The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-06

variety, grown by Daniel Thompson of
| Houston county, and weighed from thirty
to forty pounds apiece. Bedingield Bros.
requested their consigness to present the
biggest melon in thelot TO Queen Victoria,
but it was overlooked.
FLORIDA.
The pear crop in the secti n around Gaines
vile will be considerably less than il was
last year. The same report comes from
Middle Florida.
The plans aud specifications for Gaines
vills's proposed system Of water works have
just been printed and are ready to be fur
\ nishei to parties who desire to bid for the
contract.
Apopka advertiser, A carload Of rails
we're taken southwark on the Midland train
Saturday morning, presumably for the pur-
pose If extending the road farther into
Kissimmee.
When the plans conte mplated are carried
out, Palatka will have one of the most at
tractive little parks to be found. The court
house grounds are to be utilized for this
pur, ose and the work Is progressing finely.
fernando Menus: Engineer Hunt is en-
gagged on the final survey Of the Brooksville
and Lacoochee railroad. After this is COM
pleted there will be from four to six weeks
office work before the work of construction
can commence.
Tuesday w. f. Scull and Robert Ewing
Of Jacksonville went out fishing at Pablo
Beach, and with a net. in Cabbage run,
captured tarpon-the first ever seen at
that seaside resort. The silver king was
only about fifteen inches long.
The preachers at Fort Ogden are now
making q crusade on the beer saloons and
whisky sellers. They have landed some in
jail and ran Others off, though TO an out
sider the numbers do not seem diminished
The county Of De Soto is legally dry and
vi tually we,.
A young man fishing in Lake Fairview
claims ~ have seen within the past few
days a marine monster. IL was a serpent
about thirty feet in length and with eyes
> that sparkled with anger" The young
fisherman was about to tie his boat to the
serpent, surprising it to be post.
j. NJ. Bryan says it costs him 500 TO raise
an acre OF cabbage on his farm near Kissim-
NEE. This season he shipped GIG crates of
tomatoes and received $6l9 "a, and the
transportation companies $347 90; also 479
barrels OF cabbages, for which he received
SIS 46 net returns; freight paid $493 OF.
Prof. Garrison of jackson lille Is building
from his own design a beautiful sixty foot
cruiser. which will have a four-foot
capacity OF forty tons, carpenters measure
ment. He proposes to go all over The world
in her-to the Bahamas, South America,
and even to the great worlds fair.
The law-abding citizens of Sparr have
organized themselves into law and order
club for protection from dangerous oharac-
tiers. The club is composed of both white
and black and they work in perfect har-
mony. The first case, that of firing gun
near q house, was tried before the Justice at
Anthony and the offender was fined $25 and
costs.
Ocala Capitol: The peddler with his
wares will have to come down with a
license tax to the state and county of 5000
aud $50 to towns, sixty days from the ad,
iournment OF the last legislature. This law
affords some protection to the retail ner-
chants Of Ocala, and will do away with the
peddlers who have infested the city for some
time past.
Mcdonald Bros of Orange county housed
seven large wegonloeds OF corn fodder last
week. The new fodder had to be put in on
several tons Of hay that was left over from
last years crop. Their stores. Of hay, fod.
der, oats and corn demonstrate the fact
that no one in that section need buy north
ern feed, as ON a very liberal estimate their
last years crop of corn cost only 80 cents d
bushet to make, whereas the average cost of
shipped corn for the last six months has
been 81 bushel
Tuesday, az Norvello, a station on the
Western railway, seven miles from Green
Cove, three men and boy had piled cross.
ties too near the roadbsd. Early that
morning they sat on the pile to watch the
train pass the Norvello switch. The rear
cars struck the projecting ends of the ties,
aud scattered them in every direction while
all the negroes were seriously hurt. San
Griffin had both legs broken and one arm
He died the same day. Lincoln Walker
was bruised internally by falling flat car
Ben Lee received only slight flesh wounds
seems to have internal injuries. The en-.
CINE was backing on the switch when tn,
accident occurred, and the two rear cart
which struck the pile of crossties were
wrecked