The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-29

| the Florida Central and PeniDsular Kali
| road Company
Talbot's Island. near Fernandina. is IN
| der rigid quarantine for ten days. and four
| men are on guard. The infected wrecked
bark is also guarded by two men stationed
| at South End. A big yellow flag on the
| bark warns people away.
The handsomest building that has vet been
erected in Pensacola will be the First Bap-
/ fist church for which the excavation is now
i beng made on the lot at the corner of Pala-
| fox and LaRua streets. Several new resi-
dences are in course of erection in various
parts of the city.
On Marion grand jury the past week was
an old man SO years old who has been living
in Marion county since IL years old and who
lost an arm in the war, but who was never
on jury before, never in a court room be-
fore aud saw the inside of a Jail the past
week for the first time in his life.
o. NJ. Crosby, who has been in England
during the summer working in the interest
of Florida, returned Tuesday on the Clyde
ship Algonquin, accompanied by ten people
who will reside in Florida this winter.
They will locate at Avon Park. Among the
gentlemen are several prominent in finan-
cial affairs. who will prospect with view
to investing.
The steamer Progress, formerly of Savan-
nah, which has been bought by the Indian
River Steamboat Company, is lying at the
Merrill-Stevens Engineering Company's
wharf at Jacksonville, where her engines
will receive a thorough overhauling by T.
Murphy. The "Reminiscences Company
will repair her boiler and provide her with
new smokestacks.
j. r. MoIrvin Of North Gainesville has
about = COO Japan persimmon trees in full
bearing. He has just shipped fine specimens
OF the fruit to the genealogical department
at w ashington. His grove is undca otedly
the finest Japan persimmon grove III the
United States. In addition to this Mr. Nc
Irwin has hundreds OF trees OF other choice
varieties Of fruits, including oranges, pears,
Japan plrms, choice grapes, etc.
The steamer Scythia. Capt. Hamilton,
which left Pensacola Oct. II with the
| schooner barge E. b. Arnold, loaded with
coal. in tow. returned to Pensacola Saturday
| afternoon aud reported the barge lost off
the Cuban coast. The barge was over 500
! tors burthen, and belonged 20 the Export
! Coal Company Of Pensacola. IL is under
stood that the cargo Of coal was insured but
that the company had no insurance on the
| vessel.
Paul +. Canova, trAv cling salesman for
the Savannah Grocery Company, and Jo-
| seph Brooks of Wildwood left SumterviIle
| last week for Panasoffkee, driving one of
| w. A. Scott's horses. About a mile from
town one Of the shafts cane loose from the
buggy. causing the horse TO runaway,
striking the buggy against a stump and
throwing them both out and bruislug them
up seriously. They walked back into the
city aud secured conveyance TO the lake.
j. NJ. Alderman, manager OF the tele>
phone. exchange at Pensacola was arrested
Saturday afternoon at the instance of Tax
Collector DAlemberte, who made two af-
hdavits against him for doing business
without licenSe-one before County Judge
in int 81
county, and the other at the police station,
in the interest OF the city. Mr.. Alderman
gave bond in both cases. Fl. K elephant,
a lawyer, has been arrested on the same
charge.
Gainesville Sun: Mining certificate No.
l, for placer mining ground in Polk county,
near Barlow, was issued Monday to James
y. Hooker and Mrs. Ruby Blunt, admins
tratrlx, by the y nite3 States land Office in
this city. This is the first certificate of this
character ever issued in the state of Florida.
This marks the first advance Of Florida as
a mining state. The certificate was issued
to the above named parties by the land Of
nee through their attorneys, Lynch &
| Hampton. of this city. -.
| IL is stated that two changes will take
place at the First National Bank at St. Au-
gustine on Dec. /. George Alba, teller, and
| John Carr. collector, will resign. The
| places will be filled by Henry Gaillard, who
| will perform the duties OF teller as we'll as
| cashier, and George Dismukes, who is now
engaged in the bank. George Alba retires
to go into the drug business It is not
known what Mr.. Carr's future plans are
| He will remain there this winter, and in the
spring will probably accept position ten
dered him in the north.
Ocala NeW Capitol: The sale of 5000
acres Of rich phosphate lands in Levy and
Marion counties last Friday to a Chicago
| syndicate for $500, 900 was all the topic Sat-
urday The sale was consumnated through
the firm Of Stevens, Graham & Co., and the
| Chicago capitalists were represented by
| w. A. Bradford, Jr, a Chicago capitalist; ;
II. $. Merritt, a Chicago real estate man /;
! w. S. q. Graves of st. Paul; w. s. Craig
of Chicago; I. F. Rice, large mAnufact-
urer of Chicago; w. A. Strong of insurance
fame, Chicago. aud Gov. Osborne of Kan
sas. The new company will TO known as
the Chicago Florida Phosphate Company,
with headquarters in the above city and
Ocala. 1t is the intention OF the company
to commence mining operations at an early
| day,