The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-29

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| fences and threatening a number of houses.
! Mrs M. Bakers house at keuka caught ON
! fire, and had it not been for the timely ar
| rival of the neighbors, the house.would have
been destroyed. Mrs. Baker resides In
| Ohio, and was not occupying the place this
! winter
Hanshaw Bros, of Liberal, Mo, who have
lately settled here, have leased an island on
Lake Bowers, and propose engaging in
truck gardening extensively. We under
stand work will shortly commence on the
! st. Johns, Lake Weir and Gulf railroad.
| The owners of the large orange groves on
Heather island are endeavoring to have the
road built through the island and in the
event of this being done it will bring the
road directly through our town, wAich will
be Of great benefit to this section.
George Joseph Elsenheimer the first Off
Ger Of the steam propeller Martha,
now at Fernandina relates a seafar-
ing experience that is very interest
ing. He was with Admiral Elder in
his expedition sent out from Holland in 1874,
in an effort to reach the polar sea- They
reached So north latitude before abandon
| ing the attempt, and suffered severely as
have all other expeditions in this region
being locked in the ice on board the ship
William Barnet for three months. Elseu-
heimer was also on board the Inflated Well
gundi at the time of her partial wreck off
st. Johns bar. That experience finished
service of nine months on this bark, and
also satisfied his desire for long sea voyages.
An important sale of real estate was made
at st. Augustine, Tuesday, through II. A
Wilson, of the st. Augustine Land Com
pany. Thomas j. Evans, millionaire of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, bought the DeBexidon
tract, containing siXty-six acres, paying
$1,000 for it. The tract is situated one and
half miles from the post-oiiice on the shell
road. Mr.. Evans is largely interested in
an electric railway in Council Bluffs, and is
now building a bridge between that city and
Omaha. He has given Mr.. Wilson instruc-
tions to clear the tract, fence it and lay it out
in streets. 1t will be paved and an electric
railway built from the city Already ar
rapgements are being made for the build
ing. Mr.. Evans will pave the streets with
block pavement.
A white man about 33 years of age by
the name of Addie, who had been employed
on the long dock at Punta Gorda, was taken
to the Polk county Jail by Sheriff Dishong
a day or two ago. Addie was suspected of
stealing a gold watch valued at $40 from
Marshal Stansfield last August, and keen
watch was kept on his movements to see if
he would attempt to dispose of it. Monday
morning as he was about to start on cruise
down the bay Constable Siicox, armed with
search warrant, dropped in on him and
accused him of stealing the property. AGdie
fought so hard that the constable caught
him by the trousers, when lol there was the
stolen watch sewed in his undergarment.
Addie acknowledged the theft and was COM
mitted to jail.
The Crescent City correspondent of the
MORNING NEWS, under date of March %,
writes us as follows: The Thermometer err pit
as low as n the other morning. Rip Van
Wrinkle, played by the Grovesdale Lycenm
Club in Library Hall o. Friday evening
last, was we'll patronizal. The con FACTORS
have their hands full just now erecting fine
residences. The palatal dwelling of H. c.
Hubbard has been uaIsr way pro ably
| twelve months, and ait ough work has been
constant, yet 1t viii lie some time before it
will he completed. MIR David Carlrs large
mansion is progressing rapidly, and when
finished will he an imposing edifice. TIE
! Crescent City Public Park has had a wire
netting fence plac Vi arc nd it, and is being
improved by planting trees and shrubbe4y.
| TIE floating mill of James Maui is now
! anchored at the foot of Central avenue
This mill has fine machinery and is doing
good business.
Mr.. Mills, while digging over the ground
several days since III "Ohd Town. Fernau-
dina, where had form My stood biaC k
smith shop, threw out Il black looking pi ce
Of metal that was tossed aside WItlOuu
lHouEub, DdJ OWING tp ttN shape
a I'd color it was afterward examined and
! proved TO b. a mass Of pure silve: metal
weighing nearly four on dS. Wre'he it
| was md ten from Spanl h or Ind IN or
| English invaders, or burled during the
peulous times of 1868, or was the re ,ult f
burglarious raid melted over the old fur
! mace and hidden on the spot is simply conjec-
| ture. 1t Is said that the person who digs down
! on the spot on Cumberland Island from
/ HI Ip ot ha
Ueut st. Sino :, st. jonas ami Amelia
| lighthouses viii discover treasure of Won
| druus riches Unfortunately two if not
! three of thes Ii ,nsh u1eS nlv3 be5a POS
| toned at otner points since the burial of
| this treasure, and is place marked in this
| manner, cons,q uently the location has
never bean correctly are uai lcu and the
| concealed on Tiger Island opposite he city,
| and one party has sea chad .ur IC for years
| uu1er SpiritualiStic guidance, but the elu-
| slve box has the same old characteristic OF
slipping away just as it is struck.
| A special meeting of the DeSoto Cattle
! Association was held at WiGdsu's Hall,
| Saturday morning, to receive the report of
the committee appointed TO arrange for the
| enclosing of Indian Prairie The members
| present represented over 1000 head of
| DeSoto county cattle The committee re-
! ported that it would require eleven miles of
| fence, to run from Bear Ford TO Olieechobee
marsh, thus closing the gap and giving the
association the best pasture in the State.
! The wire has been ordered and is expected
| daily. An estimate was made of the entire
cost of enclosing and keeping up the pasture
| and value 3 of shares determined
| Most of the shares were disposed of
! in the meeting, no one man being allowed
| to own more thar eight shares. Each share
entitled the owner thereof to keeping 100
| head of beef cattle in the pasture Frac-
| tional parts of shares will be sold to owners
! of small stocks, thus placing the pasture
within reach of all A recorder will be kept
at the pasture, whose duty will be to keep
an accurate account of all beef cattle put
| in or taken out aud TO keep the fence in
order. A committee was appointed to re-
| ceive bids and contract for the immediate
| building of the fence. When enco ed 1t is
estimated that the Indian Prairie pasture
will keep fully fat between 5000 and 10000
! head of beef cattle.
The auction rooms of the f. o. A. and F.
Company, at Jacksonville, presented quite
a lively appearance at yesterdays sale
Although the quantity of fruit offered was
not as large as al some of the previous sales,
the prices We're far in excess, the average
price being more than soc. per box in ad-
vance of last weeks sales Fruit brought
the following prices: Lot A-John Jack
son, Lakeland; russell grape fruit, 81 50per