The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-05


The strike at Milview continues. The
company ran one side of the Seminole mill
Monday to make some lumber for mill use.
But two colored men reported for work, the
others making up the crew being the super
intendent bOokkeepers. clerks, inspectors
and mechanics. All hands we're laid off
Monday night.
At Callahan on Saturday night bet cen
10 and IL O'clock, in the course Of q onarrel
Lee Higginbotham shot Ally Green twice
Ons ball entered his cheek and The other
went in at his mouth, but beyond knocking
out two teeth aud cutting off the tip OF his
tongue. he was not injured. Higgin botham
was placed uGder $500 bond.
A drive well is being put down at the
South Florida Railroad passenger depot at
| Winter Park, by X. Hawthorne Of Plant
City. The well is now down about 80 feet,
and it is though. it viii have to be sunk to
depth Of over i01 before the desired wafer
is obtained. At 20 feet shell was strucs
similar to that found at Rock Ladge, on the
| Incian river.
The Cedar Key Commercial thinks the
Florida Central and Peuinsular should
make strenuous efforts 10 secure a fast
freight and passenger steamer TO ply be-
tween that point aud Havana. To points
between the latter place and the great
northwest the difference in distance would
| be 800 miles in favor If Cedar Key over
any other route.
Monticello Constitution: George w.
| Whitehurst says he and Fl. +. Lindsay cut
down bee tree one day las. week aud
saved several hundred pounds of honey.
| When they finished gathering the honey
they commenced to investigate tine top If
the tree and found where cranes had built
their nests. They gathered up 140 dozen
| eggs. We suppose the geatlemen will buy
an incubator aud start a cranery
A new enterprise has been started in
Gainesville, known as tine Gainesville Pot
| terry Company. Col. H. f. Dutton is presi-
dent and Marcus Endei secretary and
| treasurer. The first production of the COM
pany was handsome flower pot The clay,
which is of an excellent quality, is found in
large quantities within halt a mile of
Gainesville. The Sun is Informed that all
the stock OF the company has been taken.
Charles Whittier of Boston has recently
erected an irrigating plant upon his vaiua-
bic grove at Altamonte Springs II is now
in successful operation, and the owner is
well pleased with it. The plant consists OF
upright tubular boiler, with horizontal
steam pump aud about 100 feet OF pIps
and hose. For the first three DAYS after
starting the machinery in operation it dis
charged upon the groves 10000 gallons per
day. The water is iken from lake ad-
joining the grove
j. 1. Beeks, Superintendent of public in
structlon, was presented Tuesday with
number of specimens of bones of the imam
moth" by Messrs. S. S. Puckott and r. f.
Bower. which we're taken from their phos-
phate bed at Charlotte HarbOr. The most
noticeable pieces in the collection is that of
thigh bones OF the animal. The specimens
will be used by Mr.. Beeks for cabinet
which he is making for the benefit of the
public schools, and he would be very thank
ful Tor any specimens phosphate hunters
might present to him.
A three-mile scull race between Gaudaur.
Hamm, Ten Eyck, and Hosmer, for $3.50.
came of at st. Augustine Wednesday
starting from Pinkh ans wharf Although
the weather was stormy, the sea wall and
wharves we're thronged with spectators
At the end Of the first lap Hosmer fouled
the stake and withdrew; Gaudaur won in
Is minutes; Hamm and Ten Eyck tied at
Is minutes and IL seconds. In the one-mile
race 6audaur won in s minutes aud
SECONDS, leaving Hosmer and Ten Eyck
about a length in the rear; Hamm dropped
out.
Fernandina Mirror: We learn that i'm
mediate steps Will be token BY the Florida.
Central q Penlnsular railroad to prepare
Tor the anticipated foreign exports of Flor
ida phosohates from this port. An elevated
track Will be built from the Dade street cross.
ing to the fertilizer warehouses, at which
point 1t is expected to dump the phosphate
from the cars into the steamers, thus avoid
lngsall unnecessary handling in making trans
fers. The work will be commenced and
finished inside of three weeks, and it is said
the first shipment of 1000 tons will be made
early IN May-probably the first. We also
learn that the contract for 5000 tons was
consummated last weey
Monticello Constitution. Robert Wynn,
an industrious colored man who lives on
the Wertland plantation. constructed a
blind" in the woods near his house and
was batting the place for wild turkeys, and
on friday morning last at about o'clock
ne went TO the blind and took his position
TO await the arrival of the game. In build
ing the blind he left small crack to look
through, Sd he could see the game in case it
came. AS is the custom with the colorei
man when he sits still a few minutes he
generally drops off to sleep. 1t is supposed
that Wynn had AIKEN nap aud as he awoke
heard a turkey yelp and in the excitement
showed his gun through the opening in the
blind and fired. To his surprise when he
went around to p ok up his game he found
Geo. Richardson lying on the ground with
the whole load of shot in his body and a tur-
key which he had brought there fastened
with string and tied around his waist.
Richardson was killed instantly, AID as
soon as Wynn could realize what he had
done he came to Monticello and surren-
dered himself to Sheriff SimkinS. After
the matter was investigated the jury
brought IN verdict exonerating Wynn.