The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-31

float her. The schooner is uninjured and the
tug captains say that she Is in no immediate
danger. An anchor attached TO a strong cable
has been made fast from her stern, and the
cable drawn taut, so that in the event of high
sea she would work back to the anchor. The
tugs VIII return 20 the vessel and attempt to
hoaE her as soon as the wind changes
The fishing smack Ootavia A. Dow. belonging
TO Warren Il Co. Of Pensacola, was sunk near
the entrance TO Pensacola harbor about o clock
| sunday morning. The smack was returning
from a cruise when the accident occurred
When Off old Fort McRae from some cause the
vessel did not respond to her helm and struck
on the Caucus shoals, knocking a hole in her
bottom, from which she soon sank The crew
got Off safely In their boats aud were brought
| to Pensacola by one OF the Saunders & Co.'S
smacks, which was also making into harbor
The loss to Warren & Co. is about $4,000.
boat was sent down to the scene Of the wreck
to recover as much of the rigging OF the smack
as possible.
Tampa Times: The Times recently published
an article descriptive of the unique case that
has Just been completed to hold the exhibit of
Florida minerals at she world fair. On plat
form 1615xsl4 feet in size rises cabinet feet
high following in its outline the shores and
boundary line of Florida. At points relatively
occupied by Pensacola bay and the mouth Of
the st. Johns river are doors, allowing entrance
to and exit from the interior of the cabinet,
where Scion b. thurman, manager of the ex-
hibit, Will have his office, and where descriptive
literature and maps OF the mineral districts will
be placed. on the outer side Of the cabinet,
about two feet from the platform is broad
/ ledge on which the pebble phosphate and
| other small minerals will be heaped.
Under this ledge will rise a wall Of rock
! phosphate from different phosphate produc-
! ing sections. Above the ledge are three
shelves which VIII hold several hundred glass
| jars in which various minerals, in both crude
and manufactured form, will be exhibited
The exhibits will be arranged by counties for
| competitive purposes, the best exhibits secur-
! Ing certain awards. 1t is believed that by
| competitive exhibit greater interest will be
aroused and the best specimens obtainable will
/ be forthcoming. This cabinet has been con-
| structed at the expense of Mr. Truman. It is
! put up In very skillrul manner, being setional
and capable Of being readily taken apart and
/ rejoined. The material used in its oonstrue-
tion Is beautiful Florida curly pine. The ex-
/ hibit will attract attention not only by its
I intrinsic merits but also by the very novel case
that holds it. It Ia now being taken down and
will be shipped to Chicago in few days
Asa Mcneil OF Oerro Gordo, in Holmes coun-
| ty, died In the county jail at Pensacola Sunday
morning. McNeill was formerly a member of
the Florida legislature from Holmes county
and the facts connected with his death are of a
peculiarly sad nature. He indicted by a
| grand jury Of the United States court at Pensa-
\ cola last year for conspiracy to intimidate gov
ernment officers. The indictment grew out of
an occurrence at Bombay in Holmes county
more than year ago. Several revenue officers
and United States deputy marshals had made q
raid through Holmes county during the day and
mad stopped at Bombay during the night 1t
IS claimed that the house at which they
stopped was fired on by a party of men
that night and that the off,
GERS was wounded. The affair created a great
sensation at the time and the government OIL
cias were active in their efforts to find who the
parties were. Finally one man was found who
made a confession and implicated McNeill Nc
Netl was tried last fall in the United States
court at Pensacola aud the Jury found him
guilty He was placed in the Escambia county
jail to await sentence and has been confined
there since last fall. At the session of the
United States court, held at Pensacola during
the present month he was sentenced by Judge
Swayne to term of five wears in the peniten-
tiary at Columbus, o., and to pay fine of
$1,000 and costs of prosecution. For many
months Mcneil had been in bad health and the
disease was aggravated by his confinement in
prison. He has been constantly under medical
treatment and when he was brought before the
court for sentence, DR.. Anderson filed with
Judge Swayne a written certificate of his con-
dltion, stating, also, that in his opinion Mcneil
would not be able to stand TIE change to a
northern climate, Sentence was passed, how
ever, as above stated. and since then the unfort-
innate man seemed to have lost all hope and all
strength to combat the disease which had fast
ened its hold upon him. The immediate cause
OF his death WAS congestion of the lungs,
Tampa Times: Probably not one person in
ten living in Tampa knows that the largest
celery farm in the state, if not in the whole
south, is situated in the outskirts Of the city.
About half mile easterly from Goor City j. j..
Neylans settled eight years ago on some avera se
hummock land. He came here from Crystal
Springs, Miss. He cleared his land ami was
soon raising vegetables in abundance During
this time he had been very successful in this
work having raised as high as 400 bushels OF
, Irish potatoes to the acre He might have gone
on IN this way and Ia few years accumulated
| a fortune, many have in this industry in
!. various parts of the state. but he decided that
there were other crops more profitable even
than vegetables Three years ago, as an ex-
pertinent, he planted celery of different varieties
and gained some knowledge of the means nee
essary to be taken TO raise it in our soil and eli
mate Encouraged by the result of his expert
ments, last season he planted a half acre, anC
the ults were 50 successful, and the demand
for his products so large, that this season he
has put IN nine acres Of this popular edible, and