The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08

in the day they are overhauled, mended
anu ae DARK are ready for business again.
The Executive Committee of the jack
sonville Driving Club has revised the pro-
gramme for the races to be held there dur
ing Gala week, and has added over 500
additional money for the events Some of
the races have been Scratched and others
added that viii make the card more at
tractive. The programme, as it is now
arranged, viii be the best ever offered for
race meet in Florida. Secretary w. T.
Delaporte says he is already booking en-
tries for the different events and that
horses are arriving from all over the coun-
try.
Jacksonville Call: Francis Taylor, a mid
die aged colored woman, is in the custody
of the county authorities on a charge of
attempting arson. the same being pre-
ferred by Lena Mitchell, also colored. The
arrest was made near o'clock this morn
ing by Policeman Patton al the in
stigation of the complainant VINO nlleges
that she found the defendant under a
house, No. 523 Bloxham street, Hanson
town, owned by her, in the act of setting
the building on fire. The officer made the
arrest, and this morning the woman was
turned over to the county authorities
There are now seventy-eight hard rock
high-grade phosphate mines in operation
in Florida, besides those producing low
grade or soft rock and the pebble mines
in the southern part of the state. Addi-
tons to plants now in operation in the
state are being made at Cove Bend, AL
bion, Juliette, Hartshorn, Newberry, Phos-
phoria, Morriston and Early Bird The
lumber resources of Florida are also be
ing developed. Near Dunnelon 60000
acres of pine land have recently changed
hands, and the purchasers will build
number of turpentine stills. A saw mill
to cut pine and cypress lumber and shin
giles, and to cost about $4,000 is to be
erected forty miles west of Ocala al the
head of Crystal river. AT Fairfield COM
pany to manufacture hard wood into
spokes. rims, etc, is almost ready to be-
gin operation.
Gov. Bloxham does not like the way w.
B. Williams remains at large in Levy
county, and has not failed to express him
self accordingly. In the words of the
Governor, This is a disgrace to any
county" He wrote 10 the sheriff at
Bronson and stated that he would do all
in his power to aid in the capture of the
fugitive. In reply the Sheriff advised the
Governor to offer an additional reward.
This the Governor has done, and $3.50 will
be paid to the one who viii deliver him
TO the Sheriff. Williams committed the
most infamous and heiuous crime in the
history of Levy county, and while under
the death sentence escaped from. Jail on
the 18th of last June. He has been I'M
usually bold since he has been at large,
and has been seen numerous times. There
is no doubt of his being in The county.
Whether or not the additional reward will
bring him to justice remains to be seen.
Of haf
the felon will be captured and brought 10
justice and thereby blot out the stain that
now hangs over the county.
Tampa correspondence Times-Union and
Citizen: DR.. Schafer of the First Artil-
lery. now stationed with a detachment of
men at Egmont Key, is putting in his time
on experiments in the interest of science
and humanity, His first experiment is to
produce a genuine antidote for the bite
of the deadly rattlesnake When he was
placed at Egmont he found that there
were a goodly number of these reptiles
and he studied their nature and the effects
of their poison, and determined to try and
find an antidote. He finally reached a
conclusion. He takes dog and inoculates
him with the poison from the snake. In
three minutes the dog is dead. The ami
NAL is then dissected and those spots of
flesh directly affected are taken out. The
essence of this flesh is secured by a pro-
cess, and is then just what is wanted.
This fluid, when injected into another dog,
makes the second animal absolutely i'm
mune from the effects of the poison, even
when some of the same is used that origi-
nally killed the first dog. Or, if it is used
after a bite, it will have the same effect.
This is experimental, and DR.. Schafer will
give out his final results after making
further Investigations