The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-02
FLORIDA.

Fourteen large bass were the result Of one
hours fishing by three members of the
Orla do bar
| Negotiations are going on for the erection
of at least three more brick houses on La
fayette street, Tampa.
The Altoona steam saw mill has received
an order for 20, 900 feet of lumber to be used
| in building the new iail at Tavares.
T. Slea, superintendent of the National
cemetery is in Pensacola, and says he
thinks congress will give them the appro-
priation for the shell road.
The only activity in building between
Zellwood and Apopka is at Mcdonald and
Plymouth. At the former place DIR. Nc
Donald's house is progressing and about
ready for shingling, as is also the hotel at
the latter place.
This is the day appointed for the preimi
nary hearing, at st. Augustine, in the case
Of the Cauthron boys, charged with killing
| Dan Gore. The examination takes place
before Justice Orrell in South St. Johns
county. Sheriff Hernandez will be on
hand.
The tower of the cathedral at St Angus
tine is 100 feet, and of entirely different de-
sign from any other in the country. 1t was
designed by James Renwick, the celebrated
architect of st. Pdtrick's cathedral New
York, one of the finest buildings in the
world.
The tobacco farming company near
Quincy have employed more hands during
the past three or four weeks than they have
ever had employing some GOO as the har-
vesting of the crop requires great many
hands. The pay list last Saturday amounted
! to nearly $500.
A large amount of new machinery for the
Florida sugar manufacturing company at
axsrac To-
the steamship Cherokee Tuesday, aud will
be at once forwarded to its destination
The factory is to have its capacity doubled
during the present season.
Last Sunday |. Moo. Aud Of Orlando,
| the Union Sunday school evangelist. organ
lied n unicn Sunday school at the Lake
Shore school house at Apopka, large num-
Der being present. p D. Shepherd was
elected superintendent, NJ. G. Mcleod and
Thomas Fudge assistants, and Willie Kent
| librarian and treasurer.
1t is said that a movement is on foot to
erect a new hotel at Crescent City. 1t is
said that the projectors are parties who
own the Putnam house at Palatka and that
it is designed to make the one to be erected
a branch of that house. The proposed site
| is that formerly occupied by the Potter
house. With new hotel and a railroad,
Crescent City will take step forward.
Capt Hoxie informed a Commercial re-
porter Monday that the $4,000 appro-
priated for Pensacola harbor would be used
in shore protection, and should there be any
left after that wac completed, it would 20
TO the Improvement of the inner bar The
jetties at Fort McRee will be put up sub
stantially, and the captain says that when
he gets through with them they Will never
give way.
The Lake county commissioners held a
special meeting at Bloomfield on July % to
announce the result of the county seat cleo
ton, held on July II. AS soon as they were
called to order the clerk read bill enioin.
ing them from disclosing the result of the
election. The bill further enjoined all the
Lake county officers from removing the
books, records, ETC., to Tavares and from
transacting any business at Tavares. The
officers had moved their Offices to Tavares
The sheriff aud the county school superin-
tendent are now moving theirs back to
Bloomfield. A contest is entered against
the election.
Col Asa f. Tiff, for twenty or more
years agent at Key West, Fla. for the
Mallory New York steamships, having been
forced by declining health 10 retire some
months since from active business life, is
sumnering at his handsome Mystic, Conn.
residence. Col. Tiff is also Interested in
the banking business at Albany, Ga, and
owns several hundred thousand acres OF
virgin pine lands along the line of the
Brunswick and Western railway, the new
Southern Georgia liue recently acquired by
the Plant Investment company He win
IN future divide his time between Albany,
Key West and Mystic, and purposes to take
life easy. He is some 60 years old, and a
smiling, good-natured bachelor still.
During the month Of July there were
ipped from Jacksonville ., S2j 900 feet of
yellow pine lumber IA 600 croS5-ties. 2 $50
bundles of shingles. and 1000 barrels of
naval stores, all TO domestic market
There were imported into Jacksonville dur
ing the month Of July 1884 bales and 100
cons ~ hay, ., 1863 barrels Of lime. 900 bar
rels of oil, 2l5, 900 hard brick, $50 barrels
and fifteen tons of fertilizer, G3S tons of coal.
$3.50 barrels Of -four, 800 barrels Of sugar.
besides general merchandise, hardware. etc.
During the month there entered jackson
vile twelve sailing aud six steam vessels, OF
which number two were from foreign ports.
There cleared during the month five steam
a ID nine sailing vessels, one sailing vess i
being for foreign port.
Orlando record. On yesterday we had O
call from an az nt OF tle Pant system, who
gave US an interesting account OF the course