The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-24
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saw an iWmen-e racc5cn struggling
through an aperture in The fence. The
coon could scarcely move, ana upon in
vesusatiou Il ives found that jas hind
quarters had been severed from the body.
. The creature was soon put out Of misery,
and a further iuves cation revealed The
fact that the coon had been in fight with
an old SOW, which tai partially eaten the
smaller animal
Messrs. shannebeTger & Chapman Of he
Bear Head farm at Pi0ecas' le. near Or
lando, viii commence shipping lettuce on
/ Christmas day. They have about - 001
/ leads that VIII lie reedy to begin on by
| that date and a large quantity to come
/ on later. Their early celery beds were
/ drowned out by the heavy rains Of The first
week IN October They reylanted al once.
and while their celery win be later than
they had expected, Trey will have a large
! quantity 20 ship a ittle later On In the
winler
Tampa is not feeling as good as it N ght
over the carnival matter. Toe great sue
cess OF the affair depends upon the rail-
road rates secured. This is not developing
as fast as IL should by any means. The
EFFORT to set some definite hearing from
the roads has so far been useless, and
there is a feeling that some adverse in
fiuence IS working against tie proposed
carnival If the rates asked for are given
Tampa stands ready and willing to pay
Tor a show that win give the roads more
travel than they have ever had from any
other one cause before.
Or. Be,on b. Smith Of Pensacola.
charged with the murder of william Holt
fed, last May, is a free man, and will
spend Christmas with his family The
jury was out all Thursday night and all
| day Friday, coming in at 6 O'Clock this
evening with a verdict of not guilty The
testimony showed that Holifeid went to
| Smiths Office 10 collect a bin that Smith
had several times told him ne was I'M
able 10 pay HoiAeld was a much stronger
man than Smith, anc assaulted him in his
Office and during the scuftie Smith shot
and killed him. Judge Wall charged that
a mans Office was mis- castle. and he had
a right to defend it and his person against
| a powerful antagonist, even to the extent
of taking his life.
Jacksonville Times-Unlon and Citizen:
! Secretary Smith of the Board Of Trade
was asserting samples of sugar cane yes
! terday, which are being sent in from
| different sections of the state for analy-
sis by Prof. Stubs at the government ex-
pertinent station at New Orleans. The
samples are being collected to see how
| Florida cane compares with that of Louis
lana. Samples have been received from
James Rich, r. G. Norman, Dennis An
drews. Jessie Reddish. C. D. Varnes, f. G,
Rich l.. e. Fitch L. l.. Sapp. n. ]. White
and G.. w. Petty of Raiford; V. E. Sapp
and S. j. Norman of Starke; Henry
Varnes and L. A. Duncan of Lake But
Ter; j. J.. Kirkpatrick, Green Cove Springs.
Other growers have written that they
will have samples with the freight agents
at their different railroad stations, and
the railways are Transporting the cane
free Of charge for the experiment.
A notable and beautiful incident oc-
CURED at Warning ION. a suburb of Pen
sacola, last Wednesday night. About
twenty-five members of Pensacola Lodge
No A. I. o. o. f.; Joppa Lodge No. 6, and
visiting odd Fellows attended q meeting
of Mechanics Lodge No. s, at Warrington,
on the night above named. After the rou-
tine business, the honorable jewer' Of
the order was presented to Mr. Daniel
HAl, the Oldest surviving member of Me-
chanics Lodge This Is claimed to be the
ONLY presentation of such an honor in
the history of the order in the whole
world 1t represents a continuous active
membership of fifty years. The presenta-
ton address was made by Sovereign Grand
Representative r. c. Watson. who was
thoroughly equal to the occasion. on the
same night veteran" Jewels were pre-
scented 10 each of f. Bauer W. M. Schools
and e. sherman. The latter honor repre-
sents a continuous membership of twenty
five years.