The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-26

I cOi0Feu UflNer ran 10 MT. MlllS feltL Just
! In time to sieze the other negro from be-
hind and throw him heels over head into
a ditch and thus saved his employer 5
life The murderous negro then ran of
in the darkness and is still al large.
FLORIDA,
The Miami Methodist intend erecting a
temporary church this winter.
F. f. Vail will remove the Floating
hotel from Miami TO Cape Florida soon
after Jan. /.
DIT. c. II. Noble of Bronson. lost fin.
ger on his left hand as the result of the
/ accidental discharge of a gun while hunt
ing few days ago
The largest shipment of sponge ever
made from Tarpon Springs was on Thurs
/ day last. 1t was made by w. W. X
! Decker and weighed ten thousand eight
! hundred and nnety-seven pounds.
The work of building the Episcopal
church at Miami is now going ahead. The
frame work for the roof is nearly complet-
ed, ana the siding is on the building
! services will be held in ii soon after Jan.
Jasper Brown and Frank Jordan of Day
/ tona, started their dogs in on the peninsula
! side of the river Saturday, and soon stir
red up bear, which was shot by Brown
near Silver Beach. It weighed about 400
pounds.
Emelio Nunez, a well known Cuban pa.
triot who is a familiar figure in Huau's
store at Jacksonville. is a colonel no long
er, ne having recently received a commits
sion from the Cuban government as brig,
adier-general.
The body of a negro was recently found
floating in the Santa Fe river near the
mouth of the Suwanee river. There was
no evidence of foul play upon the hody,
ana II is the general opinion that he was
| accidentally drowned
Ike Williams. colored, who was among
the convicts who escaped from Gen Bal
ley's camp, near Albion, some month ago,
mas Deen captured. He was serving
sentence of six years when he escaped.
Another convict was killed while resisting
arrest.
Gen. W. p. Hazen from his orange
grove in Hillsborouah county is reaping
good profits. He has sold two thousand
boxes of oranges at from 81. 25 to 30 per
box at the grove, and grape fruit at 10
cents each, and from one tree got five
hundred and sixty grape fruit.
Maj Mahan has made a report Of a
survey of Apalachicola Bay, which was
undertaken with a view to obtaining
channel $50 wide and is feet deep at low
water for distance of ten miles, from
Apalachlcoia through West bay to the
deep water. The estimated cost is $3.50 600,
with from $4,000 to $4,000 for mainte-
nance, but the division engineer, Col.
Hayes, thinks the cost would be greater.
Gainesville Sun: f. II. Hale of Gracy
was in the. city Wednesday. Eight weeks
ago Mr. Haze was struck with a slab at
the sawmill. The piece of timber struck
him over the right eye and cut a deep
cash. II was sewed up by physician at
High springs, but recently 1t panied him
so that while in this city he determined
10 can upon doctor. DR.. McKinstry, Jr.,
examined the wound and found that
splinter two inches long had imbedded it.
self in the flesh. 1t was pulled out, reliev-
ing all pain.
Hon. S. NJ. Parlkman has sent a spe-
cial message to the Pensacola Daily
News. denying the truth of the interview
published in Washington, in which 1t was
charged that he has said he believed Sen
Sparkman, says there is not a word of
truth In the statement He believes w.
ID, Chipley Will be elected to succeed Sen.
ator Call. Col. Chipley worked with Mr.
Bryan in the last election, but it is be.
lieved that he will be for sound money
He IS land commissioner of the Louisville
and Nashville railway.
Cedar Key Gulf Coaster: Lieut.. Meyler.
who came to Cedar Key to make a tenn
porary survey of the harbor, completed
In conversation with the Gulf Coaster
man, Lieut.. Meyler expressed himself as
being we'll pleased with the harbor. and
estimated that with an appropria ton of
100000 the water could be deepened so as
to allow large vessels to enter port His
idea Is, if the appropriation is made, for
the government to build and equip a
dredge with portion of the appropria-
ton and expend the balance for dredg-
ing, which he says will be amply suffi-
cient. he says the channel was shifted
and filled up but little by the storm, while
at other ports would have almost filled
the channel up.
Gainesville Sun: Near Windsor lives an
aged confederate veteran who will hear
Gen. Gordon lecture in Gainesville Tues
day night If he has to walk. During the
winter of '63 this privte in the confederate
army was on picket duty one cold night.
He was clad in only light coat and gray
pantaloons with no shoes. Gen. Gordon
while on tour Of inspection. came upon
him, and, observing his suffering, took
from his own shoulders a costly overcoat
and placed il upon the shoulders of the
private, in the meantime whispering words
forget the act of charity. Gen. Gordon was
many years ago resident OF Micanopy,
where his father conducted mercantile
business He left Alaehua county when
only about 16iyears Of age, but is still re-
membered by several of the old residents
of that place.
Pensacola News: About 8 p. m. wednss-
day officer Ryan of the police force re-
ported to the police station that the dead
| body of an infant had been found in the
back lot OF the Pearl Eagan Orphans
Home on East HILL The body was taken
care of and Thursday morning Acting
Coroner Boykin Jones had a Jury sum,
moned and held an Inquest 1t was
found that the body had not been dis
covered until IL had been horribly man
gled by little dog. DR.. Simpson. the
/ city physician, appeared before the Jury
| and stated that the child seemed to be
about "a hours old and a miiiatto blt
! on account of the mutilation by the dog
it was impossible to say that II was alive
! when placed in the lot. The supposltion
| is that &c was alive and was placed there
with the hope that 1t would be cared for
| in the asylum.
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