The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-08

was struck. greatly delaying the Work. some
one evidently dropped the iron down the pipe
with the malicious intent Of delaying or stop
ping the work. II the guilty party can De
caught he Will be suInmarily dealt with
FLORIDA
A report from st. Lukes hospital at 1
clock this morning stated that Mrs. Mason
was getting along very nicely.
Betsy Hilton a colored woman, living in
Pensacola, gave birth thursday 10 three
healthy and well developed children.
The examination Of teachers for the public
schools OF Escambia county is progressing.
There are thirty white and twenty colored
teachers in attendance,
The Fscambia county board OF health re-
port thirty one deaths from all causes In the
city daring August fifteen white and sixteen
colored This makes the death rate for the
month 2is 20 the l,0)0 OF population.
In the case OF Reuben r. Brunson tried in
the Jacksonville criminal court Wednesday
for aggravated assault on J. T.. 7. BoNden,
the jury returned "a verdict Of guilty Of as
sault and battery, with accommodation 70
mercy.
Al Tampa on sept the fall examination
begun az $ O'Clock IN the Tampa graded
school There were eighty-four white and
thirteen col3red teachers present. OF the
elghtT-tOur white applicants there are nifty
four young Indies ana thirty gentlemen.
County Jailer Pat FaIlon says that young
Willie Hayes, in Jail at Jacksonville charged
with Wife-murdcr, is about the coolest young
fellow that he ever saw. As Mr.. FallOn OK
presses il. he lis as cool as cucumber,
does not appear To- be in the least rutiied or
| excited, denies his guilt and Is not worried
about the outcome of the trial for his life, as
he says that he can prove where he was on
the fatal night.
Joseph Williams, bright yellow negro,
was arrested at JaC ksonville Thursday morn
/ ing by Olcer Tyler for beating a Dung
cOlOred girl The man and girl had night
near the corner of Orange and Ocean streets
duriUg which the girl was hit across the back
with sri, and so severely injured that it
was az FIRST thought that her back had been
broken. Dr Mathews was summoned to at
| tend her lie pronounced her injuries quite
serious.
At the Tavares court house Thursday began
the examination of county teachers. There
are tweuty-uiDe white applicants thirteen Of
whom are trying for first grade and sixteen
/ for second grade certificates. There were
eleven COlOrcd applicants who were examine
at the school house. The examination Will
last three or four days. The questions are
considered reasonable by the applicants.
MANY OF lhe Ieduh5 teachers OF the county
are being examined and much interest is be
ing manifested by all attending.
The Pensacola Bicycle Club is preparing
program tor a series of bicycle races on the
track at Kupfrian's park next Thursday or
Friday One of the races will be a half-mile
dash for the local championship There will
lie riders here from New Orleans, and. per
haps, Mobile. The club has SURF lus Of funds
ana Will OUer some handsome prizes. George
Iurton, who was hurt in the recent road race.
is in trim again. and is training for the races
next week. He is the fastest local rider, and
holds the championship medal
At Orlando on Sept. > the Peoples party Of
he Nineteenth senatorial district of Florida
and of Orange county held a meeting The
! hour set for the opening was II o clock n. N
| but at that hour 80 few were in the hall that
| II was deemed best to postpone the meeting
until O'Clock. BY that time the number had
some what increased, although it was still dis
couraginglY small. At no time were there
moro than twenty men present in the cOnven-
ton. Two of these we're reporters, and one
or two, at least, of the others were simon
pure, rock rooted democrats, who could never
| be induced 10 vote any other than a demo.
William Padgett, who was shot at Mac
| elenny by f. j. Pons on last Saturday, died
| on Wednes day night at 80 o'clock AT the
| Hotel Macclenny, and was buried at Mace
donia church on Thursday afternoon. G. c.
! Corbett justice OF the peace and eX-oficiO
coroner impaneled jury, consisting OF b. l..
Rowe, foreman NJ. A. Sweat. }. w. Garrett
! w. A. Hodges, w A. Tracy and John }
| Drawdy, who after viewing the body on Mon
| day night adjourned until 10 o'clock Tuesday
| morning. The jury reassembled at the court
! house on Tuesday and. after examining ter
| witnesses and learning the statement OF the
| defendant, adjourned until Wednesday morn
| ing awaiting the arrival of more witnesses
/ The jury convened on yesterday morning and
after nearing the remainder OF the evidence
| brought in a verdict OF luStihable homicide.
Monday at New City was the first of the
| season for summing the clothes, and thieves
were on the al ert. watching the clothes lines
IN the back yards for change of suits Tive
| strange negroes loitered about Thomas Nc
MUllans place as tramps until after noon
| when they vanished from view. About
| O'Clock his folks discovered that two flint
| suits OF clothes had been lifted from the line
| These two negroes had lOitered about Spen
GERS place quite awhile passing around l,
| Gingles tout - m, where they applied 70
lettering at his back fence on Fourteenth
street. on examination a wire was fOun,
taDen loose, making 1t easy to get through
the fence, and a stick used as a cane left il
their flight All who saw these chaps des
cribe them as young strangers, abou
medium size-one being shorter and blaCke
than the other-the taller one wearing
white straw hat the other dark felt hat
The suits were blaCk-almost as good as new
and cost over 81. The vests of both were lef
behind. The thieves can sell the S hts bette
with the full outfits. and have the free one
of 9th vests for "lagniappe' on personal APP
| plicatiOn.
Further details OF the shooting of Wilt
Durance aged IA years, by his sister Ella
aged 10 years, are reported at Acme. Whel
| the young man, John Iillis, went to the hous
he laid his pistol which was Of the self-act
ing, hammerless kind, on the water buckle
| shelf. Ella saw 1t and said: John, let m
| shoot your pistol?" Willie who was stand
ing by, echoed his sisters wish by saying
"Oh, yes, John; let Ella shoot" John agreed
ana, taxing up the weapon, put some cart
ridges in IL and handed it to Ella. Will
turning around, with the pistol gripped in he
hand, she was unconsCtously pressing tn
trigger, her brother being in front OF her
Suddenly the pistol was discharged, the bal
going through his heart and coming out a
his back. The boy, feeling himself shot, RAJ
of to the front porch, where his father an
his mother were sitting, and met his fathe
coming to see what was the matter. The boz
turned, and, gaspinG out, "Oh, pa" fell dow
and was dead within five minutes The cir
is entirely Frustrated with grief and remOrst
and refuses all food. 1t is rumored that sh
asked John TO shoot her. as she did not wis
to live Fears are entertained tor her reason
The funeral occurred Thursday in New Hop
cemetery.
"Mother - said a little GIRL looking ~