The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-25

and shugart, having on a pair of long.
neaNy trousers, became exhausted while
IN IN me middle OF the stream. and sank. His
friend was ahead Of him, but looking over
his shoulder, saw him sink and turned
back 10 lend his aid. The boy reached
shugart just as he had started down for
the third time, and with a little hard work
he succeeded in getting him ashore, where
he was soon restored.
The first shipment of pineapples from
Eden was made Saturday by Capt. Thomas
Il. Richards To Redfield & Son OF Philadel-
phias Pa, consisting of nine half crates
and one whole crate, with average OF
sixteen apples to half crate and twenty
four to whole crate, which is a good av-
erage, considering the many disadvanr-
ages. Shipments Will now continue TO 50
forward.
1t is said that the man who lost a
limb last Friday on the train which took
the wrecking car to the wreck near Mid
way was William Hardin, young farm
er VINO resides west of Tallahassee. He
was on the train, and il is claimed that
din attempted TO work the brake the ham
die came of, he fell and lost his right
arm about the elbow.
Easter. Moore, a negro woman living
TO pick berries last Thursday afternoon.
She entered a pasture, where she was at
Tackled by vicious boar. She was thrown
10 the ground by the animal, and her
flesh was terribly lacerated by his tusks.
The woman is quite old She is very weak
from loss of blood; her wounds are 3N-
tremely painful, and her condition is con-
sidered very critical.
The executive committee of the West
Florida Fruit Growers Association has
appointed their secretary, +. NJ. Williams
to act as superintendent of the packing
house to be established at Pensacola dur
ing the shipping season. Watermelons
canteloupes and all the fruit and Vegc-
table delicaeies of the season are being
brought into the local market in great
quantities from the neighbOring gardens
and truck farms. 1t is estimated that the
LeConte pear crop of Escambia county
this season will alone net the growers at
least $4,000. The business is yet in its in
fancy.
Theodore Starbuck, a young man who
is in the employ of the L. Bucki & son
Lumber Company in L airfield, a suburb of
Jacksonville, is sick with hydrophobia at
the residence of Mrs. Motion, corner of
Talleyrand avenue and Wamboldt street,
in Fairfield. While the disease is not as
yet very far advanced. it is CONSIDERED
dangerous, and the patient is being con-
stantly watched. About two months ago
young Starbuck was bitten on the thumb
of his lett hand by a cat with which he
was playing. At the time nothing was
thought of the bite, although DR.. Max
well dressed it. Last Friday, however,
he became sick.
3. f. Bowen of Orlando adopted a novel
way to get rid of a lot of watermelons
Saturday night. They were small ones
which had been on hand for several days
many better~Ones were being brought in.
So he instructed his clerks to put them
in nice pile just beneath the show win
dow of his grocery. house. and when they
shut up for the night to forget to put
them inside. Probably the police were III
the scheme, as they did not interfere with
the proceedings. After the close of the
business houses Saturday night, the col
ored boys had a picnic. and the exercises
kept up until the last low-grade- melon
had disappeared
At a meeting of the city council OF
Tampa Saturday night a communica ton
was read asking permission to erect a
brick hotel near the South Florida depot.
The estimated cost is about $50. coo. 1,
will contain not less than 100 rooms, and
is to be completed in January. The CON-
munication further requested that the
taxes for the period of ter
years be fixed at 5000 per annum. The re
quest was granted with the proviso that
the 5000 be for real and personal taxes,
and will be no exemption from license
taxes. The hotel is to be built by the
Plant Investment Company and will be
an all-the-year-round hotel. Such a move
as this has been contemplated for some
time by the Plant people,