The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24
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front at Tampa saw a WATERFRONT .y
moonlight This was the arst one ever
seen there under such clrelrle arcs=. ard
waterspouts are not common l 81 sbato
bay. They are frequently seen ia Tam
pa bay ia lhe daytime. bat -als moonlight
visitation was especially beautiful
The high tides this week no,5ei the
lower portion Of Key West Front street,
from Duval to The FISH marke,. ana So
montOn street. as far up as Greene street
were under water A portion OF Greene,
Elizabeth. Eaton, Caroline ard Nhit
streets was also foCied. This was the
highest tide Of thi- year. SO far. bgt il
is expected that October tides vail be- .u-
er even than the September.
Volusia County Record: If oue mild
winter will come in Florida 10 cold 10
damage the truck farms. the truckers
would get practically rich from ,he sale
Of vegetables. Florida IS getting TO bc the
greatest vegetable state iu the un.on. sim
ply because We have the land ana The e.i-
mate. with no frost 20 hurt. fancy prices
would be Obtained for every carload Of
vegetables sent out Of the state during
February, March and April.
Gainesville sun: Judge Bell. who enjoys
a ma iona, reputation as a dealer in suikys,
having collected thousands Of reptiles for
The Smithsonian Institute at Washington
and for scientific men in various parts OF
the country. has been engaged 70 collect
an unlimited number of reptiles of all spe-
cies, for which he viii pay liberal prices.
He especially desires 20 procure a rattle
snake eight feet in length. having received
a special order for a reptile Of thai species
and that length.
Lakeland sun Mr.. W. R. Robson ana
Miss Alice Bryant were united in marriage
last Sunday. They eoped from the bude's
home eight miles north Of Lakeland last
Saturday afternoon, and went 10 Hllsboro
county where they We're made nan and
wife. The contracting parties are DO d
well and favoraby known in Lakeland.
where they have many friends. The bride
is The daughter of Hon j. w Bryant. and
the groom is a young man well and favor
ably known in this city, where he has re-
sided for several years. The sun extend
congratulations.
Tampa has a curious contest In prog
ress. Residents of certain sections of the
city want an exemption made of their
part of the city 50 that COWS may Craze
on the streets. Other residents do not want
this, and the fight is a lively one the
city administration being the sufferer So
many depredations have been made re-
Gently by cows running az large on the
streets that the rate residents and own
ers OF nice lawns and flower gardens have
organized shotgun quarantine against
the cows, and declare that they are going
TO murder some of them if they are not
kept locked up.
An accident occurred near Newberrv
Tuesday that resulted in the death of
Mrs. Lizzie Hodge. Mrs Hodge was
a rfrsrr
two buckets, a chain and pulley It is
supposed that when the empty bucket
passed the fun one, the chain broke. pull
ing Mrs. Hodge into the we'll The I'M
fortunate lady was killed by the fall the
well being sixty feet deep There was no
one a home when the accident occurred
the husband and children being at work
in the field picking cotton When they
came home at noon they were Mortified to
discover the body of the wife and mother
in the we'll
United States Commissioner Goodell had
before him at Jacksonville Thursday an
important prisoner. 1t was John Will
liams, alias Harry Mango, who was
charged by the United States author tics
with very serious crime, that of making
false representations to the pension bu-
reau with the intent TO defraud the gov
eminent. While confessing before the com
missioner that he was guilty practically
as charged, Williams also admitted that
he was a deserter from the United States
army thirty or more years ago and there
by rendered himself liable 10 punishment
for two offenses, instead of the one only
with which he was charged Williams
for that appears to be his right name is
a resident of Marion cou1ty He was ar
rested by Deputy Marshal Mccormick on
Thursday afternoon, as he was about TO
take train for his home at or near
Ocala.
j. L. Jones, the aged Bradford county
farmer, who was held by United States
Commissioner Goodell in Jacksonville for
passing counterfeit coins has given bond
and returned home. His two sons. Charlie
ana Jake, are still i'm Jail, however and
no effort viii be made to secure bonds for
them. Five citizens from Bradford coup-
y signed the bond for the old man. They
We're; Marion l.. Johns, Newton W
Hackett William b. Haynes Thomas
Dixon and William Edwards Each of
them signed to the amount OF 800 which
aggregated the necessary 1900. When old
man Jones was released he fairly wept for
JOY, and told those about him that he was
intoxicated and remembered nothing of the
circumstances for which he was arresl ed
Several citizens of Starke, who spoke OF
the matter, while admitting that appear
ances paced the aged prisoner in a bad
hght' mat 1t was more than probable that
the coins were furnished him by his sons.
VINO are supposed TO have made the coun-
terfeits.
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