The morning news., 1890-02-26

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unknown period, and he will probabl,
mourn the loss of the house more than any
one else.
DIR. Joseph Y. Porter, state health off
Ger, in company with officers of the loca
board Of health, IT ale a thorough exami
nation Of the local system Of sewerage al
Pensacola last week. Everything in con
nectioR with the system was shown DR..
Porter, who, at the close of the examin
alton, said be was very mucn pleased with
every arrangement, and thought the work
q most important one for the future wei
fare and prosperity Of Pensacola.
Two negroes were playing a game Of
| craps" at the Florida Shingle Mill at Ap
alachicola Thursday, and one Of them wa
very soon minus some SIC. He did not like
TO lose his money. and demanded that it be
returned TO him. The winner refused tC
| give it up. The loser then picked I'D an
iron pin and struck the winner a severe
blow on the head with it, telling him to the
| floor, whore he lay for some little time. The
negro who used the pin left the mill in a
| hurry.
| a warrant has been issued for the arrest
Of Henry Weaver (colored) who is charged
with having assaulted, with inte1t to mur-
der, Martin Hamilton, (colore1, on the
train at Rochelle, on Sunday of last week.
There was an excursion party aboard the
being three shots fired, the excitement be-
came intense, causing many to jump
through the windows to make their escape.
1t Is said that number of the passengers
have not been seen or heard from since.
An item is going the rounds Of the papers
to the effect that a big syndicate has been
formed in Barlow to buy phosphate beds on
large scale The syndicate is composed
OF Messrs. Emerson, Tyler, Cunningham,
hftladrra
OF Barlow, II. James. Of Kentucky, Bishop
Bros, bankers, Of Eustis, and Messrs.
Pence and O'Neil of New York The
syndicate will represent unlimited capital
and will buy, sell, lease and mine. They
propose to commence operations at once.
Capt. Parker of the United States steamer
Suwannee has arrived at Fort Myers with
a complete and powerful dredge and snag
boat TO commence the work of closing up
the south channel around Beautiful island,
and throwing the entire current into the
north channel, thereby deepening it to the
necessary depth required for all vessels
likely TO ever come into the Caloosahatchee.
That has been a long-felt want, and will
add much to the entire Caloosahatchee
country. A steamer will probably be put
on the river as soon as the work is COM
pleted.
Palatka Herald: Locked horns are be-
coming quite fad with some of the swells
who visit Florida" said a gentleman the
other day, land some OF the back woods
hunters and guides are making nice little
sums by occasional sales of the curiosity
that is demanded. You see, the old story
about the bucks that fall to fighting and
In some manner get their horns locked
so they can't get apart, and then starve
to death, has taken a strong hold upon
tne romantic natures of many persons,
and II they can only get set of locked
horns mounted they are happy. So the
hunters select nice horns that correspond
as to size, and nv the use of a twisted cord
and case spring them together as if locked
In their death embrace bV the maddened
thrusts OF fighting bucks. Then, on account
OF their rarity and the difficulty of finding
them, they are sold to the rich curiosity
hunter for big prics. His friends look in
wonder and envy at them, while he re-
counts the story told him by the guide who
found their skeletons held together by the
horns, and the earth all trodden down
around heplace so solidly that vegetation
lad not grown there in years, etc., and the
guide goes back to the woods and fixes up
mother pair for the next curiosity seeker.'
The Ocala Banner gives this history of
he Martins artillery flag: In speaking of
his tattered and venerated relic of the late
contest between the states, around which
;lusOer SO many tender and mournful men,
'rles, we forgot TO state that it was made
oy the fair, tender and deft fingers of the
hen young bride Of the impetuous, daring
md chivalrous Gen. Dickinson, and under
peculiar and trying circumstances. 1t ap-
1ears that the patriotic ladies of this county
lad promised the commander and bows OF
Martins artillery company fine flag, but
hen the effort was made to secure suitable
ouuting for it, it was found that the unpre-
demands of those stirring DAYS
lad entirely stripped the market Of the
product, and left the fair intended donors in
An uncomfortable, vexatious and embar-
-assing dilemma. What to do was the
question each asked the other. Gen.
Dickinson's wife, with that spirit. ardor aud
patriotism which made her name
4 household word among all who knew her
devotion to the cause, and enshrined her
sweet and womanly face in the hearts and
minds of all the soldiers, was equal to the
and woman-like in her self
sacrificing devotion, gave a beautiful silk
crimson shawl, worth 800, which the other
ladies adorned with rare, rich and beautiful
trimmings, costing 5000 more. This was
the costly material out of which was made
The Martin Artillery flag said to be the
handsomest and most beautiful of any that
waved in the smoke and battle during the
war, and which now, tattered, torn, faded
and bullet-riddled, through much wear and
long usage, will be borne at the head of the
Florida Veterans procession by Postmaster
Dozler on the memorable gathering of the
old soldiers at the Semi-Tropical reunion,
March L.