The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-30
SO Years OF Cures.

some carbolic acid fumes for sore throat
when the bottle accidentally fell from his
hands and broke, and the contents splash
ed in his face, severely burning him, es-
pecially around one eye.
Vessels are coming in slowly at Cara
belle, but more are chartered for this port
than have ever before been chartered at
this season. Among the lot is one steamer
which is calculatd to carry one and
quarter million feet of lumber. She is to
load for South Africa. The steamship AL
pha is still tied up at Apalachicola, walt
Ing for the quarantine to be raised, when
She will rsume her regular trips between
Mobile and Carrabelle.
r. ]. Bronson, who is confined in the
county jail at Brooksville, charged with
the murder of John I. Sharp, made an I'M
successful attempt to escape Wednesday
night by filing the bars of his cell Bren-
son managed in some unknown way to Sc
cure a file, with which he undertook TO
liberate himself. The Jail is a new one,
just completed, and one of the best made.
While Bronson is a desperate character,
there is little fear that he will escape from
custody
J. G. Truitt and Col. Harp of Buena Wis
ia, have returned from an extended hunt
in the Everglades. They were three weeks
near Paradise Key and report three feet
of water on the ridge south Of Fort Hen
ry. One thing odd about Paradise Key is
that although there is game in abundance,
the Indians never go there. They have a
superstitious fear that a serpent will des
troy them. There are the remains OF an old
Indian camp near the key. The stakes are
HghtWood and are rotting down. And all
the indications are that they have stood
there for a great number of years.
The ex-pOlicemen, John V. Baird, John
Krantz, NJ. c. Kley and Virgil Tucker,
of Jacksonville, the four men who were so
unceremoniously dismissed from the police
force a week or two ago on a charge of
general ihcompetency, have consulted
lawyer relative to the amount of pay due
them by that city. These men claim that
they were employed at so much a month,
and that they had started on a new month
when they were dropped from the force,
and they contend that they are entitled
TO a full months pay and announce that
they intend to have it If possible,
Pensacola Times: Wednesday afternoon
Emmett Touart was searching
for some article in the drawer of bureau
at his home on East 1ntendencia street
and in the search came across an old pis-
tol that Is said to have lain there for
years. At the time his mother was near
the bureau and he started to lift the pis-
toll up to ask her about it. 1t is probable
that the hammer struck against some OBJ
ject for the pistol was suddenly discharg-
ed, sending a ball through Mrs. Touart's
throat, on the left side. The ball made q
flesh wound, passed through the throat
into the wardrobe which stood near by.
John Pattlson and Jennie Glover were
tried at Jacksonville on a charge of steal
ing 81 from the pocket of VIM. Bacon,
colored, Sept. %. It was shown that Pat
tison really committed the deed, and held
Bacon off with a drawn revolver, after
robbing him, while Jennie stood by 10 see
it done. Policeman Greek also testified TO
the robbery and the bad character of both
defendants. The prisoners had no attor-
ney, but told long and rambling stories
about the theft, and why Pattison used
violence towards Bacon, but 1t didn't have
any effect on the jury, and a verdict of
guilty was promptly rendered and Judge
Dogett sentenced Pattison to fifteen and
Glover to two years in state prison. This
is the second time Jennie has been convict
ed The previous time was in June, 1895,
NJ robbery