The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-25

Carney mouse at SelLl anu WIN Opeh a
store Of general merchandise there in a
short time.
Mrs. F. w. Kettle, nee Miss Rosina Pat
terson. the recently welded wife of a we'll
known Jacksonville ,urnalist, died Tues
day of typhoid fever.
A number of English friends are seriously
talking Of purchasing the property known
as X sseugen Springs, and turning it into a
fashiona lie summer resort.
Mrs. Ellen Call Long, one of Florida's
commissioners ID the Paris exposition, de-
parted last week for New y ork, from which
city will take passage for the French
capital.
The hall of the colored Odl Follows and a
nall house al DeI4and we're burned Tours
day. 1t took hard work to save adjacent
buildings. The loss is 81 200, with insur-
ance Of $500.
Large quantities of mAckerel are still
caught daily from the whsrfs at Tampa. A
few years ago mackerel were almost I'M
known there, but now they are nearly as
plentiful as mullet.
The South Florida railroad has received
advices that q carload Of orange trees
shipped by J. w. Walker & Sons, from
Maitland to Los Angles, Cal, on May 1, ar
rived at their destination in excellent con-
dItiOn on May H.
Last weeks issue of Hdrpers Weekly
con tained a poem written by Col. VIA
Wallace Harvey of Orange county, entitled
the "Old Canoe" The whole If tle front
page of the Weekly is devoted to q cut
illustrative Of the subject.
There were reports in Gainesville on Tues
day to the effect that the well-known co n
mission house of G. w. Shallcross & Co.
had suspended payments. Reliablei forma-
ton has since been received from New York
showing conclusively that the report is with
out foundation.
AT the next meeting of the board of county
commissioners of II llsborough county f.
A Salomonson, of the Tampa Real Estate
and loan Association, will make pr p 81
ito to lease the court house square for
ninety-nine years for the purpose of build
ing business houses and court house.
The old fight between Mrs. Mary Williams
and the Catholic chur at Tampa for the
possession Of the ground on which the con-
vent was to be erected has been renewed.
1t was thought that this matter was settled
but Mrs. Williams attorneys have changed
their minds as to the legality of the title.
A negro was arrested in DeLand on Sun
day who had in his possession quite a col
lection OF old and rare coins, supposed to be
very valuable. The oldest piece was al
English penny Of 1771. There were be-
tween fifty and seventy-fve pieces in all
There were several half-penny pieces of
1904. The negroes name was Abraham
Howard.
J. b. Staten of the South Apopka region
planted thirteen acres Of tomatoes, and sold
his chances on the crop for 500 per acre.
Tho purchasing party has already shipped
800 crates and ha many more to harvest.
1t is thought that he will make a good sum
on the investment. But for the very dry
weather he would have made q SIN III
fortune.
The rgain has been made for a transfer
If tn Episcopal rectory pro erty, situa ed
on Sanford avenue, Sanford, to the Rev. 5.
b. Carpenter, j Sanford. BislOp Weed
wa, there attic ding the meeting of trustees
and it was decided to g 9 at once with the
mo ey thus realized a rectory on the vacant
lot at the corner Of NJ sgnolia ave lie and
Fourth street, which is the lot upon which
tue church stood that was blown down in
the storm Of 1881.
Z. A. Richards of Orlando has in his
p session a small brass compass that was
taken from the ruins of the great fire in
Boston which occu red Nov. 8, 1872. The
relic is in a good ate Of preServau n, ex
cept that it is discolored and tue dial upon
wuich tie roint of ie com ASS are indi-
Gated are reduced to ashes The magnetism
of the needle does not seem to be injured
aud it st II points to he pole. E Ell the
delicate pivot upon which the needle rests
remains intact.
In June, 1874, 7. J. Perkins of Tallahas.
see bought a cow of Robert Patton, which
animal was then supposed to be years old.
She has brought in one calf every year
since and twins once. Alb ut one week ago
she refused food. Friday night she lied,
after suffering great pain for five days. o
E ftter har hvaVN Nc = h., fl
and MIXED her, reported three calves in
her, the largest of which was crosswise in
her body. She had always been a good
milker, and two Of her progeny were sold
for $40 eacl.
Oscar rdon of BROOKLYN, on the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railroad, runs a
small store II co lnection with his wood
business. few days ago some children from
the nelehbo ing forest went TO buy some
thing. On arousi & h, rustic storekesper
(perhapS fro Il a dream of his sweetheart)
one of tho little ones said, pointing: "Mr.
Gordon, there's gator" The gentleman
went around aud there, sure enough, one OF
those most inq lisitive amphibians, about
four feet long, had era We'd up the steps of
the house, aud vas walking about among
the barrels in the body Of the store, much
to tine amusement Of the children.
Wednesday night at about $50 o'clock
as Deputy Sheriff Robert l.. Andersol was
returning to Orlando from Oakland
where he had been on Official
duty, having reached the reside c.
of Ingram Fletcher, just outside tht
city limits of Orlando, in safety, his horse
s epped into n hole in the road. stumbl leo
aud fell. Before Mr.. Anderson could extri
cate himself he was brown under the horse
and his collar bone broken in two places on
the lott side. He succeeded in freeing him.
SELF and by the ali OF his right arm, which
wa, uniujured, he mounted his horse anu
proceeded t. town. Going 70 the jail he
called ID : Hicks, who sol the bone q rem
dered ali the surgical attention necessary
II is the intention of Bishop Moore tc
make some imp 1rtant changes in the inte
riOr decoratio # the Cathedral at st.
Augustine, involving an expenditure OF
$4,000. Five thousand dollars of this
amount will be usei in erecting ne altar
which is TO DO OF marble An additional
81 800 will be expen led on the bishop.
thr ne. The remainder of the money will
be devoted to putting beautiful stained
glass windows thro ghout the churcl b.
Bishop Moore now has a we'll known | allan
artist, residing in Washington, at work de
signing the widows. Tue windows, wn.e
servi s to beauJify the church, will also
contain an Illuminated history Of st. Au-
gustnC Passages and incde its OF the life
Of the saint will DO engraved in the win
dows, and the whole will be a rare wor
of art.
A San Mateo correspondent writes as fol-
lows: MI. Bean of Jacksonville has sent