The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-14

The New YORK Herald announces the death
/ in that city March Of Mrs. Eta N. Bett, wife
/ Of A. E G. Bett, formerly well-knovn business
Z man Of Jacksonville.
( colored man from the country sold at
[ Gainesville a lot of Strawberries Saturday Tor
SO So with which he purchased 81 worth OF
Z flour, so cents worth OF bacon and - worth OF
whisky.
Eight hundred packages Of lettuce were
shipped from Gainesville Saturday by express.
Nine hundred packages were shipped on satur-
day, March 4, which was the largest shipment
of the season.
J, l. Redish OF Francis will commence
to corner boxes, dip and chip on Monday.
He employs twenty-five men regularly, with
necessary tools and equipments, and WORKS
twelve crops Of 10, 800 boxes to crop.
Is is reported that Rev. Julius II. Ward.
well-known clergyman, viii be appointed 70 the
Bohein lectureship at Philadelphia this spring.
This clergyman was at one time rector OF the
church at Orlando and has many warm friends
there.
The county commissioners OF Putnam, at
their recent meeting, made worlds fair ap-
preparation Of $500 for space in the Florida
state building, and they instructed the clerk TO
so notify President Jackson Of the state com
mission.
The grand lodge of the Knights Of Honor
opens at Jacksonville to-day. Col, 7. J. Apple
yard Of Sanford, the new colonel Of the Florida
department, viii be there, accompanied by Col
F. P. Forster, whom he succeeds. and other
delegates from Sanford.
fifty five bushel crates of strawberries, besides
lettuce etc. Most of them are going 10 refrig-
orators. Returns have been received for some
sent to Boston in open crates without ice which
sold for 90 cents a quart, though the merchant
reported that he could have obtained 20 cents
more il they had been shipped with ice
Cottage No. g, one of the six large cottages
connected with the Magnolia Springs hotel was
burned Sunday morning about 10 o'clock. The
fire was first discovered in the roof Of the l.
TIE origin is unknown. The cottage was
two and one-half structure OF twelve rooms, the
front being occupied at the time by Mayor
George Trott and his valet of Philadelphia and
S G. Hopkins of Boston. Nearly everything
was saved.
There are some funny people in the world
and the funniest of them all lives in Milton. II
you doubt it read the following, which ap
peared in last weeks clarion: FEB. 20, 1898
Edltor Clarion: Sir-Ailow me to tell the pub
lie that lost my wife Dec. %, and she left
three children. and have found step-mother
for them. All are invited TO come and ses the
marriage. She is q widow, and has been for
three years. Look ont. Thursday, March 8,
viii marry Mrs Charlotte Whitaker. W. F. X.
Nelson. ~
Lakeland Cracker. Messrs Baldrck and
Wood, two veteran hunters OF this city, while
fishing on Lake Parker last Tuesday evening,
espied huge alligator, and proceeded to put
out his sight by shooting one eye out. The
gator made good his escape until Wednesday
morning, wnen they returned and, finding his
'gatorship in the same place, put out his other
eye by a we'll aimed shot, and succeeded in
capturing him. He measured 10 feet II inches
and weighed 512 pounds, the largest ever capt
ured In any Of our lakes.
The proposed reception by U. s. Grant post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Orlando to
Mrs. Gen U. s. Grant at her elegant winter
home near the hotel at Atemonte Springs, is
now an assured fact, the South Florida railroad
having kindly fixed a one-fare round trip rate
for the veterans and their families from San
ford, Lougwood, Winter Park, Orlando, Matt
land and other places. Department Com
mn Ffaw fIe9 l,@Nn Tho
with Gen. Grant, will arrange the day on which
the reception Is to take place.
