The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-28

were attached 10 the nOrth-bound train
+ the same morning.
J. II. Ranaday, Of shoal Creek district
! ~ Lumpkin county, has lamb with only
7 three legs. At FIRST Mr.. Kanaday thought
/ % would never walk, but IL Is now as
{ lively as a cricket. and seems to get about
with as much ease as IL Il had four legs
I II is three weeks old.
The Leesburg Commercial announces
I that the Eclipse orange grove Of T. II.
! Mote In the suburb of Leesburg which be-
J fore the freeze he valued al $4,000. Is COM
/ ing out beautifully several feet above the
! BUDS. and Will again blossom and bear
| fruit in a comparatively short time.
/ Mrs. IT. @. Garrett Of Orlando. who was
/ severely burned some weeks ago while
/ hring some DECORATED china al her kiln,
/ died Thursday morning at o'clock from
l the effects Of injuries sustained al that
time She had been improving daily until
/ last FRIDAY, when she began TO fail and
I has been losing ground ever since.
/ Col. Jenness of St. Petersburg the land
| commissioner Of the S. and ST. +. railroad
thinks that tho West Coast, from the
/ mouth Of the Anclote river TO ST. Peters
/ burg VIII increase rapidly i'm wealth ana
[ population, and that the prospects Of the
I West Coast were never so bright as they
/ are now Lands are already increasing
| in value.
The residence of the late Judge Cope
land on Reed street. at Orange Park. was
| struck By lightning at an early hour Fri
day morning and burned 20 The ground.
Fortunately the house was vacated several
weeks ago and the present owner. DIT Will
son, of Pontiac, Mich, was about MAX
ing few minor repairs, prior to renting
the same.
The case Of the members of the ST.
Augustine Rifles, who were arrested re-
Gently for the non-payment Of fines, viii
| not be aired ia the court and from every
indication the members against whom
the warrants were issued have come out
Of the case with flying colors They
| reached settlement with the commander
of the company.
Fifty-one thousand seven hundred and
forty-scven people went TO the swimming
pool in the Casino at St Augustine this
season. of the number 5,726 INDUCED IN
tub Turkish and Russian baths, and o.
600 took a plunge and swim The largest
attendance $500 was during a cake-Walk
The smallest l26) was during concert by
a select quartet company.
J. +. Deberry. J. b. Thomas and d. p.
Grant went out hunting Thursday on the
east side, about six miles south of Palm
Beach, and killed a black bear that
weighed in the neighborhood of two hun
dred ana hfty pounds. The animal was
female, and the tracks of a male were
seen. Another party will go out in day
or two In search of him.
Almost the whole town of Orlando at
tended the union Sunday school picnic
given to Port Tampa via the South Florida
railroad, Thursday The low rate of 50
cents for the round trip was arranged
for the occasion. 1t is estimated that
fully 1900 people went to the picnic The
usual price on the railroad from Orlando
TO Port Tampa is 410 one way.
Inverness Floridian: Thomas Gettis.
young man living near the line of Citrus
ana fernando counties, committed suicide
on Monday last, by drowning himself in
Stage pond. There is no cause assigned
for the act He had before going to the
pond carefully laid aside his watch and
some papers that ne had in his pockets
and seemed to be in unusual high spirits
Mr. Gettis was married about a year ago
ID. NJ. Connolly of Lemon city, Biscayne
bay has built kiln and burned the cor
altne rock, with which he has made more
than ninety barrels of pure white lime of
excellent quality. This lime, when mixed
fertilizer The lime is first-class for
whltewashing, as 1t is unusually hard
and durable. Other tests of the useful
ness OF coraline rock will be made, and
results are expected to follow
The parties who took part in rattle for
a bicycle at West Palm Beach about
week ago, 1t Is reported, will be arrested
on charge of gambling. There are about
100 of them, among whom are some of
West Palm Beach's most popular young
men The bicycle belonged to a Mr.
Thompson of Titusvillc, who rallied 1t
off. The case promises to create a sensa-
ton. If the parties are found guilty
they will receive severe punishment.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company has determined to largely in
crease its export and import facilities at
Pensacola. Al a meeting of the board of
city commissioners Thursday night an or
dinance was passed protecting the road
in its right to the use Of Tarragona street
wharf. Plans have already been adopted
BY President Smith for warehouses, ele-
vators and the other improvements to
be built upon the wharf at cost of about
Sl50,000
The residence of George c. Younglove
OF Manatee was destroyed by fire Tues
day, with nearly all the household goods.
No insurance was on the property. Mr.
NoungloVe is an old man with a family
In less than one hour from the time the
IRE occurred DR.. Il. r. Warren handed
Mr.. Younglove a check for $500
on being told by Mr.. Younglove that he
did not know how he could ever replv
him, the doctor said; Never mention
1t to me again. you are welcome to it,"
Last Monday evening Mrs. c. o. Riley
of Live Oak was badly burned about the
lower limbs and body. She had been droD-
ping cotton seed ali the evening and had
gone to the house to prepare the evening
meal, and without taking off the apron
in which she had been carrying the cotton
seed, went to make fire. While thus en-
gagged the flames caught the lint on the
apron and set fire to her clothing. Mrs.
Riley's injuries are so severe that fears
are entertained that she will not recover.
Il. j. Copley has bought $500 acres
and w. 5. Walker 1,440 acres of cypress
timbered land in the vicinity of Thono-
| longed to the Florida Central and PENN
sular road and the Land and Trust Com
pany of Florida, but on Mr. Walker and
Mr.. Copley negotiating for it, Ii was Sc
| cured on the quiet by Isaac Brereton Of
| Jacksonville. of whom they purchased
| IL at an advance. Inc tract is fine timber
land and is purchased for the Hillsbor-
ough Cypress Company, which is building
up a big business.
George Young, a German farmer. liv-
| ing near Fairbanks, was in Gainesville
| Wednesday, and while there gave an ex-
| hibition of brutality never before equaled
| in Gainesville. He drove his horse up to
one of the saloons and got out of his
| wagon and entered the saloon. When he
came out he was under the influence of
] whisky. In attempting to get back into
| his wagon he fell to the rock pavement
| and was bruised pretty severely. This
| seemed to anger him terribly and he
/ gave vent TO his anger upon his innocent
! horse, wearing out two whips on the ami
/ NAL He was arrested and fined S. An
! effort will be made to have him arraigned
/ in the county court.
The races at Tampa Friday were largely
! attended, among the spectators being a
| large number of ladies. The first race was
| a half mile heat. The entries We're Climax
/ H.. owned by J. \. Bland of Nashville:
! Billy Bush, owned by Thomas McAiurrav
/ of Jacksonville; Pontotoc. +. L. Lesley
| owner; Little Baltic, owned by H /,
/ Makinson of Orlando, The purse was
| 500. 1t was won by Little Baltic. The
/ second race was mile. The entries were
/ Canebrake and Slipup, owned by ]. H.
! Bland; and Mandarin, owned by H. r.