The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-17
FLORIDA.

The annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic occurs at st. Pc
tersburg, Jan. 10.
An unknown man was found alongside
of the railroad track at Ynlee Friday
morning in an unconscious condition. He
is supposed to have fallen off a passing
train.
The shell road from DeLand to DeI.eon
Springs is an assured fact. About $4,000
has been subscribed to build it. and when
finished 1t will be one of the most beau
tiful drives in the state.
The unusual sight of two whales was
witnessed in Pensacola harbor Friday.
They were about thirty feet in length.
and had just crossed the inner bar when
they were first seen spouting water.
Col. Samuel T. shaylor of Jacksonville
has received a communication from the
'diutant general, rendering him the APP
pointment of judge advocate on the gem
eral staff, with the rank of colonel
The petition for removal of the county
seat of Baker county from Macclenny to
Sanderson has been signed by more than
the requisite number, and will be present.
ed to the board of county commissioners
at next meeting.
John Bettleford is the latest candidate
for the postmas tership of DeFuniak
Springs. Hon. +. +. McGourin United
States commissioner and postmaster I'M
der the Harrison administration, is con-
sidered slated for the United States mar
shalship for the district. ga
The appointment OF T. c. Showers as
postmaster at West Palm Beach has been
confirmed by the Senate. This office was
made a presidential one of the third or
der last July, but, as no confirmation could
take place until congress should meet, Mr.
Showers has not felt secure of his place
lie is now fixed for four years.
Several bushels of broom corn seed has
been received by the board of trade Of
Orlando. The seed will be planted in or
der to have a foundation for a broom
factory. and will be distributed among
such farmers of that immediate vicinity
as will undertake to plant it properly and
to care for it. No charge will be made
| for the seed.
Several of the large shell mounds or
the Spencer place at West Palm Beach
have been opened recently, and some Gu
| rious relics found. j. II. Dicks has ex-
amined skeletons of very large-sized In
one and one-half feet. The bones became
very soft when they were exposed TO the
air. They were found piled, as if buried
careiessly in a heap.
Mrs. Ann McCarty arrived at Cypress
Friday looking for her only child. a girl
Of about y years. She says that while
she was confined In an asylum in Texas,
| two years ago, her husband left that
state taking the child with him. AS soon
as released, two months ago, she found
| out by some means that the man had
| gone to West Florida, and the child had
| been left near Apalachlcola. Without any
money she made her way TO Apalachicola.
| There she heard that her daughter was
| with a family near Cypress, and retraced
her Journey to Cypress. The long search
was rewarded by a happy meeting with
| her little daughter.
Fort Ogden has not had a good rain In
two months. and the ponds are all drying
up. There have been several white frosts.
! killing potato vines and tomatoes and
beans. The truckers Of Fort Ogden will
! plant largely OF watermelons, under con-
tract with Mr.. X. A. Burford OF Johns
town, Ca. lie furnishes the Kolb Gem
seeds. and will pay $40 per hundred for
all that will average twenty pounds and