The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11

The bond is for $500. and the contractor
will begin work at once.
The Titusville Extract Company made
their first shipment-a carload-of pal
mctto extract last Friday. via the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West railway to
Chicago This is the first palmetto root
extract used outside the states of Florida
and Georgia for making leather, and it is
the richest tanning fluid ever made in the
United States.
At Jasper, Thursday, the jury of inquest
rendered a verdict that Clark GantHng
and his son, Dell Gantling, were guilty
Of murder in the first degree, and they
are held in jail to answer the charge at
the approaching adjourned term of the
circuit court. They are accused of kill
ing the l6-year-old girl whose body was
found few days ago.
The soldiers Of the two batteries OF
the Third Artillery have raised a fund of
$3.50 to be used to purchase coffee while
en- route from st. Augustine to their new
post in San Francisco The soldiers will
take with them cooked rations enough to
last them two days, after which they will
be obliged to resort to canned goods for
the balance of their trip.
Large shipments of Indian river fish
are going forward from Titusville. Six
ty-six barrels were shipped Thursday.
The fan vegetable shipping season is
just opening at Plant City. Eggplant is
among the first of the early products to
enter market. Okra and peppers are also
coming in. In a few days ripe tomatoes
will appear, so say some of the produc-
ers Sugar and syrup-making has. begun
and the outlook is pnpOuro cripu
Driggers will not hang at Jacksonville
next Wednesday, Gov. Mitchell has ex-
tended the date of the execution from
Oct. II to Nov. Is, in order to give the
pardoning board a chance for fuller de-
liberation. The respite was due to the
last pitiful appeal made to the governor
by the wife of the doomed man. Mrs
Driggers went to Tallahassee Thursday
night, accompanied by Mrs. S. L. Read.
Both appeared before the governor and
made a touching appeal for clemency.
A recent examination of orange groves
around Orlando shows many trees bear
ing a few oranges. In no instance is the
number great, but the trees that are hold
ing a half dozen oranges and from that
number to fifty, are more numerous than
one would suppose until after a careful
inspection. The summer has been spe-
cially favorable to a new growth, and the
ground is in good condition to carry the
trees through the winter. Time is all that
is needed to bring the orange industry
up to its former prominence.
At mass meeting of the citizens of
Branfo-d to appeal to the public for aid for
the sufferers along the Suwanee river,
the recent storm having left hundreds in
destitute circumstances, some without food
or clothing, committee composed of C..
Gilbert, A. ID. Puterbough, r. E. Kemp
and d. G. Ba! Gin, was appointed to receive
and distribute to those most needy any
contributions that might be received. The
Suwanee River Steamboat Company will
carry all fre.ghts to the sufferers free of
charge. Conf buttons of money, food or
clothing should be sent to C. Gilbert, and
they will he promptly distributed.
Gainesville correspondence Jacksonville
Citizen: A great danger threatens the peo-
pie of the entire country
through which the storm pass
ed. The woods have not been burned
out in years, and pine needles are several
inches thick upon the ground in some
places, to say nothing Of the great guam
tity of them lat are on the immense tree
tops now lying on the ground. In places
where the trees were boxed for turpentne
there are thousands of barrels of crude
turpentine still in the boxes or scattered
over the ground The pine trees will be
dead in a few months, and should fire
break cut n the winter or spring the
damage aad loss of life will be much great
er than thai caused by the storm. Those
who have seen forest fires in the west and
who have lived here for several years, say
that it will be impossible for people to
live even in large clearings should a fire
break out. These men say that fire would
gather Intensity from the great amount
of pitcl upon the trees and upon the
ground, AMI would sweep over the devas-
tated country with the rapidlty of a whirl-
wind, destroying both life and property in
it's path. What plans the people of the
wasted country will form to guard against
the threatened danger is not known, but
meetings al to be held at once to discuss
the matter. Some are advocating the burn
ing of the woods now while the timber is
green and not so apt to furnish fuel to
the flames. Old citizens say that if the
woods are nCt burned at once they may
catch fire in the spring, when not dwell
ing house would be saved.