The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-29

in 1895. az Barlow. Polk county. o. muir
der In ta- first degree. and sentenced to
De- hanged. has had his sentence comnlut-
"a to ffe imprisonment boz the peuiteu-
tiary by the state board Of pardons.
or the carload Of canaigre root recently
sent 90 Orlando by Mr. Kerr from Tex
as. that Grst planted is putting up tops
and promises TO make q vigorous grow III.
The carload was sufficient 10 plant forty
two acres This experiment promises 10
be OF great interest 10 Florida farmers
George J. johnson Of the firm Of
Flint Eddy a. Co. is in Bruins
wick Tor the purpose Of closing CON
tracts with the Downing Company for the
exports OF baking powders manu- acl ur'ed
bT them 10 Scotland, Germany and South
Africa.
At Tampa. Sunday night cOlored wo-
man named Rosa Deval. tried 10 warm
her house in the SCRUB by lighting a
Dutch oven fun Of charcoal in the room
she and her young son Richard were
sleeping in. The boy was found dead
in bed Monday morning. having been sur
located by the fatal fumes The woman
was well nigh sunOcated but finally re-
covered.
At Ocala. Sunday shortly after noon
little jeanette. the 7-year-old daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. BrantIey A. Weathers,
fell from an upper porch 70 the ground,
about twenty feet, and severely tracLur
her skull. Drs. Newsom, Smith and Hood
treated the wound. Al first little nope
was had for her recovery, but the OBJ
Grafton was successful and the little sur
ferer has a fairly good chance for IRE.
At Anthony Sunday the house known as
the Blind Tiger" was burned. The house
had been unoccupied for year. At 7.5O
o'clock Sunday night the store house
formerly occupied by J. I. Baskins q
Co. was discovered 10 be on hre and was
also soon destroyed. It was only by hard
work that the store occupied by A 7.
Griffin was saved. All this was the Work
Of an incendiary- There is $40 reward Tor
the incendiary.
A hunting party comprising i. A.
Scope Harry Connolly, and O. ID. Smith
Of Neigh. Neb.. which left Lemon City
last Monday week, returned on sunday
from Black Point, the objective hunting
ground, and report the mysterious disap-
pearance of Mr.. Smith. on Sunday last
the party was hunting IN the woods i'm the
Interior a few miles north OF Black Point,
and there Mr.. Smith was last seen. Search
was kept up by the two men for four
days, when their provisions gave out, and
they had to return home, leaving the van
derer TO his fate, until party could be
organized for further search. Immediate
~ on reaching Lemon City +. A. Scope,
Harry Connolly, A. r. Land and two 9TH
ers set out, to be Joined by two more at
Cutler proceeding straight back TO the
scene Of the disappearance. Mr.. smith
had with him a Winchester rife loaded
and fifteen cartridges when he was last
seen. He came from the west year ago
in search of land, and has gone over the
country pretty extensively in that time.
His companions fear that he shot himself
accidentally. The party went down well
prOvisioned, prepared for a thorough
search.
Gabe williams. one-armed negro Of
Jacksonville, IS in jail in that city for
Matchmaking merchant. A few days ago
the gentleman was accosted by l.. Simms,
a negro hackman, who told him that he
knew a very beautiful woman who de-
sired to meet him. He declined to enter
tain the proposition and told the negro
not to come to him again. The next day
Gabe Williams appeared and told the
same story of the woman wanting to meet
him. The gentleman then ran him away
from his Office, but Williams returned lat
er In the day with a note, purpOrting TO
be from the woman in question, and sign
ed Annie" He answered the letter and
told the party he did not care to meet
her. Another note passed between them,
Williams being the bearer, and in Il the
woman demanded s.. which was sent her,
merely to get rid Of the matter. She again
wrote and requested him to meet her al
! the pOstoffice at a given hour. and also
| demanded that he send her IS with his
| reply. Tired of this business he did not
] send the money and went out and reported
/ the whole matter Gabe was arrested on
! Friday, and was very much incensed al
! his Incarceration. Monday afternoon he
! was taken before JUS ice Smith, and one
of the chief witnesses against him was
Levi Simms, the colored hackman. who
had been arrested on the same charge
Simms turned states evidence and was
discharged. Williams was committed To
Jail I'm default of 800 bail. The police pro-
duced evidence that the supposed woman
was only myth, and that Williams was
writing the notes himself several of which
they secured. together with the replies
written by the gentleman.