Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-14

Chas. L. tildes, late editor of the
gainesville Bee, is about to leave for
Denver, COL, where he will practice law.
Columbia county has but $50 80 Yin scrip
outstanding, while there Is more than
four times that amount OF cash ON hand.
A stuffed rattlesnake, feet long with
Is rattles, is suspended in front OF a Mari
anna liquor saloon. Rather n suggestive
sign.
Young hooking birds, it is said, are
being caught all over the State in such
quantities as to threaten their extinction
unless the Legislature interferes.
Orange county must not grumble about
the mail transit for a while. The Free
Press says sit takes two days for
mail to reach Gainesville from Ocala" by
rail.
The petition of It. b. Smith to open a
liquor saloon at Plant City was refused
by the commissioners on June /, for lack
oil sufficient number of signatures.
Pine Level Times: We are informed
that gentleman from Boston. with sur
veyor from the office OF the Railway and
Navigation Company, has been making
careful surveys of Shell creek below Liv-
erpool and Peace river above Dishong's
Ferry. The parties concerned say they
are taking numbers of land, but we think
they are railroadlng.
Halifax Journal: just before Harry
Shaw settled on the Halifax coast with a
companion, he spent some time down
about CaprOn shooting birds for their
plumes. Once out on the flats near Lake
OkeechObee he saw fine eagle in pine
tree, and crept down a narrow trail
through the high grass towards it. StOop-
ing over he carried his gun before him,
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Suddenly huge alligator seized the gun
by the barrel, at the same time tearing his
clothes with his teeth. The gun exploded
in the reptiles mouth, soaring him so that
he let go OF it, and as he darted past
Harry knocked him over all of a heap,
and he escaped INTO pond close by. AS
an evidence OF the immense strength of
jaw possessed by the animal, the gun was
so dented by his teeth that it had to be
taken to a gunsmitb at Titusville for re-
pairs.
Suwannee Sulphur Springs correspond
ence OF the MORNING NEWS, June u:
Ceres seems to have smiled on this section
Of the peninsula State, tor crops are in a
very tiourishing condition, and cOnse-
quently the tillers of the soil are jubilant
over the prospect of rich harVests.-The
Suwannee Sulphur Springs have q well
deserved reputation for their health-giving
properties. There are many visitors daily
coming here, and there is, of course, the
inevitable pleasure seeker to be found
among the members. for alligators, orange
trees and other curiosities are attractions
which few can resist.-The Hotel
Suwannee, owned by ScOville & Culpep-
per, was an elegant building. The tower
ing chimneys are now all that remains to
tell the story of what was once the finest
and most beautifully situated hotel in
the Land of Flowers. Where the soft
music of stringed instruments was once
waited by the evening breeze down the
Suwannee now the only sound that dis
turbs the peaceful stiffness is the plain
tive cry of that peculiar night bird, the
whippOorwill, singing near the ruins of
Hotel SuWannee.-Live Oak, situated
on the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad, about eight miles
from the Springs, is thriving little
town. Several brick buildings add an air
of Importance and will-be-a-city-after
awhile look TO the place that is positively
refreshing. If the artesian well proves a
success this town will never suffer the
ignOminy Of being called 'dead oak"
With the advent of warm weather the
roller skating rink fever has abated in
Live Oak. No more does the professional
artist gyrate on one toe before the gaze of
an admiring public; no more does the
amateur measure space; no more does
the dude ''enthuse" over the delights Of
roller skating. The rink, with all its
glittering fascination, is closed.