The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-29
FLORIDA.

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FLORIDA
The lumber for the building OF the
Braidentown Baptist church is expected to
arrive within the next few days.
There is a notable decrease in the death
rate in jacksonville in August as compared
with July. Up TO Aug. 81 the deaths
numbered A; in July the deaths up to the
9Th were 65.
Hon. John F. Dunn has purchased the
vacant lot in rear Of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank at Ocala, and will, during the
coming winter, erect on same 100000
building, TO be known as the OcalA Rifles
| block. A handsome armory will be fitted
up in the same for the Rifles.
Palatka Herald: The cannon ball =" on
the Florida Southern. is fixture. Hereto
| fore it has been pulled off by May l. Supt.
| Denham informs US that the business has
| ke0t up splendldly on this run. This IL one
of many things instituted By Capt. Den
ham that has proved beneficial TO the
| Florida Southern.
Gum & SeckinEer Of Tampa report very
quick time in freight over the Louisville
aud Nashville and Florida Central and
Peninsular roads. A carload Of potatoes
shipped from Columbia, Tenn, on Aug. II
arrived on Aug. 10, and was discharged at
| tAciE HdTeupuo6 On ITllhJ aux. ~ tsE = u
N. 1t would be pretty hard to beat that
time and we take pleasure in noting it.
Mayor Robinson of Jacksonville has ad-
dressed a communication 20 the city council
suggesting that an ordnance be prepared
with the following provisions: In case OF
fires between the hours OF O'Clock Q. N.
and 6 O'Clock q. N. all places retailing
liquors, located within two blocks Of such
fire, shall close at the time the alarm is an
| T,cprnaH ~ IL, alrpa1 4S
nounced by the fire department that the fire
is out.
The Melrose and Gulf Railroad Company
Will commence work on its new extension
to Hawthorne, Micanopy and Dunellon at
an early date From the latter place IL will
be built to soms point on the Gulf Of
Mexico. Mortimer Murphy will prepare a
paper on the advantages of the route to
| Anclote, as the company can find harbor
there or continue TO s.. Petersburg, where
twenty-oue feet Of water can be obtained at
mean low tide.
Levy Times Democrat: W. |. Vsson
writing private letter from Tallahassee to
| j. NJ. Barco, says that his life was saved by
being at our alliance picnic Thursday last
| About 4 O'Clock on that day, and while be
was addressing the audience on Jacksons
island. lightning struck his office in Talla-
hassee. and the very chair he would in all
probability have been occupying, had he
not accepted the invitation to be with us,
was torn to pieces at his desk.
The import receipts at the Key West
custom house Monday aggregated come
thing over So, 200. These are the largest re-
ceipts at that port for any day since ian.
81 last, when they amounted to 1882 %
and from that day they have Continued Il
decline till few days ego. The custom
house reports for the past two weeks. how.
ever, show that the receipts are gradually
but slowly increasing and it is expected
that this week they will reach about Sl5,-
900, and continue TO increase weekly till
they average from 1000 to S25, 900 per
week.
Key West EquatOr-Democrdt We have
been reliably Informed that Julian Onti-
veros. one Of the prescribed outlaws who
was sent away from this island some time
back by the committee" and who returned
few days later, now asserts that he is a
man and will not leave Key West as long as
there is a drop of blood remaining in his
veins; that he is prepared assisted by those
OF his friends whose names appeared in
these columns in bis letter yesterday 20
meet force with force, and will resist all
forcible efforts to make him leave Key
West"
The sponge company recently chartered
ct Tallahassee will have its operating
headquarters at Anclote, aud ship its pro-
ducts mainly TO Chicago and other western
cities. A very large number of the cap
tains who have heretofore sold their "catch''
at Key West, will now dispose Of them at
Anclote, and thereby save the expense and
delay Of going 10 Key West to find mar
ket. 1t is reported that a number OF houses
for the use Of the crews Of these vessels will
be built at Anclote Point before long, and
the sponge industry developed to its fullest
extent.
Work has been begun on the addition to
the Stratton ice works at Pensacola. The
building is located across the railroad side
track from the main building, and Wal be
60 feet square and "a feet 10 hight The
sides will be of corrugated iron, and it will
be used chiefly as the bath department OF
the factory. The baths OF the old machine
will be moved 10 the new building and a
25-ton Seratton ice machine placed in the
old building. thus increasing the capacity
Of the factory TO sixty-fve tons, making il
the largest factory in the state. The i'm
provement has been necessitated on account
of the increased demand for ice. Under.
meath the addition will be several storage
vaults with a capacity for storing l, 200 tons
of ice. The work will be completed il
about three months.