The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-21

bushel'crate OF cantaleups several days ago
which sold for 80. There were only seven
cantaleups In the crate.
Mrs. Kate Whites residence at Live Oak
was destroyed by fire Saturday night. The
furniture and household effects were nearly
all saved. The property was partially In.
sured. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
It was rumorsd Saturday that the gov
ernor had positively decided to have the en-.
campment in st. Augustine this year. It tE
a fact that Gov. Fleming fayors st. Angus
tine az the camping grounds, but whether
he has positively decided or not is still a
| question.
f. E. Town and associates Of Apalachi-
cola are erecting saw-mill at the Ochlo-
chones river on the line Of the Carrabelle
railroad, with a capacity Of $4,000 feet of
lumber per day. Some of the timbers are
already on the ground and work has COM
menced.
About midnight Thursday DIR. Carey, a
! veterinarian, accompanied by a friend,
went in bathing in Dream lake, Apopka.
His companion afterward missed Mr.. Carey
and went home. thinking, perhaps. he had
done likewise. The body was found Fri
day, and a coroner's inquest returned YER
dict Of accidental death by drowning. DR..
Carey lived at Mcdonald station.
Lakeland Cracker: The first excursion
train over the Winston and Bone Valley
railroad left Winston last Sunday morning
with $50 passengers for Willow Oak church,
near Bone Valley. This is a new road and
has not yet been fully opened up but is des-
tined to become one Of no little importance.
reaching three phosphate Mines one tue
Bone Valley of which is the largest and
finest in the state.
D. +. Collins had preliminary examina-
ton, or hearing before William p Moseley,
county Judge at Live Oak Friday, for the
killing Of Willy w. Williams at Welborn
on June 6, and the judgment of the court
was that he be allowed to give bond in the
sum of $1,000 for his appearance at the
next term Of the circuit court to answer any
indictment that may be found against him
for the same, etc.
Judge William Perkins, an old and hon.
ored gentlemen, well known in Jacksonville.
expired suddenly Saturday at his home in
Riverside on the Middleburg road. Judge
Perkins had long since passed the allotted
years OF man, being so years Old at the
time Of his death. He was a native OF
Illinois, and at one Tins practiced law with
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.
He had OF late years lectured through the
county on scientific and reform measures,
and was a man OF profound and original
thought. For many years he was
engaged in the newspaper business in the
west
Apalachicola Times: On Friday, June 10,
Samuel Ingram, living about three miles
from town on the road to Old Woman's
bluff. heard a pig squealing a short distance
from the house, and he went out to ascer-
tain the cause. he saw about ten feet away
from him, behind palmetto bush, what hs
at first thought was a large dog and lying
near by was the pig. Mr.. Ingram got a
piece OF wood and with it advanced upon
the dog" The dog" jumped off a few
feet, and it proved to be large panther.
Mr.. Ingram said that when he found out
that it was a panther he did not
dare to run, for fear the animal would
spring upon him and kill him, SO he had to
face the music. This he valiantly did by
advancing forward. the panther slowly
backing toward the swamp. When the
panther got into the swamp Mr.. Ingram
hurried to the house and got his gun, but he
could not see anything further of tho pan
Their when he returned to the swamp. Sun.
day several people went out to Mr.. Ingram's
to hunt the panther, but all the signs they
saw was his tracks. Other parties have
hunted him since that day with no better
success. II is claimed by some that there is
female panther with two cubs in that vi
cinity.
Gainesville Sun: Hearing that Miss VII
lie Phillips had sent to Chicago for the
had been accepted, the reporter called at
DIR. Phillips house last evening to learn the
particulars. Every state has been requested
20 furnish something distinctive for the
womens building. Florida, after some dis
cussion, chose a column. Miss Willie Phil
lips OF this city then designed one of a
palmetto, with base and a apital Of the
fronds, with a scroll around the trunk and
the word Florida inscribed upon it. She
sent the design to Chicago and Friday re-
ceived letter announcing that it had been
accepted. This is due to the
enterprise of the Gainesville Woman's
Worlds Fair Club and "A recoRni-
ton of the talent OF one of GainesviIle's
fairest daughters. 1t is expected to make
this column of Florida marble, a sample of
which was recently sent to Chicago by C. D.
Schafer. The marble was accepted, and the
column designed by Miss Phillips Will be ex-
ecuted by Mr.. Sohafer and sent as Florida's
contribution to the worlds fair. There are
several OF these columns and they will be
placed within the building for use as orna-
ments and as stands for holding electric
lights, flowers. etc. The cost Of the entire
work will be $500, $14 of which has already
been raised by the Woman's Worlds Fair
Club Of this city.