The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-26

George Hosmer, the oarsman, viii walk
/ any three men IN Florida, they to walk
five miles each, and he TO walk fifteen in
the same tine. lie viii put up from 500
/ to 81, coo at these odds.
The rumor that President Webb has sold
tie City hotel ut Tampa to the South
| Florida Railroad company is untrue. Par
ties have been negotiating with Mr.. Webb
to try aud buy the property, but no sale
has been effected yet.
! Greel Cove Spring: John Barkis col
| oreD an old resident of this county, was
found dead on the road side near Magnolia
on Wednesday morning of this week. The
old man died from natural causes (heart
disease or enlargement of the stomach).
Green Cove Spring: Woodland Park is
| the name of a new town in the western part
! Of this county, being in township 5, range
| "a About SOD lots have already been sold
and the purchasers in many instances will
| improve their property. Good prices were
secured for the property. The village is
directly on the line of the NJ, II. and i. B.
railroad.
Orlando Record. A rather curious sight
| is presented on a piece of land near Lake
| Eola, where it is said that certain we'll
| known citizen of Orlando, having become
enthused on the subject of establishing a
canning factory here, and realizing the ne
cessities thereof, has set out an acre Of tin
| cans, AMI expects to have the crop ready
for market in time the factory is in running
| order
Orlando Record: Some honey was acct
IDENTIFY spilled on the floor from box at the
Southern Express Company's Office this
morning, and almost Immediately the bees
commenced t. gather around until there
was nearly whole swarm after the sweet
stuff. An attempt was made at smoking
| them out, but Of no avail. Finally stream
of water was turned on them, and the honey
washed out, the bees being driven out doors
and peace was once more restored.
Driven to desperation by her husbands
| ill-treatment and disreputable mode Of
living, mrs w. L. Atkins of 81. Augustine
| attempted to commit suicide Friday night
| by taking laudanum, and again this morn
ing by drowning herself in the Matanzas
river. In the first Instance she was pre-
vented from taking her life by Mrs. c. E.
| Hood, and in the second attempt she was
| rescued by two colored men. Three weeks
| ago Mrs. Atkins was driven from her home
in Buena Esperanza by her husband and
| the colored woman whom he took to his
house and installed as mistress.
Orlando Record. certain popular
young clerk in the city was filled with de-
light this morning when a messenger boy
brought pretty good-sized package into
the store addressed to him. The hox was
labeled glass, aid as the said young mans
birthday is just past, he most naturally
concluded that some of his friends had pur-
chased him "a present. Carefully opening
the box, he proceeded to take out some ex-
celsior, which was supposed to cover the
precious present, when, to his great sur
prise, large cat suddenly jumped out of
the box into his face. He is on the war
path now, and something interesting will
probably happen when he finds out the per-
petrators of the joke.
Tampa Tribune: A gentleman of scolor
called upon the county judge in state of
high indignation and demanded q warrant
for the arrest of prominent dentist in the
city. On being asked the nature of the
charge he desired to make he said that the
dentist had pulled tooth for his wife when
he didn't want it pulled, but only made to
stop aching, and worse STILL wouldn't give
him the tooth, but insisted on keeping it as
a specimen. The indignant citizen stated
that he was the possessor of real estate to
the value Of $1,000, and proposed to sell it
and invest every cent of the purchase
money nlsw suits for the recovery of that
tooth. At last accounts the tooth was still
in the hands of the dentist, and the would-be
prosecutor was in search of LAWYER.
Commenting on statement about the
stone quarry near Branford, recently rur-
chased by citizen Of Jacksonville, the
LeeSOuTgef says II Is not the only one i'll the
state, las Capt. Bill Kendrick con vouch for
the fact that there are plenty of such quar-
RES IN this region, particularly at Oxford
| aad Webster. The people at those two
places buHd their cbimneys of this stone,
which is soft as bar soap when first dug out
OF the ground, and therefore easily hewn
into any desired shape. After being exposed
to the sun for few hours it becomes as hard
as the hardest brick, and being of the color
OF light gray granite, it makes a very beau
tiful Chimney, and would undoubtedly make
very handsome house. The Oxford quar-
Iles contain au inexhaustible supply of this
stone" The above is doubtless what is gen
orally known as ''rotten limestone"
Titusville Star: The lotion Yacht Dash
away, owned by Capt Hutchinson of New
York, who is reported to DO very wealthy
man, drlfted ashore about four miles north
of Cape Canaveral last Tuesday, March II.
On board at the time were only three per-
sons, the captain and his wife and sailor.
The captain says he lost both his anchors
while riding out storm at Mosquito inlet,
and dead calm catching him near the
above place, his boat drifted ashore
George Quarterman brought him to this
place Tuesday, and yesterday afternoon he
started for Lake Worth, apparently not
caring for his yacht, which is said to have
cost about $25, 900. Mr.. Quarterman in
forms us that the boat is not injured in the
least, and is high up on the beach, with her
stern iInbedded i'll the sand. The spars were
cut away and her rigging dismantled be-
fore the captain left her.