The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-10
yn last week. "A manse will be erected

down last week. "A manse will be erected
on the site.
The governor has given instructions to
the sherifs of the state TO arrest and pros
ccute all who violate any part Of the game
law of Florida.
win Shuford, the boss alligator hunter
of Alachua county, says he has killed over
go alligators this season. He ships them
to New York and there gets good prices
for their hides.
The valuable property known as Belair
Grove started many years ago by Gen.
Sanford. was bought in al a foreclosure
sale at Orlando on Wednesday by John
Sanford for $4,000
"A 3-yoar-old gorilla escaped from SAL
ing vessel near Philips Inlet, in ST. An
drews bay. and is now loose in the woods.
The people of the country are terrified,
aud are carrying their guns everywhere
theyigo.
Just how to work most effectively to Sc
cure new settlers and the influx of need
ed capital is a question that is agitatIng
the Orlando board of trade, and commit
tees Of live men are now at work devils
ing ways and means.
A fancy pineapple grower near West
Palm Beach. who had a little less than
one-third of an acre in plants, has. after
paying wages and all other expenses and
deductlng for the pines eaten by the fam
lily, net profit OF S2l5.2S.
Pansy Dickson. a young colored girl of
DeIand, in starting a fire with coal oil,
was burned so badly that she cannot live
Mrs g. NJ Boyd of Palatlia was seTi-
ousy burned while attempting to kindle
a fire by using the same means.
Daily Daylonian: Miss Wannette Leigh
has made a record in the piscatorial line.
Wednesday, in less than ninety minutes
she landed sixteen mammoth whiting, ag-
gregating in weight some forty-e.ght and
one-half pounds, and she remarked with
PRIDE 81 did it all alone, baited my hook
and took off the fish, too
Palatka Advertiser: The Miami gold
scare has subsldcd. 1t has just been
ascertained that the prospector accident
ally dropped the gold filings out OF his
teeth into a wei which was twenty-five
feet deep. He descended into the well to
recover the plugs and found it neces-
sary to pan out the sand at the bottom
la Klondike to find the treasure!
The board of county commissioners of
Bradford has under consideration a petit
ton from nearly 900 voters for an e'ec-
ton on the subject of moving the court
house from Starke to Lake Butler which
was formerly the county seat. 1t is pre-
summed that this petition will be granted
and an election will follow, which will
be contested holly on both sides.
Pensacola News: There are very fair
prospects toward Pensacola becoming
great shipping point for phosphate rock.
Capitalists are now investigating our pore
facilities in comparison with other sea-
ports and are greatly inclined TO operate
from this point. 1t is to be presumed
that Pensacola viii gain their final appro-
baton. In point of the towns excellent IA
clities, and its prospective growth.
Barlow Courier-Informant: Many of our
well-informed men think that broom corn
would be a profitable crop to raise in this
county. Quite a lot of it has been grown
in the vicinity of Winter Haven, where we
have a broom factory, which after ex-
hausting all the local crops is now inn
porting stock from ST. Louis. 1t is esti-
mated by those informed that three tons
can be grown to the acre and that 1t is
worth SEQ ton.
An unusually severe electric storm pass
ed over Tarpon Springs a few days ago
accompanied by a heavy downfall of rain
The lightning struck Mrs. Fernald's store
and her House in four places, also tore up
several wire fences in the neighborhood
In many of the houses within a radius of
one-eighth of a mile balls of fire and re-
ports as of guns seemed to pass through,
greatly frightening the occupants.