The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-17

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seat of Lake county, was heard before ms
honor Judge Broome at DeLand. Friday.
and after argument Of counsel, the ln1dnc-
ton was dissolved. and Tavares is now the
county seat Of Lake.
1t is .eported that 81 200 worth Of tickets
| were Sold at the Savannah, Florida and
! Western depot at Gainesville Saturday, and
about an equal number were disposeI OF
Sunday to those who are panic stricken.
I Moss of the tickets were sold 10 fleeing clti-
gems OF st. Augustine.
| During the thunder storm Of last Sunday
! the house of Nr. China OF Minis station was
struck by lightning. The saddleboard was
torn off and the lightning ran down the
| gable end, instantly killing the 7-year-0id
| son Of Mr.. ami Mrs. China One side or the
| little fellows face was fearfully burned
John ]. Williams and wife, who were re-
| turning from Pablo 10 Palatka Friday, were
| sent out Of St. Augustine Immediately and
| are now conined to quarantine quarters,
three miles out of that city on the O. Id shell
road The first night a tent wos given
them, but now they have house at their
! service.
At Orlando Saturday the preliminary
trial Of Sam Hail, for alleged rape of the
| colored girl Florid Ruffin, SAID to have
been committed on the night Of Aug. 2, was
called before Justice Shine. The idence
taken developed enough to implicate two
other negroes. both Of whom were arrested.
Hall was held for the action Of the grand
| jury.
| Capt J. L. Inglis of Madison has received
as net returns from two acres OF LeConte
pears over s40O, and enough to be heard
| from at the date of our information TO
/ swell the amount to $500 or over. His
| grove is not vet in full bearing. Besides
the sales made therefrom, several hundred
bushels were destroyed by his cattle or
| given away.
Thomas L. Paine relates that while sail
ing up Indian river to Titusville, last
| Friday, he saw, when about opposite
Merritt, school Of about eight or ten man
atees playing along in the channel At first
| he thought they were porpoises, as manatees
are rarely ever seen this far north, but on
coming clos Ely TO them he recognised them
| as the genuine sea-cow.
George Summerlin has opened a new
stock ranch at Riverside, on the Kissimmee
| river about fifty miles south of Kisslmmee
He has recently purchased the famous l. l..
bra d, about 5000 head. This l, L., or Ike
Lanier herd, is known all over South
| Florida, and when this is added to the stock
/ he for nerly owned, it makes Mr. Summer
lin one of the biggest cattle kings in this
| section.
Last Thursday, during an afternoon
| shower, lightning struck the handsome new
|
View and played havoc in general. The
stroke was upon the exact south gable Of
the house, and pa ting right and left, ran
| down e.ch corner, tearing the weather
| boarding aud ceiling from the corner stud
ding. The furniture and parior trinkets
that were on the mantle and sideboard
were scattered helter skelter over the room,
and many of them broken. The judge,
who was standing in his library, near the
| point struck, was knocked to his knees
with the severe shock, but not hurt.
A party Of hunters are depopulating
Orange lake, around Citra Last week $40
saurians were made to bite the dust by the
uDerrtng aim of the hunters. The gators are
slain for their hides and teeth Dr. Ellis,
the handsome NJ d. of Citra, is under the
profound conviction that he has found
! splendid substitute for whale oil soap by
distilling the remains of the slaughtered
| alligators and applying them in liquid form
as wash TO the infected trees. Another
| idea has entered the head of the worthy,
doctor, and that is the manufacture of in
sect soap from the fat substance of the
gator, at whose breath mosquitoes, gnats,
sand flies and fleas will disappear
Palatka Herald Mrs. B. B. Hamilton,
mother of Surgeon General Hamilton,
| United States marine hospital, was in the
city Saturday Mrs. Hamilton has an
orange grove near San Mateo, end makes
Florida her home. She subscribed for the
Herald to get the news. Her son, just now,
is an important Parsonage, holding a very
responsible position with the government.
She is fine looking lady, pleasant and
takes great interest IN her son, being
quite anxious as to his movements now that
the yellow fever hos broken out in this
state. She has no fear as to the spread of
the disease. and feels confident that her son
will do all in his power for our interests.
and Segemund Diamond of Tallahassee,
was drowned last Sunday morning in the
cascade just south of the city limits. He
was in the 18th year of his age, had only
recently completed his apprenticeship as a
jeweler and left his home and parents ia
Germany to battle for himself in the free
land of America. On arriving at the cas-
cade and seeing lot of colored men and
boys in bathing, he undressed and plunged
in, knowing nothing of the depth of the
place, and perfect stranger to the art of
swimming He rose to the surface only
once, it is said. called out something in Ger
man, which the colored men could not I'M
derstand and sank to rise no more
Uncle bill" Albritton from Pine Level
while at Punta Gorda last Monday evening
was taken seriously ill. He had gone out of
Mr.. Coram's store to mount his horse, when
in STOPPING over to pick something up he
fell insenslble to the ground DIR. McNary
was immediately summoned and remedies
were applied. In a few minutes the sick
man, partially revived, was carried to the
home OF Mrs. Knight. On Monday night
and Tuesday he lay in dangerous condi-
ton, a paralysis of the lett shouIde. and
side having been discovered. Mr. Albrites
ton is an old man, and had ridden from
Pine Level. long, hot ride, and being I'M
accustomed to horseback riding The conse-
quent fatigue and heat ogether we're sup
posed to be the immediate cause of his sud
den illness.
Gainesville Democrat: A gentleman who
has just returned from Bradford county
informed the Democrat reported that the
news has been spread broadcast over that
county that there are thirty-eight cases CT
yellow fever in Gainesville, and that four
deaths occur daily. The truth is that there
is not now, nor has there been for many
years, case of yellow fever in this city.
The health of Gainesville is exceptionally
good, the city is in au excellent sanitary
condition, and it is not eieved that if it
should be brought here by refugees that it
would spread to any extent. All assertions
that Gainesville has even one case of fever
are malciously false. IL all those who cir
cuate such outrageous reports were placed
under arrest and confined in the house of
detention until they could realize the enor-