The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-22

death ensued from hemorrhage, Williams
escaped.
Monticello Constitution: Every farmer
in this county that understands the cultlve-
| ton aud management Of Cuban tobacco
should plant one acre at least next rear.
J. Z Lutea OF Leon clunty planted
two acres this year and has been offered
5000 for his crop. This is equal 70 twelve
bales Of cotton.
The Mount Zion African Methodist
church Of jacksonville is erecting the larg-
est colored church ia the state Of Florida. 1t
covers a 10; l0Ix62 feet and within the walls
it Is S9x55 feet. and viii seat 200 people.
The estimated cost is $4,000. The corner
stone was laid Thursday By the Grand
Lodge of Colored Masons OF Florida
Supt. Mccormick, of the English mill at
St Augustine, fell over pile Of lumber in
the mill yard a few days ago. and the next
day he complained or pain In the region
of the heart. He kept at work, but the pain
continued. Friday he was persuaded by his
family 10 consult a physician and il was
found that one of his ribs on the right side
was broken.
At St Augustine, Friday, while C. F.
Collins and 7. II. House were fish
ing across the river from the fort, they
caught a peculiar kind OF fish, which is
now on exhibition ct Collins jewelry store.
Ii is about two feet and a half long and ex-
actly the color of silver and has fangs like
a rattle snake. DR.. Vedder says it is
scabbot fish, and belongs to the eel family
It's movements in the water are like light
ming compared TO any other fish.
Tampa Netos. At the last meeting of the
Tampa Democratic Club Registration Officer
T. X. Spencer was roughly handled and
severely censured by @. B. Sparkman, the
head Of the county executive committee,
aud others, for neglect Of duty, or failure
to do hts duty as they thought it ought to
be done. In consequence of this censure
and criticism Mr.. Spencer has placed his
resignation as county registration officer in
the hands OF the governor, and has notified
the chairman of the county executive COM
mittee of the fact.
Cocoa Public Spirit: Our readers doubt
less remember the bold and daring burglar,
Peter Reddick, who figured conspicuously
with the theft OF gold watches, money, etc,
something over a year ago, and the
finding Of watches buried by him under the
Episcopal church In our town. 1t Is prob
able he has been closer to US again recently
than any of us would expect or desire. He
recently escaped from the convict camp
where he has been serving out a sentence
and disappeared from the neighbor-
hood. He had informed Senator Ed.
'1hog oSCdpe buhb no nhu
secreted tobacco box containing
90, 700 in gold under the colored Methodist
church in Cocoa. As soon as it was certain
that he had escaped Mr. Bailey started for
our town TO secure the money before Pete
could make his way here. Taking ad-
vantage Of all the trains running In this di-
rection, Mr.. Bailey came as quickly as pos
sible, bringing Sheriff Bowman along from
Titusville, proceeded at once upon arrival of
the boat here, to the church Indicated and
proceeded to search for the treasure 1t was
not there. There were no signs that it had
ever been buried there. Pete had fooled the
gentleman Sheriff Bowman proposed to Mr..
Bailey to visit the scene under the Episcopal
church where the watches had been buried.
They did so, and loi here, instead of under
the coIored Methodist church, was every
evidence that the money had been buried
and had been taken away again, for near
the spot where the watches had been buried
they found the earth freshly removed and
tracks freshly made about hole in the
ground from which a box, the size and
shape of tobacco box, had evidently been
but recently removed. The slick audacious
rascal had evidently preceded Mr.. Bailey
and the sheriff 10 the place of burial only
about six hours At last accounts Pete is
still at large and the gold undiscovered.