The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-26
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spond on behalf of Florida to the mayors
address of welcome at the tobacco fair at
Lake City. Mr.. Wilson has accepted the
invitation.
DR.. H. A. McNary died at his home in
Pine Level, on the morning of Oct. %, in
the 46th year of his age. He was a ma
tive of Pittsburg, Pa, but had lived in
Florida for the past nine years. He was
an extensive orange grower and a physi-
clan OF note.
The rains have continued all the past
week at Seffner, and with warm weather
is making everything grow rapidly. AL
most everybody is through SITTING out
strawberries and tobacco. Cabbages will
come in next There will be a considera-
bic acreage Of cabbage planted, and some
cauliflower will be tried there this sea-
son.
Tax books have been received by Con-
troller Reynolds at Tallahassee from two
more counties. They show the following
data; Taylor, valuation. SAG, 40; increase,
$4,000; state tex, $2,361.S3; county tax,
$6,l7O.O6; total taxes, $S,531.S9. Madison,
valuation, 81 $50, 525; decrease, $22 $50; state
tax, IS, 22577; county tax SIT, 112; total tax
es, S25,338.57.
1iOne of James Morgan's little daughters
was killed by a large rattlesnake at Whit
Uer. recently. The child was at play I'M
der the trees and her mother called her
to come to the house On the way she
stepped upon the snake, and the snake
struck the child with its fangs. She had
to use all of her strength to tear herself
away from the reptile. The little girl liv-
ed only three hours.
Col Tobp bradford of hoe
shipped samples of Leon county tobacco
to Lake City for exhibition at the state
tobacco fair the coming week. This tobac-
CO was grown on sandy pine land with
clay subsoil, In cultivation over fifty years.
1t was fortified with twenty-five bushels
of cotton seed and few loads of COW ma
nure per acre The samples were not Sc
lected for exhibition, but were simply
drawn from the boxes. as packed ons the
farm for market. They are fair sample
of the crop. He had a seven-acre crop
and the yield was 1850 pounds.
A well-known resident of Springfield,
suspecting that George Barker, now con-
fined in the county jail at jacksonville
charged with a heinous offense. was the
same man who endeavored TO allure his
little girl in the same way, sent one of
his children to the county jail yesterday
to see if she could identify the man as
the same. The little one walked through
the corridors of the Jail and inspected all
Of the prisoners. She was decidedly nerv-
GUS in such surroundings, and pointed out
a man who was not Barker. and one who,
the authorities are satisfied, was not ad-
dicted to the same habits that Barker is
charged with.
DR.. Llghtfoot, alias Max Schaffer who
killed Sergt. Mcmahon in Tallahassee re-
oil
He was about there great deal twelve
months ago. With a lot, of his own
make, of root medicines and liniments. he
professed to be able to cure about all of
the ills that flesh is heir to. Among the
ignorant whites and blacks he was believ,
ed in. He stayed mostly with negroes and
claimed that he had cured a great many
of them of chronic diseases. He said he
had a fine plantation i'm Mississippi While
there he used billheads of a drug house in
New Orleans, and claimed to be travelling
for that house. He had fine horse and
buggy.
John Sneson, a powerfully built young
man. who claims to have muscular
rheumatism, was arrested Saturday at
! Jacksonville by Sergt. Brough for solic-
iting without a license. Snelson is the
advance guard of the fakirs of the sea-
son. He has a very neat little game de-
signed TO allure the unwary He offers
the ring to some passerby, asking for a
loan upon ii, at the same time telling n
ptiful story of his physical disabilities.
He adds that he has a brother at Miami
suffering with a tumor who, he expects.
viii not live long, and claims that he
makes the sacrifice of the ring in order
to hasten to his side. In his possession
was found a quantity of the rings cheap
aluminium affairs, washed with gilt. and
worth about 81 a gross.
w. p Bailey. who has been conducting
loan business for several months ON
West Bay street in Jacksonville. was ar
rested Saturday on the charge Of steal
ing from William Dallman a merchan-
disc broker in the same building. a pock-
etbook containing notes, checks and cash.
aggregaUng in value $l7SO The theft
was committed on Sept. p, during O brief
| time when Mr. Dallam left his office and
| The door being open the pocketbook was
| taken from his desk. Suspicion was d.,
| fected naturally against those
who might have easy access
to the Office, and Bailey was
watched. After some clever detective
| work. chain of circumstances developed
the fact that the pOcketbook was hidden
| near the house Of a woman with whom
! Bailey had improper relations. When the
! oihcers arrested him q number Of letters
We're found in his Office directed to w.
| L. Nelson. and addressed TO his office num-
her, and from this and other circumstance
| es' chief lyors and Policeman Minor con-
! Guided that the name OF Bailey. given at
the station, was not his real name.