The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

$4,000 was drawn from the First National
sank at st. Augustine, and taken to Eau
Gallie to satisfy the payroll.
Fire broke out last Saturday morning at
2:S0o'clock and destroyed the building known
as Reed Cottage, on Spring street, at Green
Cove, @. w. NanSycle occupied the house at
tne Time, ana lost az his Kitchen ana dlnlng-
room furniture. The house belonged to
gentleman in San Francisco. and was not in
sured The loss is about 81 900.
OviedO Chronicle Another week has
passed with the atmospheric conditions about
the same as reported last week. In another
week the season for dangerous frosts will
have past. with the exception of the cold
spells in March February is always a warm
month, ami we cannot recollect any frosts
during that month, The orange trees are all
ready to put forth their new spring growth as
soon as they feel the effects OF a good rain.
mis- Is an opportune time to set the irriga-
ting machinery to work.
The north bound mail and express on the
Savannah, Florida and Western. due at Or
lando az o'clock Friday morning. ran on the
track just south Of the depot. The engine
was almost buried in the sand. Two cars ran
on the track. About fifty feet of the track
was torn up No trains passed till O'Clock,
though the Wrecklng train, with a large force,
worked all day, putting in a temporary track
and clearing the wreck. There is a bad
curve where the train ran off. Something
was wrong with the switch No one was
hurt.
Fernandina News: In letter Just received
from Washington by Mr.. Swami the writers
say: we kindly request you to impress upon
your clients that the prospects to re-
cover the unpaid bae ance long due on the old
East Florida (Spanish) claims are brighter
than ever before, as they are now to be pre-
scented through the Spanish government, and
Doth congressman and senators pledge their
support whenever the approaching inter
national commission makes a move on the
Florida claims. Had this course been
adopted years ago the cases would have been
disposed of long SINCE"
The largest dredge ever manufactured in
this country, the Pico, is now at work throw
ing out an average of $500 cubic yards Of
sand per day in the slip at Port Tampa. The
Plant Investment Company ordered this
dredge from the Bucyrus Steam Shovel and
Dredge Company ofsSouth Milwaukee, for the
purpose OF dredging the slip mile long and
$50 feet wide, with a depth OF "A feet of water
at low tide, extending from the coal dock to
the shore. This slip is needed to increase the
accommodations for vessels, and the sand
| dredged out will be thrown on each side,
making solid roadway to the shore on each
| side OF the slip. Railroad tracks will be run
| along the slip and phosphate and other car
| goes can be loaded easily andquickly into the
| ships on either side The sides Of the slip
| will be confined by bulkheads of palmetto
| ptling, some OF which is already on the ground.
| In time 1t may develop that an elevator Will
| be built to facilitate the handling of phos-
| phate. When completed this canal or slip
will give accommodations for three or four
| times as many vessels as can now be accom-
| modated at the docks
st. Augustine Press: There is hidden
treasure in the cssket underground. in the
| cemetery. Its contents were once more
precious even than now. That is because a
womanS name is on the coffin.
| However, that is not the fac: which gives
| value to the casket except In the
| isolated memory of those who survived her
| and loved her. She was beautiful in her day
and the Spanish gallants OF St. Augustine
snarled at each other in consequence, as men
and dogs will do. She died in the prime of
| youth little mysteriously. The novelist
| can take his choice between society
or poison as the cause Of death,
! One night after her beauty had
| been hidden from the world forever,
a womans figure crept to the grave, opened
| the casket, and solemnly taking a jewelled
| ring from her finger placed it tenderly on the
| dead hand. and left the work of closing the
| open grave to an attendant. OF course the ring
| was priceless but the sentiment was still more
rare. The jewel had been her engagement
| ring, and the man she loved and married, like
| other men had loved again. The story is not
| original for mems ideas of love are usually
| contem ptible But it is tale of a ring that
| will fash its brilliant diamond-tire in the
| white light of truth on the last day, and be-
| tween these two women the man will stand
for judgment And all this was the gentle
| vengeance Of woman