The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-08


The condition OF William Williams, who
was taken TO Gainesville from Tampa and
placed under the care Of DIT. n l.. Phil
ups Is not very favorable. The doctor
vas FORCED 10 amputate his FOOT Iues-
gay morning TO save the young man 3
special 70 the West Palm Beach Gaz-
slteer from Tallahassee says that Gov.
Alltcheil has offered $40 reward for the
-attuIe OF MUr1erFr lewis. mis-, IN al
llton 10 the rewards already offered, viii
make the amount offered for Lewis cap
luIe over 400.
The lumber business Of Fernandina is
Improving There are now in port nine
vessels and three outside. making in all
we've vessels. There are also several
new charters for this month, which will
Increase the usual number Of monthly
arrivals considerably.
Beer is a popular beverage in Gaines
vile. J. +. Edwards sells a carload eve
~ twenty one DAYS There are $50 kegs
az each car and each keg holds eight gal
IoIs, OI nlnety-siN glasses, making To-
tal OF 1900 glasses Of beer sold by him
alone in tWenty-0ne days.
The Merchants National Bank of Ocala
ms iaS Just closed a contract for one OF the
largest and most modern fire and burg
lar-proof safety deposit and money vaults
ever built in the south. The contract
calls Tor 5000 to 5000 and five or six
months viii be required 10 complete It.
The mortality statement for the month
Of July, issued by the board Of health,
SHOWS fine health record for Pensacola
LOT the hottest month Of the summer.
mere was a total Of seventeen deaths,
seven whites and ten colCred. making
death rate of 1876 per 100 OF population.
lhete were nine stubborn Infants four
white and five cOl0red, that are not in
Guided in the death rate.
The criminal court at Tampa opened
MONDAY TO receive pleas of guilty. This
IS the nrst time that the new law has
been put into effect by Judge Wall There
81 entered
sentences were imposed. This practice
or holding the criminal court every two
weeks SO that prisoners may be able TO
pieaq guilty will relieve the county of
much expense, and the sheriff OF much
trouble.
Clay county has paid the salary of Miss
hattie Morrison, who was one Of the
teachers at the MelrOse high school last
year. The contract between Clay and
Alachua counties was such that Clay
county students We're to attend school at
Melrose, provided Clay county paid the
salary OF one teacher. The sum paid was
$l15. They first refused to pay the sala-
ry, but DR.. Kelley went to Green Cove
Springs recently and induced the school
board to give warrant for the amount.
capt. c. Boyesen, consul for Sweden
and Norway at Pensacola, on Thursday
received from Stockholm a package con-
tanning beautiful and costly gifts for
Misses Belle and Sallie Broadbent, in
charge of the United States life saving
station on Santa Rosa Island, opposite
ludL city, IN recognition OF their services
in assisting in the rescue of the officers
and crew OF the Norwegian ship Cathrine,
Svendsen, master which was wrecked on
the outer beach of the island on Aug. z,
1894.
The prohibitionists have circulated their
petition at Gainesville, calling for an cleo
ton on the wet and dry" issue. y pc
tition has been placed in the hands OF
every preacher In the city, both white
and colored. 1t is evident that the Gaines
vile precinct Will 90 wet by an OVerwhelm-
ing majority. as those who were among
the earliest workers for prohibition in
that city several years ago are now max
ing no effort in that direction. There are
five saloons in Gainesville, which pay
tax of $3.50.
St Augustine is TO lose another of its
old landmarks. 1t is the coQuina build
ing situated at the southwest corner OF
King and Hospital streets and adjoining
the Plaza hotel The house has been
owned and occupied by Valencia Sanchez
and his family for many years. 1t con-
sists Of two stores and an attic and is
soldly built Of coquina. The house is
said 10 be older than Fort San Marco.
now Fort Marion The first of next week
workmen win begin to pull down the old
landmark and then clear the ground ready
to erect large addition to the Plaza no
tel.
The south half of the fremont hotel at
Orlando was sold under foreclosure Mon
day, the Equitable Building and Loan
Association, complainant. being the pur-
chaser. This causes rather a unique com
bination. hotel with Office, parlOr and
part of its sleeping rooms belonging TO
one party, while the dining room, kitchen,
and remaining sleeping rooms are owned
by another. This was brought about by
the fact that after the hotel was put up
an addition equal in size to the original
building was erected upon the adjoining
lot in such q way that the two sections
became one house. The claim of the Equit-
able only covered one portion of the build
ing.
At Jacksonville Tuesday Justice of the
Peace Willard, acting as eX-otficiO COro-
ner. examined the body Of Il. A. Smith,
the negro barber who dropped dead Mon
day afternoon at the corner of Ward and
Hawk streets. Since Smiths death it has
come to light that he was married to five
is in New York, one in Columbus. Ga.
one in Brunswick, Ga, two
in South Florida and one in Jackson
Vile The wife I'm New York telegraphed
the officials at Jacksonville to hold the
body until her arrival but wife No 3
wanted the body buried at once. Under
taker Clark decided TO bury the body at
once, as it was fast becoming decompOs-
ed and as the money was not forthcom-
ing with which to have it embalmed.
The negroes who plotted against the
white people of Waldo recently, and who
were apprehended before they had put
their viiiainous scheme into operation,
have been taught a lesson. There were
seven of them, and they were all broght
into court at Gainesville Monday, and
pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful
assemblage r. B. Norris, Handy Wash
ington, John Williams, George Will
Jams, Charley Williams and Dave Young
were sentenced to pay a fine of S25 and
/ costs. or serve three months in the coUn-
ty Jail Hardee, who served the county
by informing the sheriff of a plan the
negroes had adopted to escape from the
Jail was let off lighter than his COM
rade He was sentenced to pay a fine of
81 and costs, or serve one month in the
county Jail
What promises to be a Parkhurst cru
SADIE was launched at Tampa Tuesday.
The motives that prompt this date back
several months, and eliminated Tues
day morning when Stephen Virgins for
merly a policeman in Jacksonville, who
was employed some time ago by the coun-
ell to ferret out certain vices of the city
swore out warrants for four parties, for
acting disorderly by gambling and keep
ing a gambling house" The mayor re
turned these warrants to the chief Of
police instructing him not to serve them
they not being properly drawn, as they
charged two offenses in each warrant
Then Marshal Brantley received from the
mayor instructions TO notify all officers
on the force to carry out all ordinances
to the letter, and called attention to GER
tain ordinances. The police notified all
shopkeepers to remove all distractions
from the sidewalks within thirty minutes
The war had begun in earnest. In Ybor