The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-28
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After some preliminary skirmishing the
following ticket was chosen by the RePl0-
licans Of Clay county in their convention
Saturday: For member Of the assembly,
f. n. Bradley; for collector, jesse II.
Carter; for treasurer, c. NJ. Merrill; for
assessor, J. z. Hall. J. \. Green of Orange
Park and T. II. Jea kius ami Thomas
Roberts of Green Cove Springs were elected
delegates to the congressional convention at
Ocala, and were instructed to support
Goodrich.
Apalachicola Times: George Weefing
reports witnessing fight in shOai water at
st. Vincents, between TWO sharks One OF
the sharks measured about six and the
other some nine feet. The large shark dis
abled the smaller one in very few seconds.
Mr.. Weefing says the combat was short,
sharp and terrific, and il the first OF the
kind he ever witnessed. There was no turn
ing upon the back to catch hold; it was
straight rush and clinch and the move
ments were as quick as lightning.
DeLand A0ricultnist' Clay county may
well take pride in Rev. r. Moody. who,
after an active life, still preserves his vigor
at 80 years of age. Del-aud can present a
more remarkable case. Rev. s. Dyer has
spent nearly fifty years in an unusually
active ministry, during which he has reared
a family and written eight books on natural
history. He is now in his nth year, but
walks as erect as ever. He walks TO and
from h. grove, u miles out of town, and
puts in fair days work, with no seeming
overtax of strength. He has never used
intoxicating drinks nor tobacco; takes but
two regular meals a day; is a sound sleeper !;
let's nature take care of the top of his head,
and does not die his whiskers.
About thirty tons OF Msngrove honey
have been shipped from New Smyrna this
season SO far, and this represents only a
thinly settled stretch of four miles along
the Hillsborough river. 1t sells for $3.50
per ton, and the freight is 81 cents per 100
pounds TO New York, and the barrels cost
81 GO each, The early crop Of dark honey
usually gathered from the saw palmetto and
the galberry, was almost a total failure
tins year in the New Smyrna section, owing
to the drought. The soil was 50 destitute of
moisture that the few flowers which opened
at all contained very little nectar; and, be-
sides this, the cattlemen and hunters started
numerous fires which swept the woods end
destroyed or blackened all small growth.
Tampa Nei0s: The surveyor general of the
United States will be here next week for the
purpose OF making survey of the river and
an estimate OF the @ 1st of straigh tening the
channel and securing a depth of at least
fifteen feet Of water, so that vessels Of large
size can come up to the city, If the report
| VI JDlS survey Is luVOTdDlet LI6 Cen
trail and feninsular road will add 5000, 600
to the amount, and work will be common ced
under the auspices of government engineers
The 800, 600 given by the Florida Cen
trial and Peninsular road is the
amount estimated 20 carry them
| to deep water, and as they would
| prefer to have vessels come up to the CITY,
they propose to add this amount to the gov
eminent appropriation, and they have the
promise of liberal one If favorable re-
| port is made by the surveyor general, who
| has promised to come in person and look
| after it. A leading official of that road
says that, sink or swim, they have cast
their fortune with Tampa, and that they do
| not expect to hunt deep water anywhere
else but here, and if favorable report is
made after the summer is complete1, that
| Tampa would be the leading city in the
state inside of five years, and eventually Of
| the gulf.
| Manatee Advocate. Manatee river is
| visited by very many of the denizens of the
deep. AT times we hear of logger-hes d
| turtle being seen; during the rainy season
some of the antediluvian alligators cone
down from the interior and take look at
our advanced civilization; Spanish mackerel
| often reward the time and skill of the ex-
pert angler from any Of the wharves while
trout, reddish, snappers, angelfish. sheep
head, mullet, drum and other kinds are
| eAAOh oo u AlapNcI VI COuEe6 any uAJ, DOu,
when 1t comes to exciting sport, to sport
that requires nerve as we'll as skill and a
strong arm, then the old tarpon takes the
lead. Many of our fisherman had hooked
on to tarpon, aud had all the sport of
trying TO land him, but Just when
about TO be successful the great fish would
leap into the air, shake himself, and the line
would part or the hook be cast out far on
the water. Last Thursday w. H. Vanderipe
was at his favorite spot opposite Castle
Point, in Braden river, but a short distance
from where this river flows into the Manatee
river. and he was prepared for the capture
OF tarpon, of which fish plenty were
swimming arouud. when suddenly one of
them took his hook and started down stream.
and would have lowed the boat into the
Manatee river had it not been anchored.
For fully thirty minutes the contest lasted
Several times the fish was brought
alongside, when 1t would dart away
seventy-tive or hundred feet, and then up
IN the air it would go, until finally the great
fish was worn out with his struggles, and
lay upon his side on the water, from which
1t was hauled into tho boat. Some six or
eight times he tried to shake out the hook
or break the line by darting away AMI
springing into the cir, but the line was new
and strong and the hook was att icked by a
wire several feet long to the line, and Mr..
Nanderipo kept steady hand on the line
so that all its efforts to free itself was of nc
avail. This tarpon was OK feet long and
weighed 40 pounds