The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-17

started with it across East lake. They were
discovered headed off and captured, taken
back TO ST. Cloud, and after being court
martialcd given the option OF standing
trial with certainty Of going to the penl-
Tertiary or taking public hogging. They
succeeded in compromising by agreeing 10
work out a penalty of S25 each to pay Tor
the cane and expense of their capture
A few mornings since a number OF tramps
cslled at the home Of an Apopka City gem
tleman and informed him they wanted
something to eat The citizen prepared
them meal, but their delicate appetites, so
accustomed to the most dainty food, re-
VOTED at the commences Of the things set
before them, and they rose IN their Wrath
and declared that they didn't eat such
things and intimated that something better
would have TO be furnished A bright look
ing rifle induced them to leave.
! Two hundred and five men are now at
work at Quincy for the tobacco company
| clearing land, blowing, etc, and rapid pro
! gress is being made. MeSsrs. Gilmore and
! Davis are erecting "A large dwelling house
! for assistant managers and superintendent
! on the Santa Clara farm formerly Durrs),
| and when this is completed they Will COM
mence at once to build fifty small dwelling
| houses on the same plantation to be occupied
! by the wOrkmen. A large storage ware
| house for implements and other material
has been erected at the railroad siding. 1t
| is expected that at least 600 acres of tobacco
will lie planted in addition to corn, oats and
| other articles raised on this place.
! Kissimmee Lcddcr: In conversation with
! Capt. Rose a day or two ago we learned that
| enough contracts had been made with re-
| sponsible planters to bring the aggregate
| acreage of cane for next seasons grinding at
| about 600 From the best information we
| al, h. ia n
| tabish the yield of cane at about forty tons
| per acre, but to be sure of speaking within
| bounds we will reduce the yield to thirty
| tons per acre; this would give us 30, 900 tons.
| At the present price of sugar this cane Will
| yield the producers 81 80 per ton, or an
aggregate of Sl35,00O to be distributed
| among the planters for raising the cane.
| The manufacture Of cane into sugar repre-
| sents another very considerable sum to be
distributed from this great enterprise.
The DeIand Ne,0S gives the following ac-
count of a brutal exhibition which some
men call sport: There was u gander
pulling here on Wednesday last. Perhaps
some of your readers do not know what a
| gander pulling means Well, | will try and
describe it, A large gander is procured and
a grain sack drawn over its body, neck and
wings left loose. Mr. Gander is hung, head
down, to a pole, which is placed across a
beach and take hold of the gander's neck
How comes the laugh. Any person wishing
tb get the gander pays BIC for
three rides. He starts his horse,
a few rods away, at a high
speed, and when he passes the gander he
catches him by the neck and pulls his head
Off, j. G., if he can. Some friend of the gan
der has CREASED his neck well with lard, and
it seems that no one can hold on TO it. We
had extra scenes at this show. First, the
horse that John Davis rode stumbled, threw
Davis over his head, and turned a sommer-
sault This created a great deal of sport. The
second scene was c.. B. Pelton riding a mule
When he passed the gander he caught him
by the neck with both hands, but he could
not pull his head off. He hung on for dear
life. His mule left him and he found him
self sitting on the ground. | think every
body laughed until they cried. The poor
old gander was taken down and sent home
as well as usual, from all appearances.