The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

! commissioners
FLORIDA.
| There are nineteen phosphate plants, all in
! running order, in the vicinity Of Barlow.
w. E. GLENN. capitalist Of Baltimore and
| large steamboat owner, W. w. Abel and G. ).
| Abel, sons of Editor Abel, Of the Baltimore
/ sun. have returned to Tampa from Cuba,
1 where they spent week.
During the year Just closed there were re-
| corded in the county clerks ONCE at DeLand
! l,45O Instruments 900 deeds, 300 mortgages
! and $50 miscellaneous instruments In 1892
! there were recorded over 1900 instruments.
Work has been temporarily suspended on
! the ODD Fellows Home and Sanitarium, at
| Gainesville, in consequence Of the non-arrival
| OF brick from Macon, Ga. The main walls OF
| the building have almost reached completion.
| A countryman while fooling with small
| rife in Edwards restaurant at Ocala Friday,
/ accidently sent a ball through the front win
dow. The accident frightened him more than
| the harm he did. and taking TO his heels he
was soon out OF sight.
Editor w. N Shine will resume publication
| OF the Tallahassee FIoridian Feb. l, and it
will continue on for another seventy-hve
/ years. The suspension of this old journal was
a matter OF regret to every citizen. 1t had
| been continuously published since 1923.
! At Jacksonville Saturday Policeman viii
| liams recovered a valuable diamond ring,
which was lost by Mrs. Carnegie, of Dunge-
ness, a few days ago, and which was found by
! a negro man and sold to gentleman, who re-
| turned The ring TO its owner as soon as IL was
Identified.
On Tuesday Deputy United States Marshals
| Wharton, Watts, Ward and Bah carried
| eight United States prisoners from the county
| jail, at Pensacola, to the jail of Walton
| county at De Funiak. The removal was made
| necessary by the crowded condition OF the
| jail at Pensacola.
| J. M. WEIGH night Waterman OF Ocala,
| entereda barroom night or two ago in
| search, he says, Of n burglar While in the
| place WEIGH it is alleged, drank so much as
saN
| his EXPLANATION of his exploit being consid-
| cred not altogether satisfactory.
| De Land News: The yearly meeting of the
| Old Settlers Society was held at the resi-
| dence OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. n Banta on New
Years day. The day was rather cloudy aud
unproptious, but nevertheless there was a
! very good attendance. A bounteous dinner
| was served ut noon as is the time hOnored
| year just closed-that OF p, S. Bennett. Res
| olutions Of sympathy and happy New Year
were sent to 2. Il, Dean, who was con
| fined to his bed by illness. New officers we're
| elected as follows: President, j. j. Banta;
| vicep president, <. o. Painter; secretary ire
| elected), Mrs Fl. b. Austin. The day OF meet
! ing was changed to Washington birthday
jacksonville Metropolis: Friday, while
workmen were engaged in digging a sewer
| ditch near the corner of Church and Caroline
| streets, they were Mortified by unearthing a
| large grim skull and skeleton. A few minutes
| later another was dug up, and during the
afternoon four skeletons and skulls were dug
| up and exposed TO the gaze Of a crowd Of col
| ored people. Saturday morning, when work
| was resumed, another skeleton was dug up,
and few minutes later a soldiers canteen,
rusty and battered, was also unearthed The
workmen, who are negroes, do not like the
| unpleasant work bit, but, nevertheless,
when they dig up a ske 'eton they get it as far
away from them as possible. From an old
citizen standing nearby tho reporter learned
that during the civil war a regiment Of sol
diers was eucamped near the place where the
skeletons were found, which was then moth
ing but a black jack oak ridge. and which
they used as their burying ground.
Tampa Times: The case of William Alex.
ander and julius Mills. each charged with as
sault with intent to murder, were given a
| preliminary hearing yesterday in County
Judge harrisonS court. Mills was released
and Alexander was held in $500 bond for his
appearance before the criminal court. The
| two cases we're tried together, and although
the evidence was conflicting, the burden of 1t
went to prove that on Christmas night Alex
ander with two other negro men and three
women, beside the driver, were IN hack
| driving through Ybor City, when Mills or
| dered the driver to stop, then stepped up and
slapped one of the women. He claims he
| thought 1t was his niece whom he was hunt
| ing. Alexander drew his pistol and shot
Mills. The ball knocked out one of his teeth
| and then dropped into his mouth and was spit
| out. Testimony was given that Mills attacked
| or threatened the driver of the hack with a
| knife, but that was not proven. All the per-
sons were colored, and drunk at the time.
A letter from Palm Beach to the St. Angus
! tine Press, written on Dec. "a, says: There
| is negro here who is supposed to be a dep
| uty sheriff, and there were some negroes gam
| bling in shed of their own. This deputy
went there and broke the game up, took the
| money and shot one load of to Brighten the
| crowd. Then he pocketed the money, so two
| of the crowd made up their minds to kill the
] deputy One armed himself with a Win
! chester and the other with a Colts re-
volver, and then the war commenced.
You ought TO have seen men run,
| for the balls were flying in all di-
| rectt)ns. No one got hurt in that skirmish
! but in about ten minutes there was another
shooting This time some did get hurt One
| of the negroes who wanted to kin the deputy
! shot negro woman. Then the fun begun. Ii
was worse than Calling gun. The white
men began to fire at the negroes from all dt-
| rections. A negro dropped shot in the neck
1t was afterwards learned that another negro
| woman was shot by stray ball, The deputy
| is in the hotel hiding, for the negroes have
| threatened to kin him on sight. l think he
will slip of tonight"