The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-24

east coast this summer has been enormous.
and still more pineapple land is being rapid
ly bought and cleared.
Pensacola and Jacksonville each have two
companies OF infantry and one Of artillery.
There lie only one company in each OF the
other towns OF the state.
The Gem City Guards Of Palatka will
present fine appearance at the camp, as
they have been drilling hard and are well
up in tactics and field movements.
Saturday night two negroes at Stanton
got into an alter cation, when Win Teller
struck Jimeson over the head as he came
out of store. DIR. Myers says that he is
likely to die.
William MCGUIRE, who works in Skin
ner's mill at Escambia, had his left hand so
badly crushed Friday that DIR. II. L. Simp-
son was called and found that amputation
was necessary.
The Tampa Street Railway and Power
Company has had its poles painted black
with a white band aud tho Tampa Electrical
Illuminating Company is having its poles
painted red with white band.
A Cuban democratic club has been organs
lied in Ybor City with over 100 members.
Coyetano G. Valdez Is president OF the club,
aud is doing some good work for the party
among the people of the Fourth ward.
William Lambert, young white man,
was arrested at his home about ten miles
north of Tampa, Sunday, by Deputy Sheriff
Spencer, on the charge of assaulting Jean
Strickland, a white girl about l6 years of
age.
The rains last week were the most dis
astrous ever known in Jefferson county.
Thousand OF dollars worth of damage was
done to the growing crops, the roads made
impossible in many sections OF the county,
aud a number of mill dams were destroyed.
DIR. Porter, state health officer, sent word
to Mr.. Henderson, president OF the state
board OF health, Saturday, that all the yell
low fever patients on the schooner Eva
Douglass, In quarantine, have recovered,
and no now regards the danger as all past
Mir. Merchant OF New Smyrna last week
caught a shark near Jupiter Inlet which
measured twelve feet in length and was large
enough 10 swallow a man. The mouth
measured l2xl6 inches across. The
rows Of teeth we're like those Of a crescent
saw.
A rumor is current at Orlando that Ger
tain parties have put up forfeit with the
present owners to insure the purchase OF the
Charleston house and adjacent property g,
for the erection of large hotel this fall.
1t 10 said that contractor is about to pre-
pare plans and estimates for the building.
The strike in Emilio Pons q Co.'S cigar
factory at Tampa was settled Saturday and
all the men returned to work this morning,
the manufacturers granting all the demands
Of the operatives, which we're that the
factory be opened earlier, that better ma
terial he used and that higher prices be
paid on certain brands.
Fernandina Mirror: Messrs Mahoney &
Borden are turning out large quantities OF
shingles at their factory. Thirtysthree
hands are now kept busy operating the
different machines. They are now turning
out about 900 shingles per day, besides
they keep from fifteen to twenty hands
busy unloading blocks and loading shingles
on 10 schooners and lighters. They consume
about 400 blocks per day. They contemplate
building a dock to deep water in order to
load vessels direct from their mill.