The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-06

pearance, although that was only about half
their mum er. They are discussing the forma-
tion OF bicycle club.
The house Of +. Whidden, of Jupiter, was
robbed last Saturday night Of s526 and to-day
Ben Whitfield and George Davis were ar
rested and Jailed. Only t225 were recovered.
The thieves also took Mrs. Whidden's pocket
book, containing S4s.
]. T. Starr. Of Daytona has sold lot on
Palmetto between Magnolia and Hollywood
avenues, to Seneca Topper. OF Morris, III.
The lot is on the west side Of Palmetto ave
nue. and has ffty-tive feet frontage Mr.. Tup-
per will soon erect house for winter
home.
The Terra Celia College and University AS
sociation have received permission from the
school board TO convene their primary SEES
TENDER or earlier, in the building Of the Terra
Cela Bay school. meeting OF the assO-
citation for the election Of officers was held
last Thursday evening.
The following vessels have been chartered
at Fernandina for cargOes of phosphate dur
ing the present month: Gle des Phosphate
de France. steamship Tyndale and one other;
Illinois Phosphate Company, steamship An
Mandate and bark Darwin Dunnellon Com
pany, steamship Oswald Estimated ship
ments for the month, 5000 tons.
Floridians have received bounty for manu-
featuring sugar as follows: David n Crone,
Sugar Manufacturing Company, 80, 45l %;
Hartley & Hagin, $40 IS; John Hall, $40 as:
William c. Laid, SIS 10; James Masters
SOS 81 Arbery NJ. Means, S4s 10 John L. Par
ish. s4622; Edward p. Ropes, siiS "a; David
II. Simms, S25 81: John A. Starosky, 500 73
Total. 80 $50 IS.
William Alexander and Julius Mills ne
groes charged wi tn murderous assault, had
preliminary hearing at Tampa Thursday in
the county court. Mills was released but
Alexander was held in bond of $500 for APP
pearance in the criminal court. The dis
turbance occurred Christmas night, when
eff a pnrF tket onA
five other men and women were in and
slapped one of the women Alexander then
shot him, knocking out tooth.
|. The county criminal court will convene at
Orlando Monday. The case which will prob
ably attract most attention is the one against
George Alex Walker charged with breaking
and entering in the night time. Walker is
the man who was tried on the charge of muir
dering old Lewis Marot and whose acquittal
caused such an indignant feeling in north
west Orange county. The evidence in the
present case will be practically the same as
that introduced at the murder trial.
Wildwood Vidette: About $3.50 o'clock this
Thursday morning the citizens Of Wildwood
were awakened by the yell OF lire, When first
discovered the fire was In the store OF r. w.
Giiliams, burning al rapid rate and soon
spread on up the row of business houses, con
Stunning the entire row, including the Wild
wood hotel, BY hard and heroic work the
stables Of w. A. Scott we're saved, also the
residence of l.. A. Bearden and the store Of
f. w Market. r. w Gilliams stock was a
total loss, also the barber shop of J. w. Hat
fields. J. d. Owens saved few things from
his beef market Il. b. Fleece g. Son saved
! about one-htth OF their stock OF
drugs. L. r. Bates was a total loss.
| Hart Harvey saved about one-eghth
of their stock 4. G. Carter saved something
like one-thlrd of his stock. Most everything
was saved from the Wildwood hotel. Includ-
ing buildings and ali IL will be safe to esti-
mate the loss at SIS, 900. There is a division
OF opinion as to the cause of the fire 1t was
6ar No afs agt1 r,en
our citizens to regard the fire as growing out
OF race feeling, which ran so high here only a
few days ago. Opinions as to the cause viii
not settle down till after a searching investi-
CATION which could not be made during the
great excitement and Inconvenience that OBJ
tanned here Thursday.