The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-17

Neal a.. Richards and Archie McCOllum
of DeFunisk and Richard Spencer and
Amos Forchand of Holmes county-out
in their sIoop for A sail When about
one and half miles from the hfe-saving
station The boat suddenly capsiZed and
the whole party was thrown into the
water. They succeeded in climbing up
on the bottom OF the boat, where they
We're discovered by Gen. s. A. Moreno
and a party of friends in the sloop
. yacht Dele, and taken of and brought to
the city. The -four passengers in the
boat are Witnesses attending the United
. states district court 1t was their first
. experience on a. sail boat. and as a bit
ter north wind was blowing when the
. boat capsized they were nearly frozen
. when rescued.
A Norwegian bark arrived at Pensacola
a day or two ago from Antwerp I'm bal
. last. and Is now discharging same along
. siaeot- PulatQX wharf. While making the
. voyage across the ocean the officers of the
big bark discovered that the vessel was
/ leaking. They could hear the water
trtc4IlinE into the hold, and after a dill
/ gent search they located the leak and
had the ship carpenter cut away por-
. ton Of the inside planking. When this
was done they discovered the sword of
/ a sworlhsh, which had been thrust
through the outside copper. six inches of
solid oak I'm the hull, part of one of the
/ oaken ribs, and into the inside planking.
| The fish had struck the vessel square on
the bow and the sword was broken off.
| The teeth were broken off at that part of
the sword which penetrated the vessel,
and is now solidly imbedded in the tim
bers.
Jacksouville's chances for securing a
$4,000 hotel are good. The English syn
dictate, represented in this city by Gree
ley, Rollins d Morgan, which pur-
chased quantity Of property in River
side and reserved portion Of it along
the river front for hotel purposes some
months ago, proposed to build the hotel,
providing Jacksonville people would sub
scribe for 10 per cent. of the capital. The
10 per cent. was promptly pledged Last
/ summer nothing was done, the English
capitalists giving for reason the fact
that there was financial depression exist
ing almost over the whole world, which
made it difficult to realize on investments
without serious sacrifice. Later, how
ever, are few days ago, Greeley Rol
Inns & Morgan received a letter from the
gentlemen. stating that they would be in
Jacksonville in February, ready to take
hold
At Midway last Friday night Ben
! Thomas, coored, was waylaid and shot
by two young white men of that place,
WIN and Nick Harden. The young men
attended a colored festival near Midway,
and while there became angry with an
other negro, who, about II o'clock the
same night while in company of Thomas,
was suddenly fired upon by the two white
men mentioned above Both the colored
mon were wounded, Thomas perhaps IA
tally. The weapon used was shotgun
loaded with buckshot. Early on Saturday
morning the two white men left for parts
unknown, and have not yet been found, al
| though the county has been searched.
| Only short while ago the before-men-
Ill.
a minister Of the gospel. About the same
! time his younger brother assaulted and
beat a little white boy, and for this he was
arrested for assault and battery, proven
guilty and fined.
Walter McNler, a young man of st.
Augustine, who was arrested a few days
ago by Sheriff Perry, on a warrant
sworn out by II. G. Parker of Hagins, a
small town near Gainesville, accusing
Mickler of stealing clothing, has been
discharged. When young Mickler was ar
| rested his father employed A. j. Cor
bett to look after the case. On Saturday
| afternoon Mr. Corbett filed petition for
a writ of habeas corpus with Judge Call.
| The judge had the winding up of court
matters to attend to, and referred 1t to
Judge Cooper as court commissioner. As
the proceedings under which the boy was
arrested were found to be irregular he
was discharged. Young Michler says that
he purchased the clothing of a mer-
chant in Jacksonville Accompanied by
his father he has gone to Jacksonville
I to obtain of a merchant an affidavit to
that effect. This viii be taken to Gaines
/ Vile and shown to Mr.. Parker to con-
vince him of his mistake and to prove
the boys innocence.
Pensacola Times: A few minutes before
! o'clock Sunday morning fire was dis
covered in the new frame building ad-
/ fDf Mi no cf
/ of Zaragossa and Baylen streets issuing
from the middle room of the building.
| The alarm was given and the fire depart
ment responded promptly, hut the fire
| had been so rapid and made such head
way that the building and contents were
ruined. This was a new building, COM
pleted only a few days ago, and en-
tirely newly furnished Mr.. Gardina in
formed the Times reporter that where
the fire originated the room was per-
fectly saturated with kerosene oil, and
that water had very little effect upon the
flames. There seems to be no doubt
that it was the work of a fire bug"
but he has no idea who the party is. The
building is a total loss, together with
/ four new sets Of furniture, and aggre-
/ gates $3.50 The loss on his brick saloon
building win be about 500. There was
/ no Insurance on either of the buildings
or contents.
] I ne M belllG IldQe DN the DOuln FLORIDA
/ railroad, where the new bridge is to be put
! across the Hillsborough river, near the
/ Tampa Bay hotel, will soon be completed
Messrs. Martin q McNeice have just
I launched their new steamer Minnehaha
1 at Clermont. She is probably the speedi-
est and best boat in that part of Flor
ida, and viii be used for freight and
/ passengers She will ply the waters of
Lakes Louisa. Minnehaha, Winona, Palat-
/ lakaha, and Minneola, and the Palatla-
/ kaha, besides many small lakes. She will
I land at Hulra landing. Monte Vista,
Bailey's Coopertown, Branteyville, Jones
Landing, ComptOns' "Old Mill Dock" and
at the "Orauge Belt Bridge" for the
present. This boat will run in connection
1 with another boat these same enterprising
/ gentlemen run from Villa City to Cler-
mont, and which lands at all docks skirt
ing Lake Minueola. Capt. Barbaree also
makes the run from Villa City fifteen
miles below here on the Palatlakaha
river to this city, on his handsome steam
err Bessie, which also stops at ali places
on the shores Of Lake Minneola
The entire appropriation for the deep
cuing of the ST. Johns river bar, with
the exception Of about $50 600, has been
} sugut IT. prOipCt now heiDo ppr,nIatoa