The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-12

the loss Of cypress timber taken from
4 lands owned by the company by trespass-
| ers and sold by the said trespassers 70
the mills.
/ Mrs. r Y. r. Townsend president. has
appointed Mrs. Angelica +. Gamble of
/ Tallahassee, president of the Colonial
/ Danes Of Florida. This society is uniting
| in many Of the states with the Daugh-
/ tiers Of the Revolution. their object being
/ Of a similar character. 20
/ Elmer Saers who committed suicide al
/ the Occidental hotel in New York, owned
about $1,000 worth of improved property
at Tampa. He has a good bank account.
I His home is said to be in New York city.
He was O bachelor L. w. Smith, his
/ agent at Tampa, will see that he has de-
/ cent interment
| The twelfth annual meeting Of the Cen
( eral Congregational Association Of Flor
ida, took place in the Congregational
church at New smyrna, on the 5th, 9th and
7th of the present month. A large number
OF delegates were present from all over
the state, and a number Of prominent
men OF the Congregational church from
the north.
Fernandina Mirror: Poultry raising pays
on Amelia Island. j. Buzzen that enter
prising go ahead citizen of Amelia City,
Informed us this morning that he had sold
! in Fernandina, since the first day Of
March one hundred dozen eggs. If the
average keeps up he will sell during the
month 3Sl dozen, which would amount
~ e-bbhA T1V RtA AlDAAkl AQt HIS EEb pro-
duct.
The Davis children who were bitten by
mad dog at Macclersny a week ago, did
not start for New Orleans as was ex-
pected, but will go to New y Ork to re-
ceive the Pasteur treatment. The New
York Recorder has agreed to pay all ex-
| penses including transportation to New
York, for treatment by DR.. Gibier. and
will also furnish transportation for an at
tendaht
A farmer by the name of Jarvis living
near Branford, in Lafayette county, was
| severely burned Friday He was in tho
! field where logs We're being snged, and fell
upon burning pile of logs. He was una
bic eXtrlcate himself. Assistance came but
not until his entire right side was badly
burned. He is in dangerous condition.
but as he did not inhale the fire it is
thought that he may recover.
The large warerooms, 1870 by 100 feet, of
the Gulf Naval Store Company near the
depot at Carrabelle, are being completed.
The three beacon lights that are being
erected by the government to mark the
channel viii soon be finished. These with
the Carrabelle light house, which is at
present undergoing construction, and
many other improvements will very soon
pat Carrabele on equal footing with older
ports.
The friends of William Jones. the con-
Victed murderer of his daughter. Florence
Jones' have raised sufficient funds to Sc
cure the services of A. NJ. Nicholson to
represent Jones before the supreme court
of the state at Jacksonville to-day. Jones
IS now unQer sentence or death and his
only hope is the decision of the supreme
court on the appeal from Judge Calls
decision refusing the motion for a new
trial.
Jose Maria Garcia of Tampa died early
Saturday morning from the effect of the
wound received in his breast Thursday
while duck hunting. His death resulted,
Il IS thought, from Internal hemorrhage,
1t being impossible to stop the loss OF
| blood He was employed in Seidenberg &
Co 5 factory, and was single man about
IN off q In d inn,
whatever has been made into the cause of
his death by the authorities.
Tampa Times Mr.. Robuck, whose suit
was backed by the brother and brother-in-
law of his lady love, Miss Ufethra Barnes,
bore off the palm and the lady also. in
the race against her other sutton Tues
day. While Mr.. Tanner was asking for the
license, Mr.. Robuck slipped away behind
a fast horse to Mr. Tanners home, where
Miss Barnes and her mother awaited that
gentfemans return. Arriving there first,
Mr.. Robuck saw the young lady and
pressed his prior claims with such elo-
quence that Miss Barnes jumped into the
buggy with him, and driving to Blooming
dale they were married by Esquire Kelly.
The children of Henry Bernreuter, Tai
lahassee's chief of police, who are staying
in Jacksonville with relatives, had pain
full and peculiar experience with a va
grant cat last week. While they were
playing in the yard of their residence, 332
East Church street, the youngest child.
a boy of years was suddenly attacked
by big tom eat that was proving about
defend him, when the cat suddenly turned
his attention to him, burying his teeth
so deeply in the lads neck that il was
found necessary to break his jawbone
with a Ratchet before his hold could be
relaxed.
Henry Norris who is confined in jail
at Dade City under sentence of death for
murder, attempted to escape last Satur-
day BY some means he came out of the
cell and secreted himself thus escaping
| the observation of Joe Davis, the jailer
and as soon as he had am opportunity
the Jail. Joe Davis hotly pursued him.
| firing after him several Intellectual shots,
/ which simply increased his speed. For
tunately young Middlebrook heard the
! shots and seeing the fleeing man with
! Davis in pursuit he rushed out with a
! Marlin rife, getting the drop on Morris
| he at once surrendered and was recon-
| veyed to Jail.
| Mr.. Owens arrived at Ocala Friday from
I Waldo. and says that while in his buggy
/ from Gainesville, and just before reaching
/ the latter place, he encountered three
/ tramps, who endeaYored to play the high
way robbery act and relieve him of his
! wealth, but We're foiled in their carefully
1 laid scheme, as he was too quick, and
| lust as one of them raised a large stick
! with which 10 strike him, he pulled his
! little gun and shot him through the arm
/ which so frightened the robbers that they
! Immediately scampered through the woods
but in doing so, one of them hurled a
large piece of iron at his head. which, he
says, no doubt would have knocked him
! senseless had not his horse jumped
Messrs. Curry and Crawford had a fight
with a panther near Juno day or so ago
/ in which they received very serious inju-
/ ries. The young men We're out hunting
/ and their dogs "treed" a young panther
/ which they shot and killed. They did not
suspect that the mother panther was near