The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09

two years Imprisonment IN TIE state prls'n,
mansg ed to e7fec, h.s escape from the equity
jail ~ Jasper lsst week.
The De Soto county commissioneTs an
nounced the official resul. q the p ohlol-
ton election IS follows: Four hundred ana
f'rty-f ,gr 70 IS p0laed; Isl vet, - CRY
Is majority dry-sbolt two-thiTds- Lls ,cIe
il terest was laken- There are over ~
votes in the county.
The democratic state and district conven-
tons ar Ocala will De bed at the exposition
building. Geo. ". Wilson has charge OF
putting the ball in order. one OF the ieat-
ures # the convention days will lie gFand
free excursion 10 the phosphate fields and
works Of Marion County.
AT Kew West day or two ago, as Gu
ban with goat cart was going up LuVal
street tie cart broke down opposite W ar
ren's drug sore. The Cuban went into LIZ.
Ware S ward, and. cutti & of portion OF
the fire alarm wire, proceeded 70 repair MS
cart after which be went on his way re-
joicing.
Fl. Myers Press: Just as we 60 to press
We learn Of shooting atfray that occurred
at Parkinson ferry last night Inc Coroet
bows mad driven a bunch Of cattle TO the
ferry and camped for the night, when they
were fired into by some unknown party or
parties Fortunately they were not serl-
ously injured, only peppered IN the legs.
Braidentown Journal. Dr. J. Y. Porter.
! state health officer of Florida, arrived Sat-
urday aboard the steamer lola on his an
nual tour Of inspection of quarantine sta
tons, and spent several days on the river.
| He expressed himself as pleased with SAM
/ tarv matters in this county, as C INDICTED
! by our local board of health, and reports
| the health Of the state AS being first-class.
The f flowing men will represent Putnam
county IN both the state and congressional
conventions: J. P. Evans, R. W. Davis,
| B. I. Calhoun, E. ). Grill, Benjamin Har-
risou. W. H. Wigg, P. Pratt, A Monroe,
| A. n. Edwards, - Hutchinson, B. f.
Roberts, and DR.. WEIGH. OF the delegates
30 0cala nine are for Call, two and-Call,
and ole non-committal Judge Vann ia the
choice Of nearly all for railroad commits
soner in fact, no one doubts his appoint
meut
While a force Of men were at work
Thursday morning excavating to make
sewer connections in the bed Of the new part
Of Cathedral street at st. Augustine, they
struck against something hard. Every man
at first supposed it to be an old Spanish
chest filed with doubloons, and for time
there was some vigorous digging Soon it
was discovered that the obstruction was the
three sides OF big safe, the door being
minus 1t was of modern construction,
but had evidently been buried for many
years.
The following are Lake county's delegates
to the state convention: d. Fl. Yaucey, H.
r. Wideman, G. c. Stapylton. J. b. Gaines,
B. E McLin, L. N. Withers. John T. Wof-
ford, A. J. Cassidy. F. J. Hinson. T. ].
Hooks, Alex st. Clair-Abrams, +. J. Tit
comb and Robert Rose. The delegates to
congressional convention are; s. w.
league, DR.. B. @. Alternately, Ben J. f.
Adams, H j. N. Porter, A. J. Pharis, Sr.,
Iaol n
st. Clair-Abrams, T. G. Lanier, w. A
Hocke', Henry Mccain, j. M. Owens, Sr.,
aud John Fl. Hinson. These delegates are
Instructed to vote for Bullock's nomination.
Key West Equator: There has Deen con-
siderable criticism made against the two
parties who were burning the trash in the
lot adjoining the two houses which were
destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon.
There seems to be no doubt that the fire
originated from the sparks from this trash
burning. A responsible gentleman, and
one of the city commissioners informs us
that the parties who were having this dan
gerous work done were repeatedly war led
that they would set the houses on fire. The
owners OF the burned property, we under
stand, have been to see MIR. Charles j.
Curry, who is the owner of the lot, and
asked for damages.
Concerning the camphor tree the Palatka
Herald says: A. J. Beach has shown us
specimens of distilled camphor from Florida
grown trees, AID in his opinion the product
is more profitable than any other business in
the state. 1t can be distilled any season of
the year, and heat or cold does not affect it.
orange trees, three inches in diameter were
killed near camphor trees in full growth,
but the latter were not injured in the least
The camphor tree is of very rapid growth.
AT four years old his trees attained a diam
a.Aa 8 I'LL L
feet, with large top and very thick foliage
The specimens shown us were much stronger
than the imported article, and little time is
required in dlstilling, the process being very
simple.
All the census enumerators did not have
hard time, as evide !ced by the following
story from the Maccle my Sentinel: "Wm.
Lesesne Of Olustee took the census OF the
Thirteenth district, composed Of Sanderson,
Olustee and louisville precincts He said
he expected to be we'll treated by his
friends, but such unbounded hospitality as
met him every whore was a complete sur
prise TO him. He bought poor horse to
commence with, and at the close of his
work the horse was fat, and it cost him 10
cents for himself and animal for the mouth
| he was at work. When he went into a
settlement, the neighbors " ere all called in.
| Thus his labor was very much lghtened
and not man even hestated in answering
| single question. The good Qualities Of
Baker county's citizens we like to boast Of. ~
| The FeFnandina Mirror has the follow
ing: During the fever epidemic in Jack
sonville in 1883 IL was reported in the news
papers, says DIR. H. r. Stout in medical
| journal, that Mr.. Thomas A. Edison elaine d
that an epidemic 1uld be prevented if on
the discovery Of the first cases the grouad d
| about the house and street about the block
1 sat tod iDid
authoritative statement DR.. Stout addressed
a note TO him, asking for further informa-
ton. He replied that per cent solution
Of causuc soda would destroy every living
thing, both animal and vegetablel that it
would remain where it was put for weeks,
notwithstanding rain; and that germs
passing along the ground would be killed
by it. If the theory of the propagation of
yellow fever along the surface of the earth
be correct, and there is every reason to be-
lieve it is the plan of MIR. Edison is well
worthy Of trial"