The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-09

I successful an immense tannery will be
built in connection with II.
The people Of Arcadia, at an election
last week, refused TO bond the town in
the sum OF 5000 The vote was a light
J one. and the general feeling seemed &c
! be that the amount was too small 10 make
! the necessary Improvements.
Barlow Informant: L. n. Polk made
1 over s1O0 per acre last year from his TO-
| matoes, and after deducting all expenses
/ had $50 per acre net left. Another party
who farmed on MI Polk $ land, from eight
1 acres had $i25 left after paying all ex-
/ penses.
In a speech at Mariana. Senator Call is
/ quoted as saying in reply 10 the question
as to what he thought OF Sewall: He is
not my choice. Watson is my man. II /
had the power. I would take Sewall down
and place Watson on the ticket for vice
president"
Apalachicola Times: A Few days since,
while Frank Segaree was sailing his
boat from hts hshhouse to the reels, and
when opposite the kimball MILL tar
pom about FIVE feet in length sprang GU:
of the water and landed in the boat. With
some difficulty the fish was killed.
A negro named Johnson. who had had
some words with Messrs. Rufus and Leon
ard Lee over a bill of goods. near Apa-
laohicola, attacked the latter with. an
ak last Thursday, but before he could
infiict any injury upon him Mr.. Lee sprang
upon him and cut him so badly that he
had to be hauled home in a wagon. Mr.
Lee was not hurt.
J. W. Fitzgerald, superintendent of the
Plant steamship line, says the steamer St.
Lucie will be on the run between Fort
Myers and Punta Gorda on or about oct.
1. Mr.. Fitzgerald said, among other
things, that the Plant system would not
probably build wharf this year at Fort
Myers but their steamer would be on all
right and give to the people of Lee coun-
~ the best service the Plant system was
capable of.
Florida Times Union: Sim, the second
son of NJ. NJ Driggers, who is now in the
county jail under sentence of death for
the murder of Tax Collector Bowling Of
Bradford county, was thrown from
wagon yesterday morning and badly in
Jured. The boys face was bloody and his
left ear badly cut. Capt. Saunders took
the lad to St. Luke's hospital where Dr.
T. D. Miller examined the injuries, and be-
sides the cut on the ear. found that his
left shoulder was badly bruised. The
horse young Driggers was driving was
captured a short distance from where he
ran away. and was taken to his stable.
Key West is working for a big tourist
hotel
The populists Of Hnlsboro county have
put the following ticket in the field. says
the Jacksonville Citizen: For senator, J.
D. Mcdonald; representative, David L.
Crum Of Plant City, and c. F. May of the
west coast; county school superintendent
f. Z. Pratt; NJ. Joel McMullen, the DEM
cratic nominee. was endorsed for tax col
lector; Philip Collins, an independent re-
publican, candidate for sheriff. was en-
dorsed by the convention. c. E. PARCEL
was nominated for clerk of the circuit
court, TO oppose Gov. Mitchell, the regu-
lar nominee of the democratic party Ivey
Register, the democratic nominee, was ell
dorsed for tax assessor, and j. 7. Beatty
was nominated for county surveyor. No
nomination was made for the position Of
county Judge, and the democratic nominee
was not endorsed at all. This fat plum
seemed to have been forgotten.
Apalachicola Times: On last Thursday
afternoon David T. Brown was married
to Miss Berta Finn. of Mcintyre, the cere-
mony taking place fifteen miles from APP
alachicola under a leaning pine tree now
famous for its having been the scene of
two former marriages where parental OBJ
lection was raised Mr.. Brown was refused
license in Franklin county, but, nothing
daunted he took the steamer a few days
since for Blountstown, Calhoun county,
and armed with the document, on last
Thursday he got off the steamer City OF
Columbus at Old Woman's Bluff, and pro-
curing a horse and buggy at that point
he drove to Apalachicola. Arrived here
he secured the services of William A. Mu.
rat. notary public, and the bride-elect
together with Mrs. William Schoelles
John Sharit and Willie Sharit, the party
proceeded IN all haste to the eleven mile
place, where they were Joined by Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Patton. From this point they
proceeded to the fifteen mile place wei
into Calhoun county, where Notary Mura
soon tied the knot In approved style. The
party returned to town after the cere
mony. The parents of the bride objected
to this marriage, but, like all similar
cases, love Will find way.