The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-13

all kinds of work, such as clearing land,
choppi wood. railroad grading, ETC be
SAYS be will contract at one half the prices
heretofore charged.
A young lady Of Orlando is the proud
owner Of a lrg' Thomas cat which Is an
exDert bird catcher His style Of hunting
is peculi AID decidedly original He has
learned to initiate the notes OF birds, and
in that way encices tn m within his reach.
The tobacco syndicate is busy preparing
/ for a large acreage in tobacc1 at Quincy this
year. Seed beds are prepared, and other
W TX is going n steadily. This CO npanv
! has largely increased its nu nber Of work
stock, and the finals are all in good con-
! dition for work.
At Quincy a white man had q difficulty
with a neg and attempted 10 strike him
| with an ak handle. The negro was too
! gu OK for him, however, and now the white
| man has a scalp wound on his head nine
inches in length and the negro has skipped
to parts unknown.
B. C. LAaning, who figured in Lake
county some months ago, was arrested Fri
day by the sheriff Of Putnam county, upon
an Indictment for publication of a libel
found by the grand jurv Of Lake county.
Lanning WAS taken TO Leesburg. He was
released upon giving bonds in the sum Of
81 600
Several bids have been received for the
construction of the Fe nandna water
works. The time for receiving bids ex-
pire5 on Feb. 20, when the contract i'll be
let and the work commenced Immediately.
In ninety days ( om that time it is conf
IDENTIFY expected the works Will be ready 10
turn over to the city.
Mai R. Walpole, special agent of the
revenue department, reports that the gov
eminent officers at Key West are doing
their full duty, and that there is less snug
CLING going on there than for years past.
He says he has watched the entire coast
very close y and been out for two or three
days at { ne time, but has discovered moth
ing going on thai is in violation of the
law.
The high water has damaged the St
Cloud ca crop. 1t has stood from 4 to 10
inches deep over fully one-third Of the
plant tion, and immense quantities of
the cane has soured, so that no good sugar
can be made from it Under favO able
! circumstances fully 100000 pounds Of
sugar uld have Teen mad from this crop,
ut now the company will do well 10 get
100000 pounds from it,
The Lake county commissioners have
levied tax of 81 mills for the current
year. This is divided as follows: Quaran-
tine, l mill; bridges, II mills; county pur-
poses, pa mills; schools, 4 mills. This is
an increa e 0 | mill over last year. This is
accounted for by the fact that one-haf
| mill in excess of last year is appropriated
| for quaran inc one-haf mill more for
| bridges, and one-haif N II more for schools.
| The appropriation for county purp)s is
| reduced One-haf m II from last year. With
he 4-mill state tax added, the total tax will
be 1872 mills, against 1919 mills last year.
TIE follow nc postal card was received at
| the Jacksonville lines Union Off Satur-
dav. 1t is REPRODUCED Iitaratim Ct verbati o.
| Jacksonville, Fla, JanTy 3, 1882. go the
| cityson Of jacksonville if Mr. Lee can take
| b office that he was elected for if we can
| burn half of this on Is of fehry 10 oCk or
what our you see fit t. no let the onebl Mr.
! Lee take his office and all others B. B. B.
| Ii X. K. / am rldy eney time to burn
this city in aSsash. | think you will want
| another man before preston is done with. |
| will onwly the Letter that was send to Mr.
Lee, think you he will be kill by the cops"
| Daytona Messenger: DR.. Feathersta-
naugh and Mr.. Dodge, his pho ographer,
| who have been at OcOee, have returned to
Washington, D. c., after several days study
IN Indian lore and collecting quite a num-
Der of specimens, such as stone hatchets,
| beads, earthen-ware, etc, and have con-
cuded their investigations for the present.
| The doctors opinion 10 that that part of
| Florida was very densely populated centu-
| Ties ago, UT lOuR OeIOTe tue WulUo men
| reaC he'd our shores, indications of which are
| the earthen-ware and stone hatchets. Fur
! the Investigations may follow later on, as
| he has minutes Of a large number OF
mounds in South Florida.
Palatka Herald: B. G. tanning returned
| this morning from Lake COUNTY, Our read
ers will em9mber that he was arrested a
few days since on a capias from said
| county. The trouble grow out Of an ar
| fffsta pryh h
| brought by others and published in the
| public press. When Mr. l. ming reached
| Leesburg he was handsomely received and
entertained by the people Of that place, and
almost the entire populace was ready to go
! on his bond. As 1t was, nineteen citizens
and business men went on his bond of
| $1,000, and said bondsmen represent in the
neignborhood of 81, 100000 capital. Lees
| burg employed Mr.. Lanuing to do detective
work in the late county seat contest, and
| the people say they Will stand by him until
| justice is melted out.
An ordinance granting certain privileges
! to the Pensacola Short Line was passed by
| the Pensac Ia council at w ednesday nights
session. The ordinance provides for the ex-
| tension of time given to the company last
| March. In substance it saws the company
Shall lave ali the privileges granted by the
| ordinance If March 10, 1885, except where
| these privileges conflict with The rights
| gwen TO the Pensacola and Mobile since
that date. The Pensacola Short Line will
| eater tie city by the west on Zarragossa
street, aud proceed through the south part
| OF town by the way Of W Zarragossa and
| Main streets as far as Alcsniz. The COM
| pany, TO secure these privileges, must spend
| $1,000 within the city limits prior to Sept
20, AID the road must be completed to the
| Alabama line prior 10 Sept. 20, 1889. AID
| there make connection with some line not
now in opera ion.
! Last Wednesday J. Smith, proprietor of
| the Georgia house and |. S. Beetlsou from
Ashland Neb, were fishing at the long
dock at Punta Gorda when fish got on the
line held by Mr.. Beetison, that fairly made
his hair stand on end. When he felt him
on the line the other men being some dis
lance away, he thought he would quietly
| draw his game in and surprise the OF ers,
but the harder he pulled the more the fish
went the ocner way; finally he yelled for
| help. and Smith says Beetison's eyes were
as big as saucers when he came up To
make the exciting story short, they held 10
the fisn until he came TO the top and then
hnlShei bis career with a ball from a Win
chester rifle. II was monst flew" fish
measuring feet inches in length, we Oh
ing 292 pounds and is one Of the largest fish
of the kind caught in the bay Tor SOME
! tine