The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-20

plates putting in machinery for the pur-
pose of manufacturing brooms.
Ground was broken on Monday prepara-
tory to the erection Of a new and perma-
nent home for the Barlow Courier-Inform-
ant.
In Orange county the poor farm has
proven to be such a saving to the county
in taking care of its paupers that the au-
thorltes say they could not get a.ong with
out it.
Cory Carpenter Of Polk county has a
watermelon vine which he will stake
against the world for fruitfuness. He has
gathered twentv-three melons already
from the vine and it is well filed with
small ones now. The melons were large
and fine.
Orlando Reporter: While A. NJ. Nichoi-
son was changing his rattesnakes from
one den or cage 20 another to-day, he was
surprised to find that a large matronly-
looking reptile had become mother Of
eighteen little fellows of uniform size and
"A foot long.
Tallahassee Correspondence Morning
News: Gainesville has new corporation
the Jordan & Arnold Refrigerator Box
new company will build and operate refrig-
orator boxes, grow, buy and ship fruits
and vegetables. y. II. Jordan b. f. War
ner and John S. Arnold are the stockhold-
ers.
Dade City Democrat: Or. James
G. Wallace recently filed a bill
in the circuit court praying for an in
junction against the city council from en-
forcing an ordinance against the running
at large of hogs within the incorpora ton,
and to prevent the marsha. from i'm
pounding the hogs The bin was dis
missed and the order denied. Thus the
people are rid Of a nuisance that had be-
come almost intolerable, and their premises
and property protected.
An effort is being made by the Pineapple
Growers Association of Florida to open
up a market with the principal cities of
Europe. II this can be accomplished. it
will give an additional impetus to the in
dustry in Florida and create d mand for
pines that the state will never be able to
supply. There is no trouble about packing
them so that they would stand the ship
ment, and the only thing In the way is
the facilities for shipping, which they hope
IN a short time can be arranged so that
Florida pines can find a market in London
and other European cities.
quite severe thunder storm passed over
San Mateo Tuesday night. Lightning
struck one of the rods on Mr.. 3. s. Cros-
bys house, came down the rod aud hit a
box of corn that was sitting against the
rod. Corn was scattered for forty feet
and the box al split to kindtug wood.
-Four pine trees were also struck in Mrs
Crosby's yard; the trees We're connected
by a wire clothes line, and the lightning
seemed TO split and some of it go down
each tree. No marks on the trees higher
than the line, but each tree had a strip of
the bark opened up about two inches wide
from where the line went around the tree
to the ground.
Green Spring is the name of a spring of
medicinal water over on the west coast,
near Mr.. Charles Wallis place. Sea View,
that is said to have cured hopeless cases
Of chronic rheumatism in the past It
was named from a Mr.. Green, who was
brought there from North Carolina help
less from chronic rheumatism After bath
ing in and drinking the water for several
months. Mr.. Green found himself a well
man. stronger than he had ever been
But dreading a relapse, he stayed on for
several years Finally he returned TO
Carolina a happy, grateful debtor Of the
waters, and the spring has always since
been called Green Spring.