The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-15
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A.nself an heir. There were four others
Mrs. w. X. Bartleson, r. II. Porter. j.
X Porter and Mrs. Rachel Gaunt, and for
the four-tfths undivided interest in the
property the consideration named in the
deed was 1880 and other consIdera tons"
Ihis is the second time this block has
changed hands since its erection, having
at one zine been the property of S. j.
Burnett.
Sunday and Monday mornings, around
Gainesville, were nearly cold enough 10 do
very serious damage to the vegetables in
the ueld. Lettuce IS about the only VegS-
table now grow ing, but ii was hardly cod
enough 20 materially injure the crop. Sun
day the farmers were very apprehensiVe
for the following morning, and many Of
them had their laborers at WAX all day
gathering that part of the crop which was
ready TO ship. A truck farmer remarked
yesterday after visit to several lettuce
fields that he did moi think the cold had
materially injured the pants. Sunday
morning the thermometer went down to
81 degrees ana 30 on Monday morning. No
cold wave IS now anticipated for some
time, and much lettuce viii be shipped
the next three weeks.
Jacksonville Metropolis: S. B. Thomp-
SOt lGLNttI u tue QIdN VI -uSG Ol the L lOi
ida East Coast Railway, killed a large
alligator Saturday morning near the
bridge. The saurian was swimming down
the river, and was evidently coming to
the city to spend Chris mas. When near
the bridge MIR. Thompson drove a pick
into the gator, and with the ass.s tance
of ed Reynolds, a ca BILE chain, and the
bridge engine, his 'gatorship was safely
hauled on shore. He was on "old timer
being covered with barnacles ana from
injuries received in the civil war, pre-
sumably from gunboats, he was minus one
eye and one leg. The author of this arti-
Gle told the reporter that he measured
fourteen feet and two inches in length
and six feet and six inches in circumfer-
ence.
West Palm Beach correspondence Times
Union and Citizen: murder trial, with
a deerhunt saudwiched into the middle OF
ii, is not a common thing, even in Florida,
which is always a land of pleasant sur
prisos, but that was what was had at
Juno, the court house town of Dade coun-
~, few days ago. The hunt was a sue
ceSsful one, 100, and as a result, the Judge,
court officers and jury had venison for
dinner for the next two days. Dade Coun-
~ Circuit Court was in session, Judge
Jones presiding, and the trial for murder
of Ben Moore, Miami negro, was in prog
ress. The jury had been spending the
night enjoying the hospitality of the hard
pine benches in which the court house
luxuriates. Suddenly came the sound of
several dogs chasing a deer through the
scrub by which the court house is sur
rounded. The attendants had barely time
70 get outside the building before the deer
came into view Every man of the Jury
was an enthusiastic hunter, as Is also
Deputy Johns. 1t was the duty of the Of
ficer to keep the jury together. There
was only one way to do it in the excite
ment of the moment, and Deputy Johns
took that way by starting for the deer
at the head of the other twelve men. He
rev his SS-caliber Smith & Wesson as he
started and by the time he had emptied
it the deer was his. Six shots were fired
altogether, and of these three took effect.
The first shot was fred at a distance of
about ninety yards, and the asst at nearly
forty. Deputy Sheriff Johns is one of the
hest all-round pisto sho's in the state of
Florida, or he could never have done it.
Juno would appear to be a good place for
some ambitious Niurod TO locate. as it
will never do TO let wild deer interfere
with the court business of Dade county.