Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-01

drought has worked great injury to the
vegetables. On some OF the Keys the
watermelons suffered from frequent raids
made by raccoons. They eat up the
melons to obtain water.
The resignation of Rev. w. K. FULLY as
pastor OF the Ocean street Presbyterian
Church, Jacksonville, leaves that church
after his departure without regular pas
tor, and as yet, we understand, success
sor has not been considered.
Saturday night, at Tavares, in dis
turbance between some railroad negroes,
Isaac Vines was seriously, if not fatally,
shot by Robert Cook a negro known rs
"Snaggle-tooth Bob" Cook was arrested.
The dthculUy was about a woman.
fine brass cannon has been presented
TO the Captain of the steamship City OF
Monticello by the New York and Charles
ton line for beating the City of Palatka to
Charleston on the trip they made from
Jacksonville together short time ago.
A young man from across the river Gre
ated quite disturbance in the office of
the Florida Southern railway, at Palatka,
Monday, where knives and pistols were
drawn, but the Marshal arrived on the
scene and put an end to all Warlike move
ments.
The heaviest rain of the season at IT,
tusvihe fell last Tuesday afternoon, the
ground being flooded tOr some time. The
rain came Just in time to save the orange
crop, for if 1t commenced at a much later
date it would have caused the crop to
split badly.
The granite caps to be placed on the
water battery of Fort Marion, st. Au-
gustine, for the mounting of the big guns,
should have been there month ago, but
have been delayed Tor some unknown
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guns will be mounted.
Charles d. Sweet, OF TIT mr. has
made 9x3 map of Florida, Mil hows
the ''inside PASSAGE with greaSis! Nision
from Daytona to Jupiter, 250' &9s or
more. 1t is drawn from the United'4 ates
survey. and is a splendid piece of work
manship, showing as it does not only the
rivers but the land claims on each side o.
them.
Sumterville Times: Orders for straw
berry plants are still coming in from all
parts of the county. One gentleman from
Central Hill wants his order booked for
10000 and will probably want 5000 to
10000 more. Another from Bushnell
wants 10000, one from Clermont wants
$4,000 to 10000 and so it goes. First
come first served, but the cash always in
sures the order.
The United States engineer steamer
Arbutus, Capt. Dave Ellis, returned to
Key West from the Rebecca shoal last
week. She experienced very heavy
weather down there, and the Captain re-
ports that the storm carried away the
platform, engine, pile cutter, tackles-in
fact everything but the foundation piles
recently driven. He will get new material
and go back and proceed with the erection
of the lighthouse when the weather per-
mlts.
Waldo Advertiser: Capt. Armour
showed us some very fine apples grown
on his valuable place in the suburbs OF
Waldo. We were indeed surprised to be-
hold them. They were of fine color, good
size and delicious flavor. Capt. Armour
feels confident that apples may be grown
profitably here, if they are properly cared
tor and cultivated. The trees are bearing
well, and he hopes that next years crop
will be unusually large if no disaster
befalls it.
The following scheme is now being ex-
clusively practiced in a certain portion OF
the State, and bids fair to be the proper
thing now in very tony circles. The plan
is to flavor watermelons and the way of
doing it is this: Take a watermelon that
is ripe, or nearly so, and cut it of with
about six inches of stem and then put the
stem in vessel of water that is favored
with some kind of extract, The flavor
ing is absorbed through the stem into the
melon and gives it a delicious taste.
The people of the Manatee region and
Of Pnelas and Diston City must again
suffer disappointment in their mail SER
vice. Mr.. VIM. C. Chase, of Baltimore,
has thrown uD the contract already. The
Tampa Guardian says il is well that be
has for be never could have fulfilled it.
The idea of running a steamboat SIX DAYS
of the week, round trips between Tampa
and the Manatee river, with side supply
three days in the week to Diston City and
Pinellas Tor the sum of 1904 must indeed
have been conceived in the mind of
amateur mail contractor.
Key West Democrat; We are informed
that DR.. Burgess, the agent OF the Monroe
County Board Of Health in Havana,
charges all passengers TO this port 81 for
the health certificate which is required
by this board. This certificate is merely
one of acclimatiOn, showing that the
holder is not likely to import diseases Of
an infectious or contagious nature. We
are also informed that DIR. Burgess, after
once having given the health certificate,
charges for viseing the same fthey should
be used again. Now, when we reflect
that these parties go to DR.. Burgess
office and he only asks a few questions
and signs and fills in a printed form,
we can only regard this charge as an
infamous eXtortion. Last trip the Mas
cote brought over about seventy passen-
gers, which, we believe, is her usual num-
Der. She makes two trips per week. One
hundred and forty passengers at 81 would
be $3.50 a week, or 81, 100 month Tor not
doing eight hours work. This is infa-
nous, especially when we remember that
Or. Burgess is the United States quaran-
tine officer at that port, At good salary.
Fifty cents would be full charge tor this
certificate. W. call the attention of the au-
thOrities at Washington and also OF the
Board Of Health here, who appointed Bur.
CESS, 10 the tax upon passenger to this
port, and demand the dismissal nj this
robber.
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