The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-05

tend dredge No in Lake Hart.
The Volusia county prisoners will soon
be moved to the new Jail at Lake Helen,
which Is nearly completed.
Complaint is made that valuable letters
between Jacksonville and Savannah, were
recently lost or gobbIed en- route.
The Orange county teachers institute has
been in session at Orlando, and it proved to
be very interesting and instructive.
Jim Mack, convicted Of burning the jail
| at MicanOpy, was sentenced to five years at
hard labor in the states prison at Gaines
vile.
The Pensacola Nelos favors the establish
| ment in that city of West Florida expo
sition, TO be open throughout the fall and
winter.
Miss Emma c. Thursby and Miss Iva L.
! Thursby Of New York are among the dis
tinguished guests at the Ponce de Leon, st.
Augustine.
O. Parsons, NJ. D., a chemist at Sanford,
will visit Lakeland soon to examine the
muck and phosphate beds lately discovered
at that place
Messrs. Davis & Mitchill of Apopka have
| let contracts for opening over mile Of the
new streets surrounding the beautiful
| Dream Lake.
Drake, Of the Gainesville Advocate, is
said to have had a liberal offer to move his
/ newspaper 10 JdCkSOnVlll6. Inc I6DuDitCdLS
/ there want an "organ."
Phosphate has been discovered on the
west side of Lake Parker, north of Lake
land. Near the same locality building
stone Of the finest quality has been discov-
cred.
Col. Cadman of Kissimmes has received
| from NJ. I. Shepworth, Esq, the sum OF
| $40, the proceeds of the dramatic entertain
ment at Narcoossee on Jan. - for their
church building fund.
The election held in Leesburg last week,
on the question of levying special school
| tax of three mills annually for a period OF
| five years, for the erection of public school
building, was carried by the friends of the
measure by gocd majority.
AT Kissimmee Bay 81 Bryan have finally
| given up work on the city well. They have
1T down a little over 400 feet, and succeeded
| IN obtaining flow Of 900 gallons daily.
| They stopped drilling in that same OLD flint
roca, which was just as hard as ever.
At Kissimmee the South Florida has ex-
| tended its track across the big ditch near
the passenger depot to a connection with
| the Sugar Belt, SO that the Sugar Belt
| trains can now come in the yard without
| switching onto the main track OF the South
| Florida.
The experiment of having a lady assistant
in the office of the Tavares, Orlando and
| Apopka railroad at Apopka was not a
| success Mrs. Allen tried it, but gave up
the position after a very short term of
service, and now her brother, L. f. Miller,
is Mr.. Hitchcock's assistant.
One Of Orlando's citizens. in probing for
| phosphate, has struck an immense bed of
slate in Orange county, and another a fine
| quality of blue brick clay. This adds two
more to the list OF mineral finds opened up
by the phosphate hunters. II addition to
the above, there are rumors of kaolin,
| gypsum. ocher, quartz, gold, iron, and
| phosphate.
At st. James City, on Jan. 80, 1890, F. d.
Hughes of New York killed, with rcd and
reel. one tarpon; weight, S9l5 pounds; time,
twenty minnes; jumped five times. Jan.
80, 1890, l.. I. Moore of Kansas City, Mo-,
killed, with rod aud reel, one tarpon;
weight, 1ll3 pounds; in thirty-fve min
utes; jumped eight times. Mr.. Moore saws
he never saw SO many tarpon as on Monday.
Last Wednesday, about two miles west of
| Live Oak, 500 or 800 crossties piled on eecn
| side of the Florida Central aud Peninsular
railroad caught on fire, making such a blaze
as TO make it unsafe for trains 10 pa s. The
trains from east and west were detained
until late last night Many of the passen-
gers walked to Live Oak, while others re-
manned with the train. Everything bel
so dry, and water being very scarce. the
fire was not easily put out. Sand was used
| TO smother it,
The Hamburg correspondent of the Mad
ison Recorder says: There is a sight that
may be seen in this neighborhood in the
form of human being. 1t is a negro boy
years old, whose head measures 3413
inches in circumference. His head is a
great deal heavier than his body. and he
cannot walk or sit up, as the weight of his
head is so great that it would break his neck
were he to be raised in tho ordinary way of
handling children. He Is very intelligent,
and can talk better than the average darby
or his age. His limbs a re not we'll formed,
and it seems that no part of his body grows
but bis head His name is Isaiah Benjamin
Franklin Bloxham Thomas Tyson.n
Tampa Journal: Theodore Kemensky has
come to his own. He writes to his wife: II
am happy. lam an artist again" There
Is ring of exultation in these words that
one can appreciate who knows the story Of
his life Once the greatest of living sculp-
tors, the exponent of liberty, later a
selt-exiled man, a farmer in Kansas, then
an humble inn-keeper at Clearwater, later
a teacher in the New York School of art,
again an artist. Through all the trials and
vicissitudes always the same, a simple,
earnest man. Perhaps his latest triumph is
his greatest. Iu Russia he was the favorite
of the Grand Duchess Marie, sister of the
|
for recognitions In Russia his works, re-
produced in marble, adorn the winter
palace. In America his works will adorn
the state-house Of Kansas and will be to the
coming generations a historical study. In
the contest for the modelling of the facade
he won the prize.
Gen. F. D. Sewall of the internal revenue
r department at Washington says that the
headquarters of the internal revenue col
lector for Florida will continue at jackson
3 vile as heretofore. "Mr. Eagan,n he
added, suggested that the office be re-
D moved to Orlando for the reason that the
latter city is nearer his home and therefore
: more convenient for him, personally.
S in the transaction Of the business OF
S the office. But such an idea is wholly
s impracticable. The business has
' been done in Jacksonville heretofore, and ii
{ follows the trend of all business to the
metropolis. l discouraged the idea, and
. there is no probability that any effort will
now be made to make the change If there
1 is l shall oppose it. There is another reason
. why such move would be impracticable at
present. 1t is not improbable that the tax
may be taken off of tobacco. Of it is, the
business of the internal revenue collector in
, Florida would be decreased vastly, and the