The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-27


by Capt j. w. 70 Jerts of Orange Bend,
who is quoted as alleging that during his
nineteen years residence in Florida he has
never vet known it to fail to rain on May
90 Monday was the 10Th, and it came very
near breaking the record, as only a very
slight ram fell.
Col Haskils, who returned to Tampa a
few DAYS ago from a trip down the coast,
reports thai one day last week, between
Little and Big Sarasota bays, thirty nine
female porpoises beached themselves. Why
they did it is a mystery. Some of them
were showed back into the water aud swan
off all right, and others died before they
could bs put back.
Charles Erickson, Who is employed TAX
ing charge Of Mrs Beman's grove on Lake
| Sue, near Orland >, met with painful ac-
cideut a fe n day, ago while engaged in put
| ting up a wire fence. The wire slipped in
| second finger Of Mr.. E ricksons right hand,
cutting them badly. 7 first finger was
! nearly severed at the joint.
In consequence of break in the arm that
attached the tongue to the carriage, Mai
/ WrighLs fine team Of grays became unc IN
trOliabe on Wednesday at Tam a while
or ssIng the bridge and ran away. The
| ma ior was pitched out when the buggy
struck the railroad crossing, and about
/
turned, pitching young lady who was
ridi with him into the sand. Fortunately
no one was seriously injured.
! A dispatch was received at Sanford
Wed esday night from a colored man in
| Oakland. requesting the police to meet the
train from Oakland, on the Orange Belt
railroad, and ar est his wife, who he said
had rul away with "square-eyed niger"
but the SOU re-eyed Niger" was no fool,
| tgfF er-iAh 10 II Nl,a zNI FoI
lows Girl, at Monroe station, and there
a aitsd the fast mail to take them to Jack
sonville As the p lice had no jurisdiction
outside the city limits, they could do
nothing with him.
B. g. Snowdsn, dealer in furniture at
| Ocala, has ma lie an assignment TO L ;iis
Fox. The liabilities are about S.. 800, with
| sssets in stock, notes and accounts Of 81, 500
There are preferences to the amount of
about s., 800, the remainder to be divided
equally among tie other creditors. Toe
I lowing are preferred creditors: First,
First National Bank Of Ocala, 81 500 50; ;
second, T. G.. Snowden of Ocala, $500 [:
third, Mrs. L. L. Miller OF Ocala, $50;
fourth, George F. Roach & Co. of Boston,
SlU0 Total, 81, 259 so.
The st. Augustine Guards held an lmpor-
tant meeting Wednesday night and took
steps toward securing the annual encamp-
mont Of state troops for St. Augustine. E
Mas. ers WAS in Ocala a few days ago, where
lie interviewed Maj Lancaster. who ex-
pressed himself in favor of having the en-
c4mpment at st. Augustine. He also
thong t that st. Augustine could secure it
if she would make an effort. the Guards
appointed a'committee OF f. NJ sters aud
J. ". Bra nnan, who will look after ST.
August IS interests, and go to Tallahassee
If ueCes airy.
Dr.. L. r. Warren of Mauatee county and
a friend of his, Mr.. Earl, who has lately ar
rived fr m New York, proposes to thor
on Snly test pan of the former for over
conn z frosts and droughts, the great
est difficulties to contend with in the grow
ing f early vegetables The plan is to
oroughy drain about two acres, and then
ARA ge a portable covert whic can
easily handled wlen threatened with frost
or to- much sunshine covering at night
when cold, and shading from the sul's RAYS
during dry weathe-. They DIT pose to keen
tlis tract thoroughly fortified, and WITH
this protection keep it in ntiaual service.
arising not less than three crops each year.
DR.. Porter has written to E. NJ. Graham.
president of the Manatee county board of
health, as follows: tine late order of your
ard Of health prohibiting unacclimated
persons, i. e.. those persons WHO have not
had yellow fever. from sleeping in the vii
lageS Il Mauatee and Palmetto, in Manatee
county, during the summer months of this
year is approved by me, and. as precal-
tlOnary measure. is to be comme1ded y
Against this regulation the people Of Mana
tee protest most emphatically, and their
protest IS warmly supported by the Mana
tee AdUocdte. They claim that the town
is thoroughly healthful, and til It to impose
such a restr. cton on only those two towns
in the county, is an unjust discrimination.
AtJacksonville, Thu sdsy, the police Off
Gals received information that a Young
white girl from Georgia hsd been taken to
the baguio of Ell N Wood ward, corner of
II wk aud Ward streets, and it was de-
termined to rescue her. Police Sergeant
Horn, City Mals1al Sherman and Odicel
Mitchell went t. the house and found thsre
q white girl, Nett.e jackson, between IL
and - years old, daughter of Mrs. Lizzie
Jackson of Columbus, Ga. She had only
been there few hours, and was taken by
Sergt. Horn to the Travellers hotel She
will be sent home to-day. The girl claims
10 have come to Jacksonville to take SER
vice as nurse, and expressed an entire will
ingness to retu n home.
Capt b. F. Stearns relates an affecting
story of an incident Of the observance of
Memo ial day at Barranca5 last Nav He
casually made the acquaintance of lady
who was attending the ceremonies and who
remarked to him, II the course of an ensuing
co versatiOn, that she had a brother WHO
went TO the war and never returned As
the talk con inued it was developed that the
ladY's brother, at 1G years of age, had left
Maine town with the Second regiment Of
Maine cavalry, and his mother aud sister
had never again heard from him. As the
words Second Maine cavalry" fell from
the lady's lips, Capt Stearns started The
lady noticed it andquestloned him concern
ing it, he then Informed her that her
brothers grave, in all likelihood, was
IN the cemetery III which they
were then standing, and, if
he had not been buried as an
unknown he could probablg locate it for
her. The pair started on he scare q, and,
at less than fifty yards from the spot on
which they had stood conversing, they came
e. grave over which was sto q inscribed
with the name of the 10y who had left
home, mother aud sister in far away Maine
more than twenty years before. The lady
fell on the grave and wept for long time
She subsequently had the mound covered
with flowers, and left the cemetery with a
feeling of glad relief in the knowledge that
the remains Of her long lost brother had
been located. Capt Stearns refused to 6 We
the laiy's name. saying 1t was not matter
Of Importance to the public. He learned
afterWard that the boy was not killed, but
had died naturally. The Second regiment
Of Maine cavalry was stationed at Pensa-
cola navy yard for two years during the
war.