The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-30
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] q ppllA4CdA OfBdulLdtlOus prepared an Gil
! urely new charter, and Il has been sent
90 Tallahassee. The average layman in
| the city is DerpleXed 1t is charged that
| neither has shown a fair disposition to-
( ward the peop.e. and outside OF a charmed
circle on each side no one knows what
either of the charters contains. The peo-
pie kick, and threaten various dire things
l. either Of these bills pass.
The watermelon growers Of High Springs
and Alachua. are much elated over tho
prospects for success this spring Their
vines are looking well and have already
many small melons upon them. They viii
ship many carloads Of melons from that
section this year at the rate of several
carloads per day.
The Tallahassee correspondent of the
Pensacola Journal has made the discovery
that an agreement was made among the
politicians recently at Tallahassee that J.
ID. Beggs of Orlando must be nominated
by the next state Democratic convention
for Governor, and J. r. Wills Of Starke
for attorney genera.
Thomas Mercer, convicted Of killing John
Lowe several years ago, escaped from the
county jail at Arcadia on Tuesday night.
When his number was called at night. a
pal gave his number. he crawling under
the cells. Later he pried off one Of the
bars to the outer window, thus gaining
his freedom. Mercer has escaped from the
jail four times. He was convicted and his
case is now before the Supreme Court.
Citrus County Chronicle: on Monday,
April "a, Pridgen Bros of Stage Pond had
the misfortune to have their turpentine
cistillery. together with several hundred
gallons of spirits destroyed by fire. Mr.
John Pridgen. who had charge and was
running the still, was badly burned, but
his physician DR. Miller. says while his
burns are quite painful they are not seri-
Gus. The origin of the fire is not known,
but the superstition is it started from
spark from the engine. The loss Is quite
heavy. The stln win be rebuilt al once.
Chlpey Florida Record: Mr. Godfrey
Clemans. who is undoubtedly the oldest
citizen of Washington county, was in town
Saturday. The liberal hearted citizens of
Chlpley united and presented the old man
with quite nice supply of the necessaries
of life MIR. Clemans says he will live on
bread and water before he will go to the
poor house. He says he was a participant
in the war of 1912, at that time being near
~ % years old and that il he lives TO see
the first day of October A. d. 1899 he will
be 1903 years old. May he see this birthday
and many returns is the wish of the
Record and his friends.
While A. o. Steenburg and Prof. George
Young were engaged Wednesday in tear
ing down an old building in the western
part of Gainesville, after getting under
good Roadway, the building suddenly COZ
lapsed, burying the two men under the
debris. Mr. Steenberg had two ribs brok-
en-, and was slightly injured in other parts
Of the body. Prof Young was cut about
the head, and had his back hurt. As soon
as possible medical aid was summoned, and
the men made as comfortable as possible.
While their injuries are painful, they are
not necessarily dangerous, and both men
will be out again in a week or two.
Wednesday, while Robert Mills, the ba-
ker, was serving the customers on his
route in ST. Augustine, he and his horse
were viciously attacked by large swarm
of honey bees belonging to c. K. Johnston,
on Orange street. The bees were cross
ing the street just as MIR. Mills approached
in his wagon, and they all swept down
upon himself and the horse, fairly covering
them, The horse, smarting under the
stings, started to run away, but was stop
ped by some one passing at the time. MIR.
Mills, as soon as he could brush the bees
from himself. assisted in relieving the
horse from the unwelcome visitors. He
still feels the effects OF his experience,
and next time took the precaution to go
around another street, thereby giving the
bees a wider berth. The occurrence was
an unusal one, as honey bees are general
~ harmless, but these were certainly on
the warpath. as Mr.. Mills will testify.
Indian River Advocate: On Wednesday
a fast vegetable train passed through tt
tusville on its way to Miami, where it
was to load up for Jacksonville 1t will
run daily. except Monday. This train
will consist of as many Southern Express
Company cars as may be necessary to ac-
commodate the business along the East
Coast, and will be pulled by one of the
Florida East Coast mogul passenger en-
-gtnes The train is scheduled to make
connections with all the fast passenger
trains out of Jacksonville, both east and
west. Such desirable service as this, fur
nished by the East Coast and the Southern
Express Companies, cannot but be appre-
ciated by the truckers along the East
Coast, who have labored hard to produce
crops this season. Supt c. L. Myers of
Savannah passed through Titusvie We'd
nesday on the afternoon train, and said
| he would return on the vegetable express.
which passed through yesterday en- route
| to Jacksonville,