The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12

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Palatka Advertiser: Florida newspapers
are not talking politics much right now.
but they are putting in some mighty good
and solid 4cks for Florida's prosperity.
A. V. Eanse. a stranger with q big roll of
money has disappeared mysterious,y from
Tampa and there is great excitement
among the officers OF the law. and sus-
picion Of foul play.
Humphrey Moses (colored). who died at
Millview, Escambia county, Sunday night.
is believed 70 have been poisoned TO get
nlm out OF the way as a witness in a
murder trial, and the death is TO be in
yesugated. 9Il
Immense quantities Of fish are being
taken by line fishing from Conrad's dock.
OLD fishermen say this is the result of the
fish law. No SEEMING being done. makes
hsh plenty. Bass as large as ten pounds
were caught -day.-Dayton Daytonian.
Charles dcCrury exhibited in Titusvllle.
the skins of two monster rattlesnakes. kill
ed by him few days ago on his plantation
ON Lake Harvey. One OF the reptiles meas
ured five feet, and the other seven feet In
length. Mr.. McCrury reports that one Of
the snakes made vicious fight before il
was finally killed.
Sandford Chronicle: Eleven young rat
tiers adorn the cage of one Of AIllors rep
tile dens. They put in an appearance Mon
day last. Mrs. Rather watches over them
with jealous eye, although at twenty
four hours old they had a button on the
end OF their narrative, showing an ability
to take care OF themselves.
A suit for 1900 damages has been inst-
tuted in Pensacola by John N. Toler, J.
Woodford and T. c. HUMPHREYS, Jr., the
lnYinclDle Ministries, against ]. NJ Coe
manager of the opera house, for violation
Of contract by hiring the opera house TO
compliments for an entertainment on the
18th inst, and then others for the same
date.
Whist, the organ of the American Whist
League, sometime since offered prize for
the correct solution of a difficult whist
problem. Hundreds Of responses came, but
only twelve of the number proved correct
OF the successful number was Mr. r. Dud-
ley Johnson, OF Orlando, who Is now on
the honor roll Of the expert whist players
Of the country.
Gold has been discovered in Washington
county. Last month some northern gentle
men, while crossing the farm of L. Wisel-
ogel three miles southeast of Chipley,
called Mr.. Wiselogers attention to some
black sand flying around, such as contains
gold. Mr.. Niselogel had some of the dirt
assayed, and found that he had gold to the
extent of 50 to ton of dire.
Among the events of Labor day in PEN
sacola was a race by girls. of which the
Tirnaa savr. aWTta raoo moe 500 g.. g..
a prize parasol. There were six entries
and the contest was an exciting one,
Miss O'Donovan and Miss McClusky com
ing out tie. After a breathing spell the
little misses walked up to the wire a
second time to contest for the prize, and
again their measure Of speed was so close
that no difference could be seen. To set
tie this contest John Holland chairman
of committee, awarded each a parasol."
Mrs. cornelia Lorrient at Tampa died
on Friday from the effects of a dose of
rough on rats" taken with suicidal in
tent She was comparatively young wo-
man Of handsome and commanding ap-
pearance. About four years ago her hus-
band. who was a Greek, was killed, and
Tom Swayne was tried for the murder and
convicted. For a number of years Mrs
Lorrient has lived on tho Garrison, and
has conducted a small dairy. 1t Is believ-
ed that she became respondent and decided
to end her fife, leaving three little chill
dren, two boys and one girl, to fight their
way alone In the world. The Oldest child is
only years old.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Capt Santina
and the crew of the steam tug Annie II.
had very novel experience night before
last on the up river with an immense tar
pom that suddenly leaped aboard of the
boat when off Magnolia Bluff. Capt. SAN
tina says that the boat was scudding along
at ordinary speed and that everything was
quiet aboard of the tug, when suddenly
there was a heavy thud on deck and the
crew rushing aft found an immense tarpon
scuning and struggling there. An ak was
quickly secured and the great fish dealt
several blows on the head, which soon kill
ed it. The monster was measured and he
was found to be nearly five feet long and
to weigh about 100 pounds. The fish was
scaled and the scales distributed among
the crew as a memento of the occasion.
Daisy Anderson. a young colored woman
of South Jacksonville, was run
over on Friday by an East
Coast train, near her home,
and instantly killed, her body being hor-
ribly mangled. The woman, with two
other women friends, were walking on
the railroad track and the train was
coming upon them, and as they were near
short trestle, the other two women
stopped, but Daisy Anderson kept on and
tried to cross the trestle ahead of the
train, at the same time calling her two
friends to come on. She reached the 9TH
er end OF the trestle all right, and was
Just IN the act of stepping from the track
out of the way of the engine. which was
but few feet away from her, when she
slipped and fell, and in an instant the big
engine had ground her body almost 10
pieces beneath its wheels.
Coils p. Huntington, the president of
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