The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-13
BY hard work

was totally DESTROYED by fire. BY hard work
! the property nearby was saved.
Two more important sales have just been
! closed at ST. Augustine. W j. Reyes place
I on Charlotte street has been sold Tor 1900
ana the Terry place in New Augustine
! brought SO 5OJ.
j. A. Mcdonald will have a force OF 200 men
at work on the Royal Poinciana hotel II :. tae:
/ DAYS. and the Nork on the unfinished parts
/ will e pushed to completion. The job viii be
! finished in about four months.
/ George Uher. president OF the National
! Association Of Marine Engineers. arrived at
| Pensacola Tuesday. accompanied by his wife
! He was received at the deDot by a committee
/ Of the Pensacola association and banQueted.
| The South Florida Foundry and Machine
/ Works o. Orlans o. VIII C. ct a,'onte story
| brick addition to the foundry for the STORAGE
/ Of patterns ana merchandise. II will lie 20x4J
! feet, and the company Will also build a brick
| storage house for their iron and steel sup
plies.
| At the session Of the First West lor da
! COlOred Baptist Association which met at
/ Pensacola last Thursday and adjourned n
! day, arrangements we're made for the location
| in that city OF an academy for the colored
race under the auspices OF The colOred Zap
lists or West Florida.
Gen. j. j. Dic6ison, major-general Of the
Florida Division Of the United Confederate
Veterans. is in Jacksonville, arranging for
rates for the reunion at birmingham on April
q The rates TO Jacksonville on all roads
will be cent per mile, and from Jacksonville
10 Birmingham, one fare for the round Trip.
The rates are good for veterans, their wives,
daughters and sons.
The announcement is made in the ChiCagO
! Herald OF SUNDAY that the ground on which
the handsome endOme CLUB hotel IS 'tuated
has been purchased by J. A. Graham for 925-
900, and that the building itself has cen sold
to Mr.. Graham and A. ID. Basnett, both Of
whom are citizens OF Jacksonville, Fla. The
| Nendome IS large, eightstory. hre-prooi
structure, finished In marble, mosaic and hard
woods and equipped with every conceivable
convenience.
At meeting Of the old city council Of
Palatka. W edneSdaV night. a vote OF thanks
was rendered TO the chairman, JUsst h h.
Dunn. The board then ad burned and the or
ganlzatlonOf thenew GARD was ordered. Capt.
j. ID, POytys was unanimously elected chair
man. There were three candidates for the
clerkship, which pays 1900 per annum. r. y.
Cooper was elected. There were four caudi-
dates for the ass 7ssorship. which pays $3.50
per annum. After three ballots, W. r. Dewitt
was elected. For city collector which pays
$500 per annum, 3. K. Morgan was elected.
For city treasurer, Capt. r. j. Adams was
elected by reclamation.
Buuyan Butler, postmaster at Hollis. a
small place N Crenshaw county Ala, was
captured by United States deputy Marshal
K Il. Wharton and taken TO Pensacola. But
Ter is charged with counterfeiting in Walton
county, Florida, about three years ago by
raising 81 bills TO $40 bills He skipped his
FOND and was safely hid away. as he sup
posed, IN an OBSCURE place IN hlaDama WneQ
arrested tie was committed TO Jail at Pensa-
cola by United States Commissioner TunisOn
In default OF 5000 bail. His accomplish in
the crime, named Smith was tried IN the
United States court at Pensacola two years
ago and sent to the penitentiary.
William st. John general agent of the
Pintsch Gas Light Company, is in Washing
ton endeavoring TO secure a contract for
lighting the st. Johns river. The light house
board has approved Col. st. Johns PROPOSE
ton and viii ask congress for an appropriation
sufficient to replace the present oil lamps
used in lighting the river wi Pintsch gas
lights. In addition to giving better service,
Col. ST Johns claims that after the Pintsch
lights have been once established the cost of
maintaining them will be about 80 per cent.
of the cost Of the oil lamps. They will, it is
claimed, enable steamers to ply up and down
the river at night with absolute safety. short
ening the time between Jacksonville and
New York by steamer at least twelve hours.
A correspondent OF the st. Andrews Buoy
tells OF woman who planted in her door
yard for shade trees four or five pecan nuts
seventeen years ago. They grew finely, and
last year she chose one tree from which she
gathered S32 worth Of nuts There is q man
In that locality that makes a business of
planting pecans. His manner of planting is
as follows He digs hole three feet deep and
four feet square, then covers the bottom with
black jack or scrub oak. He fills it up
with the wood 10 within four inches of the
center; then makes mud of trash, leaves
and fertilizer and fills in the center. Last OF
all, he plants two pecan nuts about six inches
apart. II both nuts come up, he takes one
out very carefully so not to break the tap
root and plants ii some Where else. The first
year after they are planted these trees will
grow three or four feet high. II is asserted
that II the tap root OF pecan tree is cut OF
or mutilated when transplanted that it will
grow but will never bear
AL Palatka Wednesday the circuit court
Judge w. A. Hooker presiding, took up the
case OF the state of Florida versus Charles
Brent, charged with murder The case stands
as follows: On Saturday night at o'clock a.
m, sept. 8, 1888. the residence of Mrs
Amanda c. JGmtson at Como was discovered
on fire. resident OF that section immedi
ately went across Lake Como and to the fire.
cried aloud there was no response. The house
was entirely consumed Early Sunday morn
Ing a searching party was organized and
tracks were found leading to and from the
house, The latter we're as if the maker had
peen running. Tracing these the party went
about one and one-haf miles to the home
OF the defendant. A regularity OF the track
appeared TO have been made by a hole in the
right shoe sole near the toe, which left a
light point on the impression. Searching
the house the party found the remnants OF
shoes in the fire place, and the tops and half
sole from pair OF shoes, which also showed
hole In the right hali-sole kIr. Brent was
arrested The supposed remains OF Mrs.
JamlSOu were found IN the ruins, and dark
rumors at the time were that Brent had muir
dered her and set fire to the premises. Mr.
Jnmison came home, and il was not long
after that ne was found dead in his or
cnge grove, while the defendant was in Jail
Expert testimony Is to ne called in to prove
or diSprove that the bones found we're human
the sheriff. Cireumstantial evidence is the
only kind offered.