The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-12
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l2 1889.

700 boxes were sold as follow: Brights,
5 60 to 81 95 per box; rus cts, 81 80 to 81 30
pr box navals (poor quality g 90 eF
b x; drops and unsound Irult from 10 cents
to 81 %. As usual, the dem nd for fruit
was in excess OF the supply. When the
quality Of the fruit is considered, the prices
OF this day we're fully 20 per cent higher
t1an those realized at auction on last Thurs
day, which at tlac time were admitted to
be the best so far known this season.
! The Clearwater Times relates the follow
ing story: Capt James Mere 18th came near
! sing has life at DeSoto few nights since,
under circumstances the like of which has
Pc haps never been recorded. He was shot
for iack-o-lantern. Last Thu sday night,
| just after dark, Capt. NJ reiith fixed a
hunting lantern on his head and came
ashore to shoot raccoons a'hgators, or any
SUCH game as he might find along the beach.
his Ii 5ht was seen from John Blanton's
house, and was construed 70 be something
unarcountabie, no one being allie to account
for the peculiar light, when would be sud-
denly very brilliant End then as suddenly
! gone, the result Of Meredith turning his
head in different directions, William harm,
determined to capture that jack-o-lantern,
set out with 32-calioer revolver,
| accompanied by Andrew O'Quinn.
| They fastened along the beach in the
direction it had been last seen, hop
| ing to be in its neighborhood when it
should again show itself. 1t appears that
Meredith had seen them coming, but they
didn't see i'm. When they walked up
within about Is feet, Mere ith turned his
face toward them, when he lante n st rtled
them by blazing in their eyes. They
had seen nothing, aud is sudden fash 81
| excited them, that before Meredith had
time to speak Ham fired at the gnost The
bail entered the cheek an inch or so below
! the eve, aud now lies buried about inches
deep in Meredith's head. Dr. E gar was
sent for, but could not get the bullet but
we understand that the patient is on the
road to rapid recovery. OF course, great
regret is felt over the affair, but Meredith
appears to be the most cheerful and least
| concerned.
Curious stories come from Ponce de Leon
hotel in st. Augustine Mr. Flagler's ex
| pendlture there now amounts to nearly
| 20 O00,O00. Early in January there were
| only twelve guests in the hotel. AT the same
time two ba d5 Were engaged by the hotel.
| O Q was a Spanish and that p aged during
the dianer hour ma dolins and sang
| quaint 81 anish songs The other was
| famous New York baud, which played in
| the courts and at the morning and evening
co certs. Mr.. Seavey, the manager of the
hotel, wrote Mr. Flagier and suggested, as
| there were only twelve guests in the house,
| he dispense with one Of tue bands Mr..
Flagler wrote back that he didn't want any
suggestions from Mr.. Seavey as to how ex-
penses could be decreased, but if he had
| anything to say as to how the
attractive ess of the hotel could be in
creased he would be glad to hear from him.
Mr.. Flagler doe, not sem discouraged. He
has just bought the railroads running from
| st. Augustine TO Paatka, and from ST.
Augustine to Jacksonville. Last Sunday
he changed both Of these to broad gauge
roads and shortened the schedule more than
half. He is going to buIid n bridge over
the st. John, river, SO that the veStihule
| trains can run INTO st. Angus lne from New
York without transfer Ho is building an
opera house in st. Augustine 70 cost $780,
| 600, a maguific Mt church and union depot
that will cost about 100000 This depot
he will surround with superb park He is
| paving every street running to the hutel
wiz asphalt at his own expense. In short,
he is determi ed to make st. Augustine the
grandeS6 pleasure resort on earth His
| Russian bears IN the Alcazar cost 1900 900,
and are luxurious beyond description.
hear he says he will spend $4,000, 600 before
he has completed his pleasure plant to meet
| his ideas.