The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-10

DR.. F. P. Petty of Leesburg has obtained
office room In the Easley building at Tam
pa. Dr. Norton of Savannah has also OBJ
tanned office room in the same building.
At Tampa there has lately been reduc-
ton In the price of the New York World
by newsdealers from to 3 cents. The
newsdealers have all come down except
Morton & Co.. who come forward and say
that until this contention is ended they
will sell the World at 1 cent per copy.
The following potoffices in Florida have
been discontinued: Appleton, Putnam
county, mail to Ridgewood; Bevis, Jackson
county, mail to Ridge Creek; Campton,
Walton county. mail to Pinewaya; FAINT
Vile, Marion county, mail 10 Britchton;
Ferry pass, Escambia county, mail to Es-
Gambia.
David Hope, son of Samuel hope, gov
eminent inspector of Anclote, was drown
ed at Port Hudson Wednesday. He, with
Mr. Lever, were up the coast oyster fish
ing. Hope fell overheard. Ropes were
thrown to him, but he failed to grasp
them. He sank In twenty feet Of water.
He was 10 years old. His brother James is
postmaster of Tarpon Springs.
The trial of John Leslie, alias Pierce,
the alleged hotel thief, was begun in the
circuit court at st. Augustine Thursday,
motion for a change of venue having
been denied. The evidence given by the
witnesses was exactly the same as was
adduced at the trial last spring, when
the case resulted in a rnistrial, owing TO
the acceptance as evidence of paper
which upset all the evidence of the pros
eeution. He was found guilty.
Wednesday night, about $3.50 o'clock,
fire broke out in the large grocery estab-
lishment of Delaney & Ives on Pine street
in Orlando. For time a serious connagra-
ton was threatened, but by the prompt
and energetic work of the fire department
the flames were confined to the inside of
the establishment, and more damage was
done by water than by FIRE. The members
of the firm are at loss to account for
the origin Of thefire. The damage is fully
covered by insurance.
An accident that might have had a Sc
rious termination occurred on the dredge
at Daytona Wednesday. Something was
wrong with the agitator, SO it was hoisted
out of the water and the engine stopped.
Mr. Merrill and the engineer in charge
Of it went out to investigate. Before
touching it Mr. Merrill asked Jacobsen If
he had cut off the steam. Receiving an
Affirmative answer, they began to work.
The valve, however, was probably not full
ly closed, and some steam must have
leaked in, for when they gave a slight turn
to get at the under side, it suddenly be-
gan to -revolve. Mr.. Merrill jumped into
the water and escaped injury, but the
other man was not so fortunate. Three
of the teeth of the agitator struck him on
the leg, bruising the flesh very badly.
Judge Call is rushing cases through the
circuit court at st. Augustine. The civil
docket has been disposed of, and the court
is now engaged on the criminal cases. The
attention of the court on Thursday was
devoted to the ejectment case Of Bishop
John Moore VS.. Rebecca Singleton and
others last night and this morning. The
case was concluded this morning and re-
suited in a verdict for Bishop Moore. This
was the most important case on the civil
docket, as 1t involved a large amount of
property. All the land lying south of the
English mill site, known as Hope Point,
was purchased a long time ago by the late
william Bradford. 1t afterwards came
into the possession of the First National
/ bank of this city. Bishop Moore claimed ii
| as church property, and began proceedings
! looking to the ejectment of several fami-
! lies who had settled on the land. The case
was in favor of the bishop.
Damon Greenleaf, senior partner of
| Greenleaf & Crosby, jewellers Of Jackson
! Vile, says that the article in the New
! York jewelers. Weekly of recent issue in
which it is stated that they were robbed
of $4,000 worth of diamonds In New York
is untrue. 1T is greatly exaggerated, "
said Mr.. Greenleaf Thursday. 1T was
about $4,000 that was stolen from Mr. eros.
byls trunk at the ST. Denis hotel in New
York We import diamonds in large guam.
titles. When Mr.. Crosby is in New York
he puts in his spare time sorting out the
fine gems. These are then taken away fol
mounting. In this way his stock on hand
was small, and he kept them in his trunk
instead of having them locked in the hote
safe. One day on his return to the hotel
he found that his room and been entered
and his trunk robbed. They were all un
set stones, and worth about $4,000. w,
have offered a reward of $1,000 for the re
turn of the gems, and $1,000 to the Officer
securing them. AS the thieves canno
pawn them for more than half their value
we are willing to offer this sum, and maybe
we can get them back"