The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-20


thing would be made satisfactory to the
Rifles.
Two strangers who gave their names
rs =. q. Briggs and James Hansy. are in
ja. al Pensacola, or warrants issued by
United States Commissioner Tunison-
They are charged with dealing in green
COOS and IL is said that man named
Spi-rs who lives IN the neishborhOOd OF
DE ICiaE, was viCtm!Zed Friday night
20 the amount Of Sl25. Harcy was ar
rested hy the police Friday night and had
about 81 l- gold. a watch ana a pistol on
his person. The men were brought before
Commissioner Tunison Saturday, but the
case was postponed until next week 10 OBJ
tain further evidence.
TEc sensation Of the day on the Fruit
ana Peninsula is the formation Of q new
county Ii is TO begin at the mouth of
DUlr'z creek, and run due east to the
Atlantic ocean, five miles south Of Sum
uer Haven; thence with the Atlantic 90
within three miles OF Crmondi thence
southwest line, and just including Sc
El-e 20 Lake George. and the St. Johns
river including Drayton Island, to the be-
ginning. This boundary, or something
near it, win be introduced in the next
legislature through Representative Harp.
This takes in the farming and grazing
lands ia Florida. Welaka proposes 10
give an the public grounds for Jail and
court house aud SIS,
Mrs May Gilbert, who arrived at Ban
van from Dayton o., last week, missed
her gold watch, Iocket and chain Friday.
q negro by the name of Samuel Hogan,
orig nally from Monticello. was suspected.
When found by Messrs. w. and a. Gill
bert and spoken to- he started for the
scrub, and succeeded in making his es-
cape, though he had "a couple of rife balls
Tor company. AS he was seen passing
BTEurIcE- lie e - q
he was unhurt. Four sacks OF cotton
seed meal was stolen from the Brantly
wharf on Monday night, and this was
also evidently the work of negroes, as
here are a good many of them at Brantly.
A reward has been offered for the watch
ana locket. The mail boat. d double
endcr row and sail, was stolen from
Brantly Friday night. Mr.. OtwlPs chill
dren had used the boat to go to church
a. Brantly and while at service, the boat
was stolen.
Tampa Times: Henrietta Lariz, a dusky
bride, appeared before Sheriff Spencer a
few days ago and swore out a warrant
against Mary Santana, Rosa la Rosa,
Juniata la Rosa and Josephine Harrison,
ali cOlored. Her story was a most out
rageous one. Juniata la Rosa and her hus-
band, -- Lariz, had been divorced, and
Henrietta says she was engaged to marry
---- Lariz when, on oct. 25, these four
women, the divorced wife of Lariz and
her relatives, called at Henrietta's house
and beat her numerically, branded her
with a red-hot spoon, and threatened to
pour oil over her and set her afre if she
did not promise not to marry Lariz. She
promised, she said, to save her life. She
had since married Lariz and had con.
Guided to prosecute them. Sheriff Spencer
doubted her story. The case came up for
a hearing Friday afternoon before Judge
Harrison, and on the stand Henrietta
stated that the defendants had not abused
her and that her aunt put her up to max
Ing the complaint She was an astonished
negress when Judge Harrison dismissed
the defendants and committed her to jail
in default of q $500 bond for perjury.
Tampa Times: S. r. Flynt, who halls
from winston, n. c., was arrested in
the postofice Saturday by Marshal Nc
Kay charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. He was brought be-
lore United States Commissioner Crane,
ana committed to jail in default of d
500 bond and will have a hearing Mon
day. Capt Mckay has been working on
the case since August, and has finally
got the man. he is a young man, not
over % years old, and has been receiv-
ing letters directed to Finite & Co.,
Tampa. Complaints have been made by
men in Alabama, Virginia and other
places, that they were being swindled by
Finite & Co. of Tampa. He has been Of
fering gold watch and a clock with 80
worth Of cigars ordered by people who
win sell his. cigars. When arrested he
denied having sent out such circulars
and said he was travelling for Finite & Co,
tobaccouists of Winston, n. c., who had
instructed him to open their letters and
forward the money to them. He has
been boarding with Mrs. Loveless since
August, and she speaks well of his con-
duct there and was surprised at his ar
rest.