The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-13
FLORIDA.

The Brooksville Methodists are getting
the brick on the ground for their new
church.
The city council of Ocala has recon-
mended the purchase of hose, uniforms and
reel for the fire department,
The fishermen at Mayport are making
preparations TO capture the tarpon or silver
king that are daily seen in that vicinity.
The owners of the Mohawk block, the
Carleton hotel and John Clark of Jackson
vile contemplate uniting in sinking an
artesian well to supply their buildings with
water.
Mr. Jennes, the land agent for the Orange
Belt Investment Company, is soon to build
dozen cottages at st. Petersburg for the
accommodation of winter tourists and sum
mer healtn-seekers.
William Cosgrove, bay laborer, fell
through the hatchway of a vessel, Satur-
day, and broke two Of his ribs besides sus-
tanning other severe internal and external
injuries. The fall will not prove fatal.
Market street, between Bay street and
the river, at Jacksonville, will soon be the
solidest and most durable section in the
city. 1t is being filed In with iron, brick
stone and sand, hammered down and pressed
| in.
Probably the largest schooner that ever
| entered the port of Pensacola is now lying
at the quarantine station. 1t is the Ala
bama, Capt Van Cleaf, Of !, 1892 tons, from
Havana aud consigned to the Export Coal
| Company.
A. S. Chalker of Middleburg. Clay county,
who mysteriously disappeared about a
month ago, has at last been heard from. He
is in Texas, near Houston, and contemplstes
locating there, where he will be Joined by
his family as soon as possible.
The two saw-mills at st. Petersburg are
running on full time yet they cannot sup
ply the demand for lumber. Want of lum-
Der keeps back a building boom, but as the
demand always creates the supply there is
hope TOR lively bulldog in st. Petersburg.
Fernandina Mirror: The sergeant in
charge Of Fort Clinch has orders to ship. by
the steamship City of st. Augustine,
twenty-five barrels OF the old powder stored
there. The powder was put up in 1861
and was stored in the fort in 1867. IL will
be sent to Fort Treble. Me.
Apalachicola Times: Saturday afternoon
rather serious affray occurred among
some of the employees of the Cypress Lum-
Der Company, In which James Austin
stabbed Mango Huber. At first it was
thought that Huber was seriously cut. bat
his friends are now glad that his wounds are
not Of q serious character.
J. Hovey Bell, curator of the museum Of
the Florida Society for Scientific Research,
shipped Monday large box Of snakes tC
the Canadian Scientific Society. Tie box
contained moccasins and rattlesnakes. One
of the rattlers " as q very large one and the
fiercess snake that has ever been in the mu-
scum. Great care had 10 be taken In pack.
ing them.
The ice factory at st. Petersburg that has
stood still for over six months is to start up
next week. The five-inch piping that is to
bring the water supply from the reservoir
lake. Is being rapidly put down with a fall
of fifty feet. The water will come down to
the factory with great force. This water
supply will soon be used by the steamers
that touch at the pier.
The Orange Belt Railway Company is
spending q large sum of money improving
| its wharf at St. Petersburg. The pile
| driver of Cooper Bros. is putting down
about fifty piles day, aud soon one can
walk one and quarter miles ere reaching
the pier head, where q depot Of twenty-four