The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24

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is the natural site The Etowah company
have purchased the rails for tramroad to
the great Crow iron mine. With good
weather the output of ores, iron and man
ganese will be large.
FLORIDA.
Barber & Morrison's store and stock at
Bar bervllle was burned at O'clock a. m
Feb. % Loss total. The cause of the fire
Is unknown.
Efforts are being made at Anthony to
break up gang of hog thieves who infest
that city, Several parties have been ar
rested and jailed.
A number of Irish immigrants are set
Ting in Wakulla county. These Irishmen
are sensible. They have chosen one of the
vr'y best counties in Florida for man TO
earn his living by tilling the soil.
Barlow Adrance Courier: Mr.. T. J.
Cowart, who lives five miles east of town
across Peace river, sent Mrs Cleveland a
beautiful present last Monday, to be pre-
sented to her by Mr.. C. l. Page at the Sub
Tropical. 1t was a cluster of twelve superb
grape fruit" on twig fifteen or twenty
inches long, and with its beautiful foliage
making a novel and doubtless welcome
present to the eyes of that charming lady
1t was gallant act ON the part of Mr.. Cow
art, and most commendable.
The sad experience of Tampa and some
other places in South and Central Florida
last summer is leading to happy results in
Daytona. Its citizens have become thor
oughly aroused to the Importance of system
attic drainage. Several public meetings
have been held, and permanent organiza-
ton effected. known as the Home Improve
ment Club. Its purpose is to devise Yeans
for improving the sanitary conditioner the
town. and with this in view, will endeavor
to discover the most feasible and economic
method applicable to draining it, and car
rying off its sewage. The results Of the in
veStigation will be reported to the town for
action. The club has engineers employed
determining the degree of fall and other
data necessary for deciding upon plan of
construction, and probable cost About
$4,000, it is thought, will cover the ex-
pense, and TO raise this amount it is pro-
posed to bond the town.
TdtlGhnSSee0R: Last Friday as the east
bound train came laundering past the resi-
dence of Mr.. Thomas Harden. a bridge
carpenter on the Florida Railway and Navi-
cation railroad, near Midway, Mrs. Harden
looked out and saw her youngest babe,
bright little son of four summers, playing
grasp for the GINA, but was too late The
engine rushed by at that moment, tearing
away part of her clothing, and crushing
beneath its ponderous wheels the form of
her darling boy. The train had just left
Midway, and the engineer says he was look
ing back for signals from the conductor and
did not see the child until the engine was
almost upon it. Breaks were put on, the
lever reversed and everything in his power
was done to take up, but the engine and
one car had passed over the mangled re-
mains of the little innocent before the train
could be stopped. To see her precious babe
crushed, almost within her grasp, was a
terrible ordeal for a loving mother.
Haines City was the scene of murder on
Tuesday. 1t seems that a playful scuffie
took place between James Council and
Thomas w. Gallman, of Golman, both
laborers, which soon resulted in fight The
bystanders interfered and Gallman turned
to attend to cooking his breakfast, when
Council dealt him a blow on the head with
the fiat of shovel. The victim liYed until
about noon, when he died from the effects of
the blow Although his skull was not ap-
parently broken, yet the shovel was dented
nearly an inch Council made his escape,
although some one tried to stop him by
firing two shots after him with a Winches-
ter rife but without effect. Council is
said by the negroes to be an escaped con-
Wet and to have killed two men previously
five feet eight inches in height, and weighs
about $50 pounds, teeth perfect, color
medium dark, has an excrescence on the
outside of his right hand similar to the spur
of fowl, face broken out with some kind
of eruption.
Fernandina Correspondence Times Union j.
The amount of building that is very quietly
going on is surprising, and we are informed
OF much more that is contemplated this
season. Our city authorities are putting
the streets in excellent condition and
making everything. perfect sanitarily. In
the matter of health Fernandina stands at
the head of all of Florida's healthy towns,
and this is probably due, in great measure,
to two recently added elements to our nat
urally healthy surrounding-the creosote
works and our artesian well. This may
appear incredulous to many, but it is
nevertheless a fact that the people are
showing an increased degree of health
in their appearance from some cause,
one of which is known to be from
the use of water from the artesian
well, which is proving its healing virtues
with a large number. Enough is already
known to warrant us in saying that this
water is certain remedy for dyspepsia and
indigestion. In general debility it - indi-
eating wonderful results, and also in Vheu-
matte and equity affections. This, in com
bination with the atmo phere impregnated
with the exquisite odor of the pine III a
concentrated form, which emanates from
the creosote works and gives us the health
full ozone of the pine forest with iodiZed and
saline sea air is causing our citizens to
show clear compilations, bright eyes and
ROSY cheeks as a result. Peaches, colored
man, and the supposed murderer of the man
found several weeks since near Fort Clinch,
was captured at Callahan Monday, and is
now in jail.