The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-27

Col. F. L. Dancy. a living advertisement
Of Florida, is in Palatka. Although S5
years OLD, he has never had case Of bilious
| fever, chill or spell of sickness, and still
| enjoys excellent health.
n. L. Langford of Fort Myers has pur-
chased L. G. Thorp's place up the Caloosa-
hatchee, and sold TO George r. Shultz If
Punta Rassa his town property. Mr..
Langford moved to his new purchase last
/ week.
The Peace River Phosphate Company ct
| Arcadia received their new driving ma
chinery last week. It drives twenty tons
of phosphate rock per- hour. They expect
soon to add largely to their present ma
chinery.
The barn at the Asylum for the Insane at
Chattahoochee was destroyed by fire at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon. 1t contained
about thirty bales of hay, 800 pounds If
fodder, wagon bodies, and other small items
all total loss.
A wood rack caught on fire between
Altamonte aud Longwood about O'Clock
Saturday night, burning about dozen ties
on the South Florida railroad. They were
quickly replaced by the section boss, how
ever, and no trains delayed.
A disturbance occurred in Allen & Jones'
| (colored) saloon at Orlando Saturday, term
mating by a young negro named John
Bailey having his head badly cut with a
mallet in the hands of Jack Allen, one Of
the proprietors of the saloon.
The woods caught fire near Mr.. Ybor's
residence in Y Dor City, Saturday The
fire consumed two unoccupied houses. The
fire company in Ybor City were called out,
and but for their timely assistance much
more damage would have been done.
C. C. Wright of New Augustine has pur-
chased lot next to Mansons branch bakery,
aud Saturday morning workmen broke
ground for a two-story building. He will
occupy the first floor for his grocery and
post0ffice and the upper floor will be used as
a residence
A. Renaker, proprietor of the Avenue
house of Orlando, has presented the South
Florida railroad passenger depot in that
city with two fine banana plants, set in
large tubs, which will add much to the at
Effectiveness of the building, and be greatly
admired by travellers.
Work has commenced on two cottages on
the North Beach just south of the pavilion
at st. Augustine. They are being built
for the railroad company by
the st. Augustine Improvement Company.
One of them will be occupied by Manager
Hazelhurst and his family.
1t was rumored at ST. Augustine Satur-
day that work on the city building was to
be suspended, but there was no foundation
for it. MIR. Mcclure informed reporter
that there were about a hundred men at
work on the building, and that it would re-
quire five or six months to finish it.
The appointment of Dennis Burns to the
harbor-mastership at Pensacola creates a
vacancy in the board Of pilot commission
ers, to be filed by gubernatorial appoint
ment. Thus far but one gentleman, Capt
j. E. O'Brien, has been spoken of in connec-
ton with the place. Capt. O'Brien is bar
pilot.
E. b. Cornell, patentee Of the National
Gas Fuel Company, and Isaac Morgan, of
Philadelphia, Pa, are In Kissimmee for the
purpose of making still further investments.
They have purchased Kinsman's plantation
at Southport, consisting of ], 290 acres, and
will conduct it in the future as truck
farm.
Comment was made on the attire of
Chinese laundryman of Fernandina as he
walked down Center street Friday, with
shirt-in true Chinese misunderstanding
loosely over his blue overalls. As the Chi
naman passed an officer he was stopped and
warned against making his appearance on
the street again in such dress.
The boat Osceola, while on its way to the
English mills logging camp, near Matan-
zas, with large supply of provisions, ETC.,
for the men, foundered In the river Satur-
day, about ten miles south of st. Augustine.
Luckily boat was passing at the time and
rescued the crew, aud took them back to
town. All the goods on board were lost or
destroyed and the crew had narrow es-
CAPE
James Sweet. very honest and respecta-
BILE negro living near Chattahoochee, instead
of attending the jubilee on May 30, re-
manned at home to work and let ali his
family 60 to the freedom picnic. When
they returned, late in the afternoon, they
found him lying dead in the yard, where he
had fallen from what they suppose was an
attack of cramp collie, to which he was
subject.