The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-30
FLORIDA.

The Sugar Belt railway, from Kissimmee
to Narceosse, has been completed and trains
are now running.
The Milton Clarion learns that at last
the school building and grounds of the
West Florida Institute have been properly
decided TO the school authorities of Santa
Rosa county.
Tommy Niece, Seminole Indian, of the
Cow creek tribe, is in Arcadia. Tommy is
busy manufacturing moccasius, which he
sells as curiosities to the Arcadiaus. He
makes from seven to ten pair a day.
The jowelry store of r. E. Sharrard, at
Leesburg, was closed last week, the papers
being served by J. w. Northup. The com
plainants are Morrison, Staplyton & Co.
and the amount of Indebtedness is 81, 100
w. T. Carlton lost bunch of thirty
sheep while trying to put them across Peace
river the other day. The sheep were
| frightened at the bridge and ran into the
swamp, where it was impossible to find
them. He has recovered only a few of
| them.
| n. NJ. Isler of Tallahassee received last
week from pears shipped to Now York 81 y
per barrel net. Reports from Baltimore for
| shipments show 81 IS to So % net per bar
rel. John Donk received returns last week
for IS barrels of pears shipped few days
| SOS 50 for the % barrels.
w. H. Nall of Orlando, who was mourn
| ing the Oss Of valuable diamond which
| had become disodged from its setting. is
smiling, having been fortunate enough to
| discover it on his desk The stone had been
| detached from the ring while Mr.. Nall was
| reaching for some files over his desk and
lodged among number Of loose papers. 1t
was valued at $l00.
Key West Equator: A report has reached
| this city to the effect that an epidemic
something like the ''glauders" has made its
appearance in Cuba among the horses,
mules, etc, and large numbers of them are
dying from it. Would it not be advisable
for our health officer to examine into this
report, and, if found correct, take steps to
prevent horses, etc, from being shipped
! from Havanal
Lakeland AdrOcdte: j. r. Raulerson,
VINO lives miles from town, killed fifty
! four cotton-mouthed moccasns at his mill.
This may look like a story, but it is a true
| one, nevertheless. He shot female snake.
and inside Of her We're fifty-three young
snakes. 1t is not generally known that
! snakes are SO prolific, or that Oh the an
proach of danger the mother opens he1
mouth, and the little ones scamper down II
in hurry.
NC TtpuDAlCdlo Vi leI4dQu are Teu-lOt
over the removal of MIR. Turner, who held
the office of sheriff of Volusia county.
Gov. Fleming removed him for neglect of
duty in office, based on aftidayits seat him
setting forth that he the sheriff. allowed
j. Ii. Benjamin, the man who shot and
! killed Mr.. Douglass at New Smyrna last
June, to run at large in the city Of DeLand
after lie had been committed to jail by a
magistrate.
AT DeLand the inclosure around the
scatfOld on which Gaskins and Hammond
are to be hanged on Thursday next.
is about completed. The murderers spend
most of their time in singing and
praying, and keep it up the greater
part Of the night. Both men are well at
| tended by their spiritual advisers, aud they
are firm in the belief that they are going
straight 10 heaven. The Jurors who tried
these men were mostly republicans, so the
negroes cannot say that they were hanged
| because Of their politics.
Quincy Herald: 1t is reported upon the
| streets that a colored woman by the name
! of Apeg ~ ders, found one day last week
While making potato hill, pot filed with
gold and silver coin on the Whaley place
four miles south Of town. The amount