The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11

sequence since July or August. Of last
year but during the last three days the
town has been deiuged- Nearly eleven
inches Of rain fell on Wednesday during
the day. All the creeks are very high.
OUT into the woods A great many logs
We're on the banks waiting for a rise.
They are now scattered prOmiscuOusly
through the swamps or have gone down
the streams
During a heavy rainstorm at Jasper
Saturday. lightning struck Col. A. B.
Smalls residence: knocked on a patch OF
shingles about three feet in diameter on
the roof tore OF ceiling and splintered
the corner post IN different rooms. On
the opposite side OF the house Il ran down
a corner post in a bedroom and COM
pletely splintered that corner OF the
room in which Mrs. Small and her little
girl were standing. They escaped injury
except very slight shock.
For day or two a mulatto woman
from Jefferson county has been at ITALIA
hassee searching for two Italian women
and trying TO dispose Of a white baby
about six weeks old that was unceremo-
niously left at her house by them few
days ago. Her story Is that while one
OF the women was trying to sell her
some article, the other one slipped in at
the back door and placed the child on the
bed, leaving II there. The authorities
have been trying to locate the two wO-
men, but have been unsuccessful so TAR.
The Michigan Lumber and Manufactus-
ing Company will be organized under the
laws of Florida. with John J. McTavish,
Louis German and James X. Walsh as
incOrporatOrs. The stock will be $1,000,
50 per cent to be paid in before incorpo-
ration Until the first election Of officers
Mr.. McTavish will be president, Louis
German vice president, and Mr. Walsh
secretary and treasurer; and the three
gentlemen will constitute a board Of di-
rectors. This Is the company that is now
erecting planning mill and door, sash
and blind factory at Jacksonville.
Among the important cases that are
pending in the United States court at
Tampa, and which may come up for hear
ing during the present sitting of the court,
are a half-dozen suits against the govern
ment FOR false arrest. The United states
revenue cutter, under command of Capt.
owen ). Wiley, captured about twenty
Spanish fishing smacks more than year
ago, and brought their captains before
the court for failure to file their papers
within the fve-mile limit OF the coast.
The court at Tampa fined FIVE or six of
these captains, ana the others were or
dered released on one technicality or an
other Those who had been fined APP
pealed their cases to the circuit court Of
appeals at New Orleans, where the judg
ment of the lower court was reversed.
The captains have brought suit against
the United States government through
the captain OF the cutter, IOT damages
arising from the arrest and detention
W. N. Camp and Hughey and Riley hold
state titles to eighty acres of valuable
phosphate land in Alachua county and
the two claimants are making an earnest
effort to gain possession. Several days
ago Hughey and Riley erected a tempo
rary dwelling house and moved a negro
family into II to hold possession of the
property. Several attempts were made by
the other parties to Induce the negro to
leave the place, but no plan succeeded
till Saturday. BY affidavit in the county
judges Office at Gainesville, upon which
a warrant was obtained, three laborers
supposed to be in the employ of Mr.. Camp
appear TO have gone upon the disputed
territory and. ordered the negro to leave
Upon being refused, the men tore down
the shanty, and placing the effects of the
negro on a double wagon moved them be-
yond the line of the disputed tract and
left them in the woods. The warrant
charges the men with breaking and en-
tering, and malicious destruction OF prop
erty, and was Saturday placed in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Warren, who left
in the afternoon to execute II. A long
and bitter lawsuit is expected before the
matter shall be adjusted.
Gus Hoffman, alias Dutch Hoffman,
alias Gus Hill, whom the detectives say
Is a well-known gambler Of Chicago,
for about two weeks, worked a very smart
fim-tlam game on Maurice ii. Slayer, a
pawnbroker, Friday night. Hoffman came
| into Mr.. Slagers place Friday night about
6 o'clock, and handed him very fine
gold watch, upon which Hoffman said
he wanted to borrow $40 Mr.. Slayer told
Hoffman that he would not lend him $40,
but that he would loan him $25. Hoffman
picked up the gold watch which he had
handed to Mr.. Slayer, put 1t in his pocket
and walked toward the door Finally he
turned to Mr.. Slayer and said: "Well,
have got to catch a train out tonight,
and need the money, so l will take the
$25. Hoffman then laid a watch appar-
entity the same one, on the counter and
took the money and walked out of the
establishment. Mr.. Slayer was very much
pleased with what he thought was bar
gain, but in talking over the matter after
supper with Mr.. Hess, the latter decided
to look at the watch. After so doing he
told Slayer II was worth about SO or "a,
and was made principally of brass, with