The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22
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4 Flora City Monday experimenting the re-.
I pairs Of q plant. during d0wnpour OF
rain, he was saturated 10 The skin. and
/ retired 20 cabin 20 strip and dry hit
garments. re was patiently awaiting re-
suits. when tho cabin look FIRE Il struck
CONSERVATION int" his soul. for 10 90 forth
/ in natures garb was 10 shock the dent
zens OF the place; 70 remain in the cabin
was TO be crcmated. He raised q yell
that awoke the echoes. which brought re-
! lief. His rescuer said he was the most
| excited man he ever encountered.
Mr. Clarence Maxwell and Capt. J. S.
Maxwell of Jacksonville have sold over
l.23O acres Of The plantations Of the late
Dr. q. Iroup Maxwell lying about four
, mies southeast of Tallahassee. 90 Col
Johh W. Bushnell of Jacksonville. IL is a
hne body Of land, well watered with AXE
ana running streams and col
bushnell VIII begin operations there at
once deFotins himself to stock raising.
making a speciality Of sheep.
At meeting held at the Hotel ROYAL
Palm, tine Miami Yacht club was form
3D. with the following officers: commo-
dore, henry NJ Merrill; vice commodore
Fred d. Hughes; treasurer. Frank r.
oudsei secretary, Charles \ Smith Tho
Gun starts out with very hattering pros
pec's' having thlrty-five charters mem
bers. 1t is understood that arrangements
VIII be made 10 hold several important
fesattas during the season.
Madison Recorder: One would naturally
infer that il was either TOO late or too
carry IN the season for the crawling rem
ules TO be making their appearance cv--
ing to the fact that as a general rula
snakes always go into winter quarters
win me hrst cold snap, where they re-
man uh'll the warm. balmy days Of spring
'haWs them out; but not so here in Madi-
son. Last Thursday Mr.. J. w savage
h'ied TWO tremendous "rattlers" about
zen mics southeast of town. Each raj
ter was the proud possessor Of seven
rattles and a button. Next!
St. Lucie River Correspondence Times
Union and Citizen: The Lake Okeechobee
canal scheme is again drawing tho atton-
uon OF capitalists. A. J. u. Woolne of
baltimore is investigating the possibility
Oh "leslhg a canal l20 feet wide and eight
ltet oeep, IN order to drain a large por-
uoh OF the submerged lands. and has
chosen for his investigation the old era
mer route, once made i'm the interest of
the DIsslon drainage enterprise. If found
Prlclcai' company viii be formed of
bal'i'hore and Washington capitalists. who
WIFI Apply 10 the next legislature for the
usual rights and privileges generally ac-
corded to enterprises OF this nature.
Winter Park Correspondence Times
Union and Citizen; Rollins College was
one Of the first to experiment in the adn-
cation of Cubans In this country and no.,
met with uniform success. The tofaI
NUMBER that have been at the college the
past two years, after rejecting names re-
peated. is twenty-five These came fra,,
liaVaha Marianao, Sagua Ia Grand
Cuba and Tampa, Fla. Their avaroaa' -
upon entering was 14al years. or these
fourteen knew no English six had a e1ie,bt
knowledge of the language and two snol,e
English well. Special classes had 10 ha
organized for their instruction che drst
year After that they were generally ah-a
to enter the regular classes.
Key West Herald: Since there has naon
SO fnuch travel between this city and ITa-
, Eana our city has been flooded with ell
Minus OF obscene literature and picturag
TAOIoiu Jung 10 reports there must b.a eev-
eIai thousand books, printed in Snarisr
ahu Illustrated with these pictures taino
circulated IN this city by young men ana
boys VINO are old enough TO know hettar
A+esdiIy' there as severe penalty attach,
eu 10 the circulation of such litera t,,re a,,1
mere IS also penalty for CARVING enob
DOCKS around In your pocket. Mor,II,,
such literature and pictures are the n,,,st
degrading that printing press ever tnrnN
eu out II our police Will keen then, e,,as
open Tor few days some arrests NAV he
made. may oe