The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-30

ing silver coin. 1t is a livres piece Of th'
"Republique Franchise" dated 1898, abou
the size OF a cart-wheel dollar. On on,
| side is the figure of winged, nude mai
and the Gallo cock. The other edge bear
the Legend "Egalite."
st. Petersburg Home: A most aromatic
and pleasantly favored little fruit as ye
unknown to fame" is the rose apple nov
| ripening in some of the ighoorhooc
groves. The fruit in shape resembles very
much large persimmon, and has the exact
| flavor OF crushed rose leaves.
! L. J. Haisley has disposed OF ten acres
about a miles enst Of Ocala on the Fort King
road, to William Henry Morgan of New
York for $500 cash. Mr.. Morgan has
been visiting Ocala for several years and has
| at last decided to make it his home. He will
| build fine residence and make an orange
grove.
The water in the canals and creeks at the
head of the Halifax river is 80 salty that
all manner OF seatish are patrolling them
especially sharks and sea cats. On Monday
last, of the former, the editor of the Or
mond Gazette caught hve-four OF the
common brown sharks and one blue
| shovel-nose.
1.-THE Carney hotel, one Of the largest build
ings Of the town, was discovered TO be on
fire at O'Clock Tuesday morning. An alarm
was given, and the whole town responded
and fought the fire with buckets but with
out avail. the building being burned to the
ground. There are suspicious which lead
the people to believe that the fire was of
incendiary origin.
Ocala Capitol: In the dining room of
the Ucala house Thursday night we counted
seven SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, four
New York Worlds, one Herald, but nary q
Times Union, being read by the guests.
There are more New York Worlds and
SAVANNAH MORNING News read in Ocala
than any other paper sent to Ocala. People
know what is good and reliable.
At Peru, Ind, Monday John Craig and
John Rogers, two republican negro dele
gates from Florida to Minneapolis, were
sent to the penitentiary for assault with in
tent to kill They say that after the nomi-
nation Of Harrison they were dropped and
could get no money and were working their
way back home. On being put off train
they assaulted a brakeman. Hence their
arrest.
The lumber manufacturers report con-
siderable shipment Of their staple from Flor
ida, but rather poor price. They say they
were formerly paid S25 per 1000 feet in
In New ork, but now receive only $l8.
One dealer said that he got better prices in
Jacksonville from builders than he did In
New York, but the drawback is that the
quantity thus sold is not sufficient to meet
the supply furnished by the mills.
The rattlesnakei which has been one OF
the attractions of E. A. Richards lawn
at Orlando broke its fast of twenty-five
months by breakfasting on rat last Sun
day. The rodent was put in the cage alive,
was struck by the snake ard died in fifteen
seconds thereafter. A second rat was put
in soon after and died in ten minutes after
being struck. Monday rat put in died in
three minutes. His snakeship made three
good meals, the first since he was captured.
On Friday afternoon last, at o'clock, the
most destructive combined hail, rain and
wind storm that has ever visited that sec
ton struck the neighborhood of the phos-
phate works in the northern part of Alachua
county The wind and hail blew and beat
down timber, outhouses. fences and grow
ing crops, and the deluge of rain swept
fences, corn and cotton away. The farms
Of Eli Futch, w. NJ. Bitch, Colson, Varna-
doe, Bennett. Rivers, the Breedens, Holder,
Crews and Others were ruined.