The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-11


The Baptist ministers Of the state are in
| session at Plant City.
Florida tomatoes, string beans peas and
other delicate vegetables are going north.
Serg.t Thomas Stubbleheld has won the
company competition medal OF the Shine
guards OF ORLANDO.
Gen. Horace Brooks of New York, was
thrown from his buggy at Kissimmee Tues
day and seriously injured His physicians
fear concussiOn Of the brain.
At Jacksonville Tuesday the 6-months- old
child of Angie Thomas, colored, of 800 West
Bay street, fell into a bed of hot Goals and
was horribly burned about the head and
body. 1t Will probably die.
The old Weston house, one of Ocala's land
marks, will be torn down next week. and
Main street viii then be opened to the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular depot. This is
one of the biggest victories the city has ever
won. The city offered to pay for the opening
at one time, but now it is to be done by the
owners.
DR.. G. @. Harris formerly of Ocala, but now
president Of the Tampa Drug company, has
| just returned tom Chicago, where he com
| pleted the sale OF some valuable phosphate
| lands in Marion county. He retains an inter
| est in the company formed to mine the phos
phate and consequently does not let go Of his
| old associations.
Standing on the sidetrack of the
| Florida central and Peninsular railroad
at Jacksonville is fine, large Bald
| win locomotive of The mogul pattern 1t Is
| for d. G. Ambler's Atlantic, Suwannee River
and Gulf railroad. 1t is numbered one and
named Grover Cleveland. This is the 10 818th
| engine turned out by the Baldwin works. 1t
| is 50 tons, excluding the tender and is the
| latest improved type. The boiler is steel
| throughout, and all of the machinery Is OF
| case-hardened steel.
OcaIa Capitol: Arrangements are now on
| foot to have a little isticuff bout in Ocala in
| case the worlds champions cannot succeed in
| bulldoz1ng the governor to allow them to fight
in Jacksonville. In the next place these
| champions win be invited to Ocala, but in
| case they refuse or object to come, q local
mill viii be made up out Of Ocalas sawed
| offs for the amusement Of the disappointed
Ocala sports who are determined to see the
| big fight n Jacksonville. II agreeable and
| contracts are signed, there will be several
| Sparring matches, which VIII take place in
| the opera house between j. r. Mathewes and
| the ''hamm cred down infant" of the Capitol
| once; u. W. Davis and &. w Miller and
| Pete Clair and Win Mcconnell, all below the
| average Of lTiants. The admission fee will be
| purposes after all expenses are paid.
II. c. Tabor is baggagemaster on the San
| ford and Lake EustiS road. His train pulled
| out from Sanf ord about $40 Saturday night
| with Allen Jones as conductor. John Frank
| lin, colOred, brakeman, Ed Thomas ana two
| or three others as passengers Tho tram
stopped at n woodward fourteen miles out to
| get wood. After taking on supply, John
| Franklin went into the passenger coach &c
! get water. A minute later Tabor followed
| for the same purpose. As Tabor entered the
coach he saw man by the name of Kennedy
! trying 10 knock the cup from which Franklin
| was drinking out OF his hand. Then Kennedy
who was drunk. began to curse Franklin
About this time Thomas got up from "a seat
not much more than four feet away and he
gan to curse also, and at the same time drew
| a large revolver ana shot Franklin the ball
| passing through his arm and into his side
The conductor came, and Thomson swort
| that no man should arrest him, and pointed
his pistol at the conductor Then he wanted
| to shoot the negro again, but was prevented
| The train reaching Sorrento both Thomas
| and Kennedy left. and have not been arres
ted. The negro has died from his wound.