The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-27

the beauty Of the phenomenon and no ono
can form any conception of how 90 appear
peared TO be about the size of a toy bal
loon. but rather oblong. The streak Of
IRE behind IL looked hundred yards long.
FLORIDA.
Some time IN May the North Atlantic
squadron will drill in the Gulf Of Pensa-
cola.
Rev. John y. MacGonigle has been chos-
en- as permanent pastor Of the Presby-
terrain church at St. Augustine.
y. r. Dillon Of Jacksonville has been
elected chairman OF the sanitary and I'M
prroyement trustees, vice George Il. Fos-
ter resigned.
Work will begin very shortly on the
baptlst parsonage at Live Oak. II is to be
bullt on lot donated by Mrs. n. VI.
Parshley, on Church street.
The Sahland cottage on the outskirts
Or silver Springs, which has been vacant
Tor some time, was destroyed by fire
ing forests.
A purse containing t1,215 was stolen from
the house of Mrs. H. Tarbox, at Gaines
vile a day or two ago. Negroes are sus-
work upon.
Mary James, a 12-year-old colored girl
was badly. II not fatally gored by a vicious
COW at Jacksonville Friday morning while
she was on her way to school, in company
with several other children
The hull and cargo Of the burned ship
Austriana was bought by Capt jack
junk dealer Of Pensacola, for s555. He also
bought the cargo and the seventy-eight
pieces Of timber in Baars boom, for $500
making total Of $1057 for the hull and
cargo.
The Tennessee Live Stock ComDanv of
Gainesville has been dissolved by mutual
consent. The season being over for soil
ing stock, Or; skillon has Withdrawn. The
business VIII be continued by Dell x
Pound, under the firm name of the ZEN
nessee Live Stock Company.
AT Gainesville the fee for recording short
form chattel mortgages has been reduced
from 81 TO 20 cents, also the fee for cam
ceiling mortgages on margin from so TO
p cents. Clerk Denton has made these
reductions for the purpose of having all
such papers recorded and cancelled
Forest fires have been raging around
spring Park for the last few days A
small cottage, belonging 70 Mr. Tarblean
ana ANOTHER small house, belonging to
A shower of rain Friday afternoon made
everything so wet that the fires have
about all gone out
Bishop Moore. at the Invitation OF II
NJ. Flagler, has been spending a few DAYS
at the Royal Poinciana, looking for q suit
able site on which to build a Catholic
church and school. A lot at West Palm
Beach has been decided upon and il is
also understood that Mr.. Flagler has given
a generous subscription towards the build
ing fund.
Hon Daniel s. Lamont. Secretary Of
| War, has submitted TO the speaker OF the
| House OF Representative a report ma de
! by Maj. Thomas II. Hamburg. Corps Of
Engineers for the District OF Florida -
Gen. Thomas l.. Casey, chief of engineers.
! United states Of America, in rela ton TO
a preliminary examination of Santa Lucia
/ inlet and river.
Clements Jaycocks. inspector OF Gus
/ toms at hey West, made quite a seizure
| or cigaret ties Thursday upon the arrival
| of the steamship OliVette from TAMPA.
/ there being lQ6 reels packed in a trunk
| whlch was landed among the passengers
! eItects. Inc inspector was too smart for
| the smuggler and captured the trunk after
/ 1t had been taken on a dray.
! Titusville Star: Samuel l. Wheatcroff
/ of Louisville, who arrived in Titusville
] last week, spent several days here and also
visited Melbourne. lie was here for the
/ purpose of making a personal inspection
/ and investigation of lands situated in a
| body OF several thousand acres, which will
1 probably be purchased and developed by
capitalists. Mr.. Wheatcroff returned to
/ Louisville Monday and will make his re-
port as to what he saw.
Some of the owners of the land on Lake
| Louise, at Seville, have opened n canal,
and are running the water out of the
/ lake. They are uncovering fine muck
! lands that will be utilized for vegeta bIes
and farming purposes soon. BY lower
! ing the water two and one-half feet they
| will have between 500 and 1000 acres Of
! pure muck. Experience has shown some
who have worked this kind Of land that
! they can easily raise forty TO sixty bush
/ els Of corn to the acre.
About 30 per cent. Of all the Young or
anges at Seville under 6 years old are
I entirely killed out by the late freeze. The
farmers realize that they must plant
something, so they have availed them
/ Tampa and Key West railroad to furnish
seeds. There will be In the neighborhood
probably fifty acres in SQUASH cucumbers,
/ tomatoes, beans, and peas and not a
/ few acres in sugar corn.
The twenty-third session Of the Florida
J of ba ~
copal church convened at Eben-
S S5er 6 G5greh a. R Jl1ekso9vile Fri
/ Ter. d. u. IL. D.. Of New York 6re-
siding. Rev. J. p. Patterson of ST. An
gustine was elected secretary and Rev
/ J. NJ. pe.is Of Fernandna, assistant Rev
/ j. F. Elliott of Gainesville was elected sta
/ tistical secretary, with ReVs. John A.
simpson, Scott BARLEY. J: R. Howard
/ Scott BARLEY was elected reporter for the
conference
In the United States court at Jackson
I vile Friday the eJectment suit OF the
I HARDWOOD Land and Improvement Com
/ pany vs.; J. d. BRYAN. John o. Matthews
/ and William NJ. Johnson, was begun The
/ lands in question embrace about ! 900
/ acres. and are located in Nolusia county
and the suit has been pending for several
/ years, and has at last come to a trial
I The plaintiffs and defendants each CLAIM,
/ title to the land under a tax deