The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-02

Nearly everybody is complaining of hav-
ing severe colds.
James Rocks, an employe in Flournoy's
mill at DeFuniak Springs accidentally
got badly hurt last Tuesday. His foot
got caught in some part of the machin-
cry of the mill and was crushed.
A shipment Of oranges was made last
week from the Starke grove on Lake
Beresford The grove has on it about 100
| boxes. It's average yield before the freeze
per, year was from 5000 to 10000 boxes
There seems to be a regular organized
band of horse thieves around Gainesville.
During the past week many horses and
mules have been missed And yet all
efforts to apprehend the thieves have
/ failed.
The phosphate miners report that they
are experiencing a great deal of trouble in
shipping rock 1t is very difficult to Sc
| cure steamships to transport the rock
! across the Atlantic. Several miners have
/ train loads of rock awaiting shipment
| for which they have an offer but which,
/ owing to lack of transportation facilities
they cannot dispose of.
Walter s. Chamberlain, the young white
man who on Aug last entered the bank
OF the Southern Savings and Trust Com
pany in Jacksonville and demanded 5000
from Archie Hubbard the paying teller,
has just been found guilty by the jury
on the second count of the charge against
him, which is 1.-THE attempt to rob by put
ting in fear while having a dangerous
pom
The negroes and Italians at Wells
mines, near Hartshorn, had free fight
with pistols and shot guns few days ago.
Several negroes were filed full OF bird
shot but none of them dangerously
wounded The negroes used reviewers,
but their shot few wide of the mark and
none of the Italians were hurt. The bat
tie lasted about ten minutes and about
forty shots were fired.
A gentleman in Gainesville received a
letter Saturday from friend in Alaska.
The letter was mailed July 20. Prices of
food were given in the letter as well as
the price received per day by labor. Flour
sells at $96 per barrel, bacon 50 cents per
pound, sugar As cents per pound, tea 2.25
per pound. The ordinary wage earners
receives $40 per day. 1t costs $56 per
month to board at restaurant.
A. G. Chandlee of Chipley reports that
within the last few days five families have
arrived at Chipley from Indiana with five
carloads of house hold goods, farming
indictments, etc. These constitute the
advance guard of the colony of farmers
that will locate in Washington county this
winter One farmer will leave Indiana
next week with a herd of registered cat
tie to be placed upon stock farm in the
same county.
The first large shipment of oranges, con-
sisting of $1,000 loose and fifteen barrels
of the choice fruit, and tropical fruits ar
rived at Jacksonville Saturday on the
schooner City of Nassau, Capt. Kelly,
from Harlow Island and the city of Mas
sua, n. p. The oranges are to be sold
to the local trade. Besides the oranges,
the Nassau has a cargo of three barrels
of lemons. $40 coconuts, one lot of shells
and six ret.lrning American passengers,
who have been located in the Island of
Nassau.
Tampa Tribune: The lucky people who
took up homesteads and invested in land
on Anna Maria of palm Key" as it
is marked on the map, are not going to lose
anything financially, or otherwise. A boom
has struck that portion Of Manatee county
and promises to be permanent Every
homestead on the island has been taken
value. A SUBSTANTIAL dock and ship-yard
is now under way, the enterprise of S. c.
Cobb who has lately, with his family, ar
rived at the key. Vessels drawing six
and eight feet of water can now come
within a short distance of the shore on
the bay side at any ordinary high tide. The
dock will allow the landing of steamers.
One great advantage this island has is
it's comparative freedom from mosquitoes
as contrasted with most of the other keys,
and the hight of the land, places itAbove
the overflow of any tide that has yet
been experienced.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The pilots at
st. Johns bar are again at outs and more
trouble is expected. At the meeting of
the board of pilot commissioners on Mon
day the resolution adopted at a former
meeting to have only nine licensed pilots,
was rescinded and Fred Torribles appli-
cation for license as a pilot was granted.
This action has incensed the nine old pi-
lots and they decline to admit Terrible
into their association or to work with
him. and have so notified the board, and
threaten, if necessary, to take the mat
ter into the courts. 1t is probable, that
Terrible will set up opposition to the as
ISOLATION, and do business on his own
hook with Capt. Dave Kemp's new boat
The question to be settled is, whether
the commissioners are to control the pilot
age business or the pilots. A few weeks
ago there was an opposition to the old as
ISOLATION and much kicking resulted, but
the old bought out the new association
and peace was declared.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abbeville has voted $4,000 of 20 years
coupon bonds for system of water
works.
The annual meeting of the State Phar-