The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-12
FLORIDA.

Ocala is to have big alliance rally the
first week In October.
Puuta Gorda fishermen are shipping a
carload of fish per day.
A Palatka lady who is spending a few
weeks at Anastasia Island recently capt
ured l5~pound sea bass.
The Amber and Williston railroad has
passed into the control of the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular Railro ad Company.
A bridge company has been incorporated
at New Smyrna, and it IS proposed to bridge
the Hillsboro. The books are open for SUBJ
scriptions to the stock.
A tarpon weighing 10 pounds was capt
ured in the Matanzas river Thursday by A.
J. Kolb and }. W. Traver. The fisn is the
largest ever landed in the waters about st.
Augustine.
Maj. c. D. Shepherd and N. L. Mills
closed deal, Wednesday, with N. G. Mot
ley for his place in the northwest part Of
Orlando. Tie purchaser is Maj. Fits Of
Birmingham. The price paid is 10000.
Maj Fits will make his new purchase his
home.
There is a project ON foot to form a COM
pany on the Halifax and Indian rivers to
build 400 ton steam sloop drawing eight
feet OF water, to run between points on these
rivers ard New York, carrying freight, pas
sengers, etc. 1t would cost s24,O 900, and
$4,000 of the amount is pledged north of
New Smyrna.
Regime de Castro Palorisio, 9 Cuban who
resides near Ocala, on the old Glasgow
Smith place, planted one acre in tobacco
last May. The frst of this month he gath
cred the tobacco from this acre, between
800 and 700 pounds, which, he says, is worth
from 50 to. 70 cents per pound, and can be
used either ns filters or wrappers in forty
days.
Gainesville Sun: Samuel Thomas, brother
Of DR.. 7. p. and Maj. W. r. Tho mas, has
| purchased an interest in ths Brunswick,
| Ca Daily Times. Rev. AcCook, brother
! in-law OF tbs gentlemen mentioned, is edi-
tor Of this paper and hsz also purchased an
interest In it. Sam accepts at the time
a position on tie pA2er, paying him s65 per
month.
Pensacola exporters have already begun
charteriug for the winter trade. A local
ever, has as yet done moth
| Ing In that lice. was notified in one
days mail recently of the engagement of
nine vessels, Of more than 900 tons each,
for timber and lumber cargoes out of PEN
saoola-
The schooner E. v. Glover. with 2O5 500
feet Of lumber, valued at 80, 435 70, cleared
from Jacksonville. Wednesday, for San
Domingo city, San Domingo. This is the
first cargo OF lumber shipped from Florids
| under the new treaty between the United
States and San Domingo, which went into
effect on Sept. l. Consequently there is nc
| duty collectable on the cargo.
| Al Pensacola Wednesday Charles st.
| George, a white man, had Lou Thomas, q
colorsd woman, arrested for the larceny OF
his watch. After the woman had been
| jailed st. George returned to his room
where he found the watch In a pocket OF
one Of his coats. He reported the fact at
| the station, and the woman was at once
discharged from custody. 1t was not O
blessing that she gave her accuser when she
| left her cell.
The Barlow Courier I'M oTmdnt says F.
| III. Stransbrough, one of the prominent
phosphate brokers Of that city, has about
closed a contract with largo European
phosphate company to furnish them 20.0OL
tons of hard rock per annum. The pebble
is in such great demand, ard is usually sold
in advance, so that for immediate orders
brokers must devote themselves to hard
rock at present. Mr.. Stransbrough ha:
been very successful in the brokerage bust
ness, and has placed some large orders fol-
phosphate.
E. I. Tillotson of Jacksonville writes al
follows: | notice an extract from the New
York Slssl to the effect that no man haC
ever seen or knew whether cells lay eggs or
not. l have two sons, now II and 10 year,
OF age respectively, who In August, 1888
were digging out an otter which they were
trying to get and finally did. In some way
while they were tramping and digging
they discovered an eel which was then Il
the act OF laying her eggs. They say tht
eggs were about the size of a large garden
pea. She was laying them in the boggy
mud near the Greenfield creek, on our
place, in Duval county, Florida
The vacant store building, at Brooksville
belonging 10 c. KeathIey OF that place, anc
Il. Myers & Bros of Savannah, was dis.
covered to be on fire Wednesday night.
The fire was evidently Of incerdiary orig n
as the window In the second story had beer
covered with board and the walls satl
rated with kerosene. The room was tightly
fastened 20 that no one on tho outside could
sec the blaze until II had obtained a good
Roadway, but there being no draft the fir,
burned slowly. The building ia situated or
the south side Of the oour. house square
and had the wind been from the southeast
the entire Main street would have been
swept by the flames As 1t vas very littl,
damage was done.