Henry NJ. Flagler OF New York and st
Augustine has been ct various points on the
east coast during the past week, and within a
day or two at Jupiter. The simple fact of his
presence there has given rise to all sorts of
wild rumOrs. Among other things It is re-
ported that he has purchased the Mccormick
and other property on Lake Worth, paying
several hundred thousand dollars for it, and
and that large number of men will soon be at
work there upon hotel to rival the Ponce de
Leon in dimensions in grandeur
few days ago a man accompanied by
woman arrived at Quincy aud put up at the
Gadsden hotel. The man said they had been
MARI ed but few days and we're on their way
to visit trien1s in South Florida. He had horse
which he offered at a reasonable price. aud ".
B. Cox became the purchaser. The couple then
took tine train for Tampa, TUESDAY = man from
Troy, Ala, accompanied by sheriff arrived at
Quincy in search Of man and horse Sheriff
Chester took the matter in hand aud tele-
graphed TO have the man arrested
At Pensacola, Mr.. Torgensen Of South Palafox
street Is having the old house at 1l2 West Gov
ernment street torn down for the purpose of
erecting up9ntbe lot a handsome cottage resi-
deEce. SaAtTIsI, while two carpenters, Henry
Pons and lanes johnson, were engaged in
tearing away the old building they found be.
tween the ceiling and roof Spanish doubloon
of the date of 1910 They also found the per-
fectly petrfied body of q cat. 1t seems that
the animal had been caught between the tim
house
unable to release itself, had died in that posi-
tOns.
Lakeland Cracker: Land Pebble was the
scene Of a shooting scrape on last Tuesday even
ing between two negroes in which one of the
participants lost his life, the other escaping.
This was followed by another affair of the same
brand on the same evening about three miles
from this city, in which a negro named Johnson
was shot and Instantly killed by fellow Afri-
can, who made good his escape, and mat
ter Of fact, was perfectly Unsuitable in protect
ing his own life. Bone Valley phosphate mines
witnessed the third act in the life drama of the
same cast of characters. and ore colored indi-
vidsal named Reddng lost his precious life at
the dusky hands OF Joseph Baily SO far as we
have learned, no arrests have been made.
Kissimmee Leader: man who gave his
name as NJ. A. Reider and claims TO be Ger
man consul, with his wife and child Ia boy of
about years.. stopped at the hitchlng posts
just outside of the court house fence Yesterday,
and endeavored to make the little fellow pun
himself up by his hands on the cross piece run
ming from one post 20 another. The little fell
low was unable to accomplish the task, and so
the brutal father picked up a stick and beat the
child numerically, not only once, but several
times. Clerk Lee and Judge Parker went out
TO make the fellow desist as the scene fairly
made their blood boil, but it was only after
threatening the demon with arrest that he
finally ceased. Mrs. G.. Il. FRANKLIN also
the occurrence and told her husband, who I'M
mediately had the fellow arrested and brought
before Mayor Aderhold, who, on hearing the
evidence, fined him $40 and costs.
Quincy Democrat: Paul Dismukes sold his
croD of tobacco this week. TWO bales brought
as much as the syndicate offered him for the
entire crop. Our tobacco, once on the market,
will sell itself. Some time back Dr. Scott bought
1000 pounds OF tobacco He sold this week
and two bales brought him Just what he paid
for the entire crop, We learn that a negro's
(Sam Howardl crop of tobacco was sold by j ohm
Howard for $500. This tobacco was raised on
two acres of common land. Sherrod Mccall
sold his tobacco this week to Mr. FIuke. The
price was above the average. MesSrs Shaw 81
McFarlin hope to have all of their tobacco
ready for market by May !. They have an i'm
mense quantity of tobacco on hand and have
accomplished great deal of good for Gadsden
county. We wish them success in the future
We learn that H. j. Fenton employs about 100
hands at his packing house near the depot
Lake City Tobacco Plant: David B. Caldwell
was srraigned before Justice D'FerrO's court
last Tuesday on the charge of bigamy, pre-
ferred by his wife, q northern lady. Thirty
two years ago Mr.. Caldwell married in Phia-
delphia, and soon after came south leaving
wife No. /, with two children who died during
the war;. Failing to return ne thought best TO
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