The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-21
CLEANED AT GAINESVILLE.
a Hunt for Buried Treasure-A Fight
Between Qophers.

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Gainesville, Fla, July 20.-There has
arisen again ripple of excitement here
concerning hidden treasures along the
Florida gulf coast. This time the ex-
citement is caused by the finding of some
barrel slaves at point on a marsh, south
of the mouth of the Suwannee river. The
tradition is that vessel laden with gold
and silver, packed in barrels or kegs,
went to pieces at this point, years ago
and that the coin went out of sight in the
marsh mud. Much excitement occurred
upon finding the slaves
There is excitement also in regard to a
treasure located not far from Old Town,
on the Suwannee. During a halt of Gen.
Jackson's army at St. Marks a cOurt-mar-
tial was called, and one ArbuthnOt, who
was taken as a British spy, was tried and
hung 1t is said that ArbuthnOt told per-
sons at the time of the existence of the
buried treasure, and that certain tree
near the village of Old Town had cut into
its bark the rude image of a ship. That
on one side of this tree was a very
long limb, and in the direction in
which this limb pointed there so
many yards distant the treasure would
be found. Sixteen years ago q Mr. Nc
Carly, of Old Town, found the tree with
the cut of the ship, and the long, solitary
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way southwark into the heart of the
heavy hammock Following the direct
ion of the inanimate guide, the number of
traditional yards, he fOund-nOthing, as
usual, in such cases. But his failure has
failed to convince all people for, again,
the search is being made for the tree with
the long limb and the ship
Capt. Sam Means, who has a grove at
Evinston, told me some time ago of ter
fcrh bph had Whimsical Not
gOphers, and asked me if l could conceive
of any means by which one gopher could
get the advantage of another Replying
that did not as both were cncased alike
in an armor that neither had The means
of penetrating, he explained that the OBJ
iect to be attained by the stronger or
more skillful reptile, was the turning of
the weaker one on his back, where sooner
or later, if not rescued by his or some 9TH
er female, he would die or fall an easy
prey to a fox or eagle.
Campbell Dell and Miss Frankie Shan
non, daughter of the late county treas
urer were married two days ago at Jack
sonyille, and have returned to this city.
Most hotels boast of bridal chamber,
but Gainesville takes the wreathe as
being the only place in the Union which
has honeymoon cottage The little I'M
pretentiOus house was called thus by
Capt. Sheffield, from the fact that five
young couples had spent the first month
of their welded lives in it.
Equally felicitous was the change from
Pleasant street to Baby Lane. owing to
the fact that for a series of years about
half a dozen babies were annually born
on either side of it.
John White, Of Alabama. and Miss Ma
bel Graham, Of this city. We're married
at 2:l5 this evening" and at 239 Mrs.
Uhlan and a Mr.. Russell were married at
10 o'clock this morning in the First Pres
byterian church by Rev. A. B. Currey.
Capt Sheffield, of the S, +. & w de-
pot force, who was once county supern-
tendent of public instruction in Columbia
comfy, got a little sarcastic yesterday
when speaking Of the changes in the man
agement Of The Agricultural College at
Lake City. He said the people of Florida
had gotten to be such a lot of miserable
wild geese that they had to import
Michi-gander to lead them.