The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21


90 o. a trip t. Australia and return SONS
Z time in the fall
lady went 70 one Of the groceries ia
| Wildwood last week aud bought two pound:
OF butter, that had been bought in the
I country by the merchant. When the mic,
| yellow lump was cut in two, there was
found 10 the center Of it a large Irish potato
nicely peeled and carefully covered over
with butter.
Judge Maxwell has announced that h.
would not accept Tine jldg ship OF the First
/ judicial circuit If IL were rendered him.
! Among the gentlemen named as possible
successors ID the late Judge Mcclellan ars
| Hon. w. d. Barnes, at present state con
troller, John W. Malone and Judge p. W.
| White Of Quincy.
It is possible. but not certain, that Mr.
Flagler will build an annex to ths Ponce de
Lson hotel at st. Augustine this summer.
! The intentiOn is il the evelt OF his doing
| anything in that line. 70 build on the corner
| OF Valencia and Sevilla streets, extending
! from Valencia street to the main driveway
leading to the hotel.
Ocala Banner: Judge ". 3. Bullock is
in receipt from the Florida Fruit Exchange
1 If one Of the heftiest checks ever drawn by
! that corporation. Il constituted the net
returns Of four boxes OF lemons, and
| amounted 70 ceats. The judge was offered
| 50 cents for the check, but will not part
with It as ne desires 10 keep it as a curiosity,
| and an encouragement TO increase his lemon
crop on MS Lake Weir island grove.
The citizens Of Daytona are delighted
| over the fact that Mr.. Fiayler is to build q
| hotel on the island in front of their city.
| The city council was called together and
| passed resolutions pledging the city fathers
I % do all II their power to aid the move
I Tlent; citizens owning riparian rights cheer
/ fully gave them mp for the cause. A mass
meeting was held aud all the citizens gave
I eyiis-cs Of their deep interest in the sub
sect-
Some time early Monday night a thief
entered tue house Of John Clark, Jr., 90
Laura street, jacksonville, and concealed
I himself IN the pantry. About o'clock Mr..
Clark's slstSr-lu-law, young lady spending
the winter with him, heard a noise and
went down stairs TO investigate. The rascal
heard her as she attempted TO enter the
dining room from the hall, and, dashing by
her, made his escape. In the fright and
confusion she was unable TO determine
whether he was black or white.
There is talk of placing double end
ferry boat on the river at St Augustine
and building a drive through the NO Ids OF
Anastasia Island Ia the beach south of the
lighthouse. The enterprise is in ali proba-
blIty an assured fact, for arrangements are
nov being made TO secure ferry boat and
build road ON the marsh TO the woodland,
thence Through the most picturesque Spots
on the island 10 the magnificent stretch of
beach, seventeen miles in length, south
from the lighthouse to Matanzas inlet.
Peter Hansen, a well-known bay laborer
of Pensacola, while working in the hold of
vessel Tuesday met with a painful and
very serious accident. He had placed thu
Winch rpnuH O.,
heave piece of timber, and was near the
stanchion when the latter succumbed to the
strain thus PIT upon il aad fell, striking
Hansen across the head and telling him on
the spot. He was Immediately brought
ashore for treatment. Dr.. Pierpont found
him suffering from conclusion, aud was
unable at last accounts to say definitely
how the case would terminate.
Fernandina Mirror: Parties in Jackson
vile have written Banker Cooley relative
20 starting a fertiiizing manufactory in
Fernandina, including an acid chamber,
which IS the necessary part of fertilizer
plant TO make it independent of others.
They want the greater part of $50, 600 sub
scribed here for this city's share. Mr..
Cooley has referred them to +. n. DECKER
son, hoping that combination of Mr..
Dickerson's scheme and this one might give
more practical results than two independent
NeAAS-i AAo JuiAlhk OtleT. WUeTGUf
we might be deprived of both.
Milton Clarion. Miss Mary Ann Hen
derson died Tuesday morning. She had
been confined TO her bed more than twenty
one years. Not a uinQ was present at the
house to assist in the last sad rites and the
ladies OF the community were forced to
place the coffin and act as pail bearers. Ii
II had been some wealthy person the attend
ance. would have been large. The funeral
services at the grave were conducted by
DR.. Hundley, who took occasion then and
| afterward TO score the male residents of the
| community for the neglect Of their duties to
the dead. The ladies also were Justly indig.
nant.
A curious package was shipped by ex.
press from Jacksonville Co Baltimore Mon
day. 1t was small white casket. with
silver trimmings, containing the embalmed
remains of Paris, valuable dog which died
| at the Hotel Placide. His mistress stopped
at the Hotel Placide last week, and noticed
| that her pet was ailing, so she sent for Fire
| man c. J. Campbell of the Central station
who is a skillful veterinary surgeon, tc
| doctor the pampered canine. All treatment
| failed to relieve him, as he seemed to be
dying of old age and general debility, and
so he was mercifully chloroformed TO death
| The undertaken was summoned, and care
| fully embalmed the body, which was sent
| W Do Jul AcI az aus AOl
| The dog Paris was much attached to his
mistress.
A. j. Harris and timer named Blacl
| had a fight in a saloon in Ybor City Tues
day afternoon, IN which Harris was badly
| worsted. Both were drinking and Harri.
must have been quite foolish, for after the
| row he struck himself on his lead severa
| times with beer bottle, vow
| ing that he would kill himself The bottl,
was taken from him and he was finally in
| duced to go home, but before starting
| procured an ounce bottle Of laudanum.
| When he got aboard the street car he turned
| the bottle up to his mouth aud was drink
| ing the poison, but gentleman who was
| sitting near grabbed the bottle away from
| him before he had drank all of it, anC
| threw it out of the window He was taken
! to his home, and when he arrived there wa
in a stupid, helpless condition. DR.. H. Fl
| Stebbins was Summoned, and after working
| with him nearly all night saved his life
and this evening he is considered out o.
| danger.
Live Oak Banner: About ! o'clock yes
terday afternoon playful little whirlwiud
came twisting across the fort green carry
ing pieces of paper and other light material:
| heavenward. A gentleman holding a large
white umbrella came right in its path anc
heigh, prestol the ''gamp" was whiSkeC
out Of his hand and carried upward. Jus
then party caught sight of the umbrella
now about sixty feet from the ground, and
seeing that the whirlwind was bearing