The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-13

which was burning and snouldering uu-
derneath, but which was apparently solid
on top
Air and Mrs. John J.. wilson has pre-
scented the me property corner or 81.
George and St Francis sL-eet- 10 ST. Au-
gus inc far q public library The property
has been known Tor many years as the
DurnIr4lt property whit Ny " ll-on pun
chased and entirely TcI0aellel a. cost
Of about slZ.-V9
a mal named Hardec. who was wanted
.n Gadsden county for an assault win
attempt 20 commit murder was arrcst TED
by the authorities at Orlando a. few days
ago, ana confined sil the arrival 81
S0rue one % escort him back 90 me Place
where his OfenHe was committed. Sheriff
Chester Of Gadsden arrived and took him
IN charge.
Marshal McPhattee or Kissimmee last
week arrested man at kissimnre who
rs charged with murder. & reward or
$500 IS offered. and if proof is established
that the ri9ht party Is captured. Ar. Nc
Phattee VIII collect the nice sum OF $50.
sherih Dukes and Marshal u. G. Weeks
OF Denmark, S. G. came on and took
the supposed murderer back
Master James, the L-year-Old son OF
Capt J. A. Bryan. near hyde Park ave
nue. at Tampa, is not expected 20 I've
on Christmas day, in attempting 90 IRE
"a TOY cannon, a spark dropped into the
pri1ing pan and caused "a prema lu.e eA-
picsion. burning both eyes badly. The
iet- eye has infiamed very seriously and
has involved the optic nerve reaching the
brain.
It is believed that the DeLand electric
railway scheme IS dead, for many nave
believed Tor more than q. month That its
projectors had decided TO abandon IL be-
fore they submitted the proposition TO
the people to build 10 il local capitalists
would take 90 of the stock. This pro-
posal was made as it was believed that
this amount Of stock would not DE
taken and thus they would be let out.
In the fire at Tasting Sunday night In
which D. J. Whites barn was destroyed,
two persons were painfully burned Mrs.
T.. j. White was burned about the race ana
neck, but not seriously. and the Old colorcd
laim hand, who was sleeping u The barn,
was burned about the rislt shoui ter. Mrs.
White was burned while trying To save
pet calf, and the colored man received
his injuries fighting the fire. Mr. White
estimates his loss al 5000. NO insurance.
The damage to the lettuce crop around
Gainesville by the freeze is not as great
as was at first supposed. Plants tnat at
first We're supposed o. have been killed
are now sending out new shoots, which
viii head in few weeks. q. Denny, VINO
shipping in large quantities The latest
returns from New York have Melted him
81 for half-barrel crates. He will ship 100
baskets saturday, and heavy shipments
VIII be made for several weeks.
At Tampa THURSDAY i'm the trial Of
Sela L. Harrison for killing W. VI. Hend-
ing the testimony Of Mrs Jennie mar
rson, wife Of the defendant The illicit
relations existing between her and Ileud-
ley We're sworn to and COrrObOrated by
the correspondence passed between them
during the time. Harrison had knoWl-
edge Of all these things before the kill
ing. The general opinion is that Hdrri-
son VIII either be acquitted or verdict
for maDslaughter only VIII he rendered.
Gainesville Sun: A white man from Co
lumbia county was In the city Thursday
en- route TO Hawthorne, where he was
10 be united in matrimony to one OF the
popular young ladies OF that vicinity.
The poor fellows pOcketDOOk was as fat
as Single after he had pur hased "a
ticket a. Fort White and paid for the mar
riage license in Gainesville. lie did not
have a rcd" and to add 10 his trouble
and humiliation the train left him. Here
he was, eighteen miles from where the
ceremony was to take place, and with
no means of covering that distance.
A searching party from I1ssimmee
was sent out two weeks since to secure a
few of the Seminole chiefs for the pur-
pose Of going on Il hunt with party Of
Pttsburg hunters. After travelling over
300 miles, through saN-8rass, sand dunes,
etc, the party found one tribe of the
Semnoles in the heart of the Everglades,
and secured the promise of Chiefs lalla-
hassee, Tom Tiger and Billy Bustee to
meet the hunters at Bassinger give the
pale faces an ideal Seminole hunt ana
return with them on the steamer Boseada
to Kissimmee. MIR. Timberlake, Of the
Tropical, will keep the dusky braves at
the hotel as long as they can be induced
to remain.
The golden wedding anniversary Of
Judge j. WoffOrd Tucker and wife of
Sanford took place on Dec. 26. IL was
known, however, TO only very few per-
sons, on account of the exceeding mod
esty of the judge and his aniable cOnsOrt.
Sanford Chronicle: Capt. NJ. -. Brock
of OViedo, who was in town on Tuesday
last on his return from Atlanta, Ca,
where he had taken carload OF oranges,
states that the aS5 boxes in the car sold
for an even S6G9. and at approximately
that rate, he could have sold five or six
carload It was a mistake that our grow
ers generally did not appreciate the OPP
portunity TO thus individually rid them
selves of the injured fruit Capt.
Brock saw the chance and took 1t.
News of tragedy which occurred near
Winn, in Hamilton county, night or two
ago has just reached Jasper. The partic-
ulars are meagre. but ii seems that Elias
Daniel had a number Of his ncighbOrS
helping him move q house. After supper
the young people assembled there, en-
gagged In a dance. Among the number
was a young man by the name of John
Denmark, who, before engaging in the
dance gave his pistol to one OF his friends.
named Norton TO keep for him. Later
on in the evening Norton slapped Den
mark. kicked him, and as Denmark
stepped, or fell out of the door, shot him
through the heart with the very pistol
that Denmark had given him TO keep,
killing him instantly. Norton then walked
off and has not been heard OF since. What
the provoCation was has not been learned,
Norton Is a son-in-law of Mr.. Daniels,
at whose house the tragedy occurred and
all the parties concerned are people of
the highest responsibility.
Wednesday afternoon Pilots Edward
c. Allen, Daniel Allen, and cOlOred boy.
John Hammond, crossed the bar at 81.
Augustine tc pilot in the schooner Julia
War;, with coal and groceries from New
York Inc sea was rough, but they
reached the War; and Daniel Allen
jumped on board leaving Edward Allen
and Hammond TO return in the Baldwin.
When crossing the bar in returning
heavy sea struck the Baldwin SO sud
denly that she could not rise with it, and
completely filled her with water, render
ing hey unmanageable. and a second sea
threw her en- her beam ends, in which
condition the tide loated her from deep
water onto q shoal. The sea then began
TO wash completely over the boat and
Hammond was swept away, but was
saved from drowning by Capt. Allen,
who had a narrow escape himself Both
managed to set into q small boat float
ing from the stern OF the Baldwin, and
came safely across the bar, returning to
town after d rough experience. The Bald
win is badly injured, there being a bis
hole through her side. made by the mast,
She viii probably be foated when the
extent Of her injuries Will be known.
The people of Barlow and Polk county
have been greatly annoyed by COmmuui-