The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-22

There are many calls for empty houses at
Carrabelle, but there are none to rent.
There viii be an EFFORT made to organize a
local tmm gratton society at Carrabene.
The organization of the Tampa Base Ball
Association with capital stock Of 81 900 has
been completed
There are seventy persons living in one
neighborhood in Calhoun county that are
drawing pensions.
A brick addition, 22x190 feet In length. is be-
ing built in the rear Of the store recently
purchased by the Emery Boot ana Shoe Com
pany, on the south side Of Bay street, Jack
sOnyile.
Several parties have been digging for treas
ure on the banks Of Gasparllla sound. near
Grove City, said to have been buried by the
pirate Ga5parilla. No find OF value has yet
been reported.
This is the llveliest summer season that the
hotels and boarding houses of St-Petersburg
have eyer enjoyed. The hotels are crowded
ana the demand for accommodations for Wis
ltors upon other places Is aoout equal to their
capacity.
Accidents occurred to engines both the
Mayport and the Jacksonville and Atlantic
railroads sunday. The Trouble was caused
by the ca 5tnes, but they were promptly re-
placed by others, and trains soon ran on
schedule time.
The failure Of E. II. Cato to sell his street
railway OF Key West to John j. Philbrick has
resulted in a suit for $50 900. brought by Mr.
Philbrick against Mr. Cato for breach of con
tract, ! he city OF Key West has also re
voked Mr.. Gatos charter, charging him with
having broken IL.
The following is the official canvass of the
election held Aug 10 for the county site Of
Holmes county: Bombay, 342: Westville
2sl; Cerro Gordo, 90; Pittsman Ferry, % AS
no place received the majority of all the votes
cast, there is NJ election. The board of
county commissioners have ordered new
election for Sept -
Leonidas f. Wade, the attorney charged
with disturbing the public peace by commit
I
another attorney, in Justice Jackson's once
on last Friday morning, was fined 1900 in the
municipal court Monday morning, or, in de-
fault OF the payment OF this fine, to be con
fined to the city jail for three months.
The schooner Harry, Davies master has
! arrived at Tampa from quarantine. When
she arrived at quarantine week ago her
crew was on short rations and had been for
days past without flour beef. potatoes and
many other supplies. They had on board
nothing to eat but peas, rice, little bread
and tea and cofee. Another week at sea
would have made them suffer for food
Martin Reese beacon-tender, had a mar
row escape from drowning last saturday
night at Jacksonville. He had gone out to
light the river beaconS, which he has Charge
OF, and while he was out a squat came up and
upset his boat He managed to climb 10 the
bottom OF the boat, and for nearly two hours
! fiOated around In the river. Reese was picled
/ up In an exhausted condition and landed at
! Orange Dale, at which place he lives.
Titusville Advocate: Another fiber factory
! Will be IN running order in YituSvllle before
many weeks have passed Wetmore & Glad
| win, proprietors of the ice factory, having
/ just received some tiber-making machinery
! engine. etc. This new building will be erected
close to the ice factory, so that. the same
| steam power that is now being used for max
! ing ice, may be utilized for rInning the fiber
making machinery OF Wetmore n Gladwin
/ over in Calhoun county recently Ben Allen
! OF Nashville, Tenn, took man-eating shark,
| measuring twenty feet, with common linen
! line, but was over ten hours reelng him A.
! Our informant said that when the shark :
mouth was wide open he could slim IL down
! over his head. and he is good-sized man
! Daring the season northern sporlsmen have
! taken eleven tarpon. On Sept 10 the same
parties that captured these viii be back to
! Calhoun county TO have more sport.
Lightning entered the Jacksonville electric
/ hght mousse Monday night, on Upper Main
street, and played havoc 1t came i'm on the
| street service wire and jumped over the
Ightnlng arreslers went through one dy-
/ was switched OF at once but considerable
! damage was done. Supt. Hammatt said that
out OF thirty.hve wires usually in use, only
| hve were lett lie could not tell the amount
| OF damage sustained by the company
wild steer created great deal OF excite.
! ment in Jacksonville Monday. The animal
was the property OF Barney Hart butcher,
| ana In some manner II had escaped from his
/ pen. When A. Campbell heard that there
] was Wild steer on the street he startel his
dogs after II, and they succeeded IN captur-
! Ing II on East Bay street. Campbell came IN
| soon after aud cut the animal throat 10 pre-
/ vent It's doing any harm. Campbell saws his
dogs could run down any kind OF a wild ami.
NAL and Kill St.
Frank Parnell and A. l.. LEROY two young
| men from L -nnessee. passed through Jack.
| souville Sunday on their way TO Inverness
/ where the former resides. hey had with
! them box Of Italian bees, with which they
| intend 70 experiment at Inverness Mr. Par.
| nell stated that he knew Of several parties In
| ms section who had made a success OF bee
! culture with common honey, and he thinks
] that ne Will ne able 20 do even better with
! Italian tees, II this proves 10 be the case he
| VIII start large colony OF bees at Inverness.
D. The British steamship Moonstone n. G.
| LoWerick master from Newport News, Va.
| VIVA cargo OF coal ran ashore on Grecian
! reef on lne coast OF Florida, on the morning
/ OF Aug. IL, aud was successfully gotten on by
! florlua Wre kers and brought into KEY West
! on me morning OF Aug. ~. The vessel rs
yqloea as 90. so ana vas insured for sl2l $50