The morning news., 1894-07-20
FLORIDA

Near WiIhston, Tuesday, s. H. Highsmith,
candidate for tax collector, was thrown from
his buggy, and had his leg broken. He was
on HIS rounds canvassing the county.
At Tampa the effect Of the bond election on
the city s finances was felt at once upon the
passage OF the bonds Saturday. Scrip ad-
Yanced Saturday night as soon as the result
OF the election was known from 40 TO IS cents,
| and it will probably 90 higher day by day.
Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock the south
bound Georgia Southern railway freight, No,
10, approaching Grandin, nineteen miles from
Palatka. was ditched. The engine, one car
loaded with naval stores and two cars Of rock
were overturned Engineer Robie was
slightly injured. The freight train was OK
ceedingly heavy, numbering thirty cars The
cause OF the wreck was heavy plank, placed
on end in stock gap maliciously, it Is sup
posed
'BH Pienlng, carpenter working for
Edenheld & Jetton, met with serious acct
dent at Tampa Tuesday He was at work on
the factory on block 30 in Ybor City assis ting
| loose joists which turned throwing him
| heavily across other Joists and at the same
time Joist fell on his leg below the knee.
Dr. Douglass was called and thinks the in
| jury TO his hip very serious, but cannot tell
yet its extent. Mr.. Piening is over 90 years
old
! Last Friday afternoon two young men, W.
j Hurst and Oscar Windhurst started to
cross Hillsborough bay, near the mouth of
Stx,Mile creek. just before they got across
a violent squall struck them and the little
boat was capsized. Young Windhurst became
| very much alarmed, as they cannot swim.
and II was all his companion could do to make
| him mold on to the boat After being in the
water about two hours they we're picked up by
| a fisherman named Dread Hewitt, who saw
| them when the boat capsized. Windhurst
was so much shocked by the accident that he
became delirious. He was taken to Limona
| and is stnl there in very critical condition
/ he. talks necessarily, and frequently ex-
| claims despalringly: Il cannot hold on much
longer" His brain is disturbed, and the doc
tors fear something like epilepsy.
/ Tampa Times; Sheriff Spencer has been in
! once anout ighteen months. and in that time
| he says he has handled about 400 criminals
/ Ot these about SeVentY-tive have heen ne
| groes. The predominating crimes among the
/ negroes nave been larceny and forgery. In
| that number of criminals there has been but
| one old negro OF ante beilum days. II he Grim
| inals are among the young set who have
/ grown up without restraint since slavery and
| have learned just enough to write some one
| elses name TO an order or check
Only 10 per cent of the criminals
> are women, as ne says he has had but forty
/ women under arrest. OF this number only
| two we're white women The negro women
! who come before the courts are generally Of
= the lowest and most degraded character
| Only one-han of per cent. OF criminals are
white women, against 10 per cent. among the
| negroes. There is stiu room for missionary
| work at home. Sheriff Spencer says the dep
! uty sheriffs from other counties tell him that
| the proportion of negro criminals IN other
] portions Of the state Is about the same as in
| Hillsnorough county.
/ Tampa Times. Since March not less than
! 5000 people from Key West and Havana have
| located at Tampa This estimate is based on
| custom house certificates, and Collector Les
ley says tits conservative one. The influx
from Key West began in March and during
one week in April the Plant steamers brought
over 900 people. For several weeks each
steamer, the MascOtte and Olivette brought
| week. For three months the Maseotte mas
I brought IN from 80 TO $50 passengers every
trip ana she makes about nine trips
each month. AT present she brings Ia
about 90 passengers every trip. Adding to
these figures the many children which never
! appear on the manifest and doductng the
! few through passengers and transient trahic
back and forth from Tampa to Key West and
! Havana II win be seen that at least 6 900
have come in that time. They have fled
every house In the city to overfiOwing, and in
some houses three or four families are living
until they can get houses TO move into They
are occupying the cottages built In the vicin-
ity OF the new factories Just as soon as the
owners viii let them and the houses are
| rented as soon as brick and lumber can be
placed on the ground. II is the Same with
! Ybor City and West Tampa, anywhere in the
! vicinity of the new factories.
The board of trade committee Of St Aug
ustine has lost the First battalion but II is
now looking after the Second battalion
| From pecuniary point OF view the enCamp-
| ment of the second battalion would be worth
three times as much as the First for the
reason that the attendance at camp from in
I
four companies constituting the Second rat
TALON are as strong ia numbers as any in the
state. The second battalion is composed of
the following companies: The Oeala Rifles
otOcala, the Leesburg Rifles OF Leesburg
1 the Shine Guards OF Orlando and the Gate
City Rifles OF Sanford This is the bat
TALON that was commanded for so
many years by Mai Lancaster. and
was. and still may be, the crack battalion
OF the state troops. 10 is believed that Mai
Lowell will take upon himself 20 select the
camping ground for his command instead OF
| leaving IL to vote OF the captains and lien.
tenants Of the companies But should he
leave 10 10 vote, ~ IS believed that the vote
| would be unanimous IN favor Of 81. Augustine.
| II the Second battalion accepts 81 Angus
tine offer, the grounds In Raney grove viii
Pc put ln order After the enCampment OF
the second 10 Is believed that the Fourth bat.
TALON viii select the same grounds This
battalion "a composed of the Gainesville
Guards ~ Gainesville. the bradford County
Guards Of ~larke the Gem CITY Guards of
| Paiutka ana me halifaE Rifles Of Dayt0ua.
The late President Carnot was lover OF
/ American horses. ana purchased fnauyln this