The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-28

The Pensacola Athletic Club Is only
awaiting the return Of Col w. d. Chipley
when work Oh its club house viii be CON-
menced and pusned as rapidly as possible
to completion. Tne club. it Is said, has a
proposition from Col Chipley in connection
with the construction Of the building, and
has but a minor point or two 70 settle before
engaging actively in the undertaking
Voter s. Boardman have added an addi-
uOnsl nfty-horse power engine 70 their
water plant at Ocala, placed a neat build
ing over It, and given 1t good coat OF
paint They expec, TO expend $4,000 to
SIS, 900 il driving their new artesian well
for an additional water supply, besides
building for their manager, Q. Il. Camp
Dell. cosy cottage on their water lot.
Wamblink, who was tried at Live Oak
last week for the murder of George Over
street, was acquitted. The chief evidence
against him was an alleged confession, but
the defense proved that tina man 10 whom it
was said TO have been made was an ex-con-
Wet. The Banner says that the fear ex-
pressed by some that Wambling would be
lynched was totally without foundation.
Friday night word was sent to P. NJ.
Oliver Of Gainesville, that a "varmintn of
some kind was committing depredations on
the henroosts near the sink. Mr.. Oliver
organized a party, took his dogs and re-
paired to the scsne Of disturbance. The
dogs soon routed a lusty young wildcat,
and after q short battle his catship was
killed, but not until he had seriously
wounded one Of the dogs.
Friday nightab3ut o'clock Charles Pugh,
Daniel Watkins, Minnow Turner and Wash
ington Harris, all colored, attempted to
cross Orange lake 10 a small boat, which
upset about midway of the lake, drowning
Charles Pugh and Daniel Watkins. The
other two men were rescued after an hours
stay in the water They were all hands OF
Maj. G. r. Fairbanks, aud were returning
home TO Lochbie, where they reside.
J. NJ. Lee Of the Hotel Indian river, at
Rockledge, is getting his hotel in complete
order for the winter season. Mr.. Lee in
tends TO run two yachts in connection with
the hotel. One VIII lie placed on the Indian
river, running from Rockledge to Merritt's
Island, aud the other on the Banana river,
10 run from MerTitt's Island to the main
land to convey guests of the hotel from
Rockledge TO the beach, a distance Of eight
miles.
A J. Gill of Dade City has five acres of
land for which he paid goo. He cleared 10
the small growth and deadened the trees
the leaves of the latter being still gresn.
He planted the land in egg plants. Up to
last Saturday he had received for his crop
5000. He had thirty-seven barrels in New
York uusoId and at least forty barrels in
the field ungathered. Mr.. Gill has paid out
for all the work done on this farm, outside
Of his own labor $40.
During the earlier part OF last week the
family Of Salem Bird, a colored tenant on
the plantation Of w. w. Whitlock, in
Madison county, left the house, in which
was stored a quantity Of seed cotton, with
three small children, who discovered after
lapse of time that the cotton was on fire.
They ran in TO put out the fire and were
seriously burned, two Of them so much so
that death ensued Wednesday, and the
third was expected to die Thursday.
During the year ending Oct. 81, 1889, in
623 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of
445, 231, the exports from the port of Pen
sacola, as show by tabulated statement
prepared by Messrs. Huger Bros, timber
merchants and ship brokers' were as fol-
lows: ,574, 1884 cubic feet of hewn timber;
| 175, AL 900 superficial feet of sawn timber
134, $4,000 superficial feet of lumber; $3.50
cubic feet of cedar; 10000 cubic feet of
cypress; 81, 900 shingles; and 1851 tons of
coal.
Robert Robinson, bright young coon
about 10 years old, from Harris Road, went
to Fernandina, recently, taking with him a
whistle which he had ingeniously con-
structed in imitation of those used by the
police, in sound particularly. The night
after he arrived he amused himself by call
| ing UP the police, lodging from one part of
| the town 30 another. He did not want to
| give up his whistle when finally arrested,
| but it was ordered confscated in the munic-
| ipal court next morning. He was fined SIS
| and costs He said he had some money at
| home. An officer went there with him.
| Robert went in at the front door and out
at the back, and has not been seen since.