The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05

land attempted on Saturday 20 commit
an assault upon the little s-year-ola
daughter Of Mrs. a.. r. Holton. " no has
charge OF the restaurant. Mrs Iiolton
heard the screams OF the child, and went
90 her assistance az once. and the villain
made his escape before he had time 20
accomplish his purpose.
a wel-knoWn restaurant keeper Of
JAG ksOuville has the happy faculty OF
taking things easy He Is 10 the habit
OF retiring 10 one corner OF his desk when
making change OF porting over his ace
counts. and whsle thus employed the
other day, absently placed his portiy pock-
etbook on the counter beside him. When
he turned 70 pick % up. the wallet had
mysteriously disappeared. IL contained
&is0. and no clue has as yet been obtained
90 the clever artist who negotiated the
forced loan
A negro by the name OF Alfred sheaves
killed another negro by the name OF sam
uel Morgan. al Hodges & Goodfrey's mill.
near Bunalo Blum bridge, on the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West railroad.
near Palatka, Sunday morning about 10
o'clock, by cutting his throat with a
knife There were several negroes Ramb-
ling and the two named got into dis
pute and a hght eusued with the above
result SheaVes at once made his escape.
The sheriff has been notified and Is on the
hunt for Sheaves.
During a heavy rain storm at Pensacola
Friday night live wire Of the Pensacola
Electric Light Company fell across the
wires OF the telephone company. al the
coriier Of lntendencia and TarraEona
streets. The switch board in the tele-
phone exchange and the cable box on
pole in the rear were burned out, and
the fire department were called out. to
prevent cOntiagrdtiOn. The electric
light company had to shut down for the
night. The telephone companys loss viii
amount 10 several hundred dollars, and 1t
will require two or three days TO restore
the service to the city.
Alonzo Johnson, colored. was taken Sc
riOusly IN at West Palm Beach late
Thursday night, and an investigation re-
vealed the fact that he had been poisoned.
Drs. stiles and Hood were called, and
with work the mans life was saved. He
had prepared the following note. which
accused his wife OF the crime: IF / die,
/ am poisoned to death by my wife. To
my friends, If nave any. AlOnZO
Johnson" The note was placed I'm Mar
shall Forberts hands, and he caused the
wife's arrest. She has been turned over
20 the sheriff. johnson was too i'll to APP
pear at the preliminary trial before JUS
tice Of the Peace Knowlton, and, conse-
quently, she was remanded to jail. She
afterward gave bond for her appearance.
w Mrs. Mary Heprletta D'Amterroches,
the beloved wife of Rev. George W. Pratt,
died at Palatka, on the 22d ult., in her 10th
year, and her remains were inferred In
West View cemetery I'm that city on the
following day. Besides the bereaVed hus-
band, there are left to mourn their loss
three daughters. Mrs. y. A. Deal Of
Palatka: Mrs. Mary Il. Thomas Of Savan-
nah; Mrs. A. @. Philips Of Palatka; and
three sons, Joseph II. c. Pratt of Lees
burg; Pierre d. A. Pratt of Gaines Vile; w
A. Pratt of Washington. ID. c., and a
number Of grand children and two great
grand children. Mrs. Pratt was born
In the city OF New York and moved to
Florida in 1871. She was the grand daugh-
ter Of Count Joseph Louis D'Anterroches
and "a daughter OF Francis Loyac DAN
terroches (the last male relative Of Cen
eral Lafayette in America) who died in
New York several years ago. Her father
was one of several children Of Chevalier
or Count Joseph Louis d Anterroches,
who was born at the chateau of Puydar-
nae. near Tulle Limousin, France, in 1853
The family was among the most ancient
and distinguished in history of that. apart
of &c kingdom. He came to this coun-
try as an officer in the British army.
Taken prisoner at Saratoga, he was re-
leased through the aid Of Gen Lafay-
cite. When France took part with the
United States young p'Anterroches, as
a commissioned officer Joined the Amer
lean army. Inis was before the vast
family estate in France was cOnfscated
by the reVolutionists ia the reign of ter
rOr. Toward the close of the war the
Chevaler found a wife among the fair
daughters of New Jersey and, when
peace was declared, became a citizen of
EliZabethtown.