The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-10

Flolida Facts: More land is being cleared
and brought under cultivation IN tne st .n
Of Florida this year than has been Ior 'he
past three years put together 4nis - III
evidence Of progress Of the rign A4"H
Pasco COUNTY Democrat we are IN
formed thai the county alliance deetned the
organization of 8 third party unCaIiei iot
believing that the Democratic party WIN az
ford all the relic demanded, anu ooiie
the evils so grievously coHpl9''4O
Great interest IS now beng fhanli es' sum IA
preparing for the opening OF tHe - 49,,
institute on Sept. .. The oulIulug Is Oelns
tbo-c,,gbly renovated and arranged 70 &C
ooT,, 119iaie all the classes The Hotel OAK
land has been leased for the professors anu
s,,Ta7ts and good accommodations are
assured at low prices
Eli BORDEN ,colored who stole the trunk of
| PeterHarris containing S4S and some cloth
ing from a house on the naval reservation
/ near Pensacola a fex days ago. and who
was captured at Montgomery and brought
hack. has been given a hearing before a
United States commissioner, aud remanded
in default Of $500 bond for his appearance
at the Lext term of COLT.
According TO the manner in which the
new game law is being enforced IN different
counties. huuters, by moving from one
county TO another, can shoot deer almost the
year round. The months in which 1t is
lawful to hunt deer in jefferson county are
July. August, September, October and No
vember: in Hillsborough county, October,
November, December and January.
At Apalachicola Saturday night while
Ms. George Long was cleaning the supper
table she accidentally overturned a lighted
lamp, causing an explosion which ignited
her clothing, and no one being present but
~ ha n
tinguish the fire, and ran screaming to the
street. Before assistance could reach her,
her person was entirely enveloped in flames.
Every attention that loving hands could
administer. failed TO relieve her sufferlDgs,
and she expired Sunday morning.
A negro preacher by the name OF Hamil-
ton was accidentally killed near Anthony
last Thursday, Sept s. Hamilton was
cleaning out a we'll on the farm of Mrs.
Gregg. On finishing his days work he left
some dynamite in the well. After be had
left some unknown person threw kerosene
oil and other rubbish in the well. Ga
descending Thursday morning he found the
well filed with gas, and he was advised to
come out Immediately. After he had been
drawn 20 within fifteen feet of the top Of the
well he was suddenly overpowered by the
poisonous gas aud fell 70 the bottom, dis
lance Of fifty feet. His neck was broken
and his body badly bruised
st. Augustine Netgs: Capt o. NJ Carter
of the United States corps Of engineers was
in FeTnsndina Tuesday fer the purpose Of
mapping out the route Of the channel to be
blasted by dynamite. The chamber of
commerce committee has permission from
Capt. Carter, in writing, to proceed with
the work, and all that is necessary is TO Sc
cure the money to pay for the job The
petition Of the citizens Of Fernandina TO the
city council for an appropriation of $500
will, no doubt, result III that body granting
the same, and test will be made at an
early day. st. Augustine must be the next
place for operations with dynamite. The
depth OF the water now on the bar is eleven
to twelve feet. Just twice that depth is
needed.
A few years ago, when the Orange county
seat was located at Enterprise, it was the
chief business town Of the county, and con-
tanned some eight or ten stores, three or
four saloons, five hotels and a dozen or more
boarding houses. The store buildings are
all standing, gloomy and deserted silently
reminding one of the former glory of the
place. The building formerly used as a
court house is now the property of the board
OF education and is used for school pur-
poses. The building and grounds are kept
in perfect order and condition, and during
the session of the normal school the main
hall was nicely furnished and the walls re-
papered, making it the haudsomest school,
room in the state. There are three store:
there now.