The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-21

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n agv carloads 4 ice of their manufacture
70 O.her parts Of the state. and even as far
north as Macon, ga.
At Tisusyille, Sunday, two canaries
owned Oy Mrs. r 4. Scrlmge III, were
killed in their cage by a hEwk watch
sao7ped down on them
The demand for electric lights at Fernan-
dina IS so great that the company II unable
TO I'll il with the present power. The
system appears TO give satisfaction g every
body.
At Fernaudina Thursday, in the case
against John Thomas, assault with intend
t. kill, lie was committed 10 jail in default
Of S5OU bond 70 await action Of circuit
court B lie Washington was committed
under tond Of 500 on the same charge
Judge Ashby Of Gainesville, having been
unable for several months to attend % his
law practice IN cOnseQ lence Of III health.
has associated with himself Judge Horatio
Davis, formerly Of Virgin but for tie
past three years a citizen Of Cedar Key.
At Leesburg a day or two ago E. John
SON was aamg has horse into the stable,
when the animal threw its head around TO
bite at fl and in ing so Jerked Mr..
johnson with the bride, throwing him
down and causing him to break his left
! knee cap.
he steamer GeorCiaua. in command of
Capt MERCER, took the place Of the steamer
st. Augustine NJ iuday mOruing on the run
between Titusville ana Melbourne. The
steamer St Augustine is undergoing a
thorough overhaul, but will be in commits
sion again this week
G. ", Osborne of Montclair planted the
past season half an acre in cucumbers,
| shipped the crop and Melted $500. The same
| land now has a crop of corn on it that will
yield fifteen bushels. From one-fiftieth Of
an acre planted in sweet pototoes he gath
cred fifteen bushels. which is at the rate of
$50 bushels per acre.
At a special meeting of the city council
Of Jacksonville, j. S. Russell was elected
controller over 9. +. Verelst, I. L. Harris,
| II. Weiskopi, b. T. Rogers and w. Ii.
Cristy. Mr. Russell has recently been in
| the employ of the express company and the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railway,
and IS stranger to many in jacksonville.
At Iitusville a week or SO ago Capt. Fox
caught and cut the throat of an immense
Cd logger-head turtle, and a few hours
| afterward when he examined the head and
mouth Of his capture, the turtle gave a con-
vulaive movement of his powerful jaws,
catching one OF the captains fingers and
crushing it so badly that he carries it in a
sling"
There was a ripple of excitement in
GAINESVILLE Thursday over a report that
w. W. Cottrel, ex-mayor of Cedar Key,
was In the city. The report grew out of the
fact that a man named Ernest, formerly a
citizen Of Cedar Key, was attempting to
make people believe that he was the man
who caused national sensation few
weeks ago.
M. 5. Lanier of Alachua county is anx-
lous to find out the whereabouts of his
father, Louis Lanier, who left his home
near Newnansville in 1861 and has not
since been heard from. NJ. S. Lanier has
two half-brothers, John and William, who
left home with their father. 1t is thought
they are somewhere in North Carolina. M.
5. Lanier, who was only II days old, was
left with Timothy Brown of Newnansville
A summons was served Wednesday on
the mayor and aldermen of Leesburg ''and
l. b. Lee, citing them to appear at Tavares
on rule day in August and answer Theo
Newber to suit for $4,000 damages for
false lmprisoL ment. The suit grows ont of
the action of Mayor Lee in sentencing
Newber toa term of Imprisonment in the
calaboose for selling LIQUOR without a
license. Newber staid In durance vile only
few hours, and then secured his release by
securing cash to the amount of the fine and
costs in the case.
Titusville Star: Capt. MERCER had a
narrow escape from snake bite the other
evening. While walking along the railway
wharf, on his way to the steamer, he stepped
upon water moccasin about five feet long,
which Immediately commenced to coll
around his leg; but the captain equal to
the emergency, and with lightning rapidity,
extricated himself from the embrace of the
yenomous reptile before it could strike.
The snake then slipped down into the river.
capt. Mercier says it gave him the greatest
fright he has ever had in Titusville
Iltusvllle Star: The schooner Manatee.
Capt. Zellers, arrived here the first part Of
the week from the mouth of the St Lucie
river, where the captain succeeded in catch
ing TWO manatees, or Sea-Cows, on Tuesday
OF last week, the 8th inst. Both of the ami
mails are females. the larger one measuring
eight and half feet in length and weighing
600 pounds; the other is eight feet and
weighs fifty pounds less. The manatee is
a warm-blooded mammalian animal that
suckles its young, and is a cross between a
whale and a seal. 1t lives on vegetable
food entirely, refusing flesh of all kinds
Capt. Zellers caught the one at the Sub
tropical exposition in Jacksonville, which
has been i'll captivity about two years and a
half. He has also one in st. Augustine
captive for SIX months He saws any one
following hls instructions in the care of this
animal need have no trouble to keep them
Last Tuesday night jenny Fonhan was
at Grahams commissary near Teloga creek,
in Liberty county. He left the commissary
anu udu Deen gone ABOUT halt an hour
when three pistol shots were heard, and in
short time Fonhan returned to the COM
missary with q bullet hole through ms
forehead and one through his side He
charged that Sam Edwards, the sheriff of
the county, and Ollie T. Rice met him a
few minutes after he left the commis,ary.
| and after a friendly conversation of nearly
half hour, Edwards reached behind him
and deliberately shot him in the side. and
| as he whlrled his horse, both Edwards
and Rice shot him. Fonhan is dead.
| The coroner held an inquest Friday,
and Edwards aud Rice were com
mitted to jail without bail. They
| protest their innocence. 1t seems that Fon-
han was in possession of some property
belonging to one Lewis, who had left the
neighborhood owing Rice, and Rice had the
property levied on, and when Edwards, as
| sheriff, made the levy Fonhan became very
| angry about the matter and abused Rice
roundly to Edwards. When Rice met Fon-
han few days afterwards and asked him if
he had abused him to Edwards, and Fonhan
admitted that he had done so, but said that
he was very angry at the time and that he
was sorry that he had spoken as he had
They then made friends, and Fonhan
claimed that he had no idea that Rice en-
| tertained any hard feelings against him
Another theory is that Edwards had
threatened TO kill Fonhan because he had
! said that he intended TO run for sherf II
against Edwards at the next election. All