The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

fifth foot and which resembled a rabbits
foot very much, it is said.
The appointment Of Maj HUMPHREYS to
be postmaster at Pensacola creates a
vacancy in the Office of United States com
missioner at that place. Those who profess
10 be acquainted with the situation think
Judge NJ p de Riobo will be appointed to
the Office.
The following citizens ticket is in the
field at ST. Augustine: For mayor, X. w.
| Sturdevant; marshal and collector, l. y.
Smith; clerk and treasurer, George IL
Parker; aldermen for two years, A. Cren-
shaw, j. 9. BOrland, James Scott; alderman
for one year, W. E. Robbins.
1t is claimed that the membership of the
| Farmers Alliance in Florida Is 10000, and
that their annual expenditure for supplies
is in the aggregate not less than $40. 100000
Their agent, Oswald Wilson, is said to be
now engaged in psrfecting arrangements
for the purchasing Of their supplies to the
best advantage.
Jerry Doyle OF st. Augustine is a very
disappointed man. After four hours Of
hard work be uncovered the top of what he
thought was the upper part of the chest
that held his treasure. The stone proved TO
be large one and after Jerry had laid the
whole of its surface bare he was rather sur
prised to find that it was only large tomb
stone with no gold coin beneath it
Jim Scott, manager Of the Chippewa
orange groves, east of Orange City. will
ship next month several hundred boxes Of
lemons from those groves. Last year he
shipped about 200 boxes which netted over
80 per box. The Chippewa groves, con-
slst of sixty acres, and are the property Of
| Wisconsin capitalists
The Primitive Baptist church at Blue
Spring was destroyed by an incendiary fire
last spring, and that members oftthe church
in that neighborhood have been without a
place Of worship since. Recently, however,
they began TO rebuild and have completed
within the last week much larger and
handsomer building than the old one. 1t
is framed structure.
Lawrence Roche, Portuguese laborer,
had one of his feet so terribly crushed by a
car wheel on the railroad wharf at PenSa-
cola Thursday that amputation was neces-
STATED The limb was severed near the
ankle. A curious fact in connection with
the injury is that scarcely a fracture re-
suited, although the foot was literally torn
to pieces, the flesh having been torn from
all parts of the member.
The people of Madison will be called
upon on Sept. 16 to express themselves by
ballot upon the question of the sale of
liquor in the county Two years ago a SIM
liar election was held and two precincts in
the county only, viz, Madison and Cherry
|
since then in Ellavlille and Norton's Greek
by licensed dealers, and "blind tigers" have
been in operation in Madison.
Some of the prominent citizens of Orlando
are busy working up an excursion from all
points IN the state to that city in the near
future. About $500 has been subscribed for
the purpose and about as much more is
wanted. This money is to be expended to-
ward advertising and getting some public
amusements for the three days the excur-
sionists will spend in the city. Cheap rates
will be arranged over the railroads of the
state.
Surveys have been made between the
terminus of the Orlando and Winter Park
railroad, at Osceola and Lake Jessup, for
the purpose of obtaining an estimate of the
cost of railroad between the two above
named points. The estimated cost of such
a road, laid with light rails, would be be-
tween $39, 900 and $35, 900 Provided Or
lando will raise SIC, 900 of this amount, there
are parties along the line who stand ready
to furnish the balance.
Harry Cotter (colored) met with his death
at Tampa Friday. The contents of both
barrels of shotgun loaded with bird shot
entered his neck, making CHASTITY wound.
The shooting occurred in a boarding house
kept by a woman named Nancy johnson.
1t is not positively known whether he was
killed accidentally or not, but the cOroner's
jury returned verdict that deceased came
to his death at the hands of Nancy Johnson
with malice aforethought. The supposed
murderer is in jail awaiting preliminary
examination.
St Augustine NetUs: An old Irishman
named Jerry Doyle, who lives i'll North
City, declares that he has got gold buried
in his yard. His story is as follows: Eight
years ago while digging we'll in his gar
den he struck, at a depth of four feet q
hard substance and cleaning away the
earth a fiat smooth surface like glass pre-
sented itself TO his gaze No idea Of hidden
gold was then talked about, and as water
was what he wanted he moved a few yard;
to one side and dug his we'll. To-day ht
started in to dig out this chest, and at moor
, he had succeeded in laying bare the tor
Just as it was eight years ago. He hopes
, before supper time to have succeeded IL
| getting the find
, Young Morris Gugenheim, a brother o.
, |. Gugenheim, will leave Pensacola shortly
for Crefeld, Germany, where he will enter
| weaving school to learn the art of sill
, manufacture. AT Crefeld he has brother
J | Fritz Gugenheim, who Is now engaged IL
| the business of manufacturing silk, an(
Q | whose intention it is to start such an indus
: | try in Brazil in year or two. The Brazil
ian government grants the liberal subsidy
\ | Of 5000 marks per annum, and EXEMPT I
5 | from IdAAUlOu 10 StlCu dilO, Will
t the silk-worm thriving in that country, anC
f a home market for all production, the Cru
n genheims have n bright future ahead Of
n them, it being Mr.. Fritz intention to TAX
4 Morris with him to the land of Dom Pedro
@ At Jacksonville Friday Mollie Davis
Q vile black creature living in Hansontowr
Il decided to correct her little boy, only
t years old. for some fancied misdemeanor
s and proceeded to do so in the most heath
J. enish fashion. She stripped the poor littl
o child naked, and tied him up by the heel
s until his head just touched the floor. Sh
k then muffied his mouth with a handkei
chief, and, taking stick, beat him unit
the blood flowed from a dozen places, an
his childish body was mass of cuts an
. bruises She would have killed him but fl
10 some of the neighbors, who called in Office
William Macomber, and he arrested til
: ferocious animal and took her to polio
headquarters where she was locked up
y st. Augustine NeCS: Alderman Alley
Iwanowski carries around in his pocket
N gold medal about the size of dollar, wit
II a clasp for ribbon to go through attache
to the top. On one side of the medal is a
- engraving of two fleets IF war ships, an
=, :, around it the words, Almighty God hs
IL blessed His Majesty's Arms, Victory of tn
Nile, Aug. l, 179S." On the other side is
es figure standing on a rock overlooking til
10 sea, holding an olive branch in one hanC
while the other rests on the edge of shielC
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