The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-10

winter in Fort Myers. They viii occupy
/ Prof. Edison's cottage.
John p Morrison, formerly superintend-
! emit of the electrical department Of the
/ Tampa Street Railway and Power Com
/ pany will leave in a few days for the north
90 take position of constructing engineer
I for a railway company.
Two colsred children, one boy, son of
Ben Morgan, and one girl, daughter of Lucy
! Griffin, were badly burned at Gainesville
Saturday night The boys clothes caught
from a coal stove over which he was stand
ing and the girls from the fireplace.
George B. Cellon and L. X Woods Of
Gainesville have contracted with Dollar
Bros & Wilson, prominent business men Of
Mobile, Ala, for the phosphate from their
soft rock deposits on the Savannah, Florida
and Western, ten miles north of Gaines
vile. Dollar Bros. 81 Wilson are putting
in a large plant on this property for the
manufacture of their produos into high
grade fertilizer.
1t is the intention Of the Plant company
10 eroct another magnificent hotel the COM
ing summer and have it ready for the next
seasons tourist traffic. 1t has not been
positively decided yet whether the building
will be- erected at Tampa, Key West or
Cuba, but it ia probable that 1t viii be built
at Tampa II 80 it will be- a smaller and
less pretentious building than the Tampa
Bay-about a SO and 81 a day house.
The saw and planning mill belonging 10
p. de Bogory was burned at Geneva last
Friday at noon. The fire was first discov-
cred in the roof while the mill was stopped
for the dinner hour. 1t is supposed TO have
caught from a spark from the smoke stack.
By the time help arrived 1t was too late to
save any of the fixtures. There we're about
8 900 feet Of lumber in the yard, only
a small portion of which was saved. The
.,,9n ,.,1R -rks 80.
besides the loss in lumber. There was no
insurance.
DR.. Thomas Otto has a new acquisition TO
his menagerie at Key West which is attract
ing much attention. 1t is jutia, a species
of West Indian wood rat, which compar-
advely few Americans have ever seen. It
Is about the size OF a large opossum. and
with she exception of the tail, which after
tina nature Of its congeners is bare, is COW
cred with coarse dark hair. The little ami
NAL IS quite tame and fond of being caressed.
The flesh OF the jutia is esteemed as a deli
cacy by the people in the regions where it
abouEds and was one Of the chief sources Of
food for the Cuban soldiers during the war
with Spain after the cattle were destroyed.
A scene peculiar to Key West is the
throng OF small negro boys who may be
seen any sunny afternoon on South beach
padding around the rocks in search of I'M
wary oonchs which venture too close TO the
shore. When pickaninny catches sight of
the quarry be swoops upon him like hawk
aud rarely misses his game. The luckless
nollusk is usually smashed between two
Jumps OF coral as soon as caught and de-
voured on the spot. The appearance of the
dainty is not particularly inviting to one
uuacQuainted with it, but the small boys
seem to enjoy it immensely. Stone crabs ,
too. are frequently captured by she youth
| ful fishermen, who use no tackle, but rely
solely upon what nature has given them.
Fernaudlna Mirror: The Fernandina
! Light and Power Company has offered 20
dispose of its plant to the city. The price
stipulated Is SO 900, payable by the city with
IN three years. the company agreeing TO ac-
cept The monthly rental of lights ($l66 662a
in payment Of the debt and turning
over the property to the city at tho expira-
ton of the third year. At the last meeting
of council the special committee appointed
to confer with the directors of the company
reported in favor of the purchase. and 10
this end a special committee was appointed
TO confer with the board of public works as
to the feasibility of the plan. 1t lie claimed
that the plant can be operated in connection
with the water works at comparatively
little additional outlay, thereby giving bet
ter service in lighting the streets at less ex-
| pense than at present.