Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-02


\ Key West dude, who is a cigar maker bv
trade, powders his face like a girl
The schOOners Huron and Gertrude were
launched at Pensacola last week.
Charles Hendry, of Key West. a student al
the East Florida Seminary, was seriously in
jured while driving last week. 1t is not
known whether his injuries resulted fatally.
DeIand claims a population of 1000 within
the incorporate limits.
>hrimps have made their aupearance in
the river AT jacksonville.
new school house and Masonic hall has
been erected al Elerslie.
Manuel Loreant, Of Tampa. while boating
chain.
The schooner Isle of June has cleared froro
II. Augustine with eighty four head of cattle
for Nassau.
The Ocklawaha river has risen under the in
huence of recent rains and remains at the
navigable stage
The Diocesan Convention of the EPISCOPAL
Shurch IN Florida will begin its session at
Tallahassee to-day.
The experiment of a tri-weeklv line Of
steamers from Fort Mason to Lake ADOpka is
To be tried this summer.
The Morgan line of steamers between New
orleans and Havana have ceased for the sea
son. ON account of the trouble of quarantine
The demand for shingles at the Tavaras
mill Is SO great that a large force of men is
kept employed IN getting out cypress logs on
the canal.
The Leon Hotel at Tallahassee closed Tues-
day evening. after a successful season of three
amt half months. It will BE- opened again
on the lst OF November.
Two hundred and forty-eight barrels and
tOrty-One crates Of pineapples each crate
holding three barres) was shipped ON Tues
day OF last week to New York
Henry Simmons. the murderer of his de-
ceased wife, was sentenced by Judge Max
well To serve seven years at hard labor in the
penItcntiaTy. This l. the fun extent of the
law. u 'i'e
\ Young colored man was crushed to death
in the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad
depot last week while trying his strength on
the heavy iron fly wheel of a mill engine the
wheel falling upon him.
\ Mr.. Coats died very suddenly Sunday
night at the Clarendon House. Green Cove
springs Mr. { oats was one of the members
of the Goats Thread Company. and had been
IN the state only a short time.
Field X Os porn, of Red Bank. n. J.. through
their agent, have purchased a strip of land
ten miles along the Atlantic coast, in Dade
county. from Bakers haul-over South This
is To be planted this fall and winter in cocoa
nuts.
During the month of April there were i'm
ported into Jacksonville by sailing vessels
$4,000 brick. $50 tons and I4Sl bales of hay
LIP tons of ice, 30OtOns Of coal. IS2l tons of
stone besides an immense amount of general
merchandise.
The severest rain and hail storm known for
the past twelve years passed over Green Cove
The wind blew perfect gale, uprOOting the
largest trees. No damage save the loss of
some of the finest shade trees was done.
During the present season 1926 bales of cot
ton have been shipped from Tallahassee. and
about 2uO remain IN warehouse. making the
receipts Is. l25 bales. Up to the lst of MAY last
year 6,5Sl bales were shipped. This indicates
"a falling on of a little less than Is per cent.
Quite novel spectacle was witnessed on
Friday at Pensacola. in the way of funerals.
\ drayman. named Pat Townsend, died, and
hIs brother draymen attended his funeral on
drays- The string of odd looking carriages
attracted considerable attention while doing
up falaioN street. The deceased was mem
berO5 an association Of draymen.
Dr. I. NJ. Leonard has been appointed
quarantine physician for the port Of Pensa-
cola for the coming summer. lie Will COM
mcnce on the first of May. To board all vessels I
coming into the harbOr, IN order to see that /
they are IN proper sanitary condition. /
This course viii be kept up until the 18th of /
the month. when quarantine will have been |
established. and his quarters be taken up at /
the station.
The Green Cove Springs says: "Three suits /
are now pending in the courts as a cOnse-
quence of the collisions which occurred be- /
tween the Post and Baya lines of steamers I
during the rivalry and competition of the past I
winter. Both the sylvester and the Bava 4
were detained in Jacksonville until the pres
cnt week, rs the evidence of the officers of the /
steamers was necessary. Their dispositions /
were taken by commissioners, and the boats 4
then departed for the North. Messrs. Flem- /
L'Eugle L'Engle represent the Baya line" /
During the month Of April there were /
shipped from Jacksonville 5,4jj000 feet OF /
yellow pine lumber. of which amount ,. 200 /
feet went 10 domestic and 32l,000 feet to for
eign ports, against 3,O21 $50 feet shipped in |
March. an increase during April over March |
of Z.421.4l4 feet During the month of April, /
1881. there were 3,330,OO0 feet of lumber /
shipped. and in April. 1882, there were 5.I73,- /
0OO feet shipped from this port, an increase /
last month over April, 1881, of 2,l25,O0O feet, /
and 7IS.O00 feet less than the shipment of |
April. lSS2. Besides the above, there were |
5000 shingles. $500 Iaths and LOCO pickets /
shipped from jacksonville to foreign ports.
The schooner Mystery, Captain HOgg, ar /
rived at jacksonville from Indian river Mon |
day morning with cargo of tomatoes for /
w H. Pillow. The Mystery left Indian River /
last Wednesday. and the Captain reports that /
ON Thursday morning he sighted a Norwegian /
bark. with all sails blown away. but those on /
board did not ask for assistance. Captain |
Hogg also reports that, on Thursday evening, |
about twenty miles southeast from Cape Ca |
naVcrsl. ne saw vessel which had been cap
sized The keel of tins vessel, he said, was /
about 100 feet in length. The bottom of the 4
vessel was cOppered, and she seemed to be /
weighted down forward by her anchors and |
cables. He was unable to learn her name, |
and came To the conclusion that she had been |
capsized during the storm of last Tuesday.