The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-06

United States government made PROPOSE
ton 70 the city Of st. Augustine 90 present
20 ie the postoffice lot on certain conditions.
One of the conditions was that the streets
around the lot should be paved and be kept
In good condition, and the other was that
the offer should be accepted within six
months. Nearly five months have already
passed and nothing whatever toward the
acquisition Of shis extremely valuable piece
Of property has been done. The lot is
already paved on three sides, and the outlay
for the other side would be small, ana. be-
sides, would extend Cathedral street 10 Cor
dova. This lot is worth $4,000, and by the
outlay of a few hundreds il would become
the property of the citv
Palatka Herald: Tuesday, at Pember-
ton ferry, Robert Swanson, a fireman on
the South Florida rail way was bitten by q
rattlesnake while upon the banks Of the
Withlacoochee river Mr. Swanson lays
over in Pemberton all day, and during the
morning hours he suggested to a party Of
friends that they go TO the Withlac5chee for
a swim. A number of them agreed 10 this,
and upon reaching the rivers bank the un-
fortunate man was bitten, as above stated.
Parties Immediately telegraphed TO Lees
burg for quart of liquor, hoping that it
might reach the ferry In time to save his
life, but on inquiry we failed to learn
whether or not he was still alive. Mr..
Swanson Is a native of Atlanta, Ga, and
has a brother a conductor on the South
Florida road. His many friends wish him
a speedy recovery.
St. Augustine Democrat Speaking of
things in I'VE olden time reminds the writer
that very few people in st. Augustine know
that there was once shipyard in this city.
Yet such is the fact, and it was located just
north of the fort. 1t was a hobby of Capt.
Darius Allen, who in the year 1898 con-
structed a steamboat, which was successfully
launched and ran for time between st.
Augustine and points on the st. Johns
river The boat was afterward sent
to Cuba. The dimensions of the boat
are not recorded, but from the fact
that she was able TO make sea voyage to
Cuba, she must have been of tolerabIy
good size Capt Darius Allen, the builder,
is still alive and spending his last days at
Matanzas. James ". Allen, the present
county clerk, Daniel Allen and Edw. G. G.
Allen, all we'll known citizens, are his sons.
About year after the construction of the
steamer a schooner was built by gentle
man whose name we do not recollect just
at present. This vessel left for the south
ern coast, was capsized and never heard Of
afterward
Palatka Herald: Maj. Dade's command,
consisting of parts of companies from the
Second and Third regiments Of artillery,
and the Fourth regiment of infantry, was
massacred on Dec. %. 1885, on the
march from Tampa bay to Fort King. The
following are the names of the commits
stoned officers; Major, f. L. Dade, Fourth
infantry; captains, w. s. Fraser, Third ar
tillery, G. w. Gardner Second artillery;
first lieutenants, Constantine Smith, Second
artillery; second lieutenants, w. E. Basin
ger, Second artillery; r. R. Nudge, Third
artillery: l. l.. Keats, Third artillery:
r. Henderson. Second artillery; assist
ant surgeon, |. s. Gatlin, med
ical staff. The non-commissioued officers
consisted of eight sergeants and ten corpor-
ais, including the drummer, f1fer and art-
ticer. The number of privates killed was
seventy-eight The whole number consti-
tutipg the command was 112, including
teamsters and other attaches. Three SOL
diers made their escape and started for
Tampa The balance Of the comma and were
all killed. On Dec 81, 1885, Gen. d. L.
Clinch and his command buried the dead of
Maj. Dade's command, and two artificers
and three privates of Gen. Clinch's COM
YnaDd wa q killed