The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-21
FLORIDA.

Pomona has just finished aud opened
school building and public hall.
The st. James hotel at Jacksonville closed
yesterday. Its arrivals foot up about 9, 800.
Capt. J. N. Hazlehurst has sent in his
resignation as captain of the st. Augustine
Guards. Pressure Of business compels him
to resign.
During the absence in the great West of
Philip Walter, the duties of clerk OF the
United States court at Jacksonville will be
filed by John S. briggs.
A man, who rifed bedroom at the con-
vent at Fernandina day or two ago, be-
sides $l4 in cash, got away with a gold
ring and q rolled gold chain.
The Ponce de Leon hotel at ST. Augustine
closed its doors Sunday so as to enable the
help to go north on the S14 train, which
left there yesterday morning.
J. C. Holtzclaw, who has a large truck
garden at Gee Hammock, near Oviedo,
commenced shipping Irish potatoes the past
week. He expects to get couple of hun
dred bushels.
A petition was forwarded to the legisla-
ture from Lakeland on Wednesday with the
signatures of numerous voters, asking our
representatives to support Hon. W. D.
Bloxham for United States senator.
Sunday as r. O. Park of Lakeland was
u
was met by large bear near Wire Lake,
within quarter of a mile Of the depot, the
animal scampering away in the woods.
If the extensive alterations and additions
are made on the Alcazar hotel at st. Angus
tine this season they will, in all probability,
necessitate its closing about May l, in order
to get the hotel in shape for its opining in
October.
Fernandina Mirror: Another new en-
terprise will shortly be inaugurated in Mas
sau county. The machinery of the saw~mill
at Germantown, Ga, arrived here by
lighter last night, en- route to the new town
of lnglehame, where IL will be put into
operation, by MeSsrs l.. "a. Davis & Bro.
as soon as possible.
Fernandina NetUS: An old gentleman
who went north on the State of Texas says
there is gold and silver ore in the Tallahas-
see country. He is familiar with the min
Ing regions of the west, and says the soil in
the hills about Tallahassee Is of the same
character as in the western mining regions.
Recently while on the streets of Tallahas-
see he picked up a stone that had dropped
from passing cart which was hauling dirt
from some of the surrounding hills to fill
depression in one of the city streets. He
took 1t to his room, washed it and broke it
open with hammer and his suspicious
that it was silver ore were verified. He
miners got to nosing among those hills they
would find something worth having.
News reached Jacksonville late Saturday
night of the destructive fire at Middeburg,
in which eleven houses we're burned. The
wind was 30 high that nothing could be
done to stop the flames. The loss is about
$4,000, with no insurance Fairhead's
mill had narrow escape. All OF the quar-
tiers around the building and some OF the
lumber were burned. There was no insur-
ance on the buildings and lumber Two of
the houses belonged to Messrs. WILLY and
Parneli, and nothing was saved from them.
Mr. Parnell was away from home at the
time, and Mrs. Parnell, who was in the
upper story of the house, could not make
her escape. Les Hoffman came to the res
cue with ladder, and by this means got
into the house and soop appeared, assisting
the lady from a window. Both reached the
ground in safety, though Mrs. Parnell was
very much frightened