The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-18

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respectable parents.
FLORIDA.
CIearances and entrances at the Tampa
custom house have been few and Tar be-
tween recently.
About seventeen miles of railway track
have been laid on the Dade county extern
sion of the Flagler railway.
Work has been begun on the new bridge
that will span Lake Worth. 1t Will now
be pushed rapidly to completion.
Times: The Apalachicola city council
has a proposition for their consideration
from men of capital who wish to put IN
and operate a gas plant in Apaiachlcola
for lighting up the city with an improved
and beautiful light.
The fact that W. r. Collins Of West
Palm Beach, the victim of the rattle
snakes bite, is still alive, is either due
to the strap that he put arounS his leg
just above the wound, or to the gunpoW-
der poultice he made from one of ms gun
shells. The swelling has almost left his
foot and Dr. Potter says that he VIII be
all right in a few days. DR.. Potter adj
ministered one-twentieth Of a grain Of
strychnine about every hour to drive the
poison from around his heart. He gave
him dgitalis in order to quicken the work
ing of that organ.
Apalachicoa Times: The new steamer
building at the city wharf was launched
last Saturday afternoon in the presence
of a large crowd that had assembled TO
see the work performed. When all was
in readiness with a "let her go" she Gid
ed gracefully into the water. during
which time Miss Steppic Rice, standing
at the bow with a bottle of Mumms Elk
ira Dry in her hand, said: I'm honor Of
one of our distinguished citizens l now
chrsten this craft J. +. G. Griggs. May
God speed her on natures waters. And
the J. +. 9. Griggs was forthwith sprink-
led with the sparkling huid. The boat was
crowded with ladies and gentlemen as
she gracefully glided into the water. The
launch was as pretty a one as we ever
saw, not hitch occurring. The launch
ing over, two kegs of beer were placed
on top for the benefit of the crowd, who
drank and at the same time expressed
many words OF cheer for the new steamer.
| The work of finishing the upperworks,
cabin, etc, is going ahead rapidly, ana
soon we may expect to see the j. F. G.
| Griggs blowing the waters of the Apala-
chicola. Success to her.
Punta Gorda Correspondence of the
Morning News, Sept 17.-The region
around and to the south of Punta Gorda
promises to profit greatly by the results
of the freeze Of last winter, in which most
In this section the trees were uninjured.
In some places the leaves were not even
knocked off. There will be about a half
crop of oranges this year. The immediate
benefit to the locality. however, is from
the number of new settlers coming in,
and in the amount of land which win be
cleared up and brought into cultivation.
If this section was able to stand last
years freeze the reasoning Is that il Will
stand any freeze we shall ever have.
The new Citizens Ice Factory has been
a great success from the start. The fish
business this year is the largest in the
history of Punta Gorda. and the total
shipments will probably be larger than
those of any two former years. De Soto
county is having the census of 1895 taken
z. King. the cattle king, has applied to the
city council for a franchise for an electric
light and water works system. The rainy
season in South Florida is about two
months later this year than usual
Jacksonville Times Union: II. f. Hole of
Fulton is the pioneer of a new industry
diamond-back terrapin farming. In his
pen, built in the water at Fulton, he has
a thousand terrapin, and next year he will
probably have 5000. The Florida terrapin
is of the same species as the far-famed
diamond back terrapn of Maryland There
is no difference in the taste, so far as can
be detected by ordinary mOrtals, yet there
is a great difference in the price, owing
to the reputation the Maryland terrapin
enjoys. While Florida terrapin bring but
$50, those taken from the waters Of the
| Chesapeake bay sell at from SS6 to $50
a dozen. Even at $40 a dozen, though, Mr..
Hole expects to make the business pay.
The great difficulty to be encountered in
supplying the demand is the terrapin' s
unusual ability TO SeCrete himself They
are easiest caught in the Matching season.
when they make numerous tracks
in the sand to and from the
nest, but this IS the closed season, and the
law provides heavy penalty for violation.
In the open season terrapin are captured
in nets. Mr.. Hole says that terrapin pos
sess fatal curiosity. If there are terra
pin in the creek all you have to do is rap
on the boat, and their little black heads
Will bob to the surface. Then the drag
net is called into play and the terrapin
pagged- Mr.. Hole was in the city yester-
day, boxing up a dozen to be sent as an
exhibit to the Atlanta exposition
Times-Union: ]. II. Calvin, a deacon in
the West Jacksonville Methodist church,
is in trouble, and it is all caused BY his
too fond love of money. The worst of
it is that Calvin is accused of stealing from
the church. 1t is said he took it from the
collection which he, as a deacon, took up.
1t is on Sunday that Calvin is said TO
have robbed the collection. The pastor
w. H. Daughtry had made the usual ex-
hortation for all of the "sistern and
brethren to contribute literally to the
support of the church, and called on Bro
Their Calvin to hand around the collection
box. Brother Calvin has heretofore been
one of the flower of the flock, and above
reproach. but on Sunday he fell from
grace. He passed around the box and
the total sum of the collection was So 10
Deacon Calvin appropriated $l55 of the
collection to his own use on the way up
the aisle to deliver the box to the mar
the box to Parson Daughtry that individ-
ual looked in the box. The pile did not
seem large enough, and after the service
had closed he began to make an investi-
cation. He learned that the deacon had
not turned in the amount Of what he
thought to have been collected, but he said
nothing Yesterday morning Parson
Daughtry went before Justice Willard ana
ENLIGHTENMENT. Calvin was arrested and
the hearing was set for 10 O'Clock this
morning. 1t is expected that there will
be some interesting testimony introduced.
The late Prof. Blackie had large
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