The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

The jacksonville Marble company has
shi pped handsome statue OF Frying
Mercury" to the Savoy hotel, New YORK
city.
The Senate committee, appointed to inves-
tigate charges OF discrimination by railroad
corporations will meet,at JacksonVllie on
Monday, Jan. %, to take testimony.
Commander Chief j. G. d. Adams. OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, has honored
Sanford by appointing DR.. Seth Freltcn o
member OF his personal stah. He is a mem
Der Of Cen Harvey post
Senator w. d. w ashburn. of Minneapolis
is at st. Augustine accompanied by Mn
Washburn and Stanley Wasnburn After
short sojouru in the Ancient City the party
will leave for Washing ton.
j. w. White the proprietor of the Journal
OF Commerce has been engaged during the
last few days in getting names and arranging
for the organization OF Young Mems Busl-
ness League in Jacksonville.
Jim Brooks, son OF Wiley Brooks, OF Cotton
Plant. came near losing his life by the acct
dental discharge OF pistol, which he was
cleaning, last Thursday. The bail struck him
in the stomach. He is out OF danger now, 1t
is thought.
w. M. Martin, ono Of Ocalas newsdealers,
had an experience Saturday night with a bur
lar. The burglar entered the premises, took
from Mr. Martins pockets ~ In hard cash
and molested nothing else in his roomi though
a fine gold watch lay on the dresser
After next Monday the Orange Belt Rail
way Company will he no more. IT will be
succeeded by the SANFORD ana ~ EGL6ESDuIB
Railroad Company. with its main omces at
Oakland as heretofore. All the officers and
employees Of the old company will be re-
tanned.
saturday night last, while returning home
from ApalRchIcola on the steamer near
Blountstowu, in Calhoun county, William
Robinson, son Of George Robinson, alias
Milligan, was stabbed by one OF the crew OF
the steamer and died almost instantly. The
perpetrator OF the crime was arrested and
lodged in the jail Of Calhoun county.
A New England gentleman in conversation
with Pensacola Argus Reporter said that
if any man had told him two months ago
that Pensacola oysters were better than those
to be had in Boston or New York he would
have strongly suspected the fellow did not
know any thing at all about oysters; but he
confesses TO being fully convinced OF that tact
now.
E. F. Guess, q conductor on the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, who had his
left foot cut OF by a freight train at Tomis
Branch, nineteen miles east OF Live Oak, last
Wednesday, died Tuesday at the Ethel house.
He received all that medical aid could fur
nish, and was tenderly nursed by his mother.
His remains will be taken to Atlanta, his
former home, for burial.
At Titusvllle news was received on last Fri
day that the body of Charles w. Morton, who
was formerly resident on the Indian river,
but who had been stopping in Sanford lately,
had been found in the st. Johns river about
month ago Edwin II. Shelby, who furnished
the information, says II is not known whether
1t was q case OF suicide or accidental drown
ing. Morton formerly lived at Sebastian.
JW. Persons, Of Cotton Plant, came within
an ace Of losing his life Saturday by a care
less hunter shooting into the field in which
Mr.. P, with four other persons, was working,
The hunter was not fifty yards from Mr.. Per
sons, and had 1t not been for sapling, lit
tie way in front of him, which turned the
course of the bullet, 1t would have gone
through his head, instead Of whizzing through
his hair
Tampa Times: Col. G. w. Hall, the circus
proprieto has decided to make Tampa his
permanent winter headquarters To day he
bought the two acres of land on which his
| tent IS now located and will al once begin i'm
| proving it. The purchase includes the Han
| cock cottage, which is located on the land.
Col. Han intends fencing his property and
building houses for mis- actors and stables for
| the horses and animals. He will spend CON
| siderable money getting everything in proper
shape. He is much pleased with Tampa and
| finds IL much cheaper to winter his show in
| this climate than 1t is in the north
| Some fourteen or fifteen families from the
| northwest recently settled on st. LuCie river,
| away down on the east coast of Florida, to
! engage In the vegetable and pineapple bust
| ness. They are under the patronage of the
| East Coast Line and the Florida Coast Line
| Transportation company, who have granted
| them valuable lands on the most liberal
| terms They were said TO be highly pleased
| with their location, and now that the rail
road will soon be finished to the st. Lucie,
| they will have quick transportation to mar
! ketS for their products, and the best results
may be expected from their venture.
Great excitement was ere ated at Ocala
| Tuesday afternoon when B. NJ Wilson, man
| ager returned from Jack sonville to find
Zacharias inside of the Red Letter clothing
store and the door bolted and he was refused
admtttance. Wilson claims he bought the
| stock Of goods from Abe Zacharias but
| Zacharias claims that he is the owner and sc
took possession. BY advice of his attorney
| Wilson broke the door in and had Zacharias
| and Mr.. Greenberg, whom he found inside,
| arrested for entering TO commit a INSIDE
meanor. The parties arrested gave bond to
appear before Judge Hill to-day for a hear
ing. In the meanwhile Jake Israel repre-
senting the interests of Zacharias and B. NJ.
Wilson, representing the other side are occu-
plying the fort.
The New smyrna Breeze says: zone OF
the saddest accidents that ever shocked the
public Of New Smyrna took place last Sunday
morning in the south part of town. Miss An
ME Sans and young gentleman friend visit
ing at the Ocean House went out for a morn
ing drive and passed up the river in the direc
tion of Hawks Park. AS they approached The
Vandegrin landing the horse, high-spirite(
animal, became frightened at something anC
gave sudden spring that threw the buggy
against tree and precipitated the gentleman
to the ground leaving Miss Annie without any
means of controlling further movements. Il
then turned up the street on which stands tht
Naudegrtn house, Two Of Mr.. Nandegriff
children were coming down the street, and
seeing the runaway, the older one raI
to the side Of the street and escaped: but thu
younger one, little Willie. aCout years o
age, evidently bewildered, remained IN tn,
track of the plunging steed, was run over ant
fatally hurt. Miss Annie was thrown out jus
after this accident happened, and the buggy
broken into kindling wood by collision with
surrounding trees. The young lady forum
ately received only a few scratches and slight
bruises, and the gentleman was uninjured
DR.. Fox was promptly called and reports tha
one of the wheels struck the boy in the face
destroying one eye, and split the frontal bone
a length OF about inches, causing the brain
to protrude. He also believes the face homes
were broken. The wound was necessarily
fatal
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