The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-11

r~1li-oi 70 meet The estimated expsnd :
.u-s fl- tie fiscal year eadi Juae 50,
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I.isis,.matsi that The regime stal head
Q -ar. IS via 2. lin be transferred 10 St. Au-
El...1-. ami hat the United Sta,es bar
raezs M. @ rebuilt ard enlarged. Sec re-
-arv Pres r : eNUec-ed TO arrive soon, and
. ,-ie matter VIII psobabiy receive his consid-
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Jan 5oyds ssw-mil, situated two miles
7 S-uil OF Arcadia, burned to the ground last
+ Wta .sslay afternoon. The mill had been
RI N the morning, and it is supposed that
SPARKS from the furnace fell among the
/ shayings which We're used for firing aud
/ started the fire. There was no insurance.
/ Two ladies of Tavares, attired as Sisters
7 Of Mercy, created a sensation on the streets
or that city one evening last week. They
engaged q room at the OsceOla, but Land
I lord Abb1tt penetrated the veil of the most
blx1m Of the twain, aud q denouement
followed They were indeed sisters-in law.
An inte-estiu z aerial contest was wit
nessad at st. Augustine between al eagle
AID a FISH hawk. The fish hawk was being
pur u "a by the eagle, and in order to make
Its escape had to drop its burden, which
proved TO be large founder The fish fell
il a yard, and was taken in and a meal
made out of it.
a uA4teT lO6ueu WIFI from IU6
English mill at s.. Augustine. which was
taken out as a part OF the cargo of the
English bark Svavian, which is being
loaded outside Of bhe bar, went to pieces in
the breakers. The weather is very heavy,
and steam yacht is lying outside await
ing an opportunity to enter port.
Capt NJ P. Usina of Savannah has sold
his property at St Augustine to Mr. ellison,
who viii improve it. Mr.. ellison is now
endeavoring to interest other capitalists to
join IN the purchase in the entire property
on the point which is in the market and to
erect on the water front beautiful villas for
private residences Of the wealthy.
The prospects for bank in Arcadia
in very short time are good.
anthony Peters of Boston, Mass, and
his son, Frederick G. Peters, of Area
dis are having the plans drawn for hand
some building, and expect to be ready for
business within two months. They say
that they will have capital stock of $780,
000
George w. Hastings, president of the
Interlachen Winter Resort Company, is
draining 200 acres known as "grassy glade"
some two and half miles west of Inter
lachen. This glade is one vast deposit OF
decomposei vegetable matter, aud will
furnish probably the largest and best body
OF land for vegetable gardening in Putnam
county.
The st. Nicholas arrived at Fernandina
from Savannah at IL o'clock Friday night,
and among her passengers were j. CoulsdA,
Jr., of Savannah, and W. r. Harrison, en-
gineers under Assistant Engineer PareJ, in
charge Of the Cumberland Sound distric..
MIR. Paret will arrive in a few DAYS and
they will take the tidal observations. The
work will occupy them month or two.
The city government of Fern andina has
been reorganized by the election of Collector
of Customs w. A. Mahoney as mayor, and
Messrs. Lukenbill and Hubby as council
men from Ward No. 2 1t is not certain
that Mr.. Mahoney will accept the position
TO which he has been elected unless the
United States treasury department. decides
that he can do so without violating any of
the rules and regulations governing such
cases.
One OF the recent Jail breakers of Fer
nnandina has been recaptured. John Bowers
of Hilliard met Bob Wheeler on the rail-
| road track near billiard, and advised him
to get under the wood rack and hide until
| the train came. Wheeler took the advice
| and Bowers proceeded on to billiard and
informed Mr.. Davis. That Mr.. Davis was
| quite eager for the capture is certain, for
the fellow was i'll for breaking into and
| robbiEg his store. They went back and
| took him prisoner.
Fire was discovered in the rear of Hoyt
q Co. IS store at Gainesville Sunday morn
ing about o'clock, and before the fire
companies got to it and put it out 1t had
charred the door and window frame and
casing on the lower floor of Hoyt & Co. Is
| and of window on the second floor of
Lohmans, Mr.. Lohman's stock was con-
| siderably damaged by water. The fire is
supposed to be of incendiary origin. This
yard was full of boxes, barr els, and shay
ings, which blazed up quick y.