The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-24

FLORIDA.
The health officers Of Escamb.a county
will board every train from the South,
hereafter
1t is said that the citizens of Monticello
have promised their ball club $500 if il wins
the game there to-day.
Columbia county sends forward with her
exhibit a squash weighing 81 pounds and a
gourd weighing 43 pounds.
A N. Hawthorn, WAC has the contract
for the building Of the Lake City institute,
is now at work on the framing,
The lumber has been sawed for a new
Methodist church at Perry, Taylor county,
for some time, but the building hangs fire.
Friday, man from the country br ught
a number of SKINS of white cranes to
Quincy for sale. Their plumage was Deauti-
tul
Immense quantities Of LeConte pears
have been shipped from Quincy during the
past week, and the crop is not yet half ex-
hausted
Never before has so much freight passed
through the depot at Quincy as during the
past few months, and the business is rapidly
increasing.
o. E. Geer of Lake City has gathered 50
far from his Sumatra tobacco crop owe,
1000 stalks, and it is pronounced equal t.
the imported article.
The prospect for good crops of all kinds
IN Gadsden county was never be ,ter than it
now Is, and if the seasons continue good the
yield will be immense.
T. J. Summerall of Suwaunee Shoals, one
Of Columbia county's model farmers, gath
cred this season, of the NINETY day" oats
an average Of thirty bushels PER acre.
A day or two ago lightning struck
twenty live or thirty yards from the moss
mill, at Gainesville, aud i've or six trees
were struck and 50 badly injured by the
| same bolt that they will probably die.
The first of the new crop of sweet tota-
toes made their appearance in market at
Lake City on Saturday last, and was rea l.
ly taken at good prices. 1t pays to push and
have the different crops come in early.
Information is wanted of the where
abouts Of young man named Freddie Ham
ilton Gilman by his mother, Mrs Alvira
Gilman, Kalkaska, Mich Young Gilman
was in Fernandina about May IS, and IN
tended sailing for New York. Nothing is
known Of him since that date.
Henry 7. Austin, of Spring Warrior, had
| a curiosity in the way Of kitten which
was born at his house recently. 1t hal five
legs, two tongues and two throats, all dis
tinctly visible. Its head was round like a
neach and was divided into four parts, each
half containing tongue. The kitten died
IN snort time after its birth.
j. e. Kauser a Hungarian, and a civil
engineer of note, has located in Pensacola
with his family. He is now engaged in
boring at Navy Cove for the purpose #
ascertaining the character of the bottom
where the marine railway and dock COM
pany propose to establish their works 1t
is expected that at a depth OF twenty-five CT
thirty feet will be found a stratum Of earth
adapted to their purposes for good foun-
| dation.
At Tampa, Sat Irday afternoon, as a
party of bathers were indulging in a swim
OIL the garrison, one of them, while diving
came in contact with a small child floatin :
several feet beneath the surface. Unfor-
tunately the person diving became unnervcd
on seeing II aud made no attempt to raise L
to the surface or secure it so that an inques t
! could he held The bather who saw it is
positive that the child is a white one and is
very small.
! F. NJ. Chatham of Madison was on the
| train which was wrecked near Aucilla last
! week. The coach IN which he was riding
| was not W eCked and while he went to the
! telegraph station the coach was taken back
to Dritton by special train which follwed
! the wrecked train. In his valise which he
left III the coach was a coat containing his
| pocketb book and S55 or $50 in money. HIS
| vallse was restored 70 him next morning,
but he is minus his pocketbook and money
| yet.
The hot weather of the past few DAYS is
keeping all the hands at Carl Nogt &,
Sons La Rosa tobacco plantation. near
Quincy, as busy rs possible cutting, printing
and hanging their large crop OF Cuba
tobacco. II Is novel sight to see teams
drawing wagons with large rack, attached
| loaded with tobacco, strung on lathS, each
rack holding about 800 plants Five of
their large la ms ara already filed and they
are now starting on the sixth. Their first
cutting of few weeks ago will soon be
sufficiently cured TO be transferred TO a
closer shed whore, within two weeks, it
Will be ready for stripping.
Friday two men, named Shanihan and
Mcleod, left Tampa in "A row boat for Big
Island fishing grounds down the Hillsbor-
| ough bay. While on their way back TO Tho
city they were suddenly tumbled into the
water 10y shark darling underneath the
boat and upsetiing IL. Both Mcleod and
Shanlhan are good swimmers and TO this
accomplishment they owe their lives for II
was some time after being so uuceremoni-
ously thrown INTO tho water that thew were
able % got upon the keel Of the 1ont which
was then floating, bottom upward. several
yards away. In the meantime tie shark
evidently frightened az what 10 had done
was not 20 be seen, fortunately too for the
parties IN the water. who aver that IL looked
feet long. Finally the mon got upon the
| bottom Of the boat ANA with one oar and
their hands propelled the boat o. the gnrri-
son beach, which they reached at II O'Clock.
having spent nearly three hours on the keel
~ the boat.
A true aud laughahle story Is told on oao
OF the pilots oil IernaniinH He is the pu.-
SCISSOR Of an alarm clock Having passed.
its days 0f usofuue-s. the face ~ tie clock
was removed nud the alarm WORKS given 90
The children Tor plnftEng when Won u
upaui The spring touched tho spring would
go oh with rutt'.Ir. uis,lU = noise. A fos
evenings since tuls alarm was uItr.d uu tie