The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-21

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DR.. T. J. williamson has been made
president of the new school board Of Lake
county.
The Pensacola NelcS prints rumor that
the Illinois Central is preparing to build TO
that port.
The foundation for Suwannee county's
new jail is being put down. The building
will cost $500.
Florida grown Niagara white grapes are
| selling in New York at 80 cents pound,
and there is a good demand for them.
There are 1910 acres planted in tobacco
in the counties Of Gadsden. Leon, Lee and
Holmes. The crop is estimated at jl3 pounds
per acre.
| A disease has appeared among the dogs of
Madison which some fear is hydrOphobia
The SD t-gun policy is being pursued as the
surest remedy.
Mrs. Mary Gomez, one Of st. Augustine's
Oldest inhabitants, died Sunday evening at
her home on Charlotte street, at the ad-
vanced age Of 70 years.
A young man not a hundred miles from
Fairbanks advertised for a wife. In less
than two hours he had proposals from
eighteen married men to take theirs
The Live Oak Banner reports test of
oranges kept by the S. g. Ramsey dry
| process since December, 1887, and pro-
nounces them in excellent condition, and
very juicy and sweet
A bolt Of lightning struch the residence
of Mrs c. c. Pearce, on the northern edge
OF Tallahassee Saturday, and demolished
| portion of q chimney beside tearing a hole
iii the roof. Fortunately no one was in the
house.
Maj. A. st. Clair-Abrams is now looked
upon as the champion fisherman among the
many guests at Coronado having caught
on Saturday an eighteen pound bass He
now wears on the lapel of his coat 'the
blue ribbon Of the king fisherman of the
beach,
A correspondent Of the Lakeland Adro-
cate urges that experiments be made in the
| growing of the cinchona tree in South
| Florida. He says there are thirty-one
! species of the tree, and thinks some of them
are adapted to the soil and climate of
| Florida.
L. E. Lancaster of Washington, D. c.,
| government inspector of post roads, ar
| rived wednesday evening and will go over
the route himself from Fort Myers to Punta
| Rassa, also from Fort Myers to Naples to
see the feasibility of establishing mail
rontes between these points
! On last Saturday morning as Charles
! Green Of Orlando was in the act Of picking
| up piece of cloth from table in his tailor
| shop he was somewhat startled to discover
| a snake cooled up on the table beneath the
cloth. His snakeship was soon dispatched,
and was found to measure about two feet
| in length.
| At East Jacksonville Monday night fire
| destroyed at the corner of E. Duval and
| Ward streets, two dwellings and number
of sheds and Outhouses belonging to a col
| ored man named Tony Smith. In one of
the houses lie lived, but it was in the unOc-
| cupied one that the flames started The
toJal loss is 1000
| The Seminole Indians, who are regarded
as reliable weather prophets, have pre-
| dicted a season Of unsettle weather for Au-
! gust in Florida. This will continue until
about Sept. D, when they say there will be a
change, followed by either a heavy rain or
hard wind, after which the weather will be
clear for an indefinite period.
Judge A. De Lono has received his
| commission as judge of the county court
Of Monroe. He has telegraphed to Gov
Fleming, notifying him of Judge Deans
| refusal to surrender the books, papers, etc.
belonging to the Office of county Judge, and
asking for Instructions. The governor will
no doubt order the sheriff to place Judge
DE Lono in possession of the Office.
Frank Buckley, Jr., of the firm of Will
lam Lewis d Co., cigar manufacturers Of
| recently
on speculative business, with the intention
of establishing branch cigar factory. He
says that the increased demand for Kew
West cigars along the Pacific coast ana in
the northwest induced him to visit the isl
and. He left for New York last Friday
night.
There is rumor afloat, how much there
is IN it we cannot tell, that there is an effort
to reorganize the old Wing party in Florida
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who have acted with the democrats and
been honored by them are into it, and that
is the reason why certain federal appoint
ments have not been made. Men who ad-
vocate high protective tariff ought not to
claim to be democrats.
The case of M. j. Preston, treasurer of
one of the Knights Of Labor assemblies at
Jacksonville, charged with getting away
with Sl06 of the funds, came I'D before
Justice Fox Monday morning on prelimi-
nary hearing. Justice Fox ordered the de-
PENDANT discharged. Another arrest will
probably follow on an amended affidavit
Preston has been prominent as a colored poll
tician for the past year, having been elected
clerk of the criminal court, but failed to
give the proper bond and consequently
never qualified.
On Wednesday evening the cigarmakers.
numbering 1870, in Ellinger q Co. s factory
az Neg heSl, STRUCK IOf want OF DEOnar
material to work on. The strike was
brought on by a few cigarmakers who were
dissatisfied with the wrappers furnished
them, as well as with some old tobacco bv
which they were unable to earn a fair
days wages Mr. Valdez, the manager
says that he was unaware that any dis
satisfaction existed. or that the men had
any grievance, until the strike was de-
clared, and the men We're leaving the fac
tory. However, on Friday morning all re-
turned to work, everything being satisfac-
torily adjusted by Mr.. Valdez.
Brooksville Register: Monday forenoon
Mayor Bowdeu and Marshal Rhodes drove
up to Dr.. Temples drug store with "Old
Spot in the buggy limp and helpless The
marshal informed the crowd that the dog
had been bitten by n rattlesnake. All the
remedies that could be thought of were
given the poor old favorite, but without
avail, and he died about 3 O'Clock. "Old
Spot" was about the best bred dog in this
neck of woods. He was brought here
nearly three years ago by George Schlev OF
Georgia, and left in Che care of Hon. A.
Church Groom, but he soon became COM
mon property, aud when any one wanted
to take days hunt he called "Old Spot.n
who was always too willing TO go.
Sanford Journal: NJ. Schrieber is IN
fortunate IN having snakes around his
house Recently he killed one in his bed
room, and last night, or rather lust before
day, he awoke and felt something cold and