Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-02

Plant contemplates the erection of fine
hotel in Havana.
A Pinch drill is at work now cutting
an immense well for the Ponce de Leon
Hotel in st. Augustine.
A piece of property near Tampa, known
as scriptures Grove, consisting OF thlr-
teen acres, sold recently for S35, 900.
Dressed wild turkeys webbing from
eight to sixteen pounds each are frequent
in Fort Myers market. They sell from
SOC. to 75c.
Frank Henderson, who lives near Peru,
Hillsbor0ugh county, tied SIT from
nine rows OF beans "a feet long on the
first picking.
A number OF Eastern taxidermists are
encamped among the Ten thousand ISL
ands, near Ponce de Leon Bay, Fla, slay-
ing The now nesting feathery tribe by the
wholesale.
A gang OF burglars visited Hawthorne
on Saturday night last, and robbed the
drug store and dry goods store OF quite
quantity OF goods, which they succeed
ed in getting away with.
The people In the western part Of
Alachua county are beginning to agitate
the su Ject OF new county. They say
they are tired OF living from thirty to
torty-fve miles from the county seat.
The steamer Rockledge now makes
through triDs on Indian river to Mel
bourne on Mondays aud Thursdays, re-
turning to Ttusville on Tuesdays and
Fridays. On Wednesdays aud saturdays
she makes rouud trip to Rockledge and
return.
The body of dead negro was found in
a shallow pond OF water between Rochelle
and Grove Park few days ago. The
body is we'll dressed, but has evidently
been dead several weeks. 1t is supposed
the negro was murdered, as the remains
indicate that violence was used. The
body is still unburied.
The heavy machinery which has for
months past been in use at Pablo Beach
sinking an artesian well for Murray Hall,
has been transferred to Jacksonville, and
ls now in the yard of the st. james Hotel,
and as soon as it can be placed in position
there the WORK OF sinking an eight-inch
well for that hotel will be commenced
and pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
Al Enterprise Tuesday was a field day
for the prosecution in the Newton ca e.
Ten witnesses we're examined. The tes-
timony related to the finding of McMil-
lan's body, Its condition and the holding
Of the inquest, and also to the fact that
Newton began on Oct. 2, TWO DAYS after
the supposed murder. paying off his debts
and exhibiting large roll of money.
Inc head OF the deceased and the bullet
found in it were put in evidence New
toms wife remains in court a close OBJ
server ofthe proceedings.
The Palatka post Office is doing an i'm
mense amount OF business nowadays,
and Monday over $1,000 worth OF money
orders were sold. the money order bust
ness is quite an institution in Palatka,
and does business equal to SOM banks,
and all classes of people patronize it to
greater or less extent. Several improve
mrnts will be made IN the post Office soon
TO accommodate the rapidly increasing
business. and the demand for boxes will
require at least 200 lock boxes TO put 10,
which will be placed in position pretty
soon.
There were 3,005, 450 feet OF lumber
shipped from jacksonville last month.
OF this amount Isl, 1874 feet went to for
eign ports aud the balance to domestic
ports. Besides the lumber Il, 000 cypress
shingles went to a foreign port. In Oc-
tober $780,, 900 feet Gall coastwise) were
shipped. Besides general mer-
chandse, freight sail vessels brought to
jacksonville 747H tons of coal, 1872 kegs
nails, 100 tons ice, ], 200 barrels lime. $40
tons and 500 bars railroad iron, 7jG bar
rels oil, 10000 bricks, 81 boxes al
manacs, $50 tons fertilizer materials,
$40 stoves, 5000 orange-bOx shocks,
2,440 bundles hoops. During November
there We're % entrances, II steamers and
IA sail vessels from domestic ports, and
Two sail from foreign. There were %
clearances in November, 10 steamers and
IA sail for domestic ports, and 2 for for
elgn.