The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

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There are three steam coontie mills on
/ Biscany bay, besides a number of hand and
horse mills. COontie is worth 5 cents per
pound in Key West, the only mar. ct In the
/ United States for the article.
| The steamer Sam Pyles has brought about
| 1000 boxes of oranges to Panasoffkee this
season from the river and lake reg on.
Samuel Woodward, on the Withlacoochee,
! has also shipped about 800 boxes.
! Irving Dyer, white man and a bachelor,
who was living at Lisbon, in Lake county,
and whose kindred reside at Stone Mountain
and Atlanta, Ga, became a raving lunatic
last week and was carried to the asylum.
| l. T. Stimson, manager for B. NJ. Baer Of
1 Leesburg telegraphed last week to a firm in
| Ocala to send down immediately three kegs
Of 4d. nails, and when the goods arrived
| they were a 50 K of oats and two bales of
| hay.
The big. planter and orange grower,
Samuel Woodward, in the Nv onders"
| country, has purchased $40 acres Of fiue
land in the celebrated WahoO Hammock, in
Sumter county, and will soon bring it under
cultivation.
Capt. Brickell OF Biscayne Bay, has & me
to Key West In the Ada, loaded with gator
hides and coontie He has bought several
| thousand Of these skins from the Indians,
who bring them in every week and barter
for merchandise
Dade county is minus a county Judge,
| sheriff and supervisor of registration. and
in consequence there will be no election in
that county in November The governor
will probably call a special election for
that county to be held some time in January
Sunday morning Leroy Chisholm Of New
Smyrna saw al Immense fish in the ere k
back of his barber slop, stranded by the
receding tide. He captured it and removed
the saw, which measured about 81 feet in
length, while the fish itself measured over
IL feet.
The race at Tampa between the yachts
Mischief and Cora Lee has been decided in
the formers favor. The Cora Lee grou ded
and broke her center-board while trying to
make a short cut through sWash channel
in Charlotte harbOr, when she gave up the
race. The Mischief is still the champion Of
the Gulf Coast
There is on exhibition at Orlando UNIQUE
piece of ornamental work, in the way of a
fan Whitfield out of piece of Crdi airy
W lite piGo board, which represents three
complete fans, ornamented with numerou
smaller ones. 1t is the handlwork Of Nj.
Damford, who lives in the country, few
miles from town.
At Tampa meeting was held in the court
housa on Tuesday morning to discuss the
pucnLlDA VI bDutIIub Gu0 CITY IOT SiO,uUU.
Col. Lucius Finley was called to preside
The meeting was addressed by Col S. NJ
Sparkman in opposition TO bonding, and b.
II. G. Macfarlane and Thomas E. Jackson
in favor of the proposition.
The republicans in jackson county re-
Gently met and nominated the defeated caH-
ddates of the d emocratic convention to til,
offices to which they aspired in that con
ventlon 1t is useless TO say that these
gentlemen declined the hocor, and viii
heartily support the regular nominees
the democratic convention.
The Lennonites from Lake Worth have
been at Biscayne Bay on business with tn
clerk of the court. They had to wall
eighty miles on tne reach. This suggests =
! public road from Miami to the LAKE The
the mail would be carried BY hack, or o
| horseback, instead of the carrier having
walk on the beach and back every week
| A buzzard wearing small bell is payin
his respects to Tallahassee. The tingling Of
the bell attracts crowds Of spectators, an
| his buzzardship seems ID enjoy immen g =
the pr minence that he has 81 suddenly at
tanned to. His fellow birds of filth all SO m to
| recognizes him as grand mogul. They DOME
pear to fear the noise of the bell until e
starts for them, then they get out of tn
way in short order
At Jacksonville, Saturday, Dr. Summers
performed a very difficult lrepanning oper-
alton on the skull of a man by t 10 name of
TubersOD, who was struck over the head in
barroom brawl, a couple of days ago. by
man named Smith, who hit Tuberson with
billiard cue. Tuberson is in a very critical
condition, and the doctor cannot tell
whether he will recover or not Smith is
in the county Jail awaiting the result Of the
injured mans wound.
An old gentleman, an Englishman, left
| Fort Myers last week for Punta Rassa to
take schooner for Key West. He was
told to follow the telegraph wire. He evil
IDENTIFY passed under it without knowing it
and wandered TO the east too far. At all
events he was lost three days and nights
in the woods and was nearly starved, when
two or three COW hunters happened to run
onto him. They had few pieces of bread,
which the old man having eaten, revived
him 80 that he got back to Fort Myers
alive, but pretty nearly used up.
The residence of Linus Frazier, situated
near the old camp ground west OF Gaines
vile, caught fire Thursday night about 7
O'Clock and was destroyed with everything
in it. No one was at home except a boy,
who went to build fire upstairs, and from
which tho fire started. Mr.. Frazier lost
| besides his house. his crop of corn and
cotton, which was stored in the barn. His
daughter losS trunk full of fine clothes
| intended for wedding outfit The total
loss will be nearly 81 900, which falls hard
on him. as it was his all for the support Of
his family.
Arrangements have been made by the
democratic executive committee of Alachua
county to have public speaking at Jones'
vile, on Monday, Oct. %; at Trenton,
Wednesday, "a; at Mt. Horeb, Thursday,
IS; Corinth Friday, &c; High Springs, sat
urday, 81; Island Grove, Monday, 20; Haw-
thorn, Tuesday, 30; Melrose, Wednesday,
81 at Waldo, Thursday, Nov. l; LaCrosse,
Saturday, 3; and again at Jonesville, on
Monday, the 5th, the day preceding the
great democratic victory The county nom
lnees will address the crowds at the above
times and places, assisted by Hons. J. w.
Ashby, +. c. f. Sanchez, Charles L. Fildes,
| sgd L. Carter, b. j. Earle and S. Y. Finley.
While L. C. Whitney and Deputy Sheriff
Quigley Of st. Augustine were riding in a
buggy through Ravenswood, Mr.. Whit
ney's little rau terrier, Beauty, with n
growl, and with all tho hair upon his wee
back standing on end, leaped from the
| buggy, and dashing into the bushes at the
roadside made dash at rAttlesnake The
terrier seized the snake back of the head
and the marks Of his sharp teeth are visible
upon the neck. Mr.. Quigley Immediately
drew his revolver and fired two shots, both
OF which took effect in his snakeships body,
and put an end TO his career This probably
saved the dogs life, for his pluck was en-
tirely ont of prODortion To his size and he