The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-13

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! occupied by j. =. Riley, confectioner. The
loss is small, with no insurance.
| Capt r. d. Gordon and other pilots re
/ port 10 George 3. Wilson, secretary Of the
/ board Of pilot commissioners, eighteen feet
Of water On the ST. Johns bar.
! 1t is reported that few specimens Of the
cotton scale insect have been found at
Federal Point, Putnam county. II so, tbs
/ orange growers must look out.
J The Rev. T. H. Blenus of Savannah has
/ just closed a very interesting meeting at the
/ Christian church at Starke. Mr.. Blenus is
a great favorite with the people there as
| preacher.
At Tallahassee, Thursday, the supreme
! court sustained the demurrer of the relator
/ to the answer Of the respondent in the case
OF the state, ex rel Herbert Lawson VS..
James NJ. Baker, judge.
| At Leesbarg a handsome brick block, to
| occupy the Old court house square, owned
| by Il. II. Mote was begun this week, as was
also the brick printing office at the corner
Of Fifth and Magnolia streets.
| The Lee5burgs most important improve
ment, a large and cOmmodiOus brick hotel
70 be built by Messrs. Mote & Tillson, on
| the corner of Palmetto and Maiu streets,
VIII be commenced IN a few days.
The st. Johns County Savings Bank has
just closed the sale Of the Alba lot, extend
Ing from st. George TO Cardova streets, at
st. Augustine, to K. F. Bixby of Now York,
for SIS, O00 Mr.. BIxby will soon begin the
erection Of an elegant residence.
One thousand colored exeursionists left
Jacksonville last Wednesday for middle
Florida and 375 Of them got OIL at Tallahas-
see. Many Of these ezcursionists will re-
main in the Tallahassee country and help to
harvest the immense crops of 1889.
Master Jack Prince brought a remarkable
cluster of peaches to the Tallahassee FtOTi-
dian office Wednesday. 1t contained thir-
ty-three peaches within space of fifteen
and half inches, as follows: six in three
inches, eleven in six, eight i'll three, eight in
| three and half.
H. j. Tifiin, who owns several orange
groves at Courtney, is believer in artesian
wells. He has just had one sunk at his Hall
Hammock place, where he is growing a
large crop Of sugar cane, and at depth of
los feet he has a flow of 10000 gallons per
day with a two inch pipe.
1t is rumored at Key West that Rev. Mr..
W ood, pastor of the Baptist church of that
city, has been offered the Key West col
lectorship from President Harrison. The
appointment was rendered it is claimed, be-
| cause the reverend gentleman was fellow
soldier and personal friend Of Gen. harrison
| during The late war
water " forks. For the past week an engi
neer has been IN town looking over the
| field, and he reports favOrably to the
council. He thinks a good and sufficient
| system of water works can be established
for less than $40O 900. The plan that is
looked on most favorably by the council Is
| for the town to own the works.
The Leesburg Gun Club was organized
Wednesday. At the first election of officers
- r. - A
| Hansbro; vice president, I. w. Splcer; sec
rotary and treasurer, B. r. Milan. The
club will be put upon a solid basis, with the
prime object Of protecting our game, and
| further. TO practice the art of marksman-
ship, and eventually contest with other sim
| liar organizations in the state for superiori-
| ty In that line.
Sanford journal: A gentleman of our
city Informed us this morning that last
night ne dreamed that one of our popular
| Young ladies jumped from the window of a
| five-story building the roof of which had
| lust been taken Off in wind storm, and
that she was instantly "broken to pieces"
| He was preparing himself TO make similar
| leap, the lower portion of the building having
been discovered in flames when he awoke,
the cold perspiration standing on his fore
head in great beads.
Palatka Herald: Some time ago the
EueRing Herald referred to strange mon
| strosity i'll the shape of a calf with human
head. That freak has been eclipsed now by
a calf that is half human. The head is
shaped like that of a monkey, with features
| just as perfect, and if anything q little more
! human. The hind legs are like those of a
calf'with the hoof foot, while the front legs
are perfect arms with hands and finger
nails. The teeth are human and the gen
eral appearance is one that brings forth
I-@. Al,
property of James Sands, the taxidermist
| who prepared it, and it was found down on
the Withlacoochee, where it lived two
weeks
Orlando Reporter The orange judges at
the horticultural exhibition in Florida have
got the business of testing to a science. The
| process is as follows: The orange being
taken from the basket, is unwrapped and
the name and entry number handed the
secretary for record. The orange is then
| held up and turned over and looked at for
smoothuess aud blemishes of skin and color,
and scored for size aud appearance. 1t is
| then dropped in water. If it sinks, it scores
ten for juciness. If the size of a silver dol
lar is above the surface O. It is then cut
transversely and scored for thickness of
peel absence of seed and absence of pulp.
The blossom end is then cut in sections to
test for flavor.
| FtuSFdl Il lub correspondence 1alaIka
| Herald: Thirteen and half columns of
tax sales indicates a very remarkable state
| OF affairs in Putnam county. Were it not
fact that large portion of these sales are
caused by an erroneous assessment or de-
scripuon of property, a stranger would
naturally conclude that Putnam county
was bankrupt And oven now, these errors
and sales are going to cast shadow over a
large portion of this county that is going to
| he a St l.,ftr hi
and expense to remove. In the past there
have been professional buyers of tax sale
land, who, to-day, hold certificates and
tax deeds to thousands of acres of our lands
that owners know nothing about Many
OF them have paid their taxes and hold the
receipts, yet from erroneous descriptions
| this same land has been sold and the shadow
lays hidden in some fellows safe, ready to
spring up whenever the proper time comes.
Orlando Record: Barlow, Fla, is the
happy possessor Of resident who, for
his favorite diet, ought to be the sharpest
man IN America, with perhaps tho excep-
ton of the talented and energetic merchant
OF Orlando-whose word is as good as his
bond-who is responsible for the story that
the Barlow resident referred to eats glass
and dlgeSts the same without apparent in
jury or Inconvenience His favorite man
ner Of disposing of this most crisp and
brittle diet IS to take a lamp chimney, bite
of piece and after crushing the same be-
/ Feen his teeth, wash down the masticated
crystal with glass of soda water II
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