The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-09

between Mr.. Hubert and Mr.. Larkins. TIE
cries were made by the latter, whose finger
had found its way into the formers mouth,
who was proceeding TO masticate il in first
Class style. The police were on the grou'd
Ii a short time and prevented any further
trouble.
The tug Joseph Cooper, Jr., Of Mobile,
lost one Of her passengers, Andy Armstrong,
overheard Monday, near the wharf at Fort
Morgan. The boat was on her way TO PEN
sacoia, and had on board the Gioney base
ball club and a number OF passengers.
Armst -ong was somewhat under the inf l.
ence of liquor, and was lying on the ral of
the main deck when he fell overheard A
life buoy was thrown overheard, and the
boat stopped and backed. The lost man was
seen to pass the boat and he was heard TO
cry out once. Armstrong was single man
and an excellent swimmer, and whether he
was drowned or captured by the sharks is
unknown.
Jacksonville Times Union. We are in
formed on the best of authority, the state
ment of the gentleman himself, that Maj
Sherman Conant did not sead a telegram TO
Delegate Griffin of Duval, or to any other
member of the Ocala convention, Offering
his services to the republican party ard
placing his railroad facilities at its dispo al.
| There Is no question as to the fact that
Delegate Griffin made the statement attrlt-
uted to him by our correspondent; indeed,
1t can be proved by any number of wit
neSSes, but it is certain now that the dele
gate was only trying to draw to himself
some of the attention that was being be-
slowed on more imp rtant personaSes
An affidavit has been sworn out, in the
| United States circuit court at Pensacola,
| charging William Holland with a feionious
assault upon Moses Brashaw, the complain
ant. As usual, a woman is at the bottom
Of the affair Last Saturday night Holland,
| accompanied by three men, went to Bra
shaw's house on Santa Rosa island, and
| told him to come out and fight as one of
| them had 70 die. Bradshaw pr identity re-
| fused. Holland struck at him through the
| window and said he would wait until Bra
shaw was compelled to come out, but it
seems he must have changed his mind. The
| offense being committed on a military reser-
walton the offanse comes within the juris-
diction of the United States court. Hol-
land is still at large.
The democratic convention of Putnam
county was held at Palatka Tuesday. The
convention placed the following ticket in
the field: State senator. DR.. Sprague of
Crescent City; assemblymen, Lott Allen of
lnterlachen and F. j. Burton of Melrose
county clerk, Joseph Price: sheriff, George
j. Iehnbaur; county judge, T. s. laugh
ton; collector, w. d. Allen; assessor. j. NJ.
Dancy; treasurer, S. j. Kennerly; supern-
tendept of public instruction, A. j. Wood;
surveyor, &. J. Joseph. The delegates to
represent Putnam county in the congress
ional convention at Orlando are f. L. Dancy.
K. w. Davis, w. II. Wigg, H. Hutchinson,
Silas Smith, Taylor Abrams. w. p. Copper,
F. NJ. McMeeken, s. j. Wells, B. p Cal
houn, A. n Edwards and T. A. Darby
The delegation is to cast the whole vote aud
each delegate shall choose his own alternate
There is q rumor at Pensacola to the
of naN EhoR IL. H.
ing, with the object of buying out the large
lumber interests of the Michi gan lumber
company, Muscogee lumber company and
Geo. w. Robinson & Co. What truth
there is i'll the report cannot be learn d,
though some of the wisest lumbermen at
Pensacola say that it is virtually a trade
and the syndicate will bring about So 000,-
600 into Florida and So 1.-THE Alabama
and invest in timber lands. What effect
this will have on the lumber market re-
mains to be seen. Some think it will be
beneficial to trade, from the fact that there
will be less competition and will enable thi,
| firm to somewhat regulate the local lumber
market, and put prices on paying basis.
The three companies a luded to control be-
| tween 5000 and 1000 acres Of timber land.
Should this transaction be made ID will,
through a large foreign demand. have ex-
| elusive control.
The democrats of Marion county held
| their convention Tuesday James R. More
head was nominated for county surveyor,
and j. o. Matthews for county assessor.
| There was no opposition. Tho candid ties
| for tax collector were w. w. Clvatt and H.
| 7. Wartman, and the latter received the
nomination M. l.. Payne had but sixteen
votes opposed to him. and was made the
candidate for public instruction. The race
| for county treasurer was between DR.. R. h.
Snowden and Samuel S. Pyles, and the latter
received the honor. The present sheriff, E. T.
Williams, had but five opposing woes, and
| judge, Richard McConathy, beat his oppo
nent. Col. Dupree DR.. $. H. Bitch, G. G.
Matthe US, A. p. Baskin and G. NJ. Brown
were put in nomination fer the legislature.
| DR.. Bitch came in the winner. The nomi-
nees for clerk were d. A. Miller, II. W.
Long and Hon. T. d. Poser Mr.. Miller
was nominated for clerk on the forty-third
ballot, and the convention, after indorslug
the St. Louis and st. Augustine conven-
tions, nominations and platforms, ad-
| journed
! Orlando Record: A gentleman living GU t
in the tlatwoods in this county, having no
ticed for several weeks past the sign of
some large snake in the vicinity of his
place, was out in the woods last Saturday,
AMI coming across what was evidently fresh
signs made by the snake in crawling
through the sand, determined to follow IT,
This he could do without much difficulty,
and followed it for a quarter Of mile, and
was startled nearly out of his wits by COM
ing suddenly upon the largest snake he had
ever seen. II was what is commonly called
the coach-whip, and belongs to the boa con-
strictor family, and kills its prey by COM
preston, and after covering 1t with
saliva, proceeds to slowly swallow it. This
snake was then in the act of
swallowing a large rabbit, having
succeeded in getting it about two
thirds down when the gentleman ar
rived. who waited at a convenient distance
until the whole rabbit had disappeared and
the snake was making off. Ga approaching
near enough to get a shot at him the snake
became very angry and showed fight rails
ing his head and body to the height of an
ordinary man, and began racing back and
forth before the man, approaching nearer
and nearer each time, at the same tins ut
tering loud Kissing noise and dartlng out
his tongue. After many attempts To get a
shot without fear of miss, be finally fired,
striking it about two feet from its head,
breaking its back. Before daring to APP
proach too near, he gave it another shot,
severing il III two about four inches from
the head. Upon measuring it he found the
extreme length to be IL feet and inches,
and full four inches across the widest part