The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-08
lay last to cut off his left arm just abov'

day last to cut off his left arm just above
the elbow.
Reports reached Gainesville Tuesday
that the store ana stock of goods belong
ing to ". D. Tiuman of Rochelle had
been total destroyed by fire. The loss was
rot known.
Della White. a colored woman of Ocala,
was struck by a Plant system passenger
train as she was attempting TO cross the
track. and was seriouly injured about the
head and body.
Tampa Tribune: C. V. Toms, represen-
tative of the Georgia State Building and
Loan Association, has left for his head
quarters in Savannah, after prolonged
and successful stay in Tampa.
The board of trustees Of Union Acad-
envy at Gainesville have leased the acad-
envy to the board of public instruction for
a number Of years, and thus have ended
a long standing misunderstanding. The
academy VIII open Monday.
The old Tallahassee Floridian is to be
given new life. Charles A. Choate, at one
time editor of the Pensacola News, and
later with the Jacksonville Citizen, and
Mr.. n NJ Bowen viii pilot It into the
good graces Of the Florida people.
The cd Culbreath homestead on Old
Tampa bay was sold Monday under an
execution for 5000 DR.. L. r. Warren,
Of Braidentown, in whose favor the exc
cutiou was issued. bought in the property
for 5000. This is one of the most fertile
and advanta geously located tracts Of land
In South Florida.
St Augustine Herald: Joe Perry's taste
was somewhat in the direction of animals,
birds reptiles and other varmints of the
forest, and he has accumulated the nu-
cleus of a geological garden. His first ven
ture was a jar of snakes; next he added
q dog or two; next bird; then more
dogs. and he now has a handsome and
unfrendly wildcat, who snarls its disgust
at every one who approaches within ten
feet Of its cage.
The Apalachicoia Times is not run for
glory, and but little lucre is coming its
way. In consequence it gives the people
Of its town to understand that the paper
viii suspend publication If not better pat
ronized. The editor says the paper is not
paying expenses, but is supported in part
by outside help. ApalachicO.a claims a
population Of 4,O00 and is big enough and
rich enough TO support well its one and
only newspaper.
The man who outraged Charlotte Rus
sell, a comely country girl, living five
miles south of Bronson, has not yet been
arrested. The girl was alone at home at
the time, the family being at Bronson
trading Sheriff Sutton has made a dill
gent search for the man, but so far he
has been unable TO learn of his where
abouts. The girl described her assailant
as being neatly dressed, about % years
old, weight 40 pounds, with a light mus
tache.
J. R. Minis died at Bagdad Wednesday
at the residence of his son-in-law, A. j.
Adams. He was in the 18th year of his
age. His parents moved to this county
from Alabama when he was a boy. He
was sheriff of Santa Rosa county and also
represented it i'm the legislature before the
war. He was la the mercantile business
in Milton when the war commenced, but
moved his family to Alabama and enlisted
as lieutenant of cavalry in the confeder-
ate states of America. Since the war, on
account OF bad health, he preferred out
door life. so he engaged in log and lumber
contracting until his health gave way,
when he retired. He leaves three daugh-
tiers to mourn his death-Mrs. A. j.
Adams. Bagdad; Mrs. J. A. Gray, Mil
ton; and Mrs. II. II. Matthews, Brewton,
Ala. He was an intimate friend of the
late Judge S. s. McWhorter.