The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-05

shipped several barrels. He is well pleased
with the result and says LeConte pear or
chard is better than an orange grove. lie
has seyera! hundred acres of good land in
Leon county. He also has five children,
AID says he will put 800 acres in LeConte
pears-a l0O-acre grove--a fortune-tor
each child.
Capt, Xellers of Titusville has kept his
manatess, captured in the st. Lucie river
over five weeks ago, all this time in three
small tanks, just large enough to hold each
one. This deinGL strates with proper hand
ling that the sea COW will stand transporta-
ton and confinement better than was ex-
pected. The greatest danger is exposing
them to a sudden change Of temperature
from hot to cold.
Col. John Bradford, of Bradfordville,
shipped 40 barrels of LsConte pears from
tifty-four trees nnd says he has twenty bar
refs in the orchard YET. He hauled his fruit
thirteen miles 10 Talahas-ee for shipment,
and, after dsductiJg every item of expense
incurred in picking, packing hauling,
freight, com missions and cost of barrels,
his pears net him 81 a barrel making q
total net of $340 from his one-acre grove.
A runaway couple fro II Citrus county,
wishing to marry, went TO Bloomfield last
Saturday t. procure License. As both the
clerk and the county Judge were at Tavares
they could not get license at Bloomfield,
and so they proceeded TO Tavare5, VIII re
they were again he ,dei off. so TO speak, by
! the injunction of Judge Broome respecting
TIE county seat. At last accounts the nv
happy happy couple were heading for Or
! lando.
r. J. Morgan of Clear Water Harbor,
having completed all business arrange
ments in regard to tho manufacture Of his
typewriter, returned homo from New Yo *
last week. He is more sanguine than whel
he left homo, and feels confident that he
has struck bonanza he has declined to
sell his light, and will soon begin to place
the instrum 9nts upon the market at the rate
of 100 a day. The price has been fixed at
80, and it is calculated that New York
city alone will take 100 900 as soon as they
can be supplied.
Rev. C. L. Louder of Madison was shot
at last Saturday night Rev. Mr.. Louder
has been assisting Rev. Mr.. Eva IS in pro-
tracted meeting at Washington school
house. Last Saturday night, while he was
returning from church in wagon wit Mr..
Stevins and his family, a mau stepped to
the side of the wagon and said that he
wanted to shoot Methodist preacher, at
the same time firing pistol at Mr.. Louder,
but providentially the ball missed its mark,
and nobody was hurt. His assailant was
known to be j. H. jenkins, for whom a re-
ward of $500 is already offered by the gov
ernor
Thursday evening saw the completion of
the canal from the ocean to Banana river
at the Pepper Haulovr. About 800 cubic
yards of sand have been removed, making
very respectable ditch, through which
neap Iide will run for about two hours and
spring tide about four hours. Enough has
been accomplished TO forever decide the
question as to whether an inlet can DO kept
permanently open at this point, and the re-
gult of the work 6ona will ba Nlosalv trhad
for the next few months to see whether the
ocean will sanction this step by cutting the
ditch deeper, or whether the angry waves
will close it up.
The following civil appointments have
been made during the week: <. VI. Graham
and j. K. Parrish, to be members Of board
of health in and for the county Of Mana
tee; A. j. Blackslee, to be justice Of toe
peace in and for the county of Marion; J.
7. Kemp, to be justice Of the peace in and
for the county of Franklin; Z. F. Braman,
to be commissioner of deeds for Florida in
New York; James f. Hendry, to be mem
Der of board of health in and for the county
of Lee; w. b. Harrison, TO be member of
board of health in and for the county of
Manatee; William Miller, to be county
commissioner in and for the county OF
Washington; E. r. Bliss and George A
Abby, to be notaries public in and for the
state at large; George r Newell, to be
supervisor of registration in and for the
| county Of Orange; Robert Wallace, to be
member of board of health in for the
county of Manatee; j. A. Higgins, to be
| county commissioner in and for the county
of Holmes.
The difficulty existing in the Baptist
| church of Pensacola eliminated Thursday
night In division of the church. Charges
were preferred against the trustees and
clerk, and the majority of the members
| present voted to withdraw the hand of fell
| lowship from the accused. The charge made
was locking the church against the con-
| gregation contrary to its wishes" Before
the charge was read the accused attempted
| to secure church letters. After the action
of the church. thirty other members asked
and obtained letters. After the trustees
had been deposed, C. w Wills, l. n. Her
rington and j. w. Smith were appointed
committee to take charge of the
church property until trustees were
elected. l. n. Harrington was elected treas
urer and T. Hunt Chipley, clerk. The meet
ing thea adjourned until next Wednesday
evening. The total membership of the
church is about eighty-tive. OF THIS num-
Der thirty have withdrawn, six have been
excluded, four have said they will ask for
letters shortly, and five Others have OK
pressed q determination to withdraw, max
ing the total detection forty-tive The
| members who have withdrawn will imme-
diately form another organization. A lot
for the building has been donated, and $500
subscribed by one person for the erection of
a church edifice.