The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-01


Red clay is soon to be tried in Tampa as a
paving material.
Archdeacon Nelson Of Orange county has
removed TO Georgia.
The new residence for the Catholic priests
in Orlando is finished.
A gentleman al Lake Helen has shipped
1880 pounds Of honey this season.
A gentleman of Lakeland has, within the
past seven weeks, shipped 5000 grape fruit
J. Z. Hethcox has secured the contract
for carrying the mail from Paisley to
Brockton three times a week. The distance
is Az miles.
The name OF the Arthur postofflce in
Lake county has been changed to Brockton.
The change was made on account of getting
the name Archer up in Alachua COMPOUNDED
with that of Arthur.
While working at the hoists OF the phos-
phate works Thursday Burly Quail. a col
ored employee of the Peace River Pho phate
Company, was killed by the derrick fHlling
on him at the works.
The foundation wall for the now dorni4
tory Of the Stetson University at DeLaud
are well up. The site selected for the build.
ing was formally occupied by tine Graybill
house-the first frame house erected OF the
boulevard.
George W. Cause set his turtle net Thurs
day at Farpon Springs, and cspture1 por-
poise and eight turtles. The porpojse
measured nine feet and weighed 1913 pounds.
The net being loose, the large animal got
tangled and rolled up in IL aad was unable
to escape.
G. d. Schafer of Gainesville took with
him Wednesday on his trip north two speci-
mems of the sage palm, cycds reUoiuta,
grown in the gardens Of j. NJ Endel of that
a gill - 49,
house Of the Keystone Fire Company No.
OF Reading, Pa, Of which company Mr..
Schafer was formerly member.
The primaries for the selection of the va
rtous county officers and a member If the
legislature from Wakulle county on Satur-
day last resulted III the nomination OF Nat
K Walker for the House of Representa-
tives, john J. Harrell for clerk II the cir
cult court, w. w. Giles for county Judge
r, S. Smith for sheriff, Stephen r. Revell
for superintendent Of schools, r. b. Coun-
oil for tax collector, A. j. Tully for tax as.
SCISSOR and William C. Tully for county
treasurer.
Fire broke out in the Crawford block at
Arcadia Wednesday mornlng and de-
stroyed it. II was the most prominent
business block in the town, on the corner Of
Rsilroad avenue ana Main street. The
losses are: +. Marquis $500, L. D. NJ. Rob-
inson 500, J. W, Whidden 500, Thinner
man 500, J. II. Williams $3.50, the Craw-
ford estate $500 and s. NJ. Hawkins $500.
The fire is supposed to have. been of incen-
diary origin. This is in a crowded part of
the town, and it was feared that the entire
business portion would go. but favorable
wind and hard work saved the town.
On Wednesday last Galveston ouaran-
tined against Key West aud no more
freight or passengers from that port for Gal
weston will be- received aboard the Mallory
ships. The crew or none OF their passengers
are allowed to land there. This is said TO
have been brought about by report that a
Morgan ship running to Havana had carried
two cases of yellow fever into New Orleans.
But the facts are that the two cases were
on the Clinton, which does not run into
Havana at all, but goes 20 Vera Cruz. The
Equator Democrat says: So far no yellow
fever is known TO exist in Havana and
there IL certainly none in Key West.
Tampa Tribune: An old Cuban gentle
man who recently arrived here from Key
West, and is now filing the position Of
reader IN Emilio Pons' factory, by name
Ramon hoblera, ia one of the survivors Of
the historic Fry expedition on the flibuster-
ing steamer Vtrginius, which was captured
in 1873 by Spanish man-of-war, and the
commander, Capt. Joseph Fry, and thirty