The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-09
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county Commissioner George w Fish
OF Leland died Monday night OF CON
,,. Jack Nelson was struck on the head
NH an ak IN the hands Of Jim Williams.
boJh colored. at Tampa Monday nfght
Nelson's skull was crushed lie lies
speechless and will die. Williams es-
1t is reported that Lady Rardolnh
Shurehill OF England. who was Miss Jen
NJ Jerome OF New York, is with her
slSt5f, Lady Lister Kaye. a member of a
- l,icate that holds two million acres or
ment. i"FV9'-
The dredges of the East Coast Canal
anu transportation Company at work on
the canal between Lantana and New
river are only three-fourths OF a mile
apart, ana viii reach each other in the
S et OF a week or so. The canal is 60
ieet wide and feet deep.
Upon the opening of the circuit court a
JdcksonVille Tuesday morning the grand
jury came in bearing two indictments
aSalnsI AieNander Simms, one for the
murder OF Policeman Edward F. Minor
Sucks.
The following fourth-class postmasters
BBeIe appointed In Florida Tuesday: s IL
GROWN at Leroy, Marion county, vice a
=. ruler removed; Frank McRae at Mel
rose Aiachua county. vice II. S. Tickle re-
nioNea. Inc pay OF the Leroy office last
s ysoF was $685. that at the Melrose oaiee
John Minis little boy, Morris fell into
Inc lake at Clermont the other day where
J. was about five feet deem, and but for
the timely arrival of his grandmotber he
would have drowned, for he is only vears
old. When Mrs. Smith came to rescue
MN she found him swimming on top and
padding like a good fellow, but to no af,-
water. % ''io
The drowning Of Mr.. Dean has caused
great regret at Daytona The body wa :
washed ashore in a few hours after the ac-
clqenl. IL Is thought that Mr. Dean was
seized by cramp while In deep water. His
cIenched hands are considered indica five
OF this theory. The body has been en-
balmed and will be forwarded to the moth
Gus, Ga.
ing Mrs. lucy Carnegie. Of Dungeness.
VINO was thrown from horse several
gays ago and broke a limb, reports that
G ca PaJen af,s is improving rapidly. Mrs;
probably take a trip to Europe for the
summer. Mrs. Carnegies yacht Dunse-
Of l1ns peeh a'smanted and win be out
crew went northward last week.
James c. McFarlane, who owns a fine
piace about mile north of Lake Worth.
ieft tuesday morning for England where
ne is soon to be married. He will return
with his bride in the fall. This MARRIAGE
Is looked upon as very interesting
event, as the bride and groom-eleet are
McFarlane owns one of the finest homes
on the lake He has recently had huilt
an elegant residence for the reception OF
his bride.
w. r Williams; who is Familiarity
Bill, died Monday night at his residence
AZ WINSTON. About twenty years ago Mr.
Williams was shot while lying asleep on
his bed The bullet passed directly
through his head. just behind his ewes
destroying botn optic nerves The perpe-
TRAITOR Of the deed has never been discov-
cred. His wife has faithfully nursed him
through his blind and helpless state, and
is the only heir to a comfortabIe estate
Mr.. Williams was the son of Rev. w, p
Williams, late of Citra. He was about e
years Of age, and even since his blindness
has been considered a successful bue
ness man.
Tomato-growers around Clermont ar;
sustaining great loss from the ravages OF
tomato worms. About one-third Of tn,
crop is being lost by this cause alone. Ii
some nelds the tomato blight is comins
instances one-dfth of the plants are killed
Never before have the truck farmers hat
50 much TO dtsheaften them as they have
bad during the planting and growing Of
their tomato crops in the past six or seveI
months. Many farmers planted their croni
over as often as three and four times. No
ihuch mas been realized from beans ant
squash that have been planted this wear
because TOO may have been planted il
Florida this season.
A colored man arrived at Jacksonvili,
TUESDAY and reported that a white mar
had been found near the five-mile pos
OF the +. c. and r. railway. with hi,
right leg broken just below the knee. TIL
man was carried to a house close by
ana was being attended TO. but the color
cd mar. said that the people he was viii
were afraid that the injury would prov,
latal The Injured man told them that n,
mad been thrown off a freight train by til,
tram hands, Monday afternoon He wa.
eyldently stealing ride, and, not obeyine
the orders Of the brakeman 70 oct nff o.
roughly handled by the train crew and