The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-27

These birds are very rare, il being the second
captured In thas neigh borhoOd m ten years
The bull Of a new steamer belonging 20 VIII
ian Dempsey Of New Berlin. which will be
known as the RedWinR, is lying at the Merrill
Stevens Engineering ComDanys wharf, at
Jacksonville. having her deck seams caulked
Mr. Dempsey will use her In the fish business
Judge Isaac Davega Of Orlando. who has Just
returned from Winter Haven. found 0ir. Clark
shipping tomatoes which now bring $40 crate.
DIT, Inman's pineapples are in splendid coudi-
ton. untouched by the recent frost. Every
thing points to heavy spring crop OF tomatoes.
p B. O'Brien and George Bullock. tW o young
Detroit capitalists, who have been at Jackson
vile as guests Of B. W. OBrien, left for Mon
ticello yesterday to complete arrangements for
the purchase Of the famous Casabianca planta-
ton of 800 acres and the historic old home
stead.
The President has appointed Hon. John G.
Long Of st. Augustine. as one of the commits
sloners TO examine and test the ineness and
weight of the coins reserved by the several
minJs OF the United States during the calendar
year OF 1892. The commissioners will meet at
Philadelphia on Feb. 8.
Cortis Parker. a young white man living in
the country short distance from Pensacola.
was arrested near Millview last Friday by
Sheriff wilkins and lodged in the county jail.
warrant was ! sued for Parker last August
for defamation Of character, but he ran away
and nothing was heard Of him until Sheriff
wilkins ran upon him.
A German sailor named Bennett, Wills en-
sacolA, fell under freight train on the Mobile
and Montgomery division OF the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. His arm was badly crushed
and he was brought TO Pensacola Monday and
carried to the Pensacola lnfirmary where the
arm was successfully amputated.
Louis Robinson (colored) died at Jacksonville
Tuesday from fracture Of the skull. He was
the man who was assaulted a week ago by bur
glars. who went to his house IN West LaVille
and beat him 10 tnsensibility with a club, and
after plundering the house set it on fire, think
ing TO cover up their deed. The fire was dis
covered by neiRhbors and extinguished before
1t hal gotten under Roadway. The perpetra-
tors are unknown.
Florida may at an early day have race track
association If the effort to form one is success
full. Orlando will soon have a good mile track,
and II is understood that Mr. Plant is to build
one at Tampa. MIR Flagler, IL is thought, will
follow with one at st. Augustine and Jackson
vile already has one When all are competed
the association will be organized and Florida
will become the winter home of many of the
country's best horses.
Wednesday morning the first Of six marble
monalistc columns for the public building was
placed upon the building site at Jacksonville.
1t is 12Ie feet long and in circumference,
weighing about four tons, and perfectly round,
with beads as II made OF wood in lathe.
These columns are to be placed on the front
poTches, and will be an ornament as we'll as
strong supports. They come from Dade and
Pickens county, Georgia, where quarried. The
work on the public building is being rushed.
The new Ocklawaha steamer MetAmora,
which made her trial trip to Silver Springs from
Palatka last Thursday in twenty-one hours
and nineteen minutes, gave free excursion to
the people of Palatka day or two ago, and is
now regularly on from Palatka to the springs.
y new boat is owned by Capt j. f. Lucas.
The Metamora is the largest and most elegant
steamer that ever entered the mouth of the
OcRlawaha river and the fastest boat of her
type in Florida. Her furnishings and equip
ments are equal TO st. Johns river steamer,
while the culinary department is on a scale
never dreamed Of by early steamboat men.
James Blackburn Of Bluff Springs. who was
committed TO jail at Pensacola last week on the
charge Of forgery and obtaining money under
false pretenses from A. Lischkoff, has been re-
leased from custody and allowed to return
home. The reason of this action of Justice
johnson. the committing magistrate, was the
discovery that the check pawned by Blackburn
10 Lischkoff. was not forged one but was an
old check found in the Office OF Il. u. Byrne Il
Co., who formerly did business at Bluff Springs
with Thomas Z. Miller a Co OF Mobile as their
bankers Both firms are now out OF business
10 is not known what action, III any, Solicitor
Jones OF the criminal court will take in the
matter.
Academy of Music ana an old forty MINER" is
at St Augustine with Manager Daniel Frohman
and his sister. Mr.. Van Wyck is In Florida try
ing to secure the building OF opera houses at
st. Augustine, Tampa and possibly at either
Ocala or Orlando, To enable himself and the
Frohmans to secure Florida circuit with Jack
bonVlLle Tor good companies. Mr.. Van Wyck
says that Tampa and St. Augustine must have
each fine building like his Norfolk theater,
which cost nearly $500, 600, and he agreed with
Manager Frohman that an excellent theatrical
field is open for at least two months. Mr. Van
WICK has gone so far as to instruct his agent to
procure a suitable site for an opera house in
Tampa at once, and he will go there when hear.
Ing the result. They want to give at least three
nights week in each place.
The Ocala Capitol gives the following version
of tragedy already mentioned in the NEWS:
THE sad news of the fearful death which Ben
Gore met in his own home Monday night was
received In the city yesterday morning Mr.
Gore lived about seven miles southeast of
0cala, and was seen in the city Monday He
was all alone, having been divorced
from his wife only few DAYS ago
The circumstances gathered yesterday are
very meager, but il is supposed that
Mr.. Gore went home pretty well loaded with
whisky. When discovered next morning he was
found in the yard with the top of his head
burned off. one leg burned Off up to his knee and
and the other foot also burned off He was
dead when found. The house was entirely CON
suFned.s Some that Iseem 60 know think that
Mr.. Gore was fouly dealt with, but this has
been denied as he was man without an enemy
He was seen to leave the city Monday with a
bottle OF whisky and when his charred body
was found the bottle was close to his side with
nearly all the contents gone"
MEDICAL.