The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-10

| annually. i dis Is less Gnan was PAID laBL
year and is less than has ever been paid.
FLORIDA
1t is not improbable that the Plant line
will increase It's fleet by new steamer next
season.
W. G. Long of Tavares is a candidate for
reelection 20 the Office of tax collector Of
| Lake county.
The council of Leesburg is having a num-
Der II new streets opened, and is making
other pnblic improvements.
The colored Methodist Episcopal congre-
CATION Of Orlando have commenced the
erection OF an 81 800 church.
The Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget
Sound Railroad Company's name will be
changed into the Pensacola and North
western Railroad Company.
Much of the cabbage at Rocky Point.
| Alachua county, is still in fair condition.
and il rain falls soon the shipments from
that quarter will be considerable.
The Orlando Grape and Fruit Company
hes just finished the setting of 220, 900 vines
of the White Niagara variety. The com
| pany has full confidence in the future OF the
grape industry.
! F. B. Moody OF Lake City has patented
machine for the planting OF tobacco, cab
bage, tomato and other plants. With this
machine three persons can plant and water
ton acres per day.
| Robert Gamble, superintendent of the
southern division of the South Florida rail-
road was IN Gainesville Thursday. While
| there he visited the United States land office
and entered a homestead.
TIE country Immediately west of Lees
| burg, from one-half to four miles, is full Of
comfortable homes and Furnishing orange
groves. There are good neighbors and
pledty OF them, and everybody is pros
| perlng.
James N. Gamble. one of. the principal
stockholders OF the Proctor & Gamble COM
| pany, Bt lvorydale, besides being the main
stay of the Cincinnati aud Westwood Rail-
road Company and largely interested in
other large manufacturing concerns. has de-
cided to leave Ohio and move to Daytona
His personal property is alone estimated at
| $1,000 900. He is also the president of the
| Westwood Republican Club.
Madison Record: I'VE learn.that a party OF
| unknown men went 80 the home of old man
| Goddie few nights ago and administered
a severe tiogging to him and his paramount
| So severely were they dealt with that they
obtained marriaged license shortly after
ward and were marie. The house is so
situated that the line between Georgia and
Florida passes through 1t, and they have
avaded the law some time Oh this account.
! The following figures showing losses and
receipts OF fire insurance companies doing
business Ia Florida have been furnished
| from the state records: Receipts for 1891
| $4I2.910 27; losses for 1891, 1914, 19S 80; net
| loss, sl4l, 22S 50. The insurance agents
say that it costa the companies 81 per cent.
| OF their receipts to pay expenses and II that
| be so the companies losses in Florida last
year were SSl5.Sl3 50 more than their re-
ceipts.
In the purser's Office of the steamship
| Mascotte Is curious relic, which some
sDongers found while fishing for sponges
near Miami, on the east coast. It is a
/ bottle about fifteen inches in height Gov
| cred with an overcoatinR of pure white
| coral, from which project great number
OF barnacles like the ordinary branch coral,
| some OF them being three or four inches in
| length. The key where this relic was found
Is supposed TO have been the haunt of sea
rove-s in the early days, as there are TO be
| found, set In the solid rock, heavy ring
bolts, evidently for the purpose Of moolng
| ships.
Jacksonville Standard: J. L. Hall, editor
in chief of the Philadelphia Sunday Dis
patch, in company with DR.. Francis
| Decker, are making q grand tour of lovely
Florida aud are having grand time hunt
ing and fishing, DR.. Decker, while hunting
near Umattlia, had remarkable escape
! from being eaten by huge alligator He
shot at the reptile and thought. after plac-
ing bullet between his eyes, he had placed
the monster hors de combat, when, to his
horror, when wadlng in the wafer, the
gator opened his huge jaws and tried to snap
at the doctors body. Quick as lightning
the doctor, from his revolver, placed a bul-
let, well directed, down his mouth, which
killed him. After he was gotten out on
land the monster measured Ii feet.
Tampa Tribune; This morning about Q: 80
o'clock Mrs. Is. j. Davis, accompanied by a
nj tha Sf,,Jt .NF
| DeWaal. A number OF people, including
one lady and several gentlemen and chill
dren, were there awaiting their turn TO be
photographed Mrs. Davis called for Mr..
DeWaal, and when no appeared demanded
him to retract tho article published in the
Tribune over his signature. He refused to
do so, claiming that IL was true whereupon
Mrs Davis opened sAchel that she carried
with her aud threw u handful Of red pepper
in his face, quite portion of it getting into
his eyes and temporarily binding him.
DeWAal then rushed to his developing room
where he has water tap. He fastened the
door and endeavored to wash Gus the pep
per. Mrs. Davis, he says, followed him in
his flight and continued to throw pepper at
him until he reached this room. Some of
the pepper thrown entered the eyes of one
OF the children and caused it some pain and
trouble.
Sanford Journal: Some time ago. not
far from Welaka, on the ST. Johns river, a
gentleman. Mr.. Losey, IN poor health, be-
came insane and determined on suicide, and
that he must take two or three companions
along. Meeting a worthy old negro, he
presented his pistol and told him he must go
with him to his Savior. The negro begged
to be allowed to pray awhile, and finally
got permission TO so home and arrange his
affairs, promising 10 come back at a given
hour. As he changed his mind as to re-
turning, MIR. Losey went a few miles
further, and going into the house Of a Mr.
Valentine, who was e. the time
absent, he committed suicide by hanging
himself to a rafter near a bed. Mr.. Valea-
tine returning about O'CLOCK, saw the bod
hanging there, but presuming 1t to be an
} ettiEy put there by some Of the neighboriug
young folks, he quietly retired to rest He
awoke next morning, and, while engaged
in cooking bis breakfast. happening to walk
around the supposed etfigy, he saw the face
hideous from strangulation, and, "Well
you could have knocked me down with a
feather. And to think that lay all night
= within reach OF a corpsel Why, lost my
3 Appetite"
In 1880 'BroUn'S Bronchial Troches" were
. introduced, aud their success as curer OF
Colds, Coughs Asthma and Bronchitis has been
J ] pparallsled.r-Ad,