The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25


tinues good. Each week from ten 10
twelve solid cars. with from 10000 TO 14O,-
wv Ash are shipped from that point to he
market centers. With each car of fish
IlVe 10 six tons of ice is required.
A petition was filed at Tampa Monday
asking that Fuller & Houghton of Braid
entown be adjudged involuntary bank
rupts. The total liza bilities are said to be
about $4,000, and the assets about s. O0n
II Is also given out that about $4,000 of
tne indebtedness is unsecured Judge T.
NJ. Simonton. representing creditors, filed
the petition for the bankruptcy.
| }. L. Scarborough. white, a carpenter,
living at 40S Washington street. Tampa.
attempted to commit suicide Sunday MORN
ing. He had been drinking the night be-
fore. and Sunday morning he drank more
than an ounce of laudanum. His wife
saw what he had done, and Immediately
gave the alarm After the most energetic
walking he was finally pronounced past
| danger.
AT FESTIVAL al Evinston Saturday night
John Johnson shot Wilson Greer through
the arm, and Sunday morning, as John
son passed Greer's house, with his pistol
IN hand, Greer poured two loads of No
shot in Johnson's side Both men are
suffering much from their wounds Judge
Chambers of Orange Lake issued warrants
Tor both men to-day. Whisky caused the
disturbance.
The miners below Juette. near OcaIa
had a very uncomfortable experience on
Friday with a crazy negro. He tore a picket
from the fence invaded a house, drove
the inmates from it and demolished what
was in the rooms. AS it was impossible
to catch him one of his pursuers shot at
the fleeing m IN,
aiming his clothes his name was found
TO be George Mynck.
Palatka Advertiser: The Madison Re
corder says that the denomination of Col
Robert W. Davis by the Democrats of the
Second Congressional district seems now
TO be a foregone conclusion, and even the
echoes of what promised to be little
opposition a few months ago have died
away. The brany and brilliant colonel has
been fearless, Outspoken and consistent
and his constituents will show their APP
probation of a good and faithful servant
by honoring him with third term.
The new troops assigned to ST. Francis
barracks at st. Augustine arrived there
from the North by special train Monday
morning. Maj. Scantling is the new COM
mander of the post with Lieut.. McDou-
ough next in rank. The detachment of
the First Artillery. under command of
Lieut.. Stewart, which has been stationed
there for some time, are under orders 20
proceed TO Egmont Key but they win
main there for some time yet. 1t is I'M
derstood that a courtmartial trial viii
be held before the First leaves.
The store and postoffice, both in the
same building. at Duval Station, we're ell
tered and robbed Sunday night of small
amount of money and some goods. The
thieves gained entrance by bending and
twisting out bars TO a window. There is
no clue as to the perpetrators though IL
is suspected it is some of the same parties
who have been robbing stores and post
offices along the lines of railroad between
Savannah and Jacksonville the past
month. Among the goods stolen were two
revolvers, tobacco and cigars.
The workmen of e. H. Cato & Co.'S cigar
factory at Key West declared a strike
Thursday morning, ara appointed a COM
mittee TO lay their grievances before the
managers of the factory. As far as can
be learned, the demands were for an ad-
vance on the prices of several grades of
cigars, better material and lower rents
Mr.. Eduado II. Cato. the president of the
f. II. Cato Cigar Company, is at present
in New York, and until instructions are
received from him, the factory will remain
closed, unless the cigarmakers decide TO
calI the strike OH.
Julio Rodriguez and wife, parents of he
little child which was drowned in the
Fourth ward in Tampa few weeks ago,
ore asking the city for damages. The
child lost its life by slipping from a side
walk into a large pond of water imme-
d ately alongside. The position is taken
that the city is responsible for the exist
ence of the pond. A communica ton from
Samuel BOrchadt and Harris & Peoples
will be presented to the next Council ask
ing that damages be allowed. If This is
NOT granted the suit will be Immediately
taken into the courts
A joint executive committee, composed of
the master workmen of the knights of La
Dor assemblies engaged in the manufac-
ture of timber and lumber in the district
around Pensacola will meet in that city,
Thursday Oct. &c. 10 discuss and endeavor
to settle the existing labor troubles. Rep
resentatives will be in attendance from the
local assemblies at Fairfield, Mason, Boy
kin, Rome. Brewton Canoe, Atmore Cas-
tleberry. Downing Camp, Pollard, Kirk |
land, Hammal Flomaton, Cohassett. Mel
rose River Falls, Evergreen and Harold, |
Ala, and Pensacola. Pine Barren, Escam-
bia. Muscogee, Milton, Delta and Milview,
Fla.
Jacksonville Call: On Saturday Chief of |
Police Vinzant, at the request of parents,
went to a disreputable house in this city |
and took therefrom their daughter who |
has been giving them considerable trou- |
bic here of late by her conduct, and de- |
livered her to the heart broken parents. |
The girl evidently had her head bent on
going to the bad, yesterday she left her |
home again, leaving a note telling her |
parents that they were making her do |
as she did, on account of their strict dis |
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them again, and that she was going to |
leave the city. A search was made for |
her yesterday, but she could not be found |
and it is believed that she has gone to |
Savannah.
Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen:
Weak and i'll, and fearing that he would |
soon prove victim to consumption Nor
ris Roche, a young man VINO was born and |
reared in this city committed suicide at |
the home of his sister, in Chaseville, yes |
terday afternoon. With a pocket knife |
sharpened TO razor edge, he stood before |