The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01
FLORIDA.

Mariana Times-Courier: We have a new
industry started up in our county; a man
brought in town q wagon load of soft
shell turtles Monday, and they went like
free hot cakes"
R. c. Creech of Banyan saw eight man
aztec Cor sea-cows) in one herd in Banana
river one day last week. They were in
about four feet of water, and some of
them were very large.
The swamDs and parties along the St
Johns are now Respondent with the bloom
of wild hibiscus and holyhocks, says the
Florida Facts. Many of the beautiful pink
blooms of the latter are a foot in diameter.
The flower of the hibiscus-known as the
''blaZing starts vivid scarlet.
A pumpkin vine growing from a sin
gle seen planted in Mrs. f. Pierces back
yard last spring, and covering about one
eigth of an acre of ground, remarks the
Clear Water Press is said to be bearing
shown to us by Capt. j. W. Drew, and we
accept his estimate as nearly true as
could be made without actual count.
]. E. Ingraham of the East Coast Line
was blown off the launch Kathleen into
the mud and water near New river last
week by the explosion of a naphtha tank.
The injury was not serious, however Mr..
Ingraham escaping with a good shaking
up. The launch was built several years
ago for Mr. Flagler, but has recently
been used by Mr.. Ingraham, who changed
her name to Kathleen in honor Of his
young daughter.
Florida Star: Capt Penny, of Canaver-
al, spent a day or two in Titusville this
week. While out fishing a day so be-
fore he noticed in the water what seemed
a huge turtle and determined to secure
it, cast his net over it only to find it was
a young manatee about three feet in
length. He secured it, but remembering
the law to keep it holy, released it. Quite
a herd of them have been noticed in Ba-
mana river this summer.
Titusville Star: Quite a curiosity in the
shape of a FISH was secured one night
this week by one of Capt. Smiths fish
ermen. 1t is about three feet long and
very fiat and narrow, being not much
larger than mans hand, a bright sill
very color, and has a dorsai lin extending
the entire length of the body. Nothing of
the sort has been seen in these waters
before, it is said, and the only thing
il is said to resemble is the New York
Worlds latest sea serpent.
A young man, whose veracity is I'M
Improbable, tells the following touching
story to the Monticello Constitution: On
there lived in great felicity a pair of
ducks. But the old drake, being of & rather
pugnacious disposition, was sentenced to
be shot Several hours after the sentence
was executed. his mate was observed to
droop. and shortly thereafter she died.
unquestionably of a broken heart The
truth of this story is vouched for
The digging of the East Coast canal is
rapidly being completed, and the dredges
are now at work between New River and
Bay Biscayne. The two dredges viii work
toward each other as they have done in
the past. The dredge Matanzas is now at
work cutting at New River, bound south.
The dredge Biscayne is en- route to the
bay in tow OF the steamers Danny and
Katie. This dredge will begin work cut
ting from the bay to the north. Mr.. G.
Trever Spencer, the chief engineer Of the