The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22
FLORIDA.


A valuable horse belonging to John
Squiris was stolen at Francis the other
morning. He succeeded in tracking the
horse, and found him about three miles
north Of town Suspicion fell on two
young men, who finally confessed that
they had taken the horse. but not with
felonious intent. Mr. Squiris agreed not
to push the case against them.
Quincy New Era: s. r. j. Rudd of We
tumpka was In TO see us last Tuesday
and told OF an exciting, though fruitless
chase after a bear in his neighborhood on
Monday. The bear had killed hog near
the place OF Lafayette Owens and was
seen by some negroes, who gave the
alarm. The whites organized and went in
pursuit with a pack Of hounds, but bruln
had too much the start and the scent was
lost after a trail Of about four miles
along Bear creek.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Boatright was on Thursday last
bitten by dog belonging TO Mrs Con-
nelly, says the West Palm Beach cores
pondent Of Citizen. The wound. which is
IN the child's face is very severe one
The dog has been killed. The child had
been playing with the dog. The aAimai
was on top OF the baby, who began paund-
ing 1t upon the head resulting in the dog
biting IT,. The dog was caught tied to a
stake and shot. The dog had tried to bite
other people.
The Union street ghosts saws the Jack
sonyille Citizen, continued their work Fri
day night to a certain extent hut not 50
actively as has been the case for three
Wt1ho past. No one, ellner IN the flesh
spirit, has as yet been discovered, and
everything is still shrouded in mystery
as Things are thrown from all directions
at the same time. The trouble began about
three weeks ago, and IL was thought to
have been done for fun by some OF the
little negro boys in the neighborhood but
the subsequent actions of the 'ehunkers''
nave dlspelled that theory, as the most
dangerous kinds of missiles have been
thrown against the houses. The posts on
the Veranda of one of the houses have
been knocked he mis- nd
eral persons have had narrow escapes Of
being seriously hurt by them.
A baggage-wagon belonging to Pru-
dence Ortagus, the transfer agent. was
smashed into kindling wood by the Bridge
street hose-wagon, in front of Transpor-
tation Row, on West Bay street, Jackson
vile, Friday morning. The baggage-wa-
gon was standing close to the curb, and
the horse was tied to a hitching-post Or
tagus had just made several drivers get
out of the way and ran up the street TO
hold morse pulling a buggy, in which
We're seated two ladies'. The hose-wagon
came down the street. with the horses on
a dead run. The driver pulled little to
one side to miss the buggy, and after IA ss-
ing IT pulled back again. The rear wheels
OF the wagon slid along on the brick pave
ment and swung against the bagga ge-va-
gon. In an instant there was very little
left of the bagga ge-wagon or horse. It
was complete wreck, and the city will
nave to pay the damage. as several peo-
PIE say the baggage-wagon was as close
TO the curb as il was possible to get.
Iimes-Union: Growing in the open air
1 n Jacksonville city park is a vine which
! Is said to be the most rare and UNIQUE no.
| tanicai specimen known This vine is
| called the Goose plant" The plant in
! the city park and another in the ST
James hotel garden are both in fuIl
bloom, and this bloom is the oueeresf
/ part of the plant or vine. 1t is an exact
/ facsimile of full grown goose in form
/ size, shape and color. The neck and head
| is an exact imitation of those Of a goose
/ and even the breast looks as though II
/ was formed to buffet the waves The
! seeds from which these plants were
] grown were brought from Chicago nv
! William Bradford, who keeps the fruit
/ stand under the St. James hotel he
/ gave one to the city gardener and now
| Jacksonville boasts of a plant that is
/ exceedingly rare. The goose plant one
| of natures strange and marvellous pro-
/ auctions, is the most rare and UNIQUE
4 botanical oddly known TO naturalists.
/ Its home IS in swamps, and but one spec
/ linen Of il, that exhibited at the worlds
/ fair two years ago, has ever been seen on
/ the North American continent. It is SO
/ scarce that even in Rrazil il is considered
| wonder Of wonders, and those who
/ We're fortunate enough to get a glimpse
/ Of the specimen in the Jackson park col
I lection may congratulate themselves on
having seen something that would have
! been hrst-claSs surprise to a native
! AmazOnian. The geese which grow on
/ this remarkable plant are real geese, so
| far as appearances go. During the time
] OF the fair the Jacksonville park goose