Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-26


selves with e p,u-pvct. 0i lue Prohibl-
tlon Conven ion no ding its session there,
barbecue being limited at as possible
argument.
A considerable quantity Of wreckage
mas come ashore at Cape san Bias, near
ApaachicOla. A supposItion exists that
some vessel. unknown to anyone, has been
wrecked near that dangerous point and
not soulleft to tell the tale. There are
visible in the water at t6at point ropes,
pieces Of plank and other portions of
vessels outfit.
Tallahassean: f. X. Holliuger's fine
500 gun manufactured by lie Fevre, of
syracuse, y. Y, for which be has been
waiting for the past SIX months, arrived
last week. and Mr.. H0llinger was as hap
Ply as boy with a new jumping jack-it
mad come just in time for the shooting
match. But, alas! his happiness was
short-lived. Mr.. Crawford took the gun
out for trial Saturday afternoon and IL
burst the second shot.
Uncle Sam Spearing, one of the lead
ing colOred men in jacksonville, has in
his possession pine-wood knot which
has terrible history attached to it. In
1910 band of Indians massacred six
helpless little white children belonging to
a family who had settled near Sanderson,
In Baker county, Florida. The stains of
the blood OF the little victims were for n
long time visible on the club. Uncle
Sam values the knot very highly and
nothing would induce him to part with it.
1t was reported at JAG ksonvHle late
| wednesday night that special revenue
officer was in the city on his way 10
| Tampa and Key West. 1t is said that he
has letters from Washington stating that
the Spanish Minister there has complained
TO the State Department that there are
four hundred Cubans drilling in the
vicinity of Tampa and otherwise getting
ready for another invasion Of the island.
The revenue man, the rumor said, is now
on his way down there for the purpose of
investigating the report. There is a
Cuban suburb at Tampa called Y Dor City,
where good many Cubans are employed
making cigars, and the report probably
grows out of their social gatherings.
The new proposed government building
at Key West includes post office, custom
house, Internal Revenue Collectors Office,
United States court house, and other Fed
eral Offices, and now the location has been,
settled upon and the necessary measure
ment made and sent to the Governor in
order to afford proper data tor the signing
of document byhim releasing all juris-
dlction of the premises to the United
States. A cargo of material for building
! purposes is expected soon. The light
| house department will be entirely re-
moved from the customs lot, where it now
| is, and will doubtless secure the old NJ al
| Tory lot. and at the same time make use
Of the wharf and buildings at Egmont
| Key. During tearing down of the present.
post office building and erection OF the
new one the officials will occupy other
| quarters.
The following Improvements have been
! inaugurated and are being pushed as pas
! time to relieve the monotony Of the sum-
mer dizziness in Orlando: A large brick
market and armory building, to be three
stories high, length 125 feet, width As feet,
height 40 feet The Orange Hedge Fence
Company is busy getting young Usage
plants for future hedges. The Foundry
COmpany's buildings are assuming shape
rapidly. and will soon be completed. Sew
eral brick blocks are planned and some are
| going up. One million brick came in in
one shipment and all are engaged The
old Summerlin Grove hotel is being relied
aside to make room for a larger. The
! grading of streets and laying of sewer
pipes ia steadily progressing, and the ice
| factory runs night and day to reduce the
temperature so the "boys" can keep cool
as they work.
K. B. Bailey has been having erected
on his Bolton plantation a monster barn
-100X40 feet and 40 feet high. Last Thurs
day evening it was nearly compile ted.
the mechanics being engaged in placing
| the roof thereon, when a severe wind
! sprung up, and the entire structure was
Frustrated to the ground, the men having
narrow escape from death. On the
! root at the time of the wreck were
J Jordan Fuhord, j. Howard Girardeau,
and a number of col0red men, all en-
/ gagged in shingling, and in the second
! story was a young Norwegian named
| Charles and several colored men.
| Mr.. Girardeau escaped with slight cut
on his chin; Mr.. Fultord was severely
! bruised in several places, a small bone in
| his right arm broken, and one Of his legs
was severely sprained; Charles, the Nor
wegian, was severely bruised, although
no bones we're broken. None of the col
Ored men were badly injured.
! The residence of MIR. j. ID. Cole has as
sumed the shape of public question in
Monticello. Some hold 10 the opinion that
he is no longer citizen of Jefferson
county and is thereby disqualified to be a
State Senator from the Ninth Jefferson
county district, and that another man
| should be elected to the position Mr.
| Cole was elected two years ago for term
of four years. His Republican friends
! assert that he is still a resident of Jeffer-
son county. but the weather being so very
/ warm about Monticello. he had to 90
down to Jacksonville TO keep cool during
the heated term. The Senator appears to
/ be well cOntented and takes lite easy,
famed as he is by the gentle zephyrs
! from old ocean. He should, however,
speak out and settle the dispute and To-
| cate himself and not allow an
! entire district to become dis
tracted over his abiding place.
| The Monticello Constitution says OF this
matter: There will be no election or
! dered for this, the Ninth Senatorial dis
trict, the present year, yet many persons
| claim a Senator should be cleo ted for the
reason, as they affirm. That senator Cole
has ceased to be resident, and bas his
residence and business elsewhere. This
! is a matter that needs study and investi-
( CATION. III Capt. Cole has ceased TO be a
citizen OF the district. then be cannot be
! a legal Senator, and an election should be
| ordered to i'll the vacancy"
Shortly before the FIRE at Key West an
| ordinance was introduced aud passed de-
! fining fire limit within the city, but it
| failed TO receive the assent of His Honor
| the Mayor, at the time, but was subse-
| quently signed by him and was considered
IN force. A few meetings after, this Ordi-
nance was taken up and repealed.
After the fire, and while the bus.
mess portion OF the city was IN
ashes, the board assembled and again
established a fire limit as before, giving
thirty days notice. June 3 they met
again and repealed said ordinance, The
Mayor refused TO give his consent 70 this
action, and the ordinance IL said 10 be in