The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-15

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The cornerstone Of the new court house
will be laid on Dec. l6.
The tug Sorrento OF Pensacola has been
1 sold to A. Bluiner Of Mos Point Miss.
Around Starks great many oranges have
) been sold for IS cents per box on the trees.
The ice factory at Fernandina is ship
ping twenty-five tons Of ice 70 Cedar Key
every week.
The farmers alliance Of Florida has de-
termined TO ests blish state organ and 1t
will be located in Ocala.
S. p. Crews reports a fine twenty-pound
watermelon now rIDe at his place near
Starke and ready for the table.
G. ". Hyde of Gainesville will put up
two-story brick building on his lot on the
north side Of the square about Jan. /.
Lighthouse Keeper Suydam of Fernan-
dina has sent I'm his resignation, on account
Of growing infrmities after twenty years
service.
f. NJ. Rogers, who was last year chief
clerk at the Everett hotel, at Jacksonville,
has gone to Sanford. where he will prepare
the Brock house for winter opening under
his management
The Nassau Packing Company COM
menced operations Monday. Accommoda-
lions for the shuckers are not vet ready.
but the company is preparing tents, etc,
and expects to soon have large force at
WORK.
At ST. Augustine Judge Young has re-
ferred the case OF Judge c. b. Bucknor,
charged with coInpounding a felony, to
Gov. Fleming. who will consider the testi-
mony and render decision in the near
future.
Fernandina Mirror: Savannah is to have
new afternoon paper, the first number of
which will probably be issued early next
week. Pleas ant A. Stovall Of the Augusta
Chronicle Is the editor and the Robinson
printing house the publishers Savannah
affords an excellent field for good after
noon paper, but when one wants reliable
morning newspaper from that city the
NEWS always fills the bill, and there Is no
room for any other.
The Electric Light and Power Company
OF ternandina made q settlement in full
with the Thomson Houston Company
Thursday. which liqlidates all claims of the
manufacturers against the electric light
. plant in Fernandina and leaves it solely in
the hands of the stockholders. Having freed
themselves from this debt, the company
contemplates an enlargement and improve
ment of the plant by the addition Of 400
incandescent dynamo.
Fernandina Ne,os: w. NJ. Payson of
Boston has been here TO record deed to
S,240 acres OF land in Nassau county in
favor OF John q. Cooms, Boston lawyer.
This land was originally decided by the
Florida Southern TO James L. Gates Of Bos-
ton. who mortgaged 1t, and it has finally
passed TO the present owner along with 49,
2lO acres In the counties OF Columlda,
Baker, Duval and Bradford. 1t is possible
that these lands, which are timber lands,
will be developed and a mill, or at least a
wharf, be established at Fernandina.
Thus far since his arrival at st. Lucie
Senator Quay has had fair luck at tarpon
fishing On Nov. Z he caught three, as fol-
lows: No. l, feet in length, 80 pounds
weight; No. 2, AZ feet in length, As pounds
weight; No. 3, 81 feet in length, 81 pounds
weight. On the following day, Sunday,
Nov. s, the senator's fishing score was as
follows: No 4, 616 feet in length, $50 pounds
weight; No. 5, SO feet in length, IS pounds
weight. While the senator's largest and
heaviest catch was on Sunday, he does not
think that the day had anything to do
with it
st. Augustine Neios: Benjamin P. Cal
houn, attorney for the St Augustine Street
Railway Company, arrived here from
falatka on Monday and submitted TO
Mayor Pinkham the bond of the company.
Tuesday morning the mayor carefully com
pared the bond with the street railway
ordinance and found that In one or two in
stances, principally as to the route. q
det ais did not correspond. The mayor i'm
halney. The doctor says that the mistakes
are of minor Importance and he feels sure
that the council will, at his request, take
necessary action to overcome the difficulty
Tampa Tribune: Work has commenced
at the Tampa Bay hotel on a NUM-
| Der or improvements which Mr.. Plant d.
sires to have made before that great hos
terry is thrown open to the public. large
force OF brickmasons, carpenters and UNI
| ~ l.
| morning, and the improvements contem-
plated will be pushed to early completion.
] number of improvements will be made in
the dining-room, billiard room and bar.
while the plumbing work on the basement
and on the first floor will be increased This
work will be done under the supervision of
J. A. Wood, the architect who designed the
hotel.
Titusville Star: Senator Matt Quay and
ex-senator Malone of Virginia and their
party of friends arrived here on Senator
Quay's car Nimrod last Friday night en-
route TO st. Lucie to spend two or three
weeks. Senator Quay refuses to talk poll
tics, aud says he came to Florida to fish.
ex-senator Malone expressed himself here
that the recent election had decided one
thlng, and that was the democratic nomi-
nees would be Cleveland and Boies for the
| presidential contest. Senator Quay is look
| ing tagged out and not near so we'll as when
| in Florida last year. The balance of the
party was made up of Dick Quay. the sena-
tors son; Capt Fl. NJ. Donnhue of Beaver
Pa; u. a. Montooth of Petersburg; Wll-
lam II. Andrews, ex>chairman of the Penn
sylvania republican state committee. and
! several Others.
Wednesday night disastrous fire broke
out in the Anderson block at Homeland, six
miles north OF Fort Meade. About mid
night the occupants of the building, Kill
loup Bros. and Mrs. Bunting. were aroused
by the glare of the flames and had only Just
time to make their escape by ladders
placed by neighbors against the windows,
the staircase being already wrapped in
flames. The fire made such rapid head way
that all hope of saving the building was
soon abandoned and the efforts Of all were
devoted to an endeavor to save as mu sh
as possible OF the contents of the doomed
building. Even these attempts had soon to
be abandoned on account of the intense
heat 1t did not take long to reduce the
whole to blazing pile in which the grocery
and dry goods store, run by the Killoup
Bros. was completely destroyed 1t is
stated that the loss is only partially covered
by insurance. Great sympathy is felt for
the victims Of the fire. especially for Judge
Anderson, the owner Of the block, as it is
but four months since his phosphate works
| at Homeland were DESTROYED