The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21

Judge Ziba King of De Soto county
| owns 60,OOO head of cattle
Dade county will have a coffee exhibit
at the Atlanta exposition.
The palmetto trunk factory at Titus
vile has Commenced operations.
A water spout in the bay at Appalachi-
cola attracted much attention recently.
The rains that fell at Fort Myers the
first three days Of the week were regular
| pine knot noaters,' says the Tropical
The examination of white and colored
| teachers for the schools of Hillsborough
| county will be held on Sept at s a. M.
and will continue at least for two days.
There was a mad dog in the home OF
X. T. Noda of st. Augusta Monday. 1t
/ was little water spaniel, that took to
frothing at the mouth and biting at eve
| rybody. II was killed.
Hon w. N. Sheats, state superintendent
l Of public instruction, will address the cit
! izens of Apalachicola and the normal
I school at the school house on Tuesday
i even, Aug. ~, at o'clock.
Times: A few days since Messrs. John
Rogers and John Warren of Apalachicola
| went over to Tow Head and found the
place alive with birds-swallows. They
made three throws with a cast-net and
| captured seventy of the birds.
Arcadia Arcadian: The Avon Park
/ Idea is Dragging about a watermelon
that its devil could crawl through. That
IS nothing! The IDEAS devil has a tape
| worm abdomen and could crawl through
a hole in a small thread spool.
While the good Sisters Of St. Angus
| tine were out Sunday taking their alter
| noon stroll one had the misfortune TO sit
| so that black snake inflicted two bad
| but not dangerous, bites. The Sisters
| companions put an end TO the snake and
the proper remedies were applied
Apalachicola Times: Wednesday one
| END OF hue Was blown out Of the boiler
| OF the Franklin County Lumber Co. s
saw mill at Carrabelle and created con-
siderable excitement. No one was hurt.
| we are glad TO learn. The accident will
days.
At Ocala, Mayor Reardon drew a full
house Monday afternoon at Temperance
| reform hail, where he spoke on reform
IN general. He said temperance societies
| teraet the effect OF the coteries who met
folks ''fools.'
Pness: There is no doubt but Fort
| myers VIII be blessed with an ice fac
| Tory ABOUT as soon as it can be built. We
! are informed that the machinery will soon
through to rapid completion. The fac
! tory Will have a capacity Of five or ten
tons of ice per day.
Tropical News: Capt John Roam has
made proposition TO the citizens of Fort
Myers that IL they will donate a lot to
him, he will erect an ice factory and
manufacture ice. We understand that
number OF business men have already
obligated to pay sums from S. to $50 to-
ward the purchase of lot
The success in manufacturing cement
prick as experimental by Mr. Sturdi-
want mas been so clearly demonstrated
J mat company has been organized at
/ Iampa with a capital stock of $4,000.
| very acceptable location has been Sc
cured on the river front, and sufficient
machinery will be put in operation to
manufacture about 10000 brick per day.
The Howard P. Simmons, which sunk
| in the Apalachicola river is afioat. onlv
4 hours . We
| Apala chicola Times. Red Vent, with his
lola, pile driver and a barge, went up
| of the turpentine and rosin to the barge,
run line under the stern and up she
came as good as ever. Only six barrels
OF rosin were missing.
DR.. j. l.. Horsey of Fernandina saws
! the state board of health is having its
attention directed to the charges that the
| water OF the st. Mary's river is being pois-
oned and rendered unfit for use by the
decayed fruit and vegetables that are be-
ms condemned in Jacksonville and dump
ea INTO IT.. 1t is matter of vital impor-
lance 10 the people along the course of
| the st. Marys who use its waters for
drinking purposes.
Fort Myers Press: A. e. Kelley OF
Cleveland, @; who was down at Fort
| Myers last May, tarpon fishing, guest
| u the myers Inn, committed suicide on
MS wife's grave the other day. While
deal over the death of his wife she hav-
ing died last fall, leaving a child four
gays old His health was not good and
that probably, with his great loss drove
him to death by his own hand.
From the county superintendent of
schools the Fort Myers Press learns
| there are twenty schools in Lee county.
with twenty-three teachers and IFS schol-
ars. There is one school of colored chill
dren taught by colored man. 1t has
twenty pupils. There are but few col
ored people in Lee county, and who are
| all living in this city. Teachers' saiar
les range from $50 to- S45 per month, with
30 80 per month to the principal of the
made for new school districts Whenever.
II is proper, or needed.
Fort Myers Press: There will have
Seminoles from killing so many deer.
Lately they have been killing large num-
bers Just simply for their hides. Some
OF our sportsmen have sent them word
that they viii, we hope, heed Several
years since they killed about
200 near Naples, and a year
Der near the Indian mission. At that
rate Of slaughter 1t viii not be long
ere Lee county Will not have one Of
these beautiful creatures within her bor-
ders.
Jacksonville Times-Unon: Saturday
! Yves Hearn Of Bettelini's restaurant
bought bushel of clans, which he piled
on the floor OF back room. Monday morn
Ing he was attracted TO the place by a
great sqealing. He fond a weli-grown ro-
dent caught by the hind leg by one OF the
clans During the night the CLANS open
their mouths, and this rat probably en-
qeayored 70 steal the sueculent part Of the
biNalYe without the clam knowing A
suddenly the two shells came together
ana Mf; KAT was caught He dragged the
clam all over the floor IN an EFFORT 10
| break away, but IL was useless The clam
/ had him and proposed 10 hold him. When
WEE appeared upon the scene the rat az
, .sinpted 70 gnaw his leg ~ two, but he
was caught and killed before he could
carry out that heroic design
] Tampa Times: There was recorded IN
/ we once ~ The clerk o. the circuit court
/ Hatnfqay ~ u. ~. Curtis a Co ffhe COM
/ Pany being Alex BROWNING a cauflonsry
/ ltn AGAINST the large brick factory. H0ag
~ course ~ construction % Des0fo park
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