The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-18

Palatka last week and is now IN Jail at En-
terpriSe
| Lenard, on the Orange Belt railway, has
shipped over 200 crates of vegetables up
to June 10, and expected 20 ship an addt-
uonal Loo during last week.
The city election at Fernandina will be
held on the third Tuesday, July II, when
two alderman from ward No !, two from
ward No. 8. city tax collector, and city
treasurer, will be elected.
The Savannah professionals" a colored
base ball club, has been playing series of
games in Fernandina. Now subscription
list is being circulated TO assist the burSted
team in getting back to their homes
T. W. Foster, representing the Indian
river canning company. of Jacksonville and
Kansas City, was in Punta Gorda, Wednes-
day He has lust returned from the Ba-
hama isles, where hesecured2 Z, 600 turtles for
the company.
DR.. T. NJ. Higgins has completed the
| frame work Of his new house, on the main
busidess avenue of Oakland, and overlook
ing the lake. It's dimensions are % by 80
feet, and two stories high. The architect is
his wife, and they expect to occupy it within
the next fortnight
TIE South and West land development
! and railroad construction company has
been incorporated under the laws OF Florida,
| the authorized capital being s., 100000
with privilege to increase. >. N Van
! Praag, is president. The aim Of the COM
| pany is to develop and to settle up the
vacant lands in the south, start towns,
| build additions to towns and cities, develop
mines and construct railroads.
While out hunting near Fernandina,
| Thursday afternoon, the attention of two
colored boys was attracted by a flock of
| buzzards about 100 feet TO the right
of the county road, beyond the draw
bridge. On investigation they found in a
clump of bushes the dead body Of an old
negro woman, which was identified as that of
Caroline Drummond, who formerly lived
near DR.. Harrison's and who had lett home
about ten days previously for the city.
where she had been in the habit of seeking
charity. The corpse was almost nude and
| frightfullY decomposed, and the buzzards
! had evidently been eating it. Death was the
result of natural causes
Can't Grove Cochran, of the sloop ma
rian' returned to Punta Gorda last week
after an extended cruise in Charlotte Har-
Dor waters. He had in charge a couple of
New York gentlemen, intention uarpon fish
ing. Twenty of these gamey fish were
caught by the party, the largest weighing
LAG pounds. Capt. Cochran says that he is
convinced That it is not necessary for fisher
men to go to Punta Rassa and other distant
PONIES TO catch tarpon, as the waters of the
immediate bay-right in front Of Punta
Gorda-F.nd in the vicinity of Cleveland,
have just as many tarpon fish as any other
locality, which can easily be caught if
tished Tor in the proper manner.
Among the curiosities of Harbor View,
on Charlotte Harbor, are number of do
meyticated cranes in the possession of Judge
| DeCoster and Grove Cochran. Judge De
Coster's flock consists of one large white
crane and four young blue herons They have
become very. tame, walking around the
yard with the chickens and into the house
at every opportunity, and it is truly anus
| ing to see their noisy demonstration as they
beg for their dinner. They are not confined,
but roam the place at large aud seem to
have no desire TO fly away. The cranes of
Mr.. Cochran, which he has not had but
few days. consist Of one large silver gray
heron and four very young ones. These
| cranes when grown are next to the "Sand
Hip in size, standing nearly as high as a
man, and no doubt will be as easily tanned
as those of the judge.
Oakland Sun: The Wekiva hammocks
are the great attraction of the Glen Ethel
section, which is nine miles southwest of
Sanford. These lands are being sold very
cheap to induce a strong tide of immigra-
| ton and are among the very richest in the
state. In looking over the region a short
time since the writer was strongly i'm
| pTeoSou WITH ULO IucC tudU UulS SnOulu, ana
doubtless will, become a center for the sugar
cane industry, both syrup and sugar. If
| the great experiment now in progress at
st. Cloud is Il success, as it promises to be,
here would be the place for a great sugar
refinery, for there are thousands upon
thousands of acres of splendid hammocks
along the Wekiva just suited for that es-
pecial purpose, particularly if. in some
places, there should be drainage at even
moderate expense. No land can excel this
for tobacco. The pine land is hardly first
class, but still well adapted to the growth
of the orange.
Oakland Sun. There was something of
sensation in Oakland on Tuesday last
Joseph Henschen went around the town and
introduced to the public huge liking"
snake, 6 feet long by 2 inches in thickness
at the largest part. The reptile and Mr.
Henschen were on the best of terms He
carried it in his hands and on the crown of
his hat, and seemed to make it his especial
business, for the time being, TO hunt up his
numerous friends, all of whom seemed to
have grown suddenly cold toward him, flee
ing from his presence as If he had the yell
low fever or Asiatic cholera. There Is a
good deal Of weird, fantastic humor about
Mr. Henschen, but when it falls into this
particular line it doesn't seem to be much
appreciated by the public. The king snake,
however, has no fangs and cannot bite, but
is a rather grotesque and uncanny playfel-
low. 1t is said to be the deadly extermi-
nator of the rattleSnake, so his utility may
condone his repulsive aspect.