The morning news., 1897-05-18

The General Electric Company of Allan
ia, operating the electrict light plant of
Ocala, has given notice that the works will
be shut down, and removed from that city
on June l. unless the city will contract
for lights fer term of one or two years.
The city council has the matter under ad-
Vlsement, but il is quite probable that
they will let the company move the plant.
Inere Is strong feeling in favor of the
city erecting and owning its own plant, and
this will probably be the outcome.
Sam Mann and a person by the name Of
Surrenesson were killed by lightning near
Fort Meade on Thursday Mann was cut
ting wood for the phosphate company, five
miles west of the town. He told the men
he was working with that if he did not
return to camp that night that they might
know that he had gone home. They We're
not anxious, therefore, when he did not
turn up at night. Saturday evening they
saw some buzzards moving over the spot
where he had been at work, and, upon
going there, found his dead body. He
leaves a wife and one child. Surrenesson
was killed at Phosphoria.
Senator-elect Stephen r. Mallory, who
was elected by the legislature last week
to succeed ex-senator Can, has accepted
an invitation of the Bryan and Sewall
Central Silver Club of DuVal County to
attend a banquet given in his honor at
the Windsor hotel at Jacksonville, the
night after the adjournment of the pres
ent session of the legislature. 1t is the
intention of the club to have large num-
Der of prominent democrats present from
all over the state and have a regular love
feast over the election of Senator NAL
lory. The newly elected senator will de-
liver an address on this occasion.
In the lower house of the Florida legis-
lature Saturday a communication was
presented by Hendry of Taylor, signed by
himself and Burnsed of Baker the two
populist members, in which they claimed
that their ballots elected the United States
senator. The letter was a strong polit-
zeal document from the populistic stand
point. Mr.. Harris characterized the doc
ument as an insult, and moved that 1t
should not be allowed to go on the jour
nal Mr. Stockton said that he saw no
reason why the communication should
not be allowed to go on the journal. Mr.
McCTeary hoped that ii would not be al
lowed; he said that the proper place for
such paper was in the press. The House
refused to allow the communication to go
on the journal,
Katie Armstrong, a young colored wo-
man, unmarried, died at her home at Jack
SOlNlAlG SATURDAY III great agony from the
results of burns, caused by her clothing
becoming ignited from a lamp which ex-
ploded. The accident occurred Thursday
c. B. Thornton and Z. F. Sperry of Or
iando have leased the South Florida fair
grounds, at Orlando, for a term of ten
years. The tract embraces eighty acres
of land, is incosed with "A substantial and
close board fence, has mile race course,
with grand stand, judges stand, etc. aud
there is also a large and commodious ex-
position building. AT one corner of the
inclosure is a considerable tract of un-
occupied land Upon this the lessees pro-
pose to plant an extensive pinery Within
the circle of the tract is a large plot of
ground which they will lease to parties
who desire to plant tobacco or such other
crops as would not interfere with the use
of the race course or Obstruct the view
from all sides.
Thrasher Easton and w. L. Easton.
two negroes. we're tried at Jacksonville
Saturday before Justice Willard on the
charge of assault with intent to murder
Jim Baxter, who was shot several weeks
ago, while in c. c. Buffers free-and-easy
and who has not yet recovered from the
wounds received. The men were ordered
committed to Jail without bond to await
the result of the wounds inflicted upon
Baxter. The two men were ar
rested in the disoTderly house
of Annie Mckinney, and they
are believed to be the men who are
implicated in the robbery, several weeks
ago, of a store in Marion county during
which robbery two men were killed, and
for which three negroes were lynched
They are also suspected Of the robbery of
a country store in Southern Georgia The
men say that they are brothers. Both are
very tall and muscular. They have
smooth shaven faces and the color of
their skin is a very dark brown. One of
the brothers is connected, it is said, with
the robbery of a store at Dinsmore, and
Is also implicated in the robbery of the
store and iooting of the postofice at
Orange Park. They say that they have
just returned from ST. Louis, Mo-. where
they have been for number of years, al
though they claim Jacksonville as their
home. Inquiry will also be made as TO
whether or not they are wanted for the
shooting of man al st. Louis With all
these suspicious circumstances against
them, they will have to bring strong evil
dence to save themselves from long sem
tences in jail The following property
was recovered from them: Two solitaire
diamond rings. one Of which has engraved
inside of it, "Annie to Fred a heavy
wide gold wedding ring; a large-slzed
ady's gold watch, Waltham movement
case set with a diamond; a gold chain
with a pendant medal made OF the two
sides of the case Of gold watch. the
pieces having been fiattened out, these
backed to each other and riveted togeth-
er, making a watch charm somewhat
larger in size than a silver dollar.
COMING TO SAVANNAH.