Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-05
FLORIDA.


jesse Neal has announced himself caudl-
date for Marshal of Crescent City at the cleo
ton to be held III April.
The Key West Cubans are very migratory.
Every steamer to and from Havana takes and
brings back Large number.
The United states Government has occu-
pied land owned by w. G. MaOney, of Key
West, for over twenty years as Il burial
ground. He now wants compensation.
At Palatka Richardson Il Co. have pur
chased the stock and fixtures of McLaury a
Co, and moved them to their stOre-rOom IN
the Bishop & Kean building, on Front street.
Key West cigar manufacturers have all laid
in a new stock of Havana tobacco. Orders
for large quantities of cigars weekly are row
coming in, and nearly all the factories are
working full forces. The cigar business, at
least, is reVlVlng,
The sponge vessels now in port at Key West
are fitting out for another voyage, although
the reports from the fishing grounds are not
encouraging at present. The last lots brought
to market did not bring as good prices as for
merly, but it was owing 10 the sponge beng
of an inferior quality. The cold weather and
southwesterly winds have kept those VINO are
now on the grounds much longer than was an
ticipated.
Crescent City correspondence Palatka Ne1es:
Our usually quiet little city has a sensation
that Will last the gossipers for some time.
Curt. Simmons, employed as a salesm m by
the firm of w. &. BraddOck X Co., took his
traps and vamoOsed on Friday night. The
cause of his sudden departure was the too
free use of the money and goods OF his EN-
ployers. One of our young men devised
successful plan to obtain possession OF the
stolen money and articles. He went with
simmons to his room and finally told nm
that arrest was certain II he did not
turn over everything he had purlOined. Sim
mons agreed to this, and opened his pocket
book and counted out some SaO0 IN cash and
notes on friends to whom no had loaned
money; also took from his trunk several art-
cles he had taken from the sto e. Stll appre-
hendng arrest, simmons drove to Frultland,
where nc probably took passage on steamer
for parts unknown. Iii-fAthl r, living in DaW
son, Ca. is a worthy it zen and good man.
who will be much mortified 10 know how
badly his son has acted. We understand tn It
he was engaged TO one of the pretLiest young
ladies in this section, but she has discarded
him now.
The steamer Queen, for the st. Johns River
route, arrived off Mosquito Inlet Friday. The
Queen is the steamer that started, as adVer-
tised, weeks ago from Cincinnati, where she
was built, but has been detained for weeks IN
the OHIO river on account of ice. She is owned
by the Captain, Frank NJ. Morton, and the
purser, W. Il. Kemper. She is ls5 feet long,
30 f. ct beam, 7 leet hold, draft feet, carrying
capacity 700 tons. She is a propeller, swing
ing an eight foot wheel, and is the largest
of her class ever built, and the first of her
kind to grace Florida waters. The pecu-
llarity Of the boat is that her draft Is
only three feet, where the wheel draws sin
feet. Her cabin, 1875 feet long, is elegantly
furnished. and the So large and roomy state
rooms are all supplied with stationary wash
stands with running water. Her two high
pressure engines ale l515 inches in diameter,
l6 inch stroke. She has three steel boilers, on
which the government inspectors put
hydrostatic test of 265 pounds to the square
inch, and is fitted up with all the requirements
of the law for sea going vessels to carry pas
sengers. Six pumps can be worked IN case of
fire, besides the effective fire destroyers-
hand grenades-are within reach in various
parts Of the vessel Her promenade guards
are extraordinarily wide and will be duly APP
preciated by the tourists who travel on the
St. Johns.
HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE,
In Constipation.
DR.. j. n. Robinson. Medina. Ohio. Saws: