The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-17
IDENTIFIED WITH FLORIDA.
An Aged Lady Celebrates Her Birth
day at st. Augustine.

ANg AT 81 augustine.
St Augustine, Fla, Sept I7.-NIiss Anna
w. Dummitt. a gentlewoman thoroughly
identified with the history of Florida and
St Augustine, is celebrating the SOth ami
versary of her birth to-day surrounded
by loving friends some of whom have
loved her for half century.
Miss Dummitt was born in the Island Of
Barbados the daughter of Thomas
Henry Dummitt, a wealthy sugar planter.
who emigrated to Florida when this
daughter was years old, his family at
that time consisting of a wife four daugh-
tiers and son. He purchased a large
tract Of land on the Tomoka river. in Vo-
lusia county, and successfully cultivated
sugar there until the Indian troubles,
when he and his family barely escaped
the murderous savages through friendly
warning given by an Indian neighbor,
dwelling, sugar houses and appurtenances
were all destroyed the family coming to
this city, where they had summer home
Her brother was a soldier in the Mexi-
can war, the eldest sister became Mrs.
George Nauman, whose family are inden-
titled with the army. the second was the
Wife of Gen. William ]. Hardee, and the
third Mrs. j. H. NJ Madison. The sisters
dying while there children were young,
Miss Dummitt reared them in the quaint
old house where she still resides with her
niece, Mrs j. A. Enslow, Jr who was
Miss Douglass Madison. A sister of Mrs.
Enslow is the wife of Col. Cochrane of the
Sixth United States Infantry, and another
was the wife of Mai Hancock During
the Indian, Mexican, and the late war,
Miss Dummitt suffered the anxieties and
distress of having those near and dear in
peril, has seen three generations of loved
ones grow to man and womanhood and
many pass away, but is still bright and
CHEEKY, young in heart, and interested in
her church and family
Many of her relatives and friends living
in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas
have sent kindly greetings and remem-
ORANGES, which Mss Dummitt is thorough
ly enjoying Her home has been made
beautiful with vines and flowers grown in
four states. hugh fruit cake came to-
day from a niece living in Alabama, with
the figure 80 upon it, another, still larger,
is surrounded by eighty candies and flow
ers from Georgia, while hundreds of
friends are extending good wishes to the
lady who has been constant in good deeds
in this city for more than half a century.
The Florida East coast railway has its
1893" in engine No. A. in more of frisky
than disastrous nature, for the versatile
No. II cuts up its capers about the round
house by just Hopping over in the ditch
like a darby with that 'Ftired feeling" or,
as last night, when it bucked from its
stall and butted through the round house
wall.
EX-Sheriff Joe Perry's brinde dog
sauntered into the city councils chamber
last night and snoozed peacefully until
Clerk Peter Arnau touched upon that part
of the cattle-at-large ordinance relating to
dogs, when old brindle got up and ki-yi-
ded his appreciation of the clauses proVid-
ing for the arrest of the owner of I'M
tagged dogs The reading finished, he trot-
ted out showing qualification in his wag-
ging tail.
Mayor F. B. Genovar, having approved
the ordinance recognizing the police force
last night sent in the names of Charles
Benet, Thomas Nelson and Ed. Adams as
his appointments for council confirmation.