The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-06

The health of Monticello was never bet
ter
There are at least 800 white school chill
dren in Monticello.
The farmers of Jefferson county are be-
ginning to complain Of too much rain.
The jefferson county school board held a
special meeting Monday and appropriated
$4,000 for Jefferson academy.
Mayor Evans of Sanford boasts of a we'll
of water on his place that varies not more
than 3 IN temperature the year round, the
average temperature being ~.
II. Nall of the steamer Lille had his leg
caught between his ressel and tug boat
while preparing to leave the wharf at Pen
sacOla Saturday. The result was a broken
thigh bone.
The body of an unknown colored man.
found ashore at Fernandina Tuesday, had
apparently been in the water tea days. The
schooner Chapes' steward is missing, but
crabs had mutilated the body too much to
identify it.
George Wells, collector of customs of
Pensacola, still holds the fort at Washing
ton, and is reported as saying that his most
formidable opponent is Dr. Arnstead of
Jefferson county. DR.. Armstead is an In
dianian recently settled in jefferson. he
holds a strong card against the Florida re-
the Hooser state
Commencing Oct. Z, the steamer Okla
humpkee will leave Palatka for Leesburg
direct, making all landings. This steamer
will be IN command of Capt. A. n Edwards,
who has navigated the upper Ocklawaha
nearly all his life, and is known as one of
the most popular commanders on the river.
This steamer is to be run in the interest of
the orange growers and merchants, and
while owned by the Ocklawaha River Nav
| igation Company will @ managed almost
entirely by the captain.
Monticello Constitution: Last Saturday
| morning while We were in Judge Puleston's
| office a colored woman came in and asked ::
Judge can | get divorce from my hus-
| band who has been in ST. Augustine nigh
| on to three yearsp The Judge told her
| that 1t would be q very easy matter to get
divorce if she had S25. II is got der
money, and am getting mighty tired wait
| ing fer dat niger ter come back. fer |
wants ter get married agin ii he amt guine
| ter come"
Palatka Herald: The writer was travel
ing in South Florida some ten years ago
aud had occasion TO stop over in small
| hamlet for the night, which we did Next
! morning we called on the village n ,wspaper
and found the old man hard at v orx. when
we said: Newspaper calculations are not
| very large IN tins part of the state, are
| theyW NO" was the reply that meant
something more. Don't you think that if
| you tried YOU could ex end your circula-
tionN YES" said the editor, but to do
that would have to buy more paper, and
business will not justify it"
Monticello Constitutions In w. NJ
| Grardeau's melon patch on the Taylor
place, there is large wild grape vine COW
ering an old well A few days ago. while
the hands were gathering melcn seed, one of
the crowd decided the grapes looked too
| tempting to remain there any longer. When
he climbed up the vine his hat fell off, going
to the bottom of the well, which was about
! 10 or 20 feet deep The boy was in
! a dilemma as to how to get his
hat. About this time Mr.. Williams.
who is experimenting the gathering of
the seed, came up and told the boy to get a
rope and he would fasten it SO that ne
| could go down in the well and get his hat
The rope was adjusted and Just as the boy
was getting ready to 20 down kissing
sound was heard coming from the bottom
of the well. On investigation the well was
found to be one-fourth full of large rattle
snakes 1t is useless to state that the bow
never got his hat. Mr.. Williams called a
crowd of the hands and had them to fill
the well with brush and set on fire, and in
all probability there were thousands of
rattlesnakes destroyed in few minutes.