The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-19

which when stuffed held a fun busheI Of
corn meal.
A young fawn was killed by train
near FernanIina a few nights ago. Il
was thought that all the deers had left
that section.
Peter Thomas. one Of the best-known
colored men OF Pensacola, in a nj Of pas
sion cut the throat Of his young daughter
INJECTING a dangerous wound. Thomas
fled. and the officers here have not yet
found him.
Tallahassee FIoridian: The people OF
Escambia county, who felt the weight Of
the oppressor's hand in the dark days
Of radical mfsrule in Florida can appre-
clate the immense saving to them, In the
matter Of state taxation. under honest
Democratic government
Tavares Herald. Orange county has
voted q special tax Of three mills for the
purpose Of claying the roads. This spirit
Of progress and enterprise reflects great
credit on that county, and Lake county
would do well to follow the example of
orange and clay some of our roads, If only
a few miles each year.
Apalachicola Times: Judge Sharon Of
Quincy has. the Times regrets to learn.
gone astray In letter recently publish
ed in the Citizen. he advises Floridians
to repudiate the Chicago platform. Judge
we are shamed OF you, even II you We're
reared in Apalaehicola. We thought you
a better teacher and man Of fairer judg-
ment.
Alex Walters Of Orlando was charged by
his sweetheart with beating her. He plead
ed guilty to the offense, and paid 50 and
costs Alex. says that he has been trying
for five years to build up a reputation for
the girl, but that she has recently behaved
herself in an unbecoming manner. and he
gave her a merited punishment. Both are
colored.
A correspondent OF the Chicago Field,
Farm and Fireside says OF the honey in
dustry in West Florida: More intelligent
bee culture is to be seen in West Florida
than IN any other section Of the country
that has but a small area suitable for it,
In this section. bordering the great
swamps on the Apalachicola river and the
Dead lakes, are over six thousand colonies
of bees in Langstroth hives, one firm alone
having 400 colonies
Ripe pineapples that cannot be shipped
are now being utilized for medical pur-
poses Mr.. Thos e. Richards. of the Eden
Pineapple plantation on the Indian river,
presses out the juice by machinery and
ships it to Philadelphia, where chemists
manufacture 1t into "Pinapin," "A new
medicine that has proven wonderfully
successful in the treatment OF catarrhal
disorders This opens up a new market
for any surplus pineapple crop in Florida.
Jacksonville Citizen: Senator Bailey's
proposition. made to the legislature OF 1898,
to establish permanent penltentiary WITH
out cost to the state government, has
been taken up by number OF the state
newspapers, and the statement has been
made by one OF them that Mr.. Bailey is
disposed to renew his offer when the leg
stature shall assemble next year. If Mr..
Bailey can be induced TO change his prop
osition so as to include the establihment
of a separate institution for the confine-
ment Of juvenile criminals. the probable
ity of its acceptance will be very greatly
enhanced.
The Apalachicola Times is informed that
the Tucker boys have patch of rice that
beats anything In Florida. The straw is
fully four feet in hight, while that part
containing the rice is fourteen inches in
length, and is heavily fruited. Mr.. w. r.
Farley also has some rice that is almost
as good. The Times has all along con-
tended that Franklin county soil would
compare favorably with any section; and
the proof of the assertion is right here.
There is money in growing rice, and the
Times trusts that the day is not far dis
tant when our people will take hold of
this thing and push 1t for all there is in IT,
Hurrah for F'ranklini
The Office Of the Indian River and Lake
Worth Pineapple Growers Association
has been moved from Jacksonville to
Cocoa. Indian River. on the Florida East
Coast railway. at which place General
Agent r. p. Porcher and his assis tants,
j. T. and T. r. Mitchell, now have their
headquarters. Their office is located on
the Florida East Coast railway wharf,
and from here Mr.. Porcher is conducting
the remaining shipments of pineapples.
The cause for this change is that by rea-
son of the heat and the advanced stage
of rlpeness at which the late apples are
gathered during the latter part of the
summer, they must be placed in refrig-
orator cars as soon as possible after be-
ing packed. They reach Cocoa several
hours quicker than they can arrive at
Jacksonville, and are repacked and re-
billed to northern, eastern, and western
markets.