The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-21
GAINESVILLE GLEANINGS.
A Contract for Water Wcrks-Tw
Men Held for Burglary.

A Contract for Water Wcrks-Two
Men Held for Burglary.
GAINESVILLE, FLA, Sept. 20.-Friday
night the new city council executed con
tract with Hartford, Hebert s. Co. Of Chat
tanooga for the erection of water works
here. The consideration is S49, 40, or 81, 479
more than the old council could have had
the work done for, according to the declare-
tion of member of the old council last
night. The city is to be the sole owner OF
the plant. As nearly $50, 600 Of the 100000
bonds voted by the people has been pledged
for water works. and as the outstanding in-
debtedness is $4,000 there does not seem to
be room for any sala led water commission.
The company is under bond TO begin work
In thirty days. Money is tight and the
banks seem to be eager TO get in old rather
than put out new loans
The truck farmers have made an unusual
amount of crabgrass and beggar-
weed hay and are making things
hum in their pre-. arations for another
crop Of freight for the various trans
poration lines. Vouchers can be shown to
prove that .two-horse vegetable farms last
sprink paid as much as $1,000 freight on the
stuff sent to market, Could or would a like
amount of capital invested III any other
business suffer such tax?
with fire and powder. was seriously burned
Friday by the explosion Of lnearly pound
of powder near its face.
ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY.
Deputy Sheriff Mathews and his assistant.
Doke, brought before Judge j. c. Gardiner
Friday two men from the west end of the
county named Wilk and Bud Saunders
charged with breaking and entering the
dwelling of William A. Johnson near Wa
oasassa last March. The culprits were pur-
sued by land and water until located on
Hog Island, off the mouth of the Suawannee
river. Wilk was released on bail while
Bud was Gagged to await the action of the
circuit court. Wiki had been In jail here
on the charge of stealing hogs, but was let
out two weeks ago on bail 1t seems that
Hog Island was fit place to find him.
The mill men generally report their hands
full of work, with orders coming in daily.
The Florida Fertilizer Company is max
ing additions TO its works here, and DR..
Sutherland is making vast improvements
at his phosphate mine at Paradise, five
miles north CT the city.
Oak Hall, one of tho Oldest houses in the
city, is situated in a.large grove of magniti-
cent water oaks in whose branches the buzz
yards in large numbers have roasted for
many years, coming at or near sunset
every evening as regular as the ringing Of
vesper bells. Atuhe usual hour last even
ing 1 noticed quite commotion among
them and thought perhaps some gamins
were after them with Flobert or Quacken-
bush rifles, but soon / noticed that ons of
the birds had fastened to him by some
means a long tail like boys attach TO a
kite and that this unusual appendage to
to one of their number was what had rat
tied the others. Round and round
they wheeled and circled and circled
and wheeled until with the oddly bedecked
unfortunate, the object of interest in the
center, they slowly settled toward the east,
the last rays of the fiery sun bronzing their
dusky wings as they dropped among the
away.
Rev. A. B. Curry is to-day at Lake Weir,
where he will preach the dedication sermon
Of the new church at that place. He is in
too much demand.