The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-16

! turpentine boxes we're destroyed at ".
: n. RyaPs turpeutiHe orchard. Only one
/ house, so far as heard from, was Injured.
/ II was new house, not completed. owned
/ by Sheriff Jasper Kyle i'm the village of
/ Bristol. Contractor owens has gone TO
/ work. with several hands, TO move the
/ timber blown across the public roads.
! The creeks and lskes are fun There was
| very little rise in the ApalachcOla river.
Hon. S. n. Sparkman and Senator PascO
I spoke at Brooksville Saturday.
c. W. Waggoner Of Lakeland has Just
completed arrangements with manufac-
/ turers north for the necessary machinery
for an ice factory. The capacity Of the
plant Will be fifteen tons OF ice per day.
Ocala New Capitol: George II. Hub
bard Of Ocklawaha avenue, and who is
mining near Dunnellon, in this county,
was brought home Saturday in a terribly
mangled condition lie was overseeing
the cutting down Of some trees near his
mines Saturday, and at an unguarded mo-
ment large tree fell on him, striking his
back. His right leg was broken between
the knee and hip joint and the left leg
between the knee and ankle. His LETT
shoulder was also badly bruised. Dr.
Izlar, assisted by DR.. Newsom, attended
him. DR.. Izlar says that Mr.. Hubbard
is badly hurt man, but will recover.
Capt r. A Lewis. who resides one-half
mile from Apalachcola, while digging into
a supposed. Indian grave, Saturday found
lump of heavy, bright. metal, which
weighed two and one-quarter pounds. The
metal was taken TO the druggists, tested
with acids and pronounced pure, solid
silver by the best authorities in town.
Mr.. Lewis also found about 1900 white
bone or clam shell beads their money,
all perfect and neatly carved, with holes
through them about the center and when
efH Fl.4r -14.
half feet long. These curios were found
about four feet under the surface. The
stake was found where ii is thought many
were cremated. Many peculiar articles
found go to prove that this was an old
chiefs camp, and that this was the grave
of a ''redskin" OF high rank and wealth.
The three Jacksonville military compau-
les which on election were ordered by Adj
Jutant-General Houston 10 assemble IN
their armories, have made out their pay
rolls, and the same have been forwarded
to Tallahassee for payment. No word has
been received from the bills yet, and IT is
not known whether or not they will be
approved for payment. While the mem
bers of these companies were more or less
divided in regard to the political issues at
stake at the polls that day, yet they re-
sponded almost to a man, and stood ready
at any time to do the bidding of the ad-
jutant general. For this service the pri-
Yates are allowed only the small sum Of
81 cents a day. ana many of them have to
lose their salaries when away from their
work serving under the orders of the
state-sums several times more than the
amount the state pays them.
About 1880 O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
as Miss Fannie Grierson, the milliner at
the Gray-Dekle Companys store, at Tam
pa, was going to dinner, she met a we'll
dressed mulatto. AS he passed her he
grabbed her purse, a crocheted silk bag,
which she had wrapped about her fin
ger. She was on Hilsborough street,
only a short distance from her home.
She held on to the purse with a firm grip.
the negro pulling her along the walk as
she tugged at it. In the struggle her
hat was knocked off and her umbrella
broke A drayman drove by Just then
and the highwayman broke and ran east
ward to the Scrub. The drayman and one
or two others gave chase to the man as
soon as Miss Grierson told them what was
the matter, but they did not catch him.
Miss Grierson's finger was sprained and
sore from the strain, and she was quite
unstrung for, some hours from the en-
counter with the bold thief. The police
at once began searching for the negro,
and arrested one Saturday on suspicion,
but Miss Grierson said he was not the
man, and he was set at liberty.
I'm the case of Captain of Police Camp
bell the committee had evidence justi-
flying his dismissal from the force He
rendered his resignation, but later il was
decided to give him a chance to present
defense. In the case of Marshal Mckay,
the committee reports that they have suf-
ficient evidence to justify them in bring
ing charges against him of malfeasance
in office, neglect of duty, and intoXlca-
ton, and they ask that the council ap-
point special meeting to hear his case
and that the clerk notify Marshal Mckay
to appear at such special meeting to pre-
sent his defense. Pending this investiga-
ton they recommend Marshal McKay's
suspension without pay Questions began
to come in to the committee that ELECTED
the following information: Some of the
policemen testified that they had been in
times when they reported substantial evil
dence of violation of the laws. Others tes-
titled that they had been told not to arrest
certain Violators until they had been in
structed by their superior officers, and, as
consequence, no arrests have been made
in this direction.
Last week the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Florida DEVELOPMENT
Company was held at Avon Park and
the officers laid their reports before the
stockholders for inspection. A 10 per
cent dividend was ordered The report
shows that the company has an unim-
paired capital of $25O,OOO; that there is
due the company for land sold $93, 7O4. 43 :
that the land sales have increased 500 per