The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-11

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they succeeded in capturing him. The
posse, was making, or discussing arrange
ments to make, short work Of the negro,
but the officer succeeded in lodging them
and landing his prisoner Ia jail to await
the action OF the next grand jury.
FLORIDA.
The population of Key West is increasing
rapidly. The health Office report shows
three pairs Of twins born in the past two
weeks
The healshfulness Of South Apopka is
truly remarkable. Not one case of sickness
attributable to climate, has occurred there
this summer.
A Peoples party paper will be started at
Key West next week, Just for the campaign.
1t will be published in Spanish and Is to be
edited by J. V. Vidal and Serafn Bello.
A firm at Lake City shipped ,617 pounds
OF raw hides during August, and averages
200 pounds every month. Probably 2O,-
900 pounds are shipped from Lake City an
nually.
Lemon bay is full Of fsh at present.
Numerous schools OF pompRno and mullet
/ can be seen every dsv; also red fish, jack,
| Spanish macksrel, sheephead, grooper and
many other kinds.
IL is reported that E. j. Steele OF
Marquette, Mich, will be the manager of
1t is predicted that he will be popular and
successful landlord
| The poll taxes have been collected closer
at Barlow this year than in any previous
4 year since the law was enacted. The people
| are going 20 rule, but the great majority of
them will always be found In the regular
Democratic.party.
| B. Sutton, business manager Of the Ocala
| Demands has rendered his resignation, aud
i a.
can't stand Baskin and Mann. Sutton Is
the founder of the paper and largely con-
troLed its political course until BAskin and
Mann were nominated.
Capt Don Allen of the Florida Southern
railroad, who was so seriously injured by a
fall from a water tank at Arcadia some
three months ago, In consequence of which
he spent six weeks 10 the hospital at Jack
sonville, has so far recovered, as to be
able to resume his duties on the road.
The foundation has been laid for the new
Presbyterian church at Winter Haven. The
chairs for the churcn have arrived and have
been set up in the building now temporarily
used as house of worship. The new organ
has also been received. II is OF excellent
tone and was purchased at Oppenheimer's
music store in Barlow.
For some cause or another quite a num-
Der OF large black fish have been stranded
all along the beach at Arcadia. They
measure from eighteen to twenty-five feet
Ia length and weigh over ton. IL is said
that each fish will give barrel Of valuable
oil, IL secured in time before the numerous
vultures make q feast OF them.
Capt. Leach's guava grove on Lemon
bay cannot be beat IN South Florida. II
abounds in many different varieties, and
some of them Of large size and different
fayors. He will have hundreds of bushels
and they bear every month in the year. His |
crop is nearly all engaged and he has q |
number OF orders from the north for large |
quantities OF jelly and marmalads.
Orlando Record: D. @. Hill, the champion
sPortsman'farmer of Forest City. Is in town
to-day, as natural as life. He challenges
the world and the rest OF creation to pro-
luce more oranges TO the acre or better
0neS, prettier trees or larger ones, more
hogs or fRtter ones, finer chickens or more
yaneY ones than he can snow at his place.
Code is a brick, and knows a thing or two
The trains on the Florida Central and /
Peninsular railroad have peculiar names.
The winter fast train TO Tampa Is called the |
" Flying Cracker" which caused a certain |
n journalist to dub bhs slow train |
.he walking BusoIit." He has recently |
named Conductor Seibert't fast train the |
Electric Ginger Snap" as IL runs like |
and she conductor Is full Of snap,
10 WeAi nS kOo0 uutuEos
George Dening, travelling passenger
agent for the Plant system, is in St Au
justine demonstrating to the grand army |
the necessity OF attending the |
grand national enoampmsnt Of their order |
at Washington, d. G., on Sept. 81. The !
Plant system offers unusual inducements |
'or all to go oa the trip, aud, In connection |
wish the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor- |
zia railroad, the boys and their friends can |
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A certain Key West custom house official
who has returned a summer widower
aroused his entire neighborhood one night |
with yells Of "Murderl murderm The root
Of the whole trouble was finally discove red |
10 be-nightmare. But he does not want |
mis- wife to know of ie for fear she would |
think he was in need Of her personal atten- |
tion. The boys 10 the custom house say |
they believe he had jag on, but his strict |
II might have been pie.
A committee OF the Peoples party ap- |
pesred before the board Of county commits |
sioners at Palatka Tuesday aud through |
Hon. Thomas Hind asked that in each pre- |
cinct one inspector Of election be appointed !
from some party other than the Democratic |
party. The board was engaged at the time |
in revising the books OF the registration |
Office and has not yet acted on the request
IL is estimated by the democrats that the !
registration books show $50 majority In |
their favor. The third party candidates
for the legislature have apparently not the |
least chance Of election.
The joint debate between Hon. r. W
Davisin behalf Of the democracy and Hon.
Thomas Hind for the Peoples party. took
place at GAINESVILLE Sept. g. The scene of !
the speaking IL not on the line of a railroad.
thus making it necessary for visitors to |
travel by private conveyance. This fact
and the threatening weather made the au- |
dience smaller than it would have been !
under other circumstances. A good crowd. !
composed mainly of voters, was present,
however. When the Palatka party, which |
had started early to cover the fourteen !
miles journey, arrived, the meeting was
called to order by N. A. Patterson, who in |
troduced Capt. Davis.
De Soto County Times: During a recent |
Methodist revival in Orange county all the |
converts wished to be baptized by INNER. |
sion. The banks of the creek were steep and |
slippery. The last one 60 be immersed was |
lady 10 feeble health, and as the minister
landed her up a polite drummer came for |
ward to assist her. The minister, thinking
that 1t was another applicant for baptism,
caught his hand and IN the drummer went !
he stammered badly, aud when the least
excited cannot say one word. He began |
popping his lips. but the minister, with all |
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