The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-29

coid contracted while at the 81. Augustine
eucampmeut.
Hon. Nat Walker OF Crawfordvnle is recov-
erinE from has illness contracted while at the
convention ia Monticello.
Avon Park has slxty-two registered voters.
of which nifty two are DEMOCRATS. eight are
republicans, one populst ana one prohiui-
/ ZIONIST
At St Cloud Mr.. Disston s large sugar mill
! Is being put IN order for the grinding Of an
enormous crop OF cane, which promises to he
exceptionally fine his year.
South Florida man recently made a
( hearty dinner on alligator sJeak and shortly
afterwards was seen TO foam az the mouth,
and has been strangely affected ever since.
+. o Brown, farmer living near Mayo
brought to the Free Press office last Wedue,.
day a Cornstalk that measured fifteen feet IN
I length. He says that II was never ploughed
but once.
Ahnal decree OF foreclosure OF mortgage
has been granted in the cas- OF the executors
of John h. Dunn VS. the WlthIacOochse Phos-
phate Company Of Citrus county. Amount
claimed $4,000
A CAB Of a freight train was struck by pas
senger tram on the Florida Southern near
/ Ocala Sat urday and turned over A hole was
also made in the passenger coach. 1t came
near being serious collision. No one was
hurt
The present poll tax law exempts persons
over 81 from the payment OF poll tax. but
you must have your poll tax receipts for lsg 3,
that IS the one you would get when you paid
your taxes last year, no matter what your
age is.
The Methodist Episcopal church south has
made arrangements for the erection of
church b1llding in Caryville Mr.. Sanford
has kindly donated the lumber and land. The
building VIII be used by other evangelical
denominations.
A mysterious pool is located near Brooks
vile. stream of wafer flows into it and
disappears in whirlpool in the center. A
log thrown into 10 Will circle the pool many
times gradually DRAWING closer to the center
When il sinks out OF view.
The Sloop Lille Belle was picked up about
ten miles Of CInnabel lighthouse, bottom up,
by the schooner Elizabeth Ann OF Key West
few days ago, ana taken TO Key West.
From appearances the crew were drowned,
as the sails were standing when found.
IeOdOrO Perez & Co. are working sixty
ciFalmaEers in their new factory 10 West
tampa. and expect soon 10 increase their
force 20 100. They viii close their Key West
factory next week, having kept IL open TO
prevent any loss in time by the move to
Tampa.
The car shed Of the Jacksonville new union
depot Is rapidly asslmlng shape. ne three
towers which are to support the arches at
the west end OF the shed. have been finished
and the two arches have been put into posi-
ton The work viii be pushed rapidly ahead
ana the depot will. in all probability, be ready
for use by the time the tourist season sets IN.
j. $. Bell has sold to Andrew Young, Esq,
chief inspector OF the department OF health Of
Chicago 21-acrc tract OF land at South Jack
sonvile for 900 Mr.. Young and family cx-
pect TO move here next spring and viii build
good residence and otherwise improve the
property. Mr.. Bell has also sold to Mr.. Young
handsome brick residence on Wilcox ave
nue., Chicago, for 81 800. Mr. Dung is an eN-
pert plumber and has four Grown sons. all
practical prum5 ers. They will open business
In Jacksonville next January or February.
The lampa Times Is indebted to John CUl-
breath who returned Saturday from "a visit
to sumter county. for some samples of Lee
Conte pears that show what tlofiia soil and
climate can do. The fruit came from the or
chard OF q. I. lays, 1ather-ln law OF Mr.. Gull
breath, at Webster The average sample
weighs twenty ounces and is perfect in shape
and havor. The trees are loaded with pears
and the owner is reaping the harvest which
intelligent industry always gains in Florida
MIR. Culbreath tells US that the people are
prospering in Sumter. orange buyers are nu-
merous and liberal offers are being made for
the coming crop on the trees
engineer Cuthbert OF the steamer David
kempS, at Jacksonville, was mad the other
night and he lad good cause for. being mad.
