The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-21
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! years OF age. 81 feet high, mas heavy
moustache When last seen he wore a dark
suit of clothes and q broad hat and low
cut shoes. More received a pistOl-shot in
| the left arm.
The electric light company, that prom
I Used to give Orlando a full-hedged plant by
May 1 last. seems 10 have met with OBJ
stac.es. Poles were secured and set for
the wires, building was erected, and now
the engine, boiler. dynamos and other ma
chinery are there, but no one Is 10 pay the
| freight and claim the property 1t has been
claimed that the property has not been
paid for, and is sin owend by the ship
pers II so here is an opportunity for some
one to undertake ar enterprise already
wen started. No doubt satisfactory ar
rangements for the material could be
made.
A very strange and sad occurrence hap
pened at Westville Friday. A. A. Porter's
little boy, about eight years old went TO
the drug store and called for cents worth
OF strychnia. The druggist, j. w. HaW-
klns, asked him what he wanted it for, ana
the boy tod him his mother wanted it TO
xiii rats. As his parents had been in the
habit of sending him there for drugs Mr..
. Hawkins, not thinking anything wrong,
gave him the strychnia. About an hour af-
doctor. Before he could get DR.. Lee and get
back, the boy was dead. on inquiry it was
found that his parents had not sent him to
the drug store, and did not know he had
been there until after his death. His moth
er had whipped him, and sent him short
distance after white sand, and he had gone
TO the drug store with the intention Of get
ting the poison, as he had at differenr
times wished he was dead. and said a short
time before that he would die soon. The
druggist claims he gave him a fun bottle
Of poison, but the bottle could not be
found; only a small amount was found
loose In his pocket.
Little Annie Van Delden, the eight-year-
old daughter Of Prof. A. NJ. Van Delden,
Of Key West, experienced most painful
accident Thursday morning. The electric
wires running from Windsor Lane into
Passover street parted and We're hanging
down, trailing on the ground. The little
girl, not knowing the danger, brushed the
wire with her right arm. The shock caused
her to catch hold of the wire with her left
hand. Immediately her little body was en-
veloped in flames. Fortunately the shock
threw her away from the wire and the cur
rent was detached Her brother ran to her
and found her unconscious. Medical aid
was summoned at once and the wounds is
in the left hand, the flesh of which is burn
ed terribly, and the bones are twisted. The
right arm and leg are also badly burned,
and Httle blisters and bruises are scat
tered over her body. Whoever is RESPONSE
ole for this accident is guilty of a most
criminal negligence. The fact that the
wires We're hanging was web known to the
lneman, for he had been there and left
small boy to watch the wires. The boy left
and the wires were unguarded. An investi-
CATION VIA be made.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Miss Mamie Lou
Jones, of Jacksonville, was married in this
city yesterday at the residence Of the
brides uncle, Mr.. ]. r. Jones, to Mr.. Da-
vid Henderson, of Charlotte, NJ c. The
ceremony, which was performed by Rev.
John II. Miller, d. D., pastor of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, was most
beautiful and impressive one The bride
has resided in this city for several months,
| having moved here from Savannah, Ga.
and has legion of friends, who wish her
a long life, fun of happiness and content
ment. Mr.. Henderson is wen and favorably
known as a trusted employe of the Flor
ida Central and Penlnsular Railroad Com
pany and IS held in high esteem by his en-
ployers and his host Of friends all of whom
express their best wishes for the success
of the happy couple. Mr.. and Mrs Hem
derson left this morning for a trip Of two
or three weeks, most of which win be spent
in the mountains of North Carolina after
which they will return to this city where
| they VIII reside. The wedding was a very
| quiet one, only the relatives and a few
| friends being present. Mr.. Charles r. Jones
| Of the Clyde Steamship Line is also an
uncle of the bride.