The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-17

cryolite mines. They came from 1Vlngeut,
on a Danish barkentDe, to bruns"ick,
and from there here by rail en- route TO the
Alabama mines. The men are perfect
specimens of physical strength; aho ieit
| their homes because the winter closed their
work and the barriers of ice, which formed
some weeks ago off the Greenland coast,
| rrevant communication OF every kind.
, Most of the miners went to Copenhagen on
the steamship Fox. The group that was
here couldn't speak word OF EnglIsh, but
were travelling alone.
Athens Banner. A few days since j. b.
Toomer ordered some meat Tor his dog, and
L. Bertling sent him 10 cents worth of beef.
The meat was fed to the dog and shortly
thereafter the dog died The report got out
that Mr. Bertlings meat was poisoned and
il had killed this dog. Mr.. Bertling went
at once to Mr.. Toomer and secured part OF
the meat that had been left after feeding
! the dog This meat was carried TO Prof.
! H. C. White for analysis, and after making
| the analysis Prof. White writes the follow
| ing letter: "Mr L. Bertling, Dear Sir-I
examined piece of meat handed me by
Mr.. Toomer and found il contained no poi
son whatever 1t was perfectly fresh and
untainted and contained no thing injurious.
Very truly yours. II. c. White" So it
seems the report was utterly without found
alton
Wednesday morning about thirty girls
working at the Check factory at Athens
determined to ask for more wages They
discussed the matter among themselves and
came TO the conclusion that they were rot
being paid enough for their work. They
set to work in a vigorous manner TO remedy
this state of affairs by applying for more
wages, and went out of the factory with the
determination not to come back until
their wrongs had been righted
They sought and obtained an
interview with r. L. Bloomfield, and
laid the facts Of the case before him. Mr..
Bloomfield very candidly told them that at
present he could do nothing in tho matter
OF raising their wages. but that he had no
objection to raising them if any opportunity
should present itself for so doing. Mr..
Bloomfield is verv popular with his opera
tives, and be convinced them that he was
doing the best that no could for them, and
that If it were in his power he would raise
their wages. So they all went back to their
work, ana the threatened strike was
averted.
FLORIDA.
A deposit Of clay found near Bronson last
week turns out to be superior quality of
polishing material, and is very valuable.
The new Methodist Episcopal church
south, at Daytona is so tar completed that
services are now held 10 it. The building
Capt NJ. E. Brock of Oviedo says that
45 900 Of the 100000 boxes of oranges in his
neighborhood are sold at prices ranging
from 81 % to 81 40 per box T. O. b.
Capt. Douglass of Daytona has lot of
orange trees Of the naval variety that bios
somed in September, and many of the trees
now carry three different sized crops of
fruit.
Orlando Record: So far no news has been
received Of Charles H. King, who has been
working in Sanford for the Record. Some
of his friends think he has started for Eng
land while others fear he may be the victim
Of foul play.
Messrs. Houghton and Poser, delegates
appointed by Manatee county alliance, will
attend the state convention Of the farmers
alliance at Dade City, Oct. 20. Judge A. T..
Cornwell, member of special committee
appointed at the Orlando convention, will
also attend.
AT Ocala Wednesday night the flames Of
lamp ignited the net covering of a bed in
sleeping apartment In Cashier McCon-
nelrs residence, with Mrs. Mcconnell and
the children In the bed. Their frantic
shrieks reached Mr.. Mcconnell in the bath
room, who promptly responded and saved
their lives.
The new owners of the Spb-tropioal ex-
position buildings at Jacksonville will
doubtless think they have an elephant on
their hands before very long. M. c. Jordan.
attorney for some of the land holders of the
old corporation, who are not satisfied with
the manner in which the property was sold,
will soon begin suit against the purchasers
Editor Williamson of the Phosphate Field
OF Inverness and Tom Harris of the NetU
Capitol, Ocala, are out in a circular to the
phosphate companies and individuals en-
gagged in mining in which they urge the
1NNNG ~ fVs~W N.s1w-
OF the exact status of said interests to the
world. In this connection they propose
starting daily paper in Ocala with press
dispatches, and they call on the phosphate
companies to subscribe S20, 900 to float the
project and hold phosphate level.
Daytona Journal: DIR. Wallace states
that in passing Lake Winona, which is a
| narrow body OF water some five miles in
length, he found guava and lime trees IA to
10 years Of age and hanging full of fruit
and tomato vines years old. He was told
by the people that the land near the lake
was almost entirely exempt from frost, and
that for five years past there had not been
frost sufficient to injure even the sweet
potato vines. The water In the lake is some
sixty feet in depth and retains a uniform
temperature summer aud winter.
Key West Equator: Sunday evening the
| city marshal sent for the president of the
board to come to the city hall to view the
work or some malicious and cowardly
scoundrel, who. thinking to obtain some
satisfaction, had manufactured a dummy
and dressed itin the uniform of the marshal,
had seated it at his desk, and then had NAL
treated 1t in the same way probably that
he would like to have treated the marshal
il his mean low spirit had had the courage
OF man, but being poltroon he vented it
in secret and upon an object that could not
raise Its hand. The nice coat of the MAR
| shaPs was slit up III true artistic Malta
method, while the helmet that covered the
head of the dummy had knife run through
and left buried in Its head. The vandal
also mutilated the city records, including
books, etc., by tearing and effacing them
| in a shameful manner
Welded AT GRIFF FIN