The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-28
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dronned head at his home in the former
nlare on Monday last of heart disease, 1t IS
supposed.
The jacksonville Bicycle Club and the
/ 4 lcazar Club at st. Augustine are about TO
form a state division of the League OF
| American Wheelmen, an organization
12 900 strong.
Orange City needs a city hall, and efforts
are making TO have one with the assistance
/ o. the city. The people, however, would
/ like to know something ABOUT the condition
/ Of the city finances.
Another important success is the artesian
! well enterprise at st. Kilda on the DE insula
/ opposite Melbourne A dow Of 4OO,0 gal
/ Ions a day was struck aud the water was
more wholesome and pleasant to the taste
than any struck yet.
| c. L. Pratt, better known as alligator
! Pratt made quite a catch on the end II the
! city harf at Melbourne Tuesday. landing
! in less than two hours a bass that tipped the
scales at thirty pounds, and lour trout
averaging eight and a half pounds each.
Rock Ledge is having a most interesting
postoffice coAtest. Two Of the most popular
Young men in town, E. l.. Magruder and
ID. A. Dickson. are applicants for the ep-
pOiutmeut, They botn have strong sup
port and each is confident of winning the
race.
Mrs. Ed Morgan of Melbourne killed an
immense hoop snake last week which meas
IL ed G feet aid ten inc es. 1t was marked
something like rattlesnake, and had a
horn about We inches long on the end or
its tall. This was the first hoop snake ever
known on Indian river.
The citizens of Osceola county offered $3.50
for the capture of a man VINO made an as
sault upon Mrs jenkins of OIceola county.
Last Monday e. G. Gaines Of bronso !, as
sisted by another ge tleman, arrested the
criminal in Gulf Hammock, aud carried
him over to the sheriff of Osceola.
There died in Chester, a few miles from
Fe-na dina, several days 81 zee, the Oldest
person. probably, i the United States. He
claimed to remember perfectly incidents of
the revolution, and was brought from
Africa seven years before that period, and
was at that time nearly 20 The nearest
estimate of his age is 100 years.
Duri the tims of the Emperor Maxi
milian's residence in Mexico he turned
loose q number of Arabian stations of the
present Abdel Kader breed. One Of the de-
scendants Of this famous strain of horse
flesh is now owned by one of Sanford's dry
go .ds merchants, who viii keep the animal
entirely for his childreu's Use.
7. j. Appleyard last Saturday presented
to Comptroller Barnes, for an East Florida
banker, Florida state bills of the denOmina-
tions Of SO IS. 80, 81 and 80 cen S, to the
a MOUNTS of $50 So. These bills were issued
in lS62-63, and signed by John Milton, gov
ernor, per J. f. Benedict, and per j. L.
Taylor, also by c. H. Austin, treasurer.
A few nights ago a burning kerosene
oil lamp in J. E. D'Alemberte's drug store,
at Pensacola, was knocked down. 1t burst
and the OIL took fire. The proprietor, as
quick as fash. seized an old straw hat and
covered the fire, which had no time to
spread ald which was smOthered in little
while. A seconds delay might have caused
a serious confagratlon.
A great many people from Eden and all
intermediate points along the river to
Rock Ledge were put to much Inconvenience
and expense owing to the auction sale, ad-
vertised by S. Ryder of Rock Ledge. not
conf & off. 1t seems that some parties
holding claims on the property secured a
writ which authorized the sheriff to pre-
vent the sale as announced.
On Sunday afternoon last the saw mill
AMI all buildings of George J. Scanned at
Llks Helena were destroyed by fire. The
hard earnings of a number Of years gone
up in smoke. with the exception of about
$500. Loss g., 600, with no insurance. Mr..
Scanned is z ing to re-establish his bust
ness. He had just begun the saving of
100000 orange boxes for next seasons bust
ness.
A terrific forest fire has been raging
southwest of Orange City most of the week
The large scrub caught fire, it is said,
from spark from an engine on the Jack
souville, Tampa aud Key West. ard the
west winds brought the fire toward the
city. On Tuesday afternoon the fire passed
through the cemetery & gu ds, burning the
fe ee iuclosing the grounds and graves, and
injnring most OF the monuments.
cp,o;ol v,,oa4i,rr of 4bo it,
of Fernandina, Wednesday evening, the
fire department was authorized to order, by
telegram. 500 feet of nose, with MOBILES,
spanners, etc. This is only for experimental
use, as 1t is thought at least 1000 feet of
hose will be required for use Of the de-
partment. Council also authorized the con-
struction of an inclined plane at the engine
house for the purpose of wing hose.
The Melbourne Indian Rirer NewS: W.
H. Adams Of Tropic W S s. fortunate as to
secure a valuable tract OF unsurveyed gov
eminent land on the peninsula about ten
miles south of Melbourne. He was in town
this week aid purchased tie lumber for mis-
house on the no uesteld claim. Good gov
eminent land has become decidedly scarce
article on the river lately, and the man
no happens "'to drop ON piece worth
having these days may consider himself as
very fortunate.
ClCCA NoFo h1plAISS up ttJs ITO AOliE
drought, which has prevailed in this section
for six weeks, is seriously affecting the fruit
crop, which at one time promised an i'm
meuse yield. The peach crop has been cut
snort at least one-half, and, we think, this
may DO said of the orange. ums, per
simmons and grapes seem to be Independent
of the dry weather, aud will doubtless ripen
n fine op. Watermelons see TO thrive
best in dry spell, and the average trucker
is now consoled see his melon vi es look
50 thrifty and well frui5ed. This crop will
begl to ripen within the next ten days.
A well-6nown colorei man of Pensacola
was heard b remark, Friday, that there Is
& ing to be q devil Of a row in the colored
KING Is Of. Labor assembly one Of these
DAYS, when some member asks what was
done with all The money subscribed to de-
fray the expense Of the EMANCIPATION day
celebrat ON. why" said ne, "there was
about 81 200 collected in sessments, and
about 5000 more was contributed from
other sources. Certainly there wasn't any
such sum as 81, 400 spent for the celebration.
Some fellow is going to inquire about it,
and he's going to raise a little rumpus when
ne does
Mai p. A. Foster o. Orlando has a num-
Der of domesticated cranes They are very in
teresting pets and are highly valued by his
family. Several times of late the birds
have received visits from their wild breth-
rem ami a number OF efforts have been
made to capture the wild birds. Finally
the major covered a portion of his yard
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