The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-18


/ J. II. Sweat aud D. L. Ellis at Seymeur's
| point. on Nassau river, near Fernandina,
! last week caught fourteen drum, weighing
about 500 pounds.
| James Chestnut of Alachua brought to
I Gainesville saturday a great natural Curl
osity in the shape Of hip bone of a masto-
don weighing perhaps fifty pounds.
George Gilliard (colored) while working
in the Spar phosphate fields near Ocala,
| Thursday, was thrown against tree by a
horse, and had his left leg broken in three
places.
| At Ocala while Mrs. Charles Peyser was
returning home Monday evening her pocket
book was snatchei from her by a negro
who had concealed himself behind an cleo
trio light pole
! Mr.. Anderson, county surveyor of Citrus
county, has been engaged for the past five
months in examining end locating good
| phosphate lands in Citrus county for the
Dunnellon company.
From parties who went to Pensacola
! Saturday it was learned that the strikers in
Baldwin county, Alabama, refuse to abide
/ by the action of the Knights Of Labor in
Pensacola in having the strike declared off
and are still out.
Notice is given that the Secretary of
War has constituted board of engineers
to establish the harbor lines OF Fernandina
harbor, in accordance with section 70 Of the
river and harbor act of August IL, 1888. A
public meeting of this board will be held at
Fernandina, on April %, at II o'clock.
Marion county has SIX phosphate COM
panies, namely: the Dunnellon Phosphate
Company, Baldwin Phosphate Company,
WithlacpQchee River Phosphate Company,
Ieigler Phosphate Company, Albioa Pdos-
phate Company and Peninsular Phosphate
Company, all having headquarters at Ocala.
The Fernaudina chamber of commerce,
at a meeting Saturday, took into considera-
ton the proposed visit to Fernandina of
delegation from the pan American congress
and appointed committee, consisting of B.
7. Burchardi, Judge II. J. Baker and Capt.
A. 0. MacDonell, to arrange for their re-
ception.
A move has taken definite shape in Pensa-
cola for the organization of fishing club,
where headquarters are to be- on the grounds
owned byFerdinand Moreno, near the big
bayou, about seven miles west OF the city.
The club Il limited to twenty-five members.
The initiation fee will be s., the whole of
which is to be used for the erection of sheds,
ETC., on the grounds for the comfort and
convenience of the members.
Fernandina Mirror: Efforts are being
made to get san appropriation by congress
for light draft vessel for use in the sixth
lighthouse district. as an adjunct to the
Wisteria, II IS not an easy thing TO get spe-
cial appropriation passed, for the reason that
the light house board usually includes in its
bill all that IS ueeded for the service. The
light house board has, however, already
recommended the building Of the addi-
tional tender for this district.
Kissimmee Leader. ii. L. Bidstrup of
New Orleans has been investigating the
sugar industry outlook in this section for
several days past. He has his eve on several
4 ~ aT-fe,r L l.
fasteh on to one of them in the near future.
He has alaost unlimited means at his COM
nand, and his settlement here would give a
| great impstus to the sugar industry, as he
| Is emlnently practical, and made his i'm
| mense fortune in the growing and manufac-
ture of sugar.
Samson's lake, in Bradford county,
| twenty-five miles northeast of Gainesville
is being drained into the Santa Fe river,
| whereby Thousands of acres of what is
believed to be as rich land as there is in the
state will be reclaimed. This lake is directly
on the line of the Georgia Southern and
| Florida railroad. A movement is on foot,
with bright prospects of success, for the
construction or a railroad from Gainesville
to connect with the Georgia Southern and
| Florida road at Samson's lake.
Apalachicola Times: Caut. Halle, of the
Jennie Rose, SAYS a party of up country
day, and one of the party wished to know
where to find something to shoot, "Well,
| my friend" says Halle "if you will come
with me I'll show you where you can find
bear The would-he sportsman stopped
short in his tracks, and ex-
claimed, "Mister, l don't know
that l have any particular grndge
against that bear; and if you will excuse
me don't think will accom- dany you to-
day" 1t is safe to say the bear was not
| disturbed.
Alphabetical Times: The Irish bark
| Countess of Dufferin, Doble master, left
Londonderry in ballast for Apalachicola,
| Nov. %, 1889, and arrived here ON April 5,
1890, requiring 133 days to make the trip
| At the end of three months she was not
fifty miles off the coast of Ireland. This
three months was a series of gales and
| calms. AT one time she was as far north as
Iceland. When she did get fair wind she
came through in thirJy-fve days. Long
ago this vessel was given up as lost, and a
new bark had been chartered to take her
cargo from this port. She win be loaded
by the Kimball Lumber Company, and will
60 back to Londonderry.
The gross receipts of the charity ball
given at the Ponce de Leon hotel at st.
Augustine on March Is for the benefit of
the Alicia hospital fund were LIB; ex-
penses S!S4 6S leaving a balance of $S2S 80
that has lie On turned over to the treasurer
of the trustees The hospital association
will give the trustees $4,000 this week. the
proceeds of the fair and other work during
the year, thus making nearly $1,000 toward
a fund. The trustees are extremely desir-
GUS of putting by certain amount each
year toward an endowment. There are
now eight patients in the hospital, some fol
whom the city pays, others the county, the
sum of 80 cents a day, while others are be-
ing supported by the trustees.
A palachfcola Times. On April the fish
ing smack Mary Antoine, Capt. Gus Olsen,
owned by Warren & Co. of Pensacola, was
wrecked in st. Joseph bay. She was of Is
tons burden, aad was light when she
struck. There were six men ami one boy
on her at the time of the accident, viz. :
Capt. Olsen, John Johnson, Andrew
Owens, Nels Hansen, Cherry Rich, l. Miller,
and Charles Holmes. Seeing that they
could do nothing to save the vessel. the
anchors were put out, and the men escaped
in dory, finally making their way to
Apalachlcola, where they could procure
food and communicate with the owners by
wire. Capt Olsen told the Times repre-
sentative that the vessel could be gotten off
with tug and barges, and he thought that
the owners would make the effort as soor
, | as nOssihe