The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-13

The capital stock of the Citizens National
Bank OF Orlando has been increased from
$4,000 to 100000.
At Orange City. Postmaster De Yarman
! is puttIag the old city market IN order, pre-
paratory 10 moving the postoffice ilto it.
The official bond of Judge James Be Il,
as postmaster of Gainesville, has been
approved by the department at Washing
ton.
Milo Cooper, former slave of Jefferson
/ Davis. now living at Orlando, sent lot of
| fine reach trees to Mrs. Jefferson Davis last
Tuesday.
Ooala has a new paper called the Ne,C
| CapitoL Ii is named on the ASSUMPTION
that Ocala will some day become the CAPT
tai of the stale.
The store of Capt. Zingarello, at Apa-
lachicola, 81 as entered by Charles Oxen
| lcolored) last week and goods to the value
| of SAL carried away. Owen is now in jail.
On Saturday the register at the st. Au-
justine museum contained names of visit
ors from Belgium, France, England, Ger
many and ten different states of the union.
| John w. and Frank Clark have given the
! contract 10 the Barlow brick company for
the building Of large brick livery stable,
on the west side of Central avenue, at that
place.
Inc DluedIllt DdICu VI W dlttI W ESLCDbG
at Orlando was not at all injured by the
recent cold wave, and the plants look jus
es fresh and green as they did before the
cold snap.
Under the style and title Of the West End
Rife Club new organization has been
started in Palatka, made up of some of the
best rifle shots IN the city. The club has
fifteen members enrolled.
The Bronson Democrat made its first ap-
pearance week before last, and last week
appeared as the Times Democrat, Henry 3.
Coulter, editor. w. l.. Whitfield, editor and
proprietor of the Times, retires.
Mrs. Albert johnson died near Williams
mill in Madison county last Tuesday night
after short illness, having been preceded
TO the grave by her husband but few
days. Taey had been married only a few
months.
The New Troy Enterprise says that be-
tween &c, 900 and 40, 900 acres of land have
changed hands within the last six weeks,
and that there is a proba biity of a sale of
100000 acres for turpeutine purposes in a
few days.
Right Reverend E. &. Weed will be in
Dunedin upon his annual visitation on
Tuesday, March 25 Bishop Weed has fur
Their appointments at Clearwater March 20,
Pinellas March n, and will 60 to Manatee
upon the 2Sth
Judge Baker convened court at ST. Au-
gustine Tuesday, and after calling the
docket over the case of the state VS. the
Cothren brothers and the Priests for the
murder of old man Gore was set for to-day.
The evidence being so volumInous, the court
ordered that stenographer be employed.
DR.. Edgar of Dunedin has been visiting
his island place at Indian Key, southwest of
Disston City. The doctor has something
over fifty acres on the key, and is making
semi-tropical plantation there. He has over
700 coco4uut trees, lemons, date palms, and
otner tender fruit. The recent cold snap
did MIN no damage.
j. w. Renwick, celebrated architect of
New York, is visiting st. Augustine for
perhaps his twentieth season. Mr.. Rem
wick is the son-in-law of the late William
A. Aspinwall. aud was the architect of the
famous ST. Patrick's cathedral on Fifth
avenue, New York and also planned the res
toratlon OF the old cathedral at St. Au gus
tine
Tom Locke tells the Kissimmee NelCs that
while he was digging a we'll for Robert Bass
he struck hickory nut firmly imbedded In
clay soil about nine feet below the surface,
and that it was as dry aud crisp as if it hal
been kiln-drled. When his hoo track the
nut 1T broke the shell, when he and two or
three others divided up the kernel and ate
1t, all pronouncing it sweet and fresh
Mr.. Watkins of Tarpon Springs caught a
sturgeon last week that weighed at least
100 pounds, and was clad in a coat of mail.
Mr.. Watkins caught it under peculiar cir
cumstances. While fishing he discovered a
large shark attacking the sturgeon. The
fish was much lacerated about the head and
throat, and 81 weak from its Wounds that
Mr.. Watkins had no difficulty in securing it.
ii. B. King Of Ocala has gone to Trenton,
near which place he owns what is believed
TO be one OF the most valuable deposits of
phosphate in the world. Mr.. King has re-
Gently visited the Dunnellon deposit, and
was informed by interes led parties that the
property could not be bought for SIC, 900 an
acre. From all reports some Of the deposits
in the Trenton district are equally valu-
| able.
The Titusville Star says that Bishop
| Weed, on his trip TO Indian river. made a
| present of over 1858 to st. Gabriel's Episco-
pal church. This amount pays off all the
standing indebtedness Of the church, and
also supplies 500 toward the payment of
| $IOO due on the rectory, leaving now only
5000 due on the entire church property.
| Mrs M. e. Titus has donated two mem }.
rial windows, which will be placed in tins
organ room.
| The United States war ships Kearsags
Commander Horace Elmer, commandi1g
The Galena, Commander q. w. Sumner
commanding, and the Yantic, Commander
9. H. Rockwell commanding, with Lieuts.
j. A. Norris, Charles Laird, L. M. Garrett
and w. b. Wilson, sent out by the bureau
of navigation under the photographic
Office, for the purpose of determining meri.
dian points and the earth's magnetic force
In the West Indies, arrived at Key West
last Tuesday and Wednesday. The Yantic
was specially detailed for this purpose, and
left Norfolk, Va, on Nov. 6, ar
rived at Santiago on Nov. Is
where the officers began their measure
ments and observations. One of them
explains the telegrapnlc method of deter
mining longitudes as follows: Suppose two
parties, A and b, occupy stations at each
end OF telegraphic line, either overland
or submarine, both provided with the
necessary instruments for astronomical
observations, as well as with regular tele-
graphic instruments used on the line Each
party is also provided with chronometeI
OF the best make. BY means of observa-
lions Of fixed stars the observer of each
party ascertains with great exactness the
| error or his chronometer on the local time.
AT particular time, prearranged, these
chronometers are compared by means OF
the telegraph. and their exact difference i.
ascertalned, whether three miles or
5000 miles apart. Having then the
error of each chronometer on local time at