The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-31

be found that the tangerine will probably
lead all other varieties in bulk of crop.
Many of the old groves are being rebuild
ded to this variety alone. A professional
builder, who is doing as much work in
his line as any other man in that region,
states that he is setting more tangerine
buds than of all other varieties combined.
The tangerine is a popular orange, always
free bearer, and the fruit always COM
mands fancy price.
There is as yet no news of the capture
of c. P. Mum, the slayer of the Smith
brothers, at Monroe's turpentine farm,
near Lake City. The following is de-
scription of the man who killed two men
for a couple of dollars and walked off un-
restrained through large crowd of white
men and negroes: Forty years of age,
weight 1S5 pounds, hight 6 feet inches,
complexion fair, with rcd mustache, clean
shSven, except muslache, dark blue eyes,
which are piercing when he is excited;
wears No. shoe, and when last seen had
on calico shirt, light striped pants and
broad brimmed black hat; carries .3S
Smith & Wesson, blue Steel, pistol 5-inch
barrel. A reward of $25 is offered for his
apprehension by Sheriff Hancock. Hon.
John f. White has issued orders to recon-
vene the grand jury to investigate the
case.
The news of Right Reverend John
Moore's serious illness at Allegheny was
received with deep regret in St Augustine,
not only by the members of the Cathedral
congregation, but by every one who knows
him. Bishop Moore was stricken with
paralysis while preaching sermon at ST.
Mary's Church in Allegheny on Sunday
last. This is the second stroke that the
Bishop has suffered within the last few
years, and his condition is reported as Sc
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the latest news of his condition. The eff
feet of the last stroke is made more dan
gerous on account of the fact that the
Bishop is well advanced in years, and of
late has become somewhat enfeebled.
Bishop Moore has been in charge of the
Florida district of the Catholic Church
for nearly quarter of a century during
which time he has worked necessarily,
establishing new churches and raising
funds 20 support them.
A double tragedy, the effects of too
much "moonshine' rum, was enacted at
a dance at Lewis turpentine camps, about
three miles northeast of Chipley, between
and 10 o'clock Sunday night which re-
suited in the death of two negroes-a
man and a woman-and the wounding
of one white man and two negroes. One
of the negroes became crazy drunk, and
while eight or ten couples were
dancing he drew his revolver and COM
menced to shoot at the feet of the dane
ers, but before he did any damage he was
persuaded to leave the room. However,
he returned in few moments and com
menced to shoot Unfortunately, one ball
striking one of the male dancers on the
hands, breaking one of his fingers; ne
gro woman, who was on the floor dane
ing at the time, was shot through the
heart and instantly killed, and a white
man by the name Of Skipper, who was
attending the negro dance, was shot
through his left wrist, the ball passing
between the bones, without breaking
either of them; and still another negro
was shot through the muscle of his arm
and through the feshy part of his side.
All of these wounds were inflicted by one
negro with pistol, who was still at his
hellish work when Mr.. Dixon, the woods
rider for the Lewis turpentine camps,
arrived on the scene with his rifle and or
dered the crazy negro to throw down his
pistol, to which the negro replied: 81 will
die first" but before he had an oppor-
tunity to point his pistol at Mr.. Dixon
that gentleman shot him dead. A coron-
ers Jury was empaneled and Mr. Dixon
was exonerated, and the man who killed
the woman having been killed by Mr..
Dixon, there was no one against whom a
verdict could be rendered, hence there
will be no arrests growing out of The
tragedy, unless the party who sold the
Illicit rum to the negroes can be detected.