The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-08

county.
The small notion store Of Jacob Kline
at Ocala was robbed of about 500 worth
Of goods Thursday night The thieves
entered by breaking the lock on the front
door and made away with everything
worth having. No clue to the guilty ones
and no arrests.
Tallahassee Tallahassean: A young
white man named Tiilis Caraway had his
back broken Friday at Beaty's siding on
the CarrabelIe, Tallahassee and Gulf rail-
road. He was engaged in the logging bus
|. mess, and the accident was caused by the
slipping Of a skid.
The old Sub-Tropical building at Jack
sonville has again changed management
3. NJ. Baer having leased it, Mr.. Baer
viii not say just yet what use he will
make of the building, although it is under
stood that he viii run II this winter as a
place of amusement
Titusville Star: Col s. f. Travis Of
Cocoa was in town for a short while Mon
day and informed us he had information
that his tradeboat, Merchant, was all safe
and sound, and not lost in the cyclone, as
reported last week. This is fortunate for
Mr.. Travis, as her loss would have run up
to 5000 or $1,000, including the sloop her
self.
Two attachments were issued at st.
Augustine Friday against Messrs. Homes
q Jackson. one was gotten out by Henry
Haenel for 1865 for the services of the
steamer Katie, the other was gotten out
by Darling & Co for supplies amounting
to $l25. The sheriff or his deputy will at
tach the property until the claims are
satisfied.
Or. George Troup Maxwell of Jackson
vile, the gallant confederate veteran, has
been presented with a cane which he
prizes very highly. It was formerly the
property of the late Mrs. Mary Martha
Reid, who was lovingly referred to as the
Mother of the Florida Soldiers" She
died several months ago at the home of
Samuel d. Swami in Fernandina, and
Mr.. Swami, knowing there was no one
who would appreciate it more highly, and
none whom the deceased would rather
have it than DR.. Maxwell, presented it to
him.
Monticello Constitution: Two negroes
came in town Tuesday, representing, so
they said, a eolored minstrel troupe. They
rented the opera house, but it turned out
that the same two constituted lock- stock
and barrel of the troupe. About two
dozen of the boys purchased tickets and
/ were ready to see the performance. They
soon found that the so-called show was
( SWindle and pelted the two negroes with
sorle ancient eggs. At last accounts one
/ of the actors was down in the branch try
/ ing to say the Lords prayer and promis-
| ing never to do so again.
| Peter Paul, proprietor of the Hotel
| Paul, created quite a sensation in New
/ smyrna last Wednesday night. 1t seems
/ that he and Mr.. Merchant went hunting
/ for small game in the afternoon and Peter
! got lost. Mr.. Merchant came home and
! reported that he had left him in the
/ swamp. Peter failed to show up that
! night Early next morning a party of
! men on horseback went in search of him.
! They finally succeeded in finding him
| Thursday morning at O'Clock He re-
/ ports having lost his way and climbed up
/ INTO large oak tree and remained all
/ night Mr.. Merchant says that after this
! when he goes out hunting with Peter he
! will see that he (PeteO is sufficiently
| belled that he may be able to keep him
in hearing distance.
! St Augustine News: st. Francis bar
| racks viii be very much crowded when the
| artillerymen arrive, for, it is understood
| there will be twenty more men than are
now stationed here and the quarters are
| crowded as it is The question of whether
! or not the military quarters will be estab-
| ushed on Anastasia Island has been dis
! cussed considerably of late. Corner
! stones have recently been placed on the
! boundaries of the land reserved for mill
! tary purposes. This fact, together with
! the fact that two companies of artillery
! have been ordered here, lead many to be-
| lteVe that the barracks will be built on
! the island before very long. The matter is
! constantly kept before the authorities in
! Washington, and influential men and army
officers are working for this Improvement.
! 1t will surely come, but just when no one
can say, but it is believed to be a thing of
| the near future.
For some time the orange grove of Mrs.
! Thrasher, near LaVilla Junction he's
been robbed by the negro laborers at
work for the Jacksonville Terminal Com
! pany, and at last Mrs. Thrasher's son de-
termined to go cunning for the robbers.
| His cunning proved quite success in
| bringing his game to the ground, but he
found that he had made a big mistake,
and shot the wrong party. Alfred Rene
| del had been sent to the grove to gather
! some oranges, without young Thrasher
being informed of it. The latter was
| looking for the robbers, when he sspied
! Remodel up a tree. His gun was loaded
with small shot and when he fired Rene
del fell. He was not badly injured, but a
| more frightened boy has seldom been
seen. Explanations were made, and Rem
edel had the satisfaction of knowing that
he would not have been shot If he had not
been taken for a thief.
High Springs Sentinel: Eight years ago
| the town of High Springs, then called
Sentaffey, consisted of two store houses,
AAfN VI SiN wv SAllll6 HOUSES the depot To-
Gated in a small rough box house 34x50.
! and small saw mill, the logs being
| hauled with one yoke of steers To-day
our town has fifteen mercantile houses.
three drug stores, one bakery, one barber
shop, one jeweler and matchmaker. one
barroom, newspaper, two real estate
firms, two ginning establishments one oil
mill one fertilizer factory, water works,
| Two large hotels, one restaurant, six pri-
Nate boarding, large saw mill CAPABLE
OF saving $4,000 feet of lumber per dav,
and new depot as large as any in the
state. The population of our town is about
500. and vacant houses are in demand, but
none can be had. There are several
| dwelling and store houses in construction.
and we have no loafers around our town.
Jacksonville Metropolis: gentleman
in the city Friday from Lake Worth told
OF the wrecking of the little coast steamer
Emily b. during the recent storm. The
| Emily 3. was well known I'm this port.
having piled between here and points on
the lower east coast in the general mer-
chandise carrying business for several
years past. AT the time of the wrecking,' .