The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-07
PENSACOLA POINTERS.
-oADE HELPED BY THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINS.

prxsAcoLA, FLA. May 6.-The recent
,oins throughout this section have been a
at blessing to all branches of trade and
s,,siness. Crops have been revived, and
soirIv GOOD Weld of cotton, oats. corn, etc,
: now assured The rivsfs and creeks,
'-hjcb had been too low for rafting pur-
SOS for some time, have been raised to
f,ob an extent as TO allow the floating of
-. and timber with little difficulty. This
zen ND the work Of loading vessels in the
bay
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
Now that the custom house muddle has
.oor settled, aud Mlzell has received the
sonointment as collector of this port, there
& no little gossip In political quarters as
20 rbo will secure the 'fatn positions within
his gift. Had one of the Pensacola
ssnirants received the appointment it was
an understood matter who would
Ell the various positions, but the appoint
ment of nonresident has knocked all the
homes of the various aspirants into cooked
bot Il is generally believed, however, that
s'true and tried republicans will be i'm
rortpd from East and South Florida to fill
The more important and lucrative posi-
tons.
THE DEFEATED CANDIDATES.
The defeated candidates have accepted
the situation with as much grace as posi-
HE Tarble is giving his undivided atten-
tion to the operation of his livery stable.
Horsler admits that he knows more about
tie ship chambers business than he does
about politics. Wells and Callahan are
still in Washington, the former having been
In that city since the day Harrison was in
ed NnI1 lC col hc-
been smitten with the charms of beautiful
Young widow at the national capital, and is
reported as having declared that ne would
never return to Pensacola without his COM
mission as collector or the aforesaid young
widow. Now that the former has been
placed beyond his reach, there is nothing
left for him but to muster all his forces to-
gether and win the latter
The present incumbent of the custom
house, Gen. Stephen A. Moreno, and his
subordinates, have already been casting
about for new fields of labor. Not one of
the employees has the least idea of retaining
position under the new appointee.
a CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
A communication from Col. w. D. Chip
lev, addressed to the Escambia county sub
scribers to the fund for erecting monu-
ment at Tallahassee to the memory Of the
confederate dead Of Florida, and which fund
was held by ex- Gov. Gen. E. A. Perry dur
ing his lifetime. to the effect that Mrs Perry
be requested not to relinquish the fund, but
that she associate several other ladies with
herself and that they be requested to secure
plans for the erection of a granite pile
more enduring than marble-at final cost
not to exceed 81 800, to be erected in the
center of R. E. Lee square, in front of pub;
lie school building No. l, in this city,
and also that a special slab be provided to
the memory of Gen. Perry, who made the
erection of the monument possibility, has
been unanimously Endorsed by the Escambia
county subscribers, a majority OF whom
have proffered more aid if neces-
sary to carry the project TO a sue
cessful termination. Other subscribers to
the fund residing in Columbia, Suwannee
Santa Rosa and Putnam counties are to be
communicated with on the subject, and it is
thought that not single objection will be
raised to the proposition. The fund now
amounts to over $1,000, and it Will require
a very small effort on the part of the vet
Grams TO raise the remaining amount neces-
sary.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS.
In democratic political fields there seems
to be growing opposition to the renomina-
ton of R. h. NJ. Davidson. This opposition
is based upon the fact that Mr.. Davidson has
been continuously honored with the posi-
ton since 1S76-nearly fourteen years. Mr..
Davidson has host of friends in the district,
and it will be no easy task to- find man
with weight enough to secure his defeat.
1t has been intimated that Mr.. Davidson
did not desire a reelection, and would. at
the proper time, so notify his constituents
in order. that they might cast about for his
successor, but it is not definitely known
whether this statement be true or not.
PENsACoLA's VISITORS.
Among the prominent visitors to Pensa-
cola during last week were ex-congressman
Charles Dougherty of Volusia county, in
the Second district, and Capt. j. B. John
son of Dade county, editor and proprietor
of the PdSco County Democrat. Dougherty
has many friends in this city who would
not regret to see him sent to the United
States Senate.
Capt. johnson, who is as gifted an orator
as he is a writer, will accompany Col. W.
D. Chipley in the latter's canvass of the
state against the reelection OF Senator Call,
which will be inaugurated at Fort Myers
on the 18th inst.
The city commissioners have received
Dill of lading for the new patrol wagon,
which was shipped from New York via
Savannah by steamer, and will probably
reach Pensacola in week.
MAJ. .. N. an Hraag, the protector Oh
the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget
Sound railroad, which is proposed to run
from Pensacola to some point on the Mis-
slssppi river. is in the city on business con-
neeted with that enterprise. The Major
informs the News correspondent that all
mules, tents, ETC., necessary have been pur-
chased, and that grading viii begin early
next week at Demopolis, Ala, coming in the
direction of Pensacola. Maj. Van Praag
has secured large donations of land and
money in every county in Alabama through
which the road is projected, and is receiving
every encouragement, moral and material,
That could possibly he asked for. The pro-
Jected line runs through immense coal, iron,
oehre and other mineral fields in Alabama,
and through millions of acres of virgin pine
forests in this state, as well as Alabama and
mississippi. New York and London CAPT
tsilsts are said to be backing Maj. Van
Fraag, and it is thought that Pensacola will
nave new railroad within another year.
ENGLISH CAPITAL.
1t is learned that another English syndi-
cate has designing eye on Pensacola and
West Florida mills, and that options have
already been secured on large number OF
Saw-mills in this section. Other options
= are being sought after. In fact the English
men want all the mills, and it seems that
al the mills they are determined to have.
An appraiser is presently engaged in max
ing tour of inspection Of the mills that are
secured by option, and it is quite probable
mat large number of the mills will soon
pass into the hands of the syndicate.