The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
FLORIDA.

Baker Smith, IS years old, son of Tom
n. Smith. of Providence, in fernando
county. was bitten by a large rattlesnake
a few DAYS ago The boy killed the snake.
bound his leg with his cow-whp, cut off
"A niece Of the snake and bound 1t to the
wound after opening it with his knife,
and went home, and is now doing well.
Bishop Bros. proprietors of the Bank
of Eustis assigned after hours on Sept.
%. to NJ. Z. Bishop. The liabilities, out
side of the sum due to members of tho
family are about $4,000 and the assets
over $4,000. The cause of the failure Is
the total inability to collect and the lIr-
possibility to obtain money on the assets.
Another death is reported as a result
of the storm at Boulogne station, on the
Plant system. Lille o. RAMS, daugh-
ter of William Ramis was among the
children injured by the blowing over OF
the school house. After the wreck of the
schoolhouse, she started for home and
Just as she got inside, the house was
blown over and she was killed. Harry
Johnson, aged months, was in the same
house and was also killed. Mrs. RAMS,
mother of the girl, was struck by piece
of flying scantling and was badly injured.
The county canvass of fernando under
the democratic executive committee has
Just closed Hon. w. A. Fulton. nominee
for the Legislature, and Hon. J. A. Hend-
ley. nominee for the Senate, made several
very instructive speeches to the people,
though the attendance was small. They
speak at Brooksville next Monday. White
republicans have secured the exact
amount of poll taxes due by their broth
ers in black, so as to prepare them to
vote in the November election. Consid-
cradle apprehension is expressed for the
national ticket should the gold democrats
and republican fuse.
Since burglars have become so daring in
Jacksonville many peculiar burglar alarms
have been improvised. One man has cut
long strips of cardboard and has inserted
tacks in numerous places. The theory is
that thieves go shoeless. Another scheme
il stringing Irvine about n foot from the
ground. This Is expected to trip intrud-
ers The old-fashioned way of connecting
strings with guns is the plan of some. one
man who does not want to shoot or cope
with burglars engaged an artist to paint
a skeleton on black oicloth with phos-
phorescent paint. Soon afterwards burg
lar entered, and, seeing the skeleton, leap
ed through the window
About l o'clock Monday morning a ne.
gro by the name of John Bailey entered
the Mckenzie residence. in Longs grove
at Tallahassee, which is occupied by an
aged lady Mrs. Van Hootsen, by cutting
away some netting that was nailed IN
window opening on the front porch. After
securing such articles about the room as
| he wanted, and as he was about to leave.
| Mrs. Van Hootsen moved and he sprang
| at her upon the bed and choked her Sc
| verely and then fed. The case was re-
| ported to Sheriff Pearce the next morning
| at s o'clock, and in three-quarters of an
l., 1,o1 N
| evidenced by stolen articles in his pos
| session, he had doubtless committed many
/ other depredations.
Eighty-one births were recorded at
Jacksonville for September. Thirty-one
were of white parentage and 50 of colored.
| Forty were males, and Al females. Thrift
cen were Of illegitimate parentage, all
| ssolored. The total number of births ap-
pears greater by eight than 1t really
should be for the month. This Is ex-
! planned by the fact that prominent ply
stefan made returns of that number of
births, which occurred in the previous
four months, and We're not filed by him
till September The city health ordinan-
ces require that every birth shall be re-
corded at the city health office within
| forty-eight hours after its occurrence. The
/ mortuary record for the month of Sep
TENDER. as filed in the city health office
showed that 60 deaths occurred OF these
% were of white persons, and 81 OF col
ored. Thirty-one were males and % fe-
! males.
Victoria Connolly and George Budding
ton Of Waldo were taken to Gainesville
! Wednesday and lodged in jail, charged
with being accessories to the murder OF
| Jim Connolly, who was shot down in his
| yard last Thursday night Buddington
has made a confession. in which he i'm
| plicated the woman. wife of the deceas-
ed and the two negroes now in jail at
! Gainesville. According to his statement
| Conneliy's death was pre-arranged The
four had met the day previous and decid-
ed that the man should be murdered the
following night The woman had agreed
TO send the man TO Waldo with some
clothes for parties for whom she did