The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-13

Springs Psrk, has completed the contract
for the lease rof the trathm1re-0n-the-
Beach, near Fern2ndina, and VIII open it
June L
While loading his Winchester rife, q
cartridge exploded 50 near the face OF Sher-
if Pons Of Baker county as 70 burn him
badly. he is slowly recovering from its
effects.
/, The Gainesville Sun learns that the
Gainesville Ca and Electric Light Com
/ pzny have leased their plant and works 70
the Southern Gas Trust and Construction
| Company Of New Jersey.
The strawberry ssason was a good one il
spite Of the sst-backs. Thsre were sent
| north by the Clyde line from Jacksonville
| during the shipping reason, from Feb. 70
April 20, SIX hundred rsfrigeratOrs Of ber-
/ rieS
At the meeting Of tbs city commissioners
of Pensacola, Wednesday, the time allowed
/ property owners for making connections
with the sewers was extended 10 June Is,
4 b. which time the work will probably be-
/ finished.
| Henry Guthrie ran away from school ct
| Xenia, o. to visit his aunt. Mrz. g. W
| Henry. in Jacksonville. He was last heard
I from at Nashville, Tenn, two months ago
and since then ali efforts 70 trace him have
been unayailing.
A shooting screps occurred between
negroes at st. Cloud Junction last Saturday
/ ia which II. c. Manor received bal in the
| right hip, striking the bone and glancing
forward, where it was cut out By DR.. Peeler
| Just below the navel
| Pensions have been Issued to Floridians as
| follows: Original: Sidney Castle, Fl
Pierce; Albert y. Doyle, Palatka. Increase:
William H. Records, Palatka. Original
widows etc, old war: Mariella, widow Of
Joseph Hernandez, st. Augustine.
United States Marshal E. C. Weeks says
that the published reports that he has ap-
pointed negro deputies in Leon, Madison,
Gadsden or any other counties is not 50. He
has not made single appointment of any
kind since he took charge Of the Office.
Capt. John Lee. q. S. A, retired, died at
San FRANCISCO April "a. Capt. Lee was
well-known insOrlando. he owned hand
some home IN Zellwood, Orange county, and
about Arcadia. Capt. Lee lost his wife in
| 1888, but leaves two children, boy and
girl.
r. s. Craig. formerly of the firm Of r. s.
| Craig & Co. Of Kissimmee, but more re-
Gently Of st. Cloud. and Miss Electra
l.. Mershon, were united in marriage at the
Presbyterian church at Kissimmee Tues
day evening by Rev. Mr. Alden.
$. Paul Brown Of Jacksonville, states
! that the second shipment of Pensacola di-
rectories was destroyed by fire on the Flor
| ida, Central and Peninsular railroad. He
says that the copy has been forwarded to
the printers for a second edition, which
will be shipped as soon as possible.
Upon visiting his chicken house Sunday,
Judge j. L. Bryan of Orlando discovered
that three-foot alligator had taken pos
session Of the place and was dining ON the
fowls A terrier dog which was near by
| was called to the scene and fight COM
menced, resulting in the gators death.
c. II. Haley is an applicant for the col
| lectorsbip Of customs at Fernandina An
effort is being made to prevent his appoint
ment by an attack on his private character,
One charge is that he and q. r. Hubby,
who recently forced q woman to marry him,
had "a high old time" while on lark at
Brunswick, Feb. 2, for which they were
arrested.
A couple Of Italians became involved in a
| quarrel at st. Cloud Junction last Monday,
when one Of them drew a shotgun and filled
his opponents leg full Of bird shot. This
| merely caused a cessation of hostilities for a
| short time, for the one whose leg was filled
with shot jumped onto his would-be muir
derer, broke his nose, and otherwise pun
rneled him up badly. Both parties were
/ arrested.
The entire feet of the Plant steamship
| line was anchored at Port Tampa Monday
| viz: the Oivette. Mascotte, Juniata and
Kisslmmee- The Olivette sailed that night
for Havana and will return to Key West and
| transfer her cargo TO the Mascotte, the lat
ter returning to Port Tampa and the Oil
vette proceeding again to Havana, whence
she will sail direct to New York, there to
commence her summer duties. The speci-
mems Of Florida fish for the l. ong Branch
4 mis- h0. III
favorable conditions, and it is thought they
viii reach their destination in good order
Fernandina Mirror. A few days ago Miss
Retta Carnegie shot and killed deer. In
company with two or three gentlemen from
Drngeness she had gone on a hunt, and at
| Hickory Hill, some five or six miles from
the house, the dogs started deer. Graham
Blandys fired two shots, but without effect
and the young lady followed with a single
shot, which stretched the game out on the
| grass. John Graham, in accordance with
the custom of the sportsman's camp, which
requires that on the staying of his first deer
the hunter must be bloodied, cut the ami
mars throat and dipping his hand in the
blood applied it to either cheek of the little
| huntress.
| Tampa Tribune: E. Nome returned
| Thursday night from Havana via Key
| West. He complains of the extreme heat
1 I'LL reAlAALE AuSe VA My NS5b. ne mas 1u9C
| purchased in Havana 500 bales of clear
Havana tobacco, which he secured by
taking an extended horseback ride from
Havana out among the tobacco raisers, He
saysif the Mckinley bill passes he will have
TO make another trip to Havana to secure
all the tobacco that he can command, and
when that is all consumed he will bs com
| PEELED to remove TO some place where he
| can again manufacture domestic cigars.
He states that the exporters of tobacco at
| Havana seem TO know and care very little
about the passage of the Mckinley bill, and.
when informed Of its provisions, say that
they can find other markets for their to-
| bacco.
The Macclenny Sen ttnel gives the follow
ing plan for cheap irrigation: "This writer
| and two others were talking over this same
matter few days ago. One was calculat.
ing the cost of an engine and boiler to ele-
vate the water. The other, who is prac-
tical machinist and mechanic, no larger nor
smaller man than Alex Duncan, recon-
| mended commencing on cheap scale. He
suggested trying an endless leather belt to
which could be attached cups or old fruit
cans, which, unfortunately for our purses.
/ are FIanfiful ar0und auarv M % ol- x,,rJ