The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-16

before the ink was dry on the official doou-
ment, or the horse could draw a quiet
breath: the ceremony was concluded
and the young people were pro-
nounced man and wife A number
OF witnesses, men only, gathered about the
buggy in which the occupants remained
seated, but so sudden was the arrival, and
30 brief was the tying Of the nuptial knot,
Others who started to the scene were too late
50 even offer congratulations. For the
minister had just uttered the last words of
the ceremony when Mr.. and Mrs. Elder
drove away at a rapid pace. Miss Herring
is a niece of James K. Herring. who left
Saturday with his family to make his home
IN Texas. Lon Elder could not let his girl
60 away, so Friday night he stole her; and
after their marriage they went to tell the
old people good-by at Social Circle.
FLORIDA.
Efforts are again being made for the for
nation of a stock company to build an
opera house at Tampa.
Col. Shipman, whose store at Lawtey was
robbed some days since, has recovered a
bag Of silver and $500 worth OF postage
stamps.
The telegraph line, Western Union, is
now complete from Jupiter to Palm Beach,
eli in readiness for operators, which yet
have not been secured.
The DunnelIon jail, wooden structure.
was burned to the ground Tuesday morn
ing. win Taylor, a negro, was the only
prisoner In the jail at the time and 1t is sup
posed he set fire to the building. He was
saved only by the herculean efforts Of the
citizens.
Wild game must be plentiful In the APP
alachicola section, according to this 10 en-
from the Times: Frank Ingram killed
three deer one day this week out Of one
bunch he found up the river. Another
party killed an old bear and deer on Sauls
creek one day this week"
Juno Sun: NJ. B. Lyman left Tuesday
for Jacksonville where hs will meet rela-
tives from Dakota, who are coming down
to conduct hotel at Lantana this winter
The lumber is all on the ground for a 10
room building, and work will be begun
very shortly upon the same.
At Ocala Wednesday a negro entered the
store OF E. W. Agnew q Co and reno led
a cloak from the counter. NJ. M. Little's
attention being called to the fact he gave
chase and captured the negro near the La
Criola cigar factory. The cloak was recov-
cred, also pair or trousers which had been
stolen from the Alliance store.
At Gainesville, Tuesday, a sneak thief
robbed George s. Merchant & Co.'S safe Of
1913 in small change The robbery occurred
the clerk was busy in the front part OF the
store. The box which had contained the
money was found In the back yard. A ne
gro boy was arrested on suspicion, but the
evidence was not sufficient to hold him.
Samuel McInnis, an old citizen OF Jasper,
died suddenly Wednesday morning in his
bed few hours before day. His wife was
not aware of his death until she called him
to breakfast. He was a druggist and was
no1n~ a., H. rAua1 ukn H.
was in the habit Of getting up early, but
bad been complaining of a slight pain in
the breast. He was 80 still that his wife did
not care TO disturb him.
Sells e. Renfrew's circus placed a sharp
trick on the city authorities at Ocala Tues
day. They only took out an amusement
license, costing S25. Had 1t been for the
CIRCUS proper it would have been $500.
Their equestrian acts were simply a train
ing exercise, which came at the close of the
performances, to which the audience was
invited to stay gratuitously IL 10
wished. They played to big houses after
nom and eve ling and every body remained.
Gabriel Pomar OF the Jacksonville, st.
Augustine and Indian River railway, met
with painful accident last Saturday on
the new extension of the road, at the head
of the Indian river, below New Smyrna.
He was on fat car with an open dirk
knife in his hand, when the train was sud
denly stopped. He lost his balance, and,
being heavy man, fell violently. The
large blade entered his left thigh, making
an ugly wound four inches long and at least
Ia inches deep. Section Boss O'Brisn
sewed up the wound and Mr.. Pomar was
sent to St. Augustine, DR.. Shine is now at
tending to the wound, and will have his
patient well in few days.
Dr. Lonnbsrg, now in Orlando, says that
the well-known habit of all American
snakes of shaking or rattling their tails
when angered is nos shared By their Euro
pean cousins. The reason of this is supposed
to be that the snakes In this country, where
the rattlesnake lives, instinctively seek to
initiate the latter's behavior when IL sees
an enemy, and thereby frightens away
the antagonist. He also says that the sea
beans" which grow on the coast of Florida,
and are sold here in large numbers to Wis
itors as curiosities, sometimes float into the
Gulf stream and are carried by 1t TO the
northern coast OF Norway, where the fish
ing Lapps find them and use them for orra-
ments The doctor says the mud eel is
not q fish, as commonly supposed, but a
lizard with legs and feet only partially de-
veloped, and whose peculiar organs OF
respiration enable 10 to breathe both in and
out of the water. which accounts for its be-
ing alive after having been imprisoned In a
pie OF muck Tor long Iifne. Inc DINO
snake or ground snake, which lives in the
ground like an angleworm, is also lizard,
not a snake.
One OF the drawbacks to Dade county
has been its want of public roads and means
Of getting through that section, but the
enterprising people Of that county are al
work, and the Juno Sun of Dec. s says OF
the new public road 1.-THE public road has
been finished from Latnena to Biscayne Bay
and accepted. The road is well constructed
easily travelled and nothing stands 10 the
way of travel but the yet unfinished bridges
These are being worked upon, and in the
course Of time the entire way will be open.
The road traverses a very desirable section
of our country, through fertile lands well
adapted to pine and vegetable culture, and
In some places the scenery is very pictur.
esque. 1t will eventually open up the vast
canal lands lying contiguous, thousands OF
acres of which are now idle and vacant. II
also brings the Everglades region into more
accessible proximity. On the whole, the
county road is bound TO prove wise in-
vestment. Negotiations are pending the
speedy establishment Of a hack line over
this route 60 Bisoayne Bay, with stopping
places along the way, so that in a very
reasonable length Of time communication
between the two places will be opened up
permanently established until the intro
ductton OF railway SERVICE"