfied with beating them, in the hope
| of gaining a confession from the children,
! they went further and punished them still
| more severely, to impress upon their
minds what they could expect if they in
formed upon their prosecutors. Their
uncle, hearing their cries. went to their
assistance, and he, too was made a vic
tim of the plot. After the scoundrels had
! completed their work they unbound the
hands of their victims, and threatening
death to any of the number who men
toned their nights work in any way,
they departed. Two or three weeks
elapsed and the people generally of Jones'
vile knew nothing about the disgraceful
occurrence until the early part of last week,
when a negro woman who aided in per-
petrating the crime, thinking sufficient
time had passed and that everything was
forgotten, gave one Of her neighbOrs an
account of what the mob had done. This
led to the arrest of eight of the party,
who are now nder bond to await the ac-
ton of the next grand jury. Richard
Henry, colored constable of Jonesville
was arrested by'Deputy Sheriff Weinges
| upon warrant charging him with
bribery. The warrant was sworn out by
William Davis, one of the members of the
mob mentioned above, and in his affidavit
he swears that Richard offered him S3i
to swear falsely in court. Richard denies
the charge, and claims that Davis take;
this method of revenging himself upor
him for informing the proper authOritie:
of Davis connection with the affair
Richard Henry was released under bal
yesterday to await the action of the
county court.