The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-27


I Nesbitt and George Brewer the Bene'
property at the corner Of St George and
Cuna streets at St. Augustine. The new
I owners will at once start the erection Of a
me brick building of stores and offices.
Manly Noodle OF Lake City. acting
santa Claus at a Christmas tree at the
/ residence OF his sister Mrs. Edgar John
( son, Monday. caught on fire by contact OF
/ combustibie material He had his face
I and throat severely burned. The burns
I are not dangerous but severe
/ Hardy Phillips. who killed a white man
! in Spwannee county, and who was sent TO
/ the penitentiary for a term Of eight years.
I was pardoned Saturday. Phillips was first
sentenced to be hanged. but through the
influence OF his friends, his sentence was
commuted to eight years. His sentence
took effect in 1891
At Seffner Wednesday afternoon a mule
driven by $. D. Blanton became unman-
ageable and succeeded in getting away
from him. Mr. Blanton. seeing the dan
ger OF being dashed against a tree, jumped
out Of the wagon and broke his leg. This
is the second time his leg has been
broken, and almost in the same place.
S W. Waits Of DeLand received a tele-
gram on Monday announcing the suicide
Of son at Muncie. Ind. Il is stated that
this son had formed peculiar affection for
a boy, and because this boy left him he
became tired OF life and took poison. Sun
day morning Mr.. Waits received news of
the death of his son. Capt. Lawrence
Waits. by the sinking of the steamer Ad-
vance, fun account of which was pub
lished in Sundays News.
Eugene Masters of St. Augustine has re-
ceived a letter from Gov. Mitchelis private
secretary, Mr.. Lang. stating that as soon
as the governor returns from Tampa from
his Christmas holiday that he will for
ward the cash to settle the direct war tax
claims represented by Mr. Masters. Mr..
Masters says that the claimants that he
represents will receive about 5000, which
is about one-half Of the sum to be paid to
residents Of st. Johns county.
The steamer Active, by the sinking OF
which Capt. Waits and Charles Green,
his fireman, lost their lives last Saturday
afternoon, has been raised from the place
where she went down, near Point La
Vista, and towed to the docks of the Mer-
rill-Stevens Engineering Company at
Jacksonville. by whom she was owned
The steamer was loaded with over three
hundred boxes of oranges, which was by
far too heavy a load for the boat
West Palm Beach is all agog over the
damage suit for 5000 which DR.. Harry
Sites proposes bringing. 1t is also to
test the legality of the articles OF incor-
poration. The basis of the suit is the en-
Neighbors complained of the bad condition
of the doctors back yard The council took
proper action and ordered the nuisance
abated at once. This was met with prompt
refusal and the threat Of a suit as stated.
The council will have It done now and then
the racket will be on in full force.
Albert Garrett, young white man who
had secluded himself somewhere in Ala
bama, returned TO his home In Escambia
county on Saturday night. 1t was discov-
cred some time since, as Is alleged by her
father that Garrett had seduced and ruin
ed a 13-year-old girl, daughter of a respec-
table citizen of the neighborhood. The
father secured a warrant for his arrest,
and had it placed in the hands of the
sheriff. When that officer heard Of Gar
rett's return on Saturday night he went
to his home and arrested him. The case
will be tried in the criminal court.
Maj 2. A. Foster. who formerly resided
at Orlando, but who is now engaged in
breeding fine horses in Tennessee, still
owns his fruit farm and orange grove just
south of Orlando. A few days ago he
sold his crop of oranges in a lump lot on
the trees, the buyer to gather the fruit at
5000. Besides oranges there are on his
place bananas, pineapples. guavas, Japan
plums and persimmons, and the sales of
these fruits during the year have brought
in enough money to cover the entire eX-
pense of carrying on the place for the
year. thus making the orange crop net
profit on the years transactions
Last Friday morning about $50 an ex-
ira south-bound freight passed through
DeFuniak Springs and an unknown white
man who attempted to board it was killed,
evidently by missing his footing and be-
ing struck by the oil boxes. The only wit
ness of the accident was a negro tramp,
who states that two white men were to-
gether. and that they looked enough
alike to be brothers. One of them whom
the dead man called billie" caught the
train and got on. Further than this, he
knew nothing of them. County Judge
Campbell viewed the body, and decided
that no inquest was necessary. A careful
search failed to disclose any means by
which the dead man could be identified,
the only scrap of paper about him being
bridge ticket, issued in Pensacola. He was
apparently about 25 or 80 years old, feet
8 or 10 inches high, and had dark hair.
Mary Jones, a negro woman living on
Adams street, LaNilla, bought lard can
from King & Hinchcliffe grocers at Third
and Adams streets, Tuesday morning. She
took it home, fired pistol ball through it,
and then brought it back to the store and
demanded new can. Mr.. Hinchcliffe, who
waited on her, refused her request, and
instantly the woman drew a revolver and
leveling it at him fired. Mr.. Hinchcliffe
lodged down behind the counter and the
ball entered a cracker box that was stand
ing on the shelf directly back of him. The
woman then ran out and up the street
She was pursued, but could not be caught
The matter was reported to the police,
and Policeman Sammons arrested the
woman at her house an hour or so later.
The bullet which she had fired through
the can was also found at her house A
warrant was sworn out against her for an
assault with intent to kill.
While John Thurber, the 6-year-oId son
of John r. Thurber. living on Laura
street, near Fourth. Springfield a suburb
of Jacksonville, was firing off firecrackers
from the rear porch of the house Tuesday
morning, his mother heard him scream.
She ran out thinking that a firecracker
had burned his hand, but she found him
crying with his hands bloody, and point
ing TO his side, where the blood was seen
streaming down. saying TREMENDOUSLY, lit
hurts mamma, il hurts" The little fell
lows clothes were taken off, and it was
ascertained that bullet had struck him in
the feshy part of the right thigh, Just
back of the hip bone. The wound was
bleeding profusely, and DR.. Stout was call
ed. When he arrived the flow Of blood