The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11

10 settlers for TIE ST. Augustine section.
/ ia a Tea days he viii sail Tor this cOun-
/ rect 20 -. Augustine. reaching here The
! end of this month Here he viii De met
I bE J. r lngraham. and they VIII proceed
/ down the coast They VIII establish the
I town OF Linton, named in honor Of the
] senator. about seven miles south OF the
Z extreme end Of Lake Worth.
/ Atlanta Constitution. Robert Harris,
/ desperate negro, was arrested by Ofl-Cers
I Wilson anu D0bbius Thursday morning
. near the Southern railway shops The ne
I gro ana three other men were asleep IN a
I box car ana when arrested they made
considerable resistance. Harris was the
I more desperate Of the four and he endcav-
! oFe4 y pl4 .ls pisip! ana snoot the oih-
GERS The latter finally oNerpoWered the
men and sent them 10 the station house
I ln the afternoon they were arraigned Ia
{ the recorders court and fined.
Atlanta Constitution; County officers
Poole and Werner captured one OF the
bollest burglars in the city Thursday.
the negro IS believed 10 have burglar
lied many houses IN that section OF the
city and the residents Of the suburb
were made happy by the capture OF the
negro. Several Of them recognized the
( nesro as one who has entered their houses
ana GOT away with stolen goods several
valuable articles were taken from the
negro when arrested, including an amount
/ Of money The negro was chased sew
eral hundred yards and finally caught
I by Officer Poole on the bank OF a creek
through which he led the officer. The ne
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trial on the charge Of burglary.
Quincy New Era; ON Tuesday after
noon W l. Ingram shot ana almost IN
stantly killed John Fewel in lower Deca-
tur county, Ga. near the Florida line.
The trouble between the parties dates
back 70 last year when Jewell was work.
ing for Ingram. Ingram noticed grow
ing attachment between mis- daughter ana
FeWeN and on this account discharged
the latter and forbade him the house.
In May Of this year FeWell took the girl
and against the protestations OF the
mother. and they were married. The
shooting occurred in the upper part OF
lngram's plantation and Jewell was the
agSressor all through. The coroner jury
rendered a verdict OF justihable homicide
after hearing the evidence.
Fort Valley Leader: Two very slick
youths struck Fort Valley last week and
proceeded at once 10 do the town. II
seems that the leader whose name was
charlie Melton worked the other boy
named Avera. Melton forged the name
OF Il. I. HOuser to orders on Harris Bros,
Tor s. IN goods and 5, b. Jr.. & J. L.
Brown for a coat and vest. He sent
AveTa 10 get the goods. After he had
gone out Of Harris Bros. store, Mr.. Her
man Harris decided he had best 20 down
t9 see Air. houser, when ne found that
the order was a forgery. He found the
boy Avera at the depot and arrested him.
He was locked up but was soon let out as
several kindly disposed parties paid for
the goods as they believed Avera was
the tool Of Melton. Melton has not been
raised a four dollar check 10 $40 and
tried unsuccessfully to get II cashed.
Tribune Of Rome: Squire Walter Har-
RS had an interesting case up before him
Friday 1t was suit and counter suit
between George Wyatt and the MetropoI-
ltan Life Insurance Company. Wyatt
brought suit for 500 on fees and commits
slohs on pohcles taken by him while in
the employ Of the company. The company
came back at him with "A contract which
showed an agreement in the tirst instance
{ IN
without first giving notice to the super
lntendent- In the second instance IL read
that ne was not TO sue the company on
any account whatever. While this was
being done Mr.. Smith, attorney for the
company was fixing up a recOupment in
the shape OF a claim against Wyatt for
$lu9 due the company. After reading the
contract WAITS attorney asked leave to
Withdraw the suit. Mr.. smith then asked
leave TO withdraw the counter suit. ana
as litigation was left just where II be-
gan, minus court costs and attorneys
fees.
Citizen: Capt. Canute. a well-known
| coast pilot, returned TO Jacksonville yes
/ terday from Punta Gorda, where he went
| from Apalachicola for the purpose Of taxi
| ing the steamer r. l.. Maybee to that
| place. Incidentally Capt. Canute stated
| he noticed that an attempt was being
made by Spanish emigsaries from Cuba
to purchase cattle in Florida for ship
ment from Punta Gorda 10 Havana. II
IS not an lntrequent occurrence for cat
tie to be shipped from Florida TO Cuba
TO supply the demands for beef there but
II Is stated that a special effort Is now
being made to ship much larger quanti-
ties of cattle. The reason is assigned 10
/ the fact that the insurgents now occupy
the greater part of the western end OF
the island, and this has limited the supply
of native cattle for use in Havana and the
| eastern part of the island. Capt. Canute
stated that he did not think the cattle
| owners of FloriGa would be disposed to
/ sell very largely to the Spanish under
| these circumstances.
| Atlanta Constitution: With the sound
| Of trumpets the waving OF handkerchiers
| and the merry shout OF 5000 spectators
| the Mexican bulls will rush forth for the
| fray There is no longer any doubt but
/ that the bull fights will occur in the Mex
/ lean village at the exposition, and the
/ cOncessionarfes who have the matter in
| charge are making. all arrangements for
/ the spectacle. Work was begun yesterday
! on the arena that is located in the Mex
4 lean village, and the construction of the
/ vast amphitheater will be hurriedly car
/ ried on to completion. The first shipment
Of bulls viii consist of ten of the finest
| specimens that can be procured in Mexico
| and they will be housed and stall fed I'M
/ I'll the nights begin When carried into
/ the arena they Will be fresh and frisky,
! and will rush at the picadors with a ven
/ geance. The bull fighters will be eleven
! in number, and some of the troupers are
/ stars of the first degree. Nearly all Of the
| fighters have made a life work of the
4 sport, and some have had very narrow
| escapes. The fights that will occur this
! fall viii be child's play TO the men, and
/ they viii have an easy time of it, The
| horns of the bulls will be padded and no
damage can be done. The. .banderillas
| will be placed on the shoulders of the
| bulls. but instead of being fastened by
pointed barbed hooks, they will be sim
ply stuck on with some strong adhesive.
| The amphitheater will seat nearly 5000
and will be so constructed as to allow
all TO see
FLORIDA.
| Jacksonville is wrestling with the prob
| lem of a suitable dog ordinance for the
| dog days.
| At Key West the election held to bond
| Monroe county passed off very quietly,
| Notwithstanding the fact that over 800
| votes We're pOlled. of this number only
one voted against bonds
At Crows Bluff on Aug the steamer
| Flora Temple, Capt. McCotter went to
Jacksonville with a raft of logs for the
| Jacksonville mills. The raft belongs 10
the Wilson Bros. 1t contained about 500
logs, and they ran from 800 to 1850 feet
to the log.
A letter received in Jacksonville Thurs
day from New Smyrna states that many
tarpon are being caught daily at that
place. More than a dozen large ones were