The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01
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Lake City wants better paved and bet
ter lighted streets.
The total amount of taxable property
at Albany for the current year is shown
at S255S 609.39. IN 1896 the figures were ST.
525,71SA.
The first patent hay baling machine ever
seen in Ocaia arrived there Friday, con-
signed to b. H. seymore, who hauled it
out to his farm north of town.
At Ocala Thursday DR.. w. " Newsam
cut off two fingers and a thumb for
coIored man named John Davis. who had
his hand horribly mangled at the planning
mills at Weirsdale.
There is some complaint of a decline in
the prospect for the cotton crop in Jeffer-
son county since the rainy season set in,
but every indications point to the largest
yield for many years.
p Gainesville is 70 have trade carnival
under the auspices Of the Business Mems
Association, to take place Aug. IS and l9-
Wednesday and Thursday The sum of
500 has been pledged for prizes, etc.
Monticello has marketed over 5000 bar
rels Of LeConte pears this season. The
crop has averaged over 81 per barrel, and
everybody who has grown the fruit seems
delighted by the result. The fruit is now
over-ripe, and but little is left on the
trees.
George Bennett, a resident of volusla
county and a democratic politician, is
making preparations to start for the gold
fields on the Yukon river In Alaska. MIR.
Bennett says he proposes 20 so n he has
to sell everything he has to equip him
self for the trip.
A negro who was convicted of horse
stealing at Dawson, Ca. and received
sentence of seven years but made his
escape, has just been arrested at Tampa.
lie has been away from Dawson for sew
eral years. The negro is known as Sim
simmons, with long list of aliases.
Fort Myers Press: The cattlemen are
worried somewhat over a disease that Is
said to have broken out among the cat
tie at Fort Thompson. DR.. Langford says
the symptoms are those of erysipeias or
black tongue, the tongues of the animals
affected turning black. The doctor says
that in 1858 this disease killed all the
deer I'm Madison county, and all kinds OF
stock died from the disease.
Barlow Courier Informant: Mention was
made last week of the offer which J. w.
Durrance had received for part Of his
crop of tobacco, and in making the deduc-
tons we estimated that each pole would
yield two pounds Of tobacco We are in
formed since that, having tried 10 he nnds
that 1t will weigh two and a half pounds
He has 567 poles equal TO 14i7 pounds
which. at 40 cents. the lowest price yet
recorded, would make S566S0 and this all
from three-quarters OF an acre OF land
Mrs. c. Piano. wife OF the former Bridge
street fruit dealer, has just returned to
Jacksonville from Aiken, s. c.. where she
went a few weeks ago TO make her hus-
band disgorge some 81 the money which
he took from this city ana which, she
claims. Is her property. She found her
former liege lord living with Flossie Davis.
whom he took with him from Jackson
vile. but the people OF Aiken were so in
dignant when they heard the true state
Of affairs that they compelled Piano and
his woman TO leave town before shutdown.
A sad accident occurred az Averice's
moss gin al Gainesville Wednesday after
noon. IN which Wiley Wilson. a colorcd
omployc, lost his life. The belt had lust
been put on, and the gin was az work
q
broke and che gin went 20 pieces. Iron
steel and wood flew IN every direction.
Wilson was struck In the forehead and fell
with portions OF his brain oozing from a
frlrhtful cash. other men were standing
near, but no one else was injured Wilson
died two hours later
DoLand supplement: Little Charlie
Hutchinson met with most painful ac-
cdent Thursday OF last week. While
spoaring nsh in Llndiey's lake. northeast
of town. he had The misfortune 20 iun
the spear through ono OF his ankles. Tho
"trip into doctors from the lake. with
the hlrhcd spear through the leg was a
painful ono 10 The little fellow. Before
the spear could he removed u was noera.
Hnry to cut on the barbed ends of mo
spear ana thlH of itself was not "a plens.
ant operation. pr. Mellotte dressed Nm.
wound and The patient win Doe an rlrht
in few days.
Jacksonville citizen. The Gruhor murder
case was borurht up arlln Friday. whom
y. W. Hoozo. Well.kn0wn resident OF
Jacksonville. Was arrested on warrant
sworn oal before County Judge Baker by