The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-07

Capt William Black u. 5. A, who has
charge OF the Improvement Of the st. Au-
glistlne bar, is now permanently located IN
| st Augustine The offices heretofore useti
/ by the architects and builders of the Ponce
de Leon will hereafter be occupied by nm
as headquarters.
Hon. Frank Jones, in accordance with
his expressed intention at the time OF the
| purchase, is having his large tract OF over
| 100 acres, on Lake Eustis, cleared, prepare
| tory TO setting it out in grove. This, when
| completed. will be one Of the largest groves
in this section of the country.
Tom Tiger, an Indian chief has been i'll
! Kissimmee for the past few days on trad
! ing expedition, bringing with him hog
weighing over 209 pounds that he he'd raised
| for sale One night he imblbed too much
fire water and was about to clear ont the
barToom, but was paciiied by man who
knew him well. He says he has five squa"s
| and heap picanninies lie is a fine specimen
| of physical manhood.
| A large number of excursiOnists from
! Eustis and other points on the lake visited
| Bloomfield Friday last. A number of them
visited the mind enhalr place and saw for
| the first time pinaappes in fun frultage,
also pGmegranates laden with ripe fruit,
guavas in perfection, bananas in bloom,
and with ripe fruit, peach trees III bloom,
and gardens having in them tomatoes, snap
|
beans, cabbage, squash, lettuce, etc, fit for
table use.
At Carrabele the railroad company has
at last got its large mill in operation. Ties
for the road are being delivered both by
| land and water A raft of over 1000 came
down the river Saturday Grading very
| naturally came to standstill during Christ
mas week, and rains have also interfered
with the work Ten miles are ready for
| the ties, and during the present month it Is
expected the grade will reach the Ocklocko-
| nee river.
Carriage parties, accompanied by gay
young horsemen with elegant mounts and
perfect fitting riding suits, are to be seen at
every hour of the day in st. Augustine.
Both the townspeople and the hotel guests
appear TO indulge in this pastime much
more generally than in Jacksonville or any
other of the Florida resorts. The reason
perhaps, can readily be found: the drives
about the Ancient City are lovely and the
proximity of the ocean lends an added
| charm TO the scenery at almost every turn.
Charles n. Morris, of Cincinnati proprie
tor of Morris Park, on Anastasia Island, a
beautiful tract Of ten acres, arrived at st.
| Augustine Monday night Mr. Morris has
under consideration a scheme erecting a
large hotel in his park. Mr. Morris is quite
| famous as a canoeist and has been on some
| perilOus voyages i'll a twenty-foot boat
across Tampa Bay and also upon the Gulf
and Atlantic. At one time he capsiZed off
the east coast and was attacked by man
eating sharks, but succeeded in keeping
them away with heavy oak paddle.
On Tuesday night some malicious drivers
took down the temporary barriers across
| King street, at st. Augustine, where the
| paving operations are in progress, and de
| liberaUely run their teams back and forth
| over the soft SOIL which had been left prop
eTlY graded when the men stopped work at
sunset In the morning Mr.. Kennish found
| the pavement bed completely hacked up
and cross cut in dozen different directions.
| Two or three hours were consumed the next
morning in restoring the grade. A shot
gun guard will doubtless greet the next in
| truder of this kind
| At Jacksonville Thursday Sheriff Holland
got information that there was negro i'll
| the vicinity of the brickyard in LaVilla
who was suspected of having committed the
outrageous assault upon Mrs. Frank b.
| Barclay on the Kings road in LaVilla,
about two and a half miles from the city,
| on Dec. %; that the man was heavily armed
with . dOuble-barrelled shotgun and re-
fused to allow any one To go near him. The
| Sheriff sent two deputies out there, who
succeeded in making the arrest in the after
noon, and the negro is now in the county
| Jail awaiting Identification. He refuses to
| give his name.
| Before Justice Magill at Jacksonville
| Thursday Fred Crump was tried on a charge
| of arson. He is accused of setting fire to
| the building in East Jacksonville Saturday
night which was consumed by the flames
| The evidence was very badly mixed. The
defense brought in several witnesses to prove
an alibi for the prisoner. while witnesses for
| State testified positively as to his guilt. The
| Judge decided that the evidence was of such
a nature as would justify him i'll binding
the prisoner over to appear at the next
term of the criminal court. CI'ump could
| not give bond in the sum of $500, as re-
| CURED and he was sent TO Jail.
Sheriff Holland arrested Louis Cherrier
at jacksonville Thursday night on a charge
of raping a 7-year-old daughter Of George
| w. Waldron. On Sunday last n brother
| in-law of the little girl sent Cherrier out to
| the home of the girls parents in the country
to bring her in to LaNilla. While on the
way in, they passed bridge, and Cherrier,
it is claimed, got her under the bridge and
| committed the assault with which he is
charged in the warrant. Cherrier is Il
| French-C canadian, and had been employed
for some time at the drug store at the
| corner of Union and Hawk streets. The
| physician who attended the little girl pro
| nounced her wounds serious but not fatal
At meeting held Wednesday night the
| Pensacola Stone and Building Company was
partly organized. The capital stock Of the
company is placed at $50 900, of which 50, 900
| were subscribed on the spot. The following
named gentlemen are thus far connected
with the move: A. V. Clubbs, Thomas Han
nah, ID. B. Rowan, A. L. Clapp e. CO., L. c.
Bennett, w. a. D'Alemberte, A. C. Blount,
Jr., and w. A, Bl0unt. The meeting was
adjourned to meet next Tuesday night,
when the organization will be perfected
The object for which the above mentioned
| company is formed is the manufacture, at
this point, of an artificial stone, which, in
durability, equals and in cheapness SURPRISES
the natural article. There are several such
companies now i'll operation throughout the
country, and the product of their plants is
rapidly superseding that of the quarry
| wherever it is introduced
Jacksonville Times Union: The idea sug-
gested by w. S. Walker several years ago
for the repair aud restoration of Old Fort
Marion, at st. Augustine, is being gradu-
ally carried out. Owing to the energy and
public spirit of the General who has long
been an ardent loyal friend of the Ancient
City, an appropriation of $1,000 per year
was secured from Congress and the work
proposed has been carried on for the past
two Years as funds were available 1t is to
be hoped that this work will be prosecuted
more vigorously in the future until the Old
fort and outworks nre not only
restored, but until the whole of the
military reservation near il. incmd-