The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-08
MAITLAND's SENSATION.
Lively HOrsewhipping Affair-Oth-
er Matters of Interest.

Maitland, Fla, Oct. 6.-Our usually
quiet little city has at last sprung SEN
sation on the unsuspecting public. For
several weeks past there has been rum
pus in the Methodist church. and as one
result the Sunday school superintendent,
his family and friends left the congrega-
ton. A former superintendent was also
in the crowd, and he has been accused of
sending a lot of anonymous letters to
various persons, mostly females. This
stirred up feeling in the community and
last Friday, report says, the husband OF
one of the ladies, whose name had peen
used in an offensive manner, went over 10
Orlando and purchased the stoutest ana
most reliable whip to be found, with which
to thrash the supposed guilty party.
Saturday afternoon this gentleman, VINO
is postmaster and a city alderman, with
another alderman and the mayor, accom-
panied by friends, consulted together and
decided to move in body on the enemy.
1t was ascertained that he was just
coming into the city with load OF hay,
and SO the crowd met him at the foot of
Lake Catherine, formed ring about MIN,
/ am told, and allowed the most agrees
sive man in the party to wear him out
with the horsewhip. Others are reported
to have used the whip also.
Enough that the man, a weak, sickly
fellow, is badly lacerated on his arms and
body, and liable to blood poisoning, in
which case the -hOrSeWhipperS Will md
themselves in "a tight place" The sheriff
was over from Orlando yesterday to see
the man, and warrants may be served on
the parties to-day. As to city hnes, the
mayor and two aldermen being in the
crowd makes it look as though the city
marshal might "wink' at the affair, and
our city treasury gain nothing in the way
of fines. If the man is as guilty as claim
ed, he deserved a sound hogging, but
public sentiment thinks he. should have
been taken by the agTieved parties sep
arately, as he is weak and sickly and
could be easily handled by any one of
them. There Is much excitement over
the affair and the end is not yet.
Maitland being the winter home of the
venerable and beloved Bishop IL. Is.
Whipple, our people are watching the
proceedings of the general convention of
the Episcopal church at Minneapolis
with great interest. A movement is on
foot to elect Bishop Potter of New York
city to the chief place of honor in the
house. of bishop, with the title of Primus.
At present the presiding bishop is the
oldest in point of service, and under the
rule the house is often called upon to put
one of its number in the chair, owing to
the old age and infirmities of the pre-
siding bishop. just now the third in line,
Bishop Whipple is presiding, as Bishop
Clark of Rhode Island are both
too feeble in health to attend
the convention. J. Pierpont Morgan, the
great banker and railroad magnate is az
the convention with party of friends,
and as he is particularly attached to
Bishop Whipple it is not improbable that
he may wish to see his venerated and be-
loved friend fiji the high Office of presto
ing bishop before closing his long ana
useful career in the church. Bishop VIII
liams and Clark will soon pass away,
and then the mantle would fall upon the
bishop of Minnesota, called 1.-THE st. John
of the house of bishops" Mai. George r.
Fairbanks of Fernandina is a brother-fn-
law by marriage of Bishop Whipple ana
yet his course in the convention last week
was contrary to the known sentiments of
that eminent divine. Here in Maitland,
as elsewhere. he is on terms of kindly
sympathy and fraternity with all denom.-
nations; and that is the general feeling
here in Florida, and yet Maj. Fairbanks
stoutly opposed sending fraternal gree.-
ings to the Methodist Episcopal confer
ence now in session at Minneapolis The
next day he was equally stOutly op-
posed to resolutions of thanks to Gov
Culberson of Texas for his prompt sup
preston Of the proposed prize-ight. And
yet, of all states in the union, our own is
the one whose delegates in that conver,-
tion should have heartily supported those
resolutions. We are enaphatically opposed
to prize-hghting, as well as contentious
between religious denominations Mai
Fairbanks should better represent public
1t is not generally known that a large
part of Southern Florida is still missionary
ground, and on this account the late
freeze has had a very depressing effect
upon the feeble churches and mission sta
lions of all denominations This is esnec-
tally true of the Episcopalians and Pres
byterians, who are more active in extend
ing their preaching into new territory
Bishop Gray has done noble service on the
East Coast, But the disaster to orange
groves last, winter has given him quite a
setback. The Presbyterians are also in sad
straights financially, and have made
large cut into the pay of the mission
preachers. Rev DR.. Craig of Atlanta, the
missionary secretary of the church, makes
very earnest appeal for Florida mis-
sions, and one that should be responded
to literally. Our population is widely
scattered and composed of all classes and
nationalities, and it is slow work to build
up self-supporting churches of any denom-
nation.