The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-25

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Z Americus Grocery Company the ilrm had
/ resumed the wholesale grocery business
al the old stand
FLORIDA.
Pearl millet six feet tai is to be seen
| growing az Avon Park.
] TLree-quarters Of an acre on Amelia
Island Welded GU melons this season.
\ company has been organized I'm Day
tOna 10 manufacture brick al Sea Brook,
Z 30 Nolusia county. The plant is now he
ing erected.
Parties at DeFuniak shipped a carload
Of peaches 10 Detroit. Mich. that netfed
them over 81. 100 after the freight was paid.
These We're grated from seedlings.
The old per cent. city bonds of Jack
souyiilc which We're called in on May =.
4si. Wll an De paid in "a few days, and the
interest viii be paid in fun up 10 date.
Tuesday Carcaba d Co. of ST. Angus
tine PAD Collector Of Port Mickler the
Z the custom house. This concern IN about
one year time has paid some S20. 900 in du-
TICS on tobacco.
A few nights ago Jack Grey and r.
L. Tucker quarreled in a billiard saloon
at Port Tampa, and Grey struck Tucker
with a billiard cue. Tucker fell uncOn-
scious. and has remained in that state
ever since. lie is not expected TO recover
Grey was lodged in the Jail, which he
left only last week.
julius Caesar, Frank Jones and Martha
Turner. widow of Andrew Stillings, have
decided one-haf the land in the garrison
at Tampa they secured recently by pat
eut from the government to s. =. Finlay
o. Gainesville, the attorney whom they
employed as counsel. These deeds are
on record in the court house.
AT Daytona the tarpon season has OPP
cncd ia earnest. Jerome Maley and John
Gibson brought in one measuring six feet
and six inches and weighing lll pounds
the finest specimen that mas been sent
there. -Four hours and forty minutes
elapsed from the time he was hooked till
he gave up the fight The river seems
alive with these silver kings.
Nath Keene Of Suwannee Shoals was
recently bitten through the hand by
mad dog. The dog was his own, and,
noticing that something was wrong with
nm Mr. keene ende9vored to tie him,
hoping that he would soon be better
but In tying him the dog bit Mr.. keene
through the hand, inhicting an ugly
wound. He still held the dog, though,
and called his son, who came with an
AK and killed him.
President Samuel A. Swami of the Fer
naudina Western railroad stated Tues
day that he is receiving much encour-
agcment toward the building Of Fernan-
dina's new road, and that il was an as
sured success beyond "a doubt. Nothing
now hinders the construction Of this new
road except a few preliminary steps that
have TO be taken before the work OF
grading can 60 ON. Mr.. swami stated
that the stockholders. Wieh but very rev
exceptions, were coming up promptly and
cheerfully with their assessments.
At Tampa Saturday night John Clark
Lakeland, on Saturday night last at
tempted to rape an 8-year-old mulatto
girl, named Sarah Ware. He was ar
rested and had preliminary nearing be-
fore Justice Rockaway Monday. The eV-
idcnce disclosed the fact that the little
girl had been brutally choked, the marks
of the scoundrefs fingers being plainly
visible on her throat. Marks OF violence
were also visible on her arms. She re-
manned in an unconscious state nearly
all Saturday night.
The special investigating committee has
made D report 10 the city council Of jack
sOuvile upon the condition OF the TAX
books ANA of the special interest fund ana
the special sinking fund. The report al
leges that cX-Treasurcr Scott collected
50, I5T.SS for taxes in excess of the amount
reported by him to the city controller dur
ing his term Of Office. Also that he holds
SIG G92.42 Of coupons which he has paid,
ami which have been credited by the con-
trollcr, but not turned over to the sani-
tary trustees.
Judge Wall of the criminal court Of
Eillsboro county has adopted a new rule,
which he is satisfied viii save the county
hundreds of dollars, and If generally
adopted would be a great saving to the
state. He now requires the clerk to cali
the roll of witnesses every morning, and
only those who respond to their names are
allowed pay for attendance for that day.
Witnesses have often collected pay for
the whole terms of court without being in
determined to save the public treasury
wherever it is possible.
While Mr. Dean and Thomas Baer were
out in Cumberland Sound near Fernandina
Saturday in sailboat they had quite an
adventure with a shark. Mr.. Dean was
sitting in the stern steering, with his
right elbow resting on the stern railing.
lie mad removed his coat, and the CLEAN
Of his white shirt sleeves attracted the
attention of the shark. II evidently fam
cied the rudder an extension of the arm,
and made a rush for il, striking the rud-
der with terrific force. and hurting a
shower of spray over the occupants OF
the boat. The shark disappeared immc-
diately on finding il had tried to bite off
more than it could chew. An examina-
ton of the rudder revealed the imprint
Of teeth, with two of the sharks teeth