4 he genial engineer took his large market
BASKET with HIM Saturday afternoon when he
lett home, ana, after visiting various stalls in
the city market, had 10 filed with choice
meats and vegetables for his Sunday dinner.
ne carried ms burden to the engine room and
left ii, while he went UP town TO attend to
some private business. When he returned.
about s o clock he found the basket OF pro
Visions missing, The colOred fireman was
also gone, ana Cuthbert is minus his Sunday
dinner He has reported the matter to the
police and II is hoped that the fireman Will
be captured
Capt Boone OF the schooner John w. Hall
reports having caught pOlpOtse in "A very
peculiar way, while the vessel was at sea.
| bound for Jacksonville. 1t was on Friday
last. when the schooner was about fifty miles
| up the coast, and bowling along with a bone
| IN her teeth. The log was out. ana all at once
! the mate saw 1t so VIII Ring around. He called
/ Capt, Boone attention to it. just then a
| porpOise came to the surface and Capt Boone
] look u Tor "a shark. He thODunf had yDr
! hold of the propeller of the log and was afraid
| that II would bite at II and cut the rope. He
| and the mate. caught hold OF the rope
! and began to haul in and when they got the
end almost to the stern of the vessel
! they Sawthat II was a pOrpOIse. just as they
| We're hauling it on board about fifty sharks
/ surrounded and began swapping at it, The
! porpolse was hauled on board and cut up into
| pieces and thrown overheard, aud the sharks
! made big ught over it, The pOrpoise
] weighed about 2JO pounds, ana had, by some
! means, caught its tail in the log line and
could not get loose, Capt Boone says the
| liver was cut out and served 10y the ship s
/ cook. Several tine steaks we're cut Of by the
sailors who regarded it as being as line as the
! choicest Gu OF beef. Capt. Boone says that
/ II was the largest porpoise he has ever seen.
For some time past Andrew Marx stage
| manager OF the Jacksonville opera house, has
| been getting together collection of curlosi-
/ ties for the Down in Dixie company OF
| which Manager Burbridge of the opera house
] IN Jacksonville is manager. The collection
! was exhibited to "a Times Union reporter by
! Mr.. Marx, and 1t is an interesting one In
| the collection is an Old-tiWe shotgun. which
came from BcVOIr. Miss. This is said to have
! been the property of Jefferson Davis, the
] president OF the eonfederacy, 1t is OF the
| smooth bore type ana has an exceedingly
| long barrel. The guard around the trigger
| and the mounting on the butt OF the piece are
| both Of brass. Mr.. Marx also showed the re-
/ porter one OF the old-time lanterns made
| OF tin with holes punched in it to
| let out the rays OF light. This is also said to
have been the property OF Nr DAVIS. Proba
1 bly, the most interesting relic in the collection
was Cots sen-cocyiug revolver 10 is one
OF the trst set-cOckjng pistols that was ever
made, ana bearsthe date 1876 10 has q live
barreled cylinder and the cartridges were eX
! ploded with cap placed on vent holes, these
vent holes being on top of each barrel OF the
| cylinder. This pistol has quite a history and
| figured In several duels. IL was carried AN
| through the war by captain in Gen. Wade
Hampton brigade. An old pair OF hand
Guns. which belonged to the sheriff Of DIVA
county during the war. is another OF the
relics; also murderous-l looking knife which
was made out of file 10y prisoner in one
| OF the prison sjoCkakcs in Georgia about five
years ago. with this the prisoner killed tive
! guards and then made his escape. Among
| other things Mr.. Marx has an immense
| gourd, used on plantations as q water bucket
with the smaller gOuri for a dipper. q flash
! torch, pine torch a string Of red peppers. hrt
! pans and several gaudy .8ndanas. similar &c
those worn by the old negresses az work on
1 the plantations.
The Ware County Institute.
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