The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-23

/ from Chicago. A fine body Of land. between
| $1,000 and 600O0 acres, has. IL is reported,
| been selected east Of town. on which the Chi
/ cago gentlemen will locate a strong colony.
! A negro about 60 years OF age was found
| dead last Saturday few miles from Quincy.
| At an autopsy by Dr. j. W. Scott, the negro
1 was found 20 be In an emaciated, half starved
condition and his stomach contained melon
and blackberry seed and chicken bones. The
shock consequent upon perforated inteStines
was the cause Of bis death.
/ Leesburg Commercial. On Monday July
! l6, at Fruitlaud Park. Dick, the little i9 year
/ old son Of Mr. Allanson Washington. met with a
! serious and very painful accident While at
( tempting to board moving freight train he
I fell under the trucks and one wheel passed
/ over his right Leg DR.. g. 5. Parker Of this
| city was hastily summoned and went to him
as soon as possible when he found an ampu-
I tation just below the knee necessary.
BrOOksville Star; One of the most dendish
attempts 10 destroy valuable property ever
made in fernando county was made last
Saturday morning when an unknown man
| tried TO nurn the entire lot OF cedar cut by
j. L. Goethe and piled about three miles
north OF Bay Port, and there awaiting the
/ buyer. The cedar business is one Of Her,
nando cOunty's chief Industries. The vast
sWamps along the west side OF the county
running up and down the coast contains
vast amount OF cedar. which is especially
suitable for pencil making. This wood is
gotten ont at great amount OF expense and
labor, and there Is no small amount OF
danger attached 10 the work. Mr.. Goethe
has been running good force OF hands this
season. and after having been to a great deal
OF expense in making roads through the
swamps. establishing camps and bearing
great amount OF expense had gotten out a fine
lot OF cedar to the value OF over 5000 This
work Is carried on during the drNest season
OF the yfar, and now that the wet season Is
on the work was about to be wound up The
buyer from the cedar mills had not yet made
his appearance, and Mr.. Goethe is living in
Bay Port watching his property and closing
M his seasons work. Last saturday Mr..
Goethe went up the river to where his cedar
was piled. and suspectinR nothing. LETT his
rifle in his boat. having, however, a
revolver with him. on going around
pile OF cedar logs, Mr.. Goe-
the was very much surprised to
see a man Jump up andruD out from among the
cut timber. Mr. Goethe was so much surprised,
and had 80 little thought OF the purpose Of the
niaB that he made no attempt to stop BIN IN
I'll he had run quite distan e when he
hailed him the second time The man stopped,
turned around and shot at Mr.. GOethe with
his rife The bullet barely missed Mr..
GOethe's cheek. and he pulled down his re
volveF ana returned the hre with interest.
The man ran and Mr.. Goethe empted his re
VOlver at The retrcating man. without, how
ever seeing that he had hit his man. After
seeing that the man had made good his eS-
cape, he went around to see where tire man
came from, and found that the tiend mad
fired the log pile next to the river
and had prepared to ire the pile at various
other places. Mr.. Goethe. after a lot OF hard
Ia bor, succeeded in throwing all the burning
sticks In the water and seeing that every
thing was III right hurried back to Bay Port
who're he got party Of men who went back
to the cedar camp and found things just
he had left IL. The man was tracked out in
tine hammock for little ways, and then the
TRACK was lost. Mr.. Goethe had another pile
OF about 40 STICKS OF cedar up the Week.
watehee river and on Sunday he went up
there aud found that the william had
burned that up comuletely. The value of this
last pile was about 500, which in itself Is no
small loss.