The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14

been shooting them, and ne started out 90
| Investigate. Suddenly O large bear rose
up before him and nearly ran over him
IL jumped into the lagoon and swan
across, ard is still at large though sew
eral hunters have been out after It,
The little 5-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Painter of DeLand, met with
a serious accident Monday. one which
came near proving fatal He fell from a
picket fence and was impalcd on one Of
the sharp pickets, penetrating the abdo-
men. His condition is sHn critical.
During the thunder storm of last FRI
day night lightning struck the house OF
Mr.. Matt Kennedy, who lives about three
miles from Jasper. Mr.. Kennedy,
and , his wife and daughter were
knocked down, and the young lady
was rendered unconscious. in which
condition she remained for sew aral
hours, and is at this time considered to
be in a dangerous safe.
Prof sayler win not teach the New
Smyrna school and has left that place
under a cloud, which had a sensational
aspect. He is a married man of family
and is accused of living whispered sweet
nOthings 10 a H-year-old girl of that
place. The young lady strongly denounced
his proffered affection and before the
chairman of the school board could in
stitute an investigation Prof. Sayler had
left the county.
Walucha's orange groves were never in
a more hourishlng condition than now
The growers contend that as the cold
wave came from the South last winter
it viii never occur again, and in conse-
Quence grove property is advancing in
pf
and grape fruit were shipped from this
point last season, and notwithsta nding
the cold of last winter and the excessive
drought all through the spring and sum-
mer, the best judges claim 10000 boxes for
the present crop. Albert Carlton esti-
mates his crop above last years yield
which was $500 boxes.
The residence of J. A. Melton at Ocala
was damaged by fire Friday morning. The
fire resulted from defective fue The
residence is situated on an elevated tract
of land. The pinnacle Of the two-stOry
house proper caught and owing to the
elevation of the building. which s on
higher ground than that on which the
water tower is situated, the pressure was
not strong enough to throw the water
over the roof. The result was that, not
Withstanding the herculean efforts of the
1remen ably handled by Chief Ed Car
was burned, while the damage done the
lower story by water was considerable
The neighbors rallied manfully to the res
cue and by untiring work saved nearly
all Of Mr.. Melons furniture. The resi-
dence was a very handsome one, and orig
inalIy cost in the neighborhood of 5000
II was insured for $1,000 and the furni-
ture for $1,000.
Jacksonville Times-Union Correspond
ence from Tampa: 1t seems that Judge
Phillips of this circuit has stirred up =
hornets nest over an order he issued to-
the sheriff of Polk county yesterday The
sheriff reported TO him that he understood
that the negro soldiers encamped at Lake
land intended to attack the jail ana take
out a prisoner. Judge Phillips, as pre-
cautionary measure, ordered the prisoner
carried to the De Soto county Jail. Peo-
pie arriving in Tampa this morning from
Lakeland and Barlow say that the order
has aroused the indignation of many PEG
PIE, who are opposed to moving a pris-
oner Just because a lot of lawless negroes
want to take him out of jail These poo
pie claim that they are able to care for
their jail and desire to do so. From all
the information that can be gathered an
attempt on that Jail at present would
mean a bloody war in Polk county, and
that the results would compare with some
of the battles of the army In Cuba. The
people say that now that the negro sol
diers have demonstrated what they are
there is nothing to do but simply wait
for another attack and then kill them
The recent conduct of these soldiers has
made the white people very bitter toward
them, and there is little doubt that either
in Polk county or at this place it would
now take but very little to ignite the
spark into flame.