The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-27

-oNA Nlnessf the result mainly or adVanc-
ing years. He was IN his nth year and
was a veteran Of both the Mexican and
civil wars. having served I'm the former
~ a private. under Gen. Scott, and in
lne latter as major of the Eighty-ninth
Indiana volunteer infantry. He leaves a
widow and three children.
The movement Of the pineapple crop
from Key West has begun. The growth OF
this industry within the past five years
on the keys and the southern peninsula
mas attracted much attention. The ship
menls from the keys this year will, ac-
corning to estimates. be between 1900 and
lu1Uu dozen. The cheaper varieties will
sell at from % cents 10 so cents a dozen,
while fancy varieties viii sell all the way
from TO cents 10 60 cents apiece Most
OF tnese pines are owned or controlled
by Key. Westers and when the crop shall
be marketed the receipts viii give a per-
ceptDle stimulus 20 local trade.
The democrats Of Citrus county met at
Inverness Monday. The convention IN
structed for free aud unlimited coinage Of
silver. The following persons We're elect
60 delegates TO the state convention:
Judge c. NJ. DuPree and DR.. W. S. Tur-
ner OF Inverness, Capt. A. E. Willard
of Homosassa and e. S. Grace Of Citron-
VILE. Congressional convention: w. NJ.
Brooks and z. d. Whidden of Floral CITY,
o. J.. Keller Of Fairmount. and c. f.
HerriCk Of Crystal River Senatorial con-
venuon. j. C. Priest and w. +. Warnock
Sas5a and Dr. b. B @2TS9a Of dTS Sm9
River. A new executive committee was
elected.
Hulse Taylor a well-nOwn young man
of Pensacola, was killed Monday by Bur
ley Jones, a negro boy Of IS, at Higdons
mill, about thirteen miles northwest of
Pensacola. Taylor was a lumber inspec-
tor, and was experimenting the loading
OF some cars by a gang of negroes at the
mill He became involved in a difficulty
with Burley Jones, and struck him with
IOnag To-
Tor threatened to get gun, but did not
do so. Presently the negro picked up a
wooden car stanchion and struck Taylor
on the head knocking him to the ground
The negro was about to strike a second
blow, when the other negroes called to
him, and he ran away. The murderer has
been captured.
Key West correspondence Jacksonville
Citizen: This is the season for the gather
ing Of sea bird eggs. Every year parties
mas to gather bird eggs Several schOon-
ers have already arrived, bringing many
hundred dozen. The bird Islands" are
where millions of birds flock, and there
they annually deposit their eggs, and peo-
pie from the keys and the bahamas find
both sport and profit in gathering them
The English government places rigid
safeguards in the way of game laws to
protect this egg crop. great variety
Of eggs is found, among others are the
"booby" and the ''man-of-war." These
are the favorlte. The she'll Of the "booby'
egg resembles a hooking bird egg, but II
appE,o approx. a hens egg in size In the
cents a dozen, and are eagerly sought
IN taste they are much like the hens
egg, and are extensively used for similar
purposes. Several parties are now on a
cruise among the Bird islands" and will
doubtless bring in several thousand dozen
of the eggs.
Key West correspondence Jacksonville
Citizen; This IS the sponging season.
The sponge catch Is watched as closely
here, and is of as much commercial in
terest as the cotton crop or wheat crop
in other parts of the union. Key West
has a large number of boats in the spong-
ing business, and reports are now coming
in from the fleet. While the water is clear,
sponges seem to be comparatively scarce.
A fleet of sfXty-siX Key West boats in the
western district reports having on board
1869 cleaned and 2S2S buches Of un-
cleaned sponges. The value Of the entire
catch up to this date is about $40 600. The
season is not far advanced and the YES
sells are hopeful OF making paying trip.
Many complaints are made because no
legal protection Of an effective kind is
given 10 the sponge fields. Large quanti-
ties Of small sponges under marketable
size are caught and unless some proper
restrictions shall be made the Florida
fields will come to naught. Every year
the fleets are compelled 10 go to deeper
water. In 1894 the sponge catch of the gull
was S4SS0O0. OF these, Key West handled
| about three-fourths. Last year the catch
was smaller. II properly protected, the
industry would yield 900 annually tc
Florida. The Florida sponge is declared
by experts to be the finest in the world
being softer, more elastic, and more dur
able. If the catch this year shall reach
100000 1t VIII be a surprise.
The democratic convention of Lake coun.
| ty was held at Tavares Saturday and
adopted the following resolutions: RE
| solved, That 1t is the sense of the demo.
cratic party Of Lake county, first; that We
1 are in favor of tariff for revenue only
/ second, we demand the repeal of the II
/ per cent. tax on state banks; third, W.
4 are in favor of an income tax; fourth, we
I deplore the issue of United States bonds
/ bly, opposed to recommendation, and are il
| favor of the free coinage of silver undel
! such regulations necessary to secure bime
| tallism, keeping in view that the parity
| be maintained so that gold and silver shall
! be the money OF the land as 1t was priol
1 TO 1873 equal dollar for dollar; sixth, i'm
[ port duties should be payable in gold al
| by law; seventh, We instruct our state an(
| congressional candidates to carry out thest
/ rules eighth, we aVoW our allegiance 4
| the Chicago platform, and instruct gu
/ candidates from Lake county TO be gov
| erned by such platform as shall be pro
| mulgated at Chicago in 1896.
| During the morning session of the con
| Vention, Z. A. Wilson delegate from Una
| tilla, announced that Senator Wilkinson
! Call was in town and desired to make al
| address and offered a motion that the con
/ vention adjourn for an hour or two, in or
der to allow Mr.. Call to speak in the con
vention and to the people of the county
approval Of the convention, for the rea
son that the convention had been calles
/ by the people for a specific purpose an,
that the entire day would he consume
in the transaction of the work before il
! The motion, therefore, was lost ant
Mr.. Call did not deliver his address unit
| evening. The congressional delega se
| were instructed to vote as a unit TIL,
nomination of county officers by the pri
mary system prevailed by a vote of IS to 3
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