The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-26
FLORIDA.

Fernandina Is again lighted by electricity.
The catch OF fish at Pensacola for ship
ment 10 reported very large.
Suwannso county had light frost Tues
day and Wednesday mornings.
The board OF health OF Alachua county
vacoinates school children free of charge.
A parrot in Fernandina gets drunk, and is
said to be a big fool when in that condition.
Northern grown Irishpotatoes are shipped
to the DeLand market in carload lots.
Fire in the woods of Washington county
are doing great damage and alarming the
people.
Col. George W. Brear has removed from
Luraville, in Suwanneescounty. to Mayo, in
Lafayette county. He is now the only law
yer in Lafayette county.
A hack line will be put on between Lake
WORTH and Lemon City as soon as The
county road is completed, which we hope
will be soon. The hack liue will carry the
mail that has heretofore been carried by
foot up the beach.
A few days ago the wife and mother.in-
law of Joseph Eshaskin, Bohemian cigar
maker working in the Owl cigar factory at
Quincy, died on che Alsace plantation,
within = few hours of each other. Mrs.
Mshaskin died giving birth to q child, and
the death Of her mother was caused by
long continued fever.
Madison Recorder: The horses Of Lank
Hill lcoloredl ran away with his wagon a
few days since while he was driving them.
A piece Of wood thrown by their feet struck
him in the right eye and penetrated to the
depth of nearly half an inch. The eye was
terribly lacerated and it is feared by his
physicians that its loss will result.
Last Wednesday morning the gin and
cotton house at Wade Edwards mill, about
eight mills west of Quincy. was burned. to-
gether with several bales of cotton. The
fire as started by a match in the cotton,
which was stepped upon by a man who was
| carrying Int to be baled. The man was
| severely burned about the hsad. Mr. Ed.
wards loss Is about $500.
A. c. Berry and jesse Harrington, "a COM
mittee 20 weigh and n easure products by
different competitors in the prize farming
! contest now under way in Escambia county,
have reported 20 Chairman Dennis Burns
their measurement of the one-acre yield of
sweet potatoes on each of the farms of j. C.
Van Pelt and Robert Fillingim. The former
produced 1912 Il and the latter 1881 bushels
of good marketable potatoes.
In all probability there will be two full
military hands for the hotels Ponce de
Leon, Cordova ana Alcazar at st. Angus
tine this winter. Prof. Ellis Brooks band
has been engaged for the Ponce de Leon
aud now De2OtlhLlonS are pending betW en-
Managers Seavey and Wilson and Adjt
| Tillson. which it is hoped will result in Sc
curing the Fifth Infantry band to play at
! the Alca2er aud Cordova hotels
Lsesburg Commercial: A circular letter
OF credit, issued by tho Leesburg and
| County State Bank to our giobe-trotting
townsman, D. b Campbell, was cashed for
him without difficulty by the bank at Yoke
hama, japan, whence 1t worked its way
back to Leesburg via New York for re-
demption by our state bank. Thus does the
credit of 3 Leesburg financial institution
make Itself available for It's customers In the
uttermost ends Of the earth.
Jacksonville Metropolis. SiIas Forman
the colored man who resides in this city,
leaves to-day for the Macon lGa.l fair with
fifty one rattleshakes, oil OF which be has
captured in this county. save six. The ser
psnis are we'll trained aud Silas says be will
make great deal Of money ia his exhibit
at the Columbian fair. He has row two
| dogs trained with which u catch these
vsnonOus ssrpents. On Lost Friday be re.
osivsd . letter from X =. Godfrey OF San
/ Franoisoo. Cal. Offering $40 eaca for snakes,
I crowded 100 car be furnished, but Silas
/ Rays hs intends % carry over $50 % the
worlds fair and exhibit them GA 'his own
boo"