The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-19

Henry Williams, at a phosphate mine near
Newberry, June !, the jury brought In a
verdict of guilty of manslaughter.
Frank Milo, an old citizen, went into
the saloon of A Dilustro at Pensacola
Tuesday and complained Of feeling I'M
well. Mr.. Dilustro went to him, and Milo
fell into his arms, expiring almost in
stantly.
hassee was destroyed by fire Monday
night his carriage horse was burned to
death and his carriage, buggy, harness
and other things were consumed in the
burning structure.
James Atkins, a negro longshoreman,
was drowned in the river at Jacksonville
Tuesday through the stupidity of John
Barnes, also a negro, who was in skif
from which Atkins fell but refused to
go to his rescue for fear the skiff would
be overturned.
H. G.. Kneedler of Louisville, KY, who
was injured in a wreck on the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway near Dins-
more, twelve miles north OF Jackson
vile, on the night of the 4th, died at
Jacksonville Monday morning from the
effects of his injuries.
T. p. Strickland of Iamonia lost, by FIRE,
a day or two ago his ginning establish
ment, including buildings gins and fix
lures, sugar mills and six bales of cotton.
Also three bales Of cotton belonging to
other parties and $3.50 worth of cotton
seed. The total loss was about 81, 800.
Sheriff Weeks of Green Cove Springs
went down near West Tocoi Monday and
arrested young white man by the name
of Jesse Atkinson, who is suspected of
being implicated in the burning of tres
ties on the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railroad between Green Cove Springs
and West Tocoi on the night of Nov. Is
and Nov. 80
The United States grand jury at Jack
sonville returned two indictments Mon
day against Samuel l. Wheatcroft, charg-
ing him with violations of the United
Whpatrrnff &c ha
man who was taken to Jacksonville sew
eral months ago from Charleston, S. c.,
and mas been connned IN the county
jail ever since, pending an investigation
Of his case by the grand jury.
The Jacksonville Naval Stores Com
pany has been organized at Jacksonville
with $4,000 capital. The company will act
as commission men or factors advancing
money TO turpentine men in the state. and
doing a general turpentine and naval
stores business. The principal hackers os
the new company are Crawford, Hender-
son * Co. OF savannah, w. p. Roberts of
the same place and Baker & Holmes of
Jacksonville.
The board of trade and farmers Of Lake
county assembled in the board of trade
hall at Leesburg on Saturday afternoon
and discussed the extensive culture OF
tobacco and cotton in that section IMAM
unity of action in regard to raising these
articles was urged, and the subject of
a centrally located curing house for to-
terest was manifested in the meeting.
and in all probability a large acreage
will be planted in cotton and tobacco.
The exports from Pensacola for the year
ending Oct 81 1895, shows that commerce
there has not suffered much from the
general depression. The exports of lum-
| Der and timber were: Hewn timber, Gu
bic feet, 1888, 1855; sawn timber. superficial
| feet. l29d9I,000 lumber, superficial feet.
| ~, S37 ,00Os oak timber, cubic feet, 2Sl7O:
| shingles, number, l.6S7,O0O The number
OF vessels that entered at the custom
! house from foreign and domestic ports,
was 634, having "a total tonnage of 4i2 y
663. The exports Of hewn timber were
a. I53 cubic feet more than for the year
ending Oct 81, 1885, and the exports OF
sawn timber were BASIN 900 feet less than
in is4i The shipments of lumber ia 1896
exceeded those OF 1894 by 10000 feet
The shipments Of oak timber were 23277
feet larger than last year. and tho export
Of shingles was 1890 less.
The correspondent OF the Morning News
"a Sigh NprinEs, under date OF Dee a.
writes as follousi The German club has
issued Invitations % their fhIrd annual
hall ~ he given az fhe Central h0tel 30
Thursday next The residence ~ G IN
MErkeys which is NOW nearly comulstal
NIl ~ ready for occupancy nagt week
lhs new furniture factory promises ~