The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-23

ing up to this time. Five bears have been
! killed up 10 this time, and the war Is stih
on.
Foghorn Reed of 81. Augustine has been
arrested sixty-eight times by actual count
for drunkenness.
Citizens Of West Palm Beach, in mass
meeting Wednesday passed resolutions
all crimes Ike those committed by Sam
Lewis chiefly TO the neglect Of public Of
! dcers to enforce the laws.
At Lakeland an unknown thief enter
ed the house OF T. f. Griffin last Sunday
while the family were at church and
made way with a small sum of money.
a shotgun tewerly and a suit OF clothes,
A posse went in pursuit of the thief.
The asphyxiating chamber, which was
built at the Jacksonville crematOry for the
killing Of dogs caught by the city catch
ers. has proved a failure. This was due
20 the lumber of which the chamber was
built. having shrunk, leaving holes
| through which the gas from the furnace
escaped.
ored woman, died at Gainesville Wednes-
day morning. The deceased was born IN
| 1901, and moved to that vicinity when very
| young. She lived where Gainesville now
stands when there was but one house In
the square mile. She was the Oldest In
habitant In Gainesville at the time of her
/ death
At Ocala Wednesday night a meeting
OF leading citizens was held at the Ocala
house to formulate plans for several en-
terprises, the first of which is to be a
chemical fertilizer company upon plans
proposed by Capt. G.. NJ Wells, who has
| long been interested In the business, and
VINO Is undoubtedly In position to carry
out the scheme.
| Reckless driving is too frequently In
| dulged in on the busy streets of Tampa,
especially az the junction Of the Rock
| road with Franklin street, where teams
| can be seen coming around the corner at
tull ut ana OFTEN serious accidents are
narrowly averted. Mr.. La Forte book
Keeper for X. Mugge, in company with
| friend, was driving down the street Wed
nesday afternoon, when they collided with
a light buggy containing two ladies. The
1 latter vehicle was overturned and the
| ladies thrown violently to the ground.
one of them being dragged a short dis
| lance fortunately, no bones were brok-
en-; La Forte was arrested for reckless
| driving.
1t is said by parties who claim to be
in position to know that the Graham
| Cypress Single mills al St Marks twen-
| ty-one miles south of Tallahassee, win in
/ all probability start again In a short time
| under entirely new ownership and man.
agement. This is one of the finest pieces
/ of milling property in Florida, and die
/ quite an extensive business for a long
| time, but became involved, probably
| down.
A big damage suit has been filed in the
| office of the clerk of the circuit court in
Gainesyille The plaintiff, p. G. Bates, is
| ages in the sum Of $4,000. The allegation
/ claims that some time since Mr.. Weeks
of men that he would have been $500 bet
| ter off II he had never employed the
plaintiff. The defendant Is a prosperous
/ merchant Of Melrose This Is the most
important damage suit from a financial
standpoint on record in this county
The water of the st. Marys river, which
| has been tainted by vegetable matter
| dumped into II at Jacksonville, has been
used as drinking water since the settle
/ ment by the Spaniards. Water taken from
| the st. Marys have been carried to Monte
| Video and back without rotting. The
| neighborhood was the favorite rendez-
| VouS of the great Osceola and his warriors
| where they. camped beneath the cooling
banks, and In It's waters they caught the
| gamy trout and close by hid in retreat
| for the black bear and deer that haunted
| this section In great numbers some Of
| which still remain to commemorate the
| stamping grounds of three of the great
| est characters in the history of this sec
| ton; Osceola, Gen. Jackson, and the pi-
| rate Mahr
The regular semi-monthly meeting OF
| the Jacksonville city board of health was
OF the city health officer. The first mat
| ter which was brought to the attention
of the board was a case of glanders,
| which was discovered by Sanitary Inspec-
| tor Wildly, who had Immediately ordered
the animal taken outside Of the city lin.
| its. He had also taken several experts
| to see the horse, and they all pronounced
| II genuine case of the dreaded disease
! The animal belonged to Marx Bros. fruit
| commission dealers, who had used IL in
| the delivery of goods before it was in as
bad a condition as 1t was reported to be
| at the time of its discovery. 1t was re-
ported that another horse had been kent
! near the diseased one, but it was moi
| known how many others had been ex-
posed.
Leon, the 14-year-old son of DeputV
United states Marshal Scott, was serious
| ~ wounded by the explosion of carr
ridge Tuesday afternoon at JacksonviIte
| Leon and his brother got hold OF a rife
| which was one of those intended for the
| Cuban expedition, seized at Fernandina.
| some months ago, and some cartridges
| OF the Illuminating kind, which their fam
er had as curiosities Deputy Scott had
| warned the boys not to handle the rife
and cartridges, but they decided. Tues
day, that they would try IT, The two
lads went out In the woods near the house
ana Leon cooked the gun and pulled the
| trigger. He evidently had not pulled me
lever back fully into position, for the
| shell exploded and parts of 1T strucIr him
| IN the breast and face. cash was c1,f
| from under the lower lip and extendinS
/ up towards the nose His lower FROM
! teeth We're knocked out. Dr. f. D. Mil
! Ter was called In, and upon examination
! FOUND that the pieces which had entered
! the Iads breast had gone clean through
| the breast bone The doctor succeeded In
! getting the pieces Of the she'll ont nv.
means OF probe. The cut in the lad'Ss
1 race was dressed. While the wounds ars
| rot necessarily dangerous, they are of
very serious and painful nature
SHE SANK IN THE CHANNEL.