The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-16

Fernandina Netrs: T. B. Livingston's
fine pointer, Dan, died yesterday. Mr. Liv-
| ingston thinks it grieved itself to death be-
Gauss Of being separated from its mate,
PEDRO. vino was sent to Tallahassee. Dan
seemed 20 be In low spirits after the separa-
tion and refused all food until he died.
| There is fine line between instinct and
reason among brutes.
Monday DR.. j. A. HenshalI Of Key West
shipped two loggerhead turtles. each weigh
/ ing 300 pounds, and one large hawk-bill
| turtle 10 tho fish commission at Washing
ton. He now wants only one other speci-
men of turtles. a trunk-bRck. lie saws
I Commissioner Mcdonald and Capt. Collins
of the commission had a fine turtle dinner
OF the green turtle shipped from Tampa.
Mrs. Mary e. Bryan has sold her interest
in the Old Homestead Of Atlanta 20 Charles
Byrd and given up the editorial manage
mont OF the magazine for the present. she
has been for the past month travelling IN
Florida with her young son, who was 50 Ill
this winter. Mrs. Bryan has bought an
orange and pineapple farm on Indian river
at Coquina, three miles below Rockledge.
The steamship ComaI, which arrived at
Key West Thursday, brought from New
York q small steam tug, the Alice L., con-
signed to T.. r. Gunby collector Of customs
at Tampa, in care OF Collector John +. Horn,
OF the custom house service at Key West.
l1eIGJOICEG at IL LdS OCcl tSGSSsdA
for the custom house officers to wait until
there was q vessel leaving port. when they
wished TO 60 to the quarantine station at
Mullet Key. The matter was laid kefore
the customs department at Washington aud
they decided that tug was needed at that
port.
Fort Myers Press: The Misses Gallagher
of Key West, two young girls who are here
on a visit, took a walk Tuesday evening
Eo~ Ola 20 -afw hhOr Srrp
place for some sweet lemons. They had
been there the day before and thought they
could readily find their way there and
back. They being gone some hours and as
the hour was getting late an alarm was
spread and soon a Number of our citizens
afoot and horseback started IN search.
They were found at ii o'clock badly fright
ened and bewildered, about three miles
south of Prof. T. A. Edison's pl ace. Prof.
r. b. Leak was the first to find them. He
called for assistance, and Sheriff Laugford
and Tom Haskew coming up, the girls
were placed on the horses and brought
back. No harm resulted, as the night was
warm, but the young ladies will not sool
forget their experience ia being lost in the
Florida woods.
Key West Equator Democrat: John
Jay Philbrick, agent of the Morgan steam-
ship line, received a telegram from Capt.
Baker Friday morning which says that the
bottom Of the Hutchinson had dropped cut.
She ran half way upon the rocks and had
no support under her stern, In "a calm sea
she might have stood it for some time, but
when they failed to get her off on last
nights tide and the wind veered to the
north, her case became hopeless. The stiff
gale that has been blowing from the north
since last night was too much for any vessel
in her position. The entire force of the
waves and wind sweeping across the gulf is
direct upon the point of rocks where she is
lodged, aud she rises and falls with every
wave. Her entire cargo has been saved
and the vessel deserted aud 1t is very doubt
full il anything Of her is saved. She is an
iron ship 20 years old but was in excellent
order. The Whitney will take the Hutchin-
sons run next trip.
Several weeks ago two Incorporating
young men arrived at the st. James hotel
at Jacksonville and registered from Phila-
delphia. Their names are T. A. Slrtz and
r. Fl. Heirshtz. After remaining there
long enough to run up bill of $50 they
skipped out, without saying word to any,
body. and left their bills unpaid. Last FRI
day they again showed up in the city and
registered at the Everett, where they re-
NAMED until Saturday night. In the mean
time the St. James spotter got onto them
and Informed Manager McIver, who
promptly asked them for settlement. which
they were unable TO make, having no money.
Manager McIver then sent for Officer
Cokeland, who bad the men safely locked
up in the city jail. The men say that when
they left here they went to Fernandina,
and then walked from Fernandina here,
and put up at the Everett. They claim to
be drImmers, but they had no baggage or
money on their persons Officer Copeland
found nothing but bunch Of keys and
knife. The mon upon bsing arrested had
kilograms sent TO New York to their rela-
tives asking for funds.