The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-23


The bar pilots of Pensacola have not
been able 10 find a suitable steam pllot
boat ana viii have one built.
Rev. A. A. Presby, an aged minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, resl9ihs
at Grave Park, died at Key West Monday
Tom w. Davis. an old resident and prom
inent business man of Cedar Key, died
Monday morning Of neuralgia OF the hed4O
The government dredge boat Gedney mas
arrived at Pensacola from New YORK, ana
win begin the work of dredging a twenty
six foot channel across Caucus shoals, at
the entrance of the harbor.
Saturday night negro named Lee Mao
ison was arrested by the police on
charge of stealing 500 from r.. 1. ChaN-
GUS a groceryman at the corner OF Lee
and Forsyth streets, La NllIa, a subuto
Of jacksonville one hundred ana htty dol-
lars of the money has been recovered.
A mandate from the court of appeals
was filed in the clerk IS office OF the lhlteu
states court at Jacksonville Monday
morning in the case of Grow, Rudolph &
Co VS. the kimball Lumber Company OF
Apalachcola. for the recovery OF damages
amounting to Si4, l23.24.for a cargo OF iuI il,
Der from Apalachicola to Europe ABOUT
lanes r. Walsh, who was in Jackson
Vile several weeks ago making arrange
ments for the location of large plan
ing mill and woodworking establishments
has returned to Saginaw, Mich, where ne
went on business connected with the en-
terprise. Mr.. Walsh is now prepared 70
go to work upon the erection of the build
ings aud to carry the project TO compile
ton The Michigan Lumber and Manu-
featuring Company is the name by Whlch
the firm will be known.
Work will soon begin on the Amber
road from Starke to Deadman bay. Ihe
road is complete as far as Alachua but no
work has been done upon the extension
for several months. When work does
begin the road Will be extended as rapidly
/ as possible TO the phosphate belt. This
viii give the Florida Central and PENN
sular another feeder from the phosphate
fields in the western portion OF the coun-
tv Newberry is bidding for the new
road but there is but little hope for her,
since the direct line for the new road
would be TO pass ana cross the rant
system road near Wade several miles
! north The Florida Central and PENN
| sular will soon have two roads.
The barges Rebecca Goddard and Hen
/ ry L. Gregg, en-. route from Galveston to
/ Pensacola in tow of the steamer Czarina,
were cast loose off the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi river on Oct; Y during heavy
sacola and the tug Echo was dispatched
/ in quest of the barges, which were left
4 TO drift at the mercy of the gale. The
/ Rebecca Goddard drifted southwark for
] fortv-eight hours 10 Chandler Island,
4 thence to Dauphin Island. Her store of
I provisions became exhausted, but fOFtu-
4 nately she fell in with the fishing smack
+ Albert Haley, whose captain kindly fur
4 nished the crew with a supply. Monday she
4 furnished the crew with a supply. She
+ was sighted by the Echo twenty miles off
/ Pensacola bar, and was towed into port.
4 The tug has gone IN search of the barge
4 Henry L. Gregg. of which no tidings have
I as vet been received.
a serious accident occurred a the
! Pelican mine, near Newberry, recently,
4 which nearly resulted in the death of
! several of the employees of the mine. While
4 several men We're mining phosphate in
deep pit, the bank caved in. The men
| scrambled out in good time with the ex-
! ception of a negro named Alex Cotman.
4 who was caught and almost completely
/ covered with the falling rock. His more
I fortunate companions rushed to his res
4 cue. and extrcated him from his perilous
4 position. At first il was thought thar
the man had been killed, but when he
had been pulled out it was found that
only a leg had been broken. The break
however, was a severe one. Both bones
were broken half way between
1 the knee and foot. and the ends
( protruded through the mangled flesh Joe
Gibson, another negro, while esca ming
from the pit, fell and broke his nose.