The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-26

of the swamps and many are being
slaughtered by huntsmen.
]. NJ. Day. a jeweler of Pensacola, as
signed to L. NJ. Levy for the benefit of his
creditors No statement as to the assets
or liabilities has yet been made.
At Orange flights, Alachua county, two
respectable white women have been
threatening each other with violence, and
both have been arrested and held for trial.
]. D. Townsend of Island Grove, Ala
chua county, has cow-horn turnip which
measures two feet and seven inches in
circumference. is two feet long and weighs
twenty pounds.
The Wetumpka Fruit Company, owned
principally by Boston capitalists, and con-
tanning 100 acres of valuable hammock
grove, will experiment with twenty-five
acres of tobacco. They will engage sew
eral experienced growers to cultivate the
same.
Dan Hogan, who killed Edward Sando-
val at the brewery at Tampa on the 18th
inst, was given a preliminary hearing
Wednesday, and was bound over to the
criminal court on a charge of Involuntary
ilege of giving bond.
At ST. Augustine wednesday a team
driven by Aronda Gonzalo ran away near
the fort green, upsetting bicyclist,
smashing his wheel, throwing Gonzalo out
of the buggy, injuring one of the horses,
and damaging the vehicle. GonZalo met
with a similar accident with the same
team about two weeks ago.
The body of a hunch-backed negro NAM
ed Peter Roebuck was found on the track
at Bluff Springs Tuesday morning where
it had been run over by a train during
the night. The body was cut half in two
and looked as If more than one train
might have passed over it. 1t is supposed
that he was trying to steal a ride on
freight train to Flomaton, where he lived,
and fell off on the track.
A handsome and accomplished young
woman, known as Mrs. c. b. Bailey, is
dead at Pensacola from the effects of
large dose of morphine, taken with suici-
DIAL intent She had resided for several
months. and her husband is thought to be
in Galveston, Tex. Her aunt was with
her and after she left the young woman
became Respondent and probably ended
her existence in remorse. She Is said to
have been the daughter of aahighly re-
A very peculiar accident occurred to a
COW near Alachua lake recently. The cow
was evidently scratching her neck on a
hollow oak stump when her horns be-
came caught in a hole and in such man
ner as to make all efforts to eXtricate
herself unavailable. She was found dead
in that position by George Jackson. col
ored, who owned the animal. Buzzards
ha a1rpadV COr11 D1encpd n feed ilnOp her
carcass. The manner in which the ground
was torn up where she stood told now
hard the COW had worked to release her
self.
Capt. stangher of the Australian bark
Mefglle, which is nearly ready to sail,
attempted to kill himself at Tampa Wed
nesday. He fired three pistol balls into his
body. two of which entered the throat and
the other the left breast, near the heart.
He was carried to the hospital for treat
ment, and is still alive, with a prospect
for his recovery. When the captains yes
sci arrived a few weeks since from Santos
he was sued by the cabin boy, who claim
ed damages for an assault that he alleged
the captain attempted to commit upon him
during the voyage. A few days ago Capt.
Stangher comprised the matter by paying
a sum of money, since which time he has
been in a respondent mood.
Jacksonville Citizen; 'Shad are running
in larger numbers and more are being
caught now than ever before" was the
statement that Capt. Floyd of Mayport
made to a Citizen man yesterday. But
the fishermen are not making any mon
ey" he continued, for the reason that
prices have gone down so low, and ice
cannot be had with which to handle the
fish properly. Whereas from fifteen to
eighteen cents apiece has been obtained
heretofore, not more than five cents apiece
is being received now. The fishermen
made enough to pay for their nets, but
they are not making any money now"
Capt Floyd said that thirty fishermen
were engaged i'm the business at Mayport,
while between New Berlin and Mayport
there are sixty more, making total of
about ninety all told who are catching
shad on the lower st. Johns river. The
catches run from 200 to 800 FISH per day
making an immense amount of FISH taken
from the river