The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-03

Manatee AdrOcote: y. /. Courier has
killed his last BLACK snake. Il was four Zee.
long, and from its mouth PrOtruded a
moccasin's tail He stool on the tail aud
had his boy pull the black snake n, dis
closing e moccasln abluc two teet long
which had been swallowed Mr.. Courier
saw black snake swallow q blue moccasin
several years ago, snd Dan Richards sa "
one kill large RATHER. sad George Brow
saw one Kill q m7ccasln, 50 spare the biAck
snakes, for they do more good t0sn harm.
Last Sunday sftsrn1on four young ladies.
Misses josephine and Dora kul man, aud
the Misses Shsrman, who reside Oh the
s5Ith proug Of the Alafia river ia Hills
hJruuEh cJ1nty. were str,9ck by Lightning
a.c KoJcset ssrseisss TLeC ~sre m thsir
way 20 sac resiiencs 81 David LaCcss, er
.T,I4c ne stor.b came ~. ERe top Of ths
umbrella carried BY one Of the young ladies'
was torn 60 threads ani the ribs twisted all
out Of shape. Although the shock was a
severe one the ladies were not long IN re-
covering from tine effects and are now al
right.
The excitement over phosphate las
broken out around Penn berton's Ferry with
great fury. 4 party holding al option on
40 zcres Of land. which was 10 net the
owners $1,000, lost his option because the
owner, when he found how rich il was
cl-ssG oil. these opened spd refused to LEI
TIE Ior,on holding the option disclose 20 his
wouid-be BUYERS how valusbis the lAOds
were IN phosphate, thsrsby "a aslng htm to
llss b profit of 5000, a. the par les had
agreed 10 take the $50 scrss for SIS. 1D0 =
Mi that was claimed for the laad could be
proved.
Cocoa Public Spirit: Clare Coggin bad a
novel adventure with bees last week. Ap-
preaching a hive on Col. Travis place. from
which a Swarm was issuing, the oets settled
on his head as their lodging place, and Ia
minutes time hs cover ed lis head, mopopo-
laiug his mouth, eyes. nose, cars and tace.
Without Offering to dght them Oh he was
advised to make for the river, which he did
in good, quick time, walled up 10 his arm
pits, then settled down till his hat fOated Off.
The bees all left him and he walked out
liberated from his strange companions The
curious part of the matter Is not bee
stung him or attempted to do 50.
Gainesville Sun: On Saturday gentle
man Of color residing in the country,
came TO the city with a horse and buggy.
be purchased bushel OF meal and placed
1t IN his buggy, and then-got drunk. After
spending the day he walked home, a dis
lance OF niue miles, forgetting that he had
left horse and buggy behind. Ga Sunday
morning, when he awoke, he thought Of the
horse, the buggy and the meal, and walked
into town to look after them. In the mean
time the horse had concluded that it was
time for him 10 be going home He man
aged to get loose, aud in his haste to make
time be made wreck of the buggy aud
scattered the meal over several streets. The
Negroes Saturday spree proved an expensive
luxury. He again walked home. but this
time sober, serious, and it Is to be hoped,
wiser than before.
The democrats of Polk county held a
mass meeting at Barlow Friday. A resolu-
ton offered by G. c.. Wilson instructing
the delegates to support Col s. NJ. Spark
man of Tampa for congress was, upon
motion, Immediately tabled. A resolution
offered by Hon. j. w. Bryant, that the del
eSates use all fair aud honorable means TO
secure the nomination of South Florida
man for congress, was also quickly tabled
The alliancemen probably have a candidate.
After all the business had been gone through
with, calls for Clark were heard i'll different
parts of the house. Hon. Frank Clark then
rose, and in a brilliant speech defined his
position In the race for the legislature Mr..
Clark declared himself for Senator Call.
The following delegates were elected t.
the state conventions: T. j. Altman, Will
lam VIM (allianceman), b. +. Perry (alli-
J. E. Robson, Frank Clark. T.
w. Anderson, Harrison Jones, Arthur
Williams, A. A. Scott, j. A. Former (alli-
ancemau), and ]. o. C. Blount. To the
congressional convention: Homer Sur
rency, s. A. Winn. J. d. Tillis. 8. l..
Griffin, w. II. Pearce, 7. j. Williams, W.
n. Denham, Judson Jacobs, E. M. Robin
sen, j. w. Bryant, E. E. Mizelle, George r.
j. W. Trammell-the first,
second, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
clever tn, twelfth and thirteenth being ALI
ancemen.
At the democratic mass meeting for Hills
borough county, held at Tampa Friday,
the following persons were chosen dele
gates 10 attend the state convention which
in Ocala on Aug Is: w. A.
w. B. Miranda, A. c. Turner, I.
G. Taliaferro, w. c. Brown, o. J. Andrew,
.. NJ. Sparkman, j. b. Wall, G. W. Stevens,
9. ". Moore, G.. b. Sparkman, c. f.
Worth, d. n. Mathes, c. E. Harrison, j. T.
J osioy, W. $. Knight, }. L. Keene and
ssies eieotsd to represent Hillsborough
county in tbs district conven-
ton, to no held in Barlow on
Aug. Ii, are as follows: w. B. Mi
randa, A. c. Turner, Janos Somerville,
w. b. Henderson. J. b. Wall, p. O.
knight, T. G. Toliaterro. w. A Carter, II.
Glogowski, q. y. Sparklnan, A. ]. Knight,
Barron Phillips, S. E. Sparkman, b. n.
Mathes, s. E. Hope, w. a. Belcher, w. F.
Burts aud r. T. Youngblood. The con-
gressional delegates favor S. NJ. Sparkman
of Tampa. On motion the old method of
nominating candidates for the legislature
and county offices by convention instead
of primaries was restored. A new execu-
tive committee to serve for the ensuing two
years was chosen. g. b. Sparkman was re-
elected chairman and S. B. Thurman score.
tary. OF the twenty-one members thirteen
are new men, but solid democrats and gooc
workers
GEORGIA THRIFT