The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12
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issue bonds and erect the house. Col. 1. E.
Webster condemned al Of the arms and
equipment Of the Tampa Light Infantry
and VIII furnish the company with COM
plete new outfit Dr.. i. S. Oppenheimer.
VINO is the surgeon OF the company, Will
II is understood, be made a battalion sur
geon al an early date.
St Petersburg Sub-Peninsular: Capt.
Vaughn train dispatcher Of the Plant Sys-
tern, caught fine specimen of Jew FISH on
the Plant System dock Tuesday The big
FISH weighed 20 pounds. Wednesday aft
ernoon gentleman whose name we could
not learn also had fine luck ia ang ing for
big fish. He caught within an hour Two
9-foot sharks weighing nearly 800 pounds
each.
Hon. John Denham, member Of the last
Legislature from Monroe county. and un-
iii recently publisher Of the Key West
Herald, and one Of the best known and
most popular newspaper men ia South
Florida. says he intends to reimbark in the
newspaper business again very soon. but
he was not yet prepared to announce the
locality, though h 3 friends say there is but
little doubt OF his returning 10 Key West.
On Monday John NJ Granger shot and
killed a man named Sarvis, about q half
mile from Interlachen. Justice Ewing, as
eX-ofhcio coroner, had the body viewed
by jury Of inquest and testimony was
taken. The jury rendered the following
verdict: we. the jury find that said Sar-
Wis came to his death by pistol shot
wounds at the hands Of John NJ. Grain
ger" The verdict neither exonerated or
condemned Granger, who had lost much
blood, and consequently was so weak as
to De unable 10 give testimony. Granger
insisted on being carried before the jury
to explain the matter, but he was so pros
trated that the jury aud the justice de-
cided not to allow him to do SO.
The German ship Comet, which has just
arrived at Pensacola from Hamburg, re-
ports that on Aug. 81, when four days out,
Capt. Kruckman, master, committed sui
eide by blowing his head off with a mus
ket. 1t was learned that few days pre-
vious to his departure the captains wife
had died, and ne grew very Respondent
over the matter. He would conhne him
self in cabin and would remain for hours
communicating with no one. In one Of
these spells, while in solitude, he acted
as already told, and was buried at sea.
The Comet entered with flag at half-mast.
She is fine ship of 100 tons. and has
cargo of 1900 bags of muriate potash. She
was in charge Of Chief Mate Grubmeyer
Kissimmee Valley Gazette: 1t will be
good news for our people to hear that act
ing upon the report Of the preliminary sur
Vey made by Capt Jervey and his assist
ant, the war department has appropriated
5000 for a fun survey of the Kissimmee
river route This survey is to be made i'm
medately in time for its submission TO
Congress at the approaching session. This
information is given to the Gazette by Sen
ator Carson, who has been emerge tically
fiilOwlng the matter up at Washington
with the valuable assistance of Represen-
tatives Davis and Sparkman. The matter
is NOW under headway in the proper Off
cial channels, and the prospect of getting
something done for the improvement of
the lake and river navigation is very en-
couraging.
Key West Inter-Ocean: -Four spongers
came in yesterday with the result of ex-
ceptionally large catches. The Pocahon-
tas, Walker, Volunteer and Rosa Albur :
were the lucky boats The Pocahontas
netted a $3.50 catch and half of this goes
to the boat and the other to the crew of
nine which makes $40 for each man. It
Is estimated from close figures that the
four boats netted $4,000, which is one Of
the largest catches of the season. The
sponges were sold at Tarpon Springs, as
the masters of the boats decided that the
market there was as good as that at Key
West. and besides it lightened their car
goes home. The probabilities are, how
ever, that If they had brought their catches
on here they would have received a bet
cashed in Key West, and if the other
be quite an item for this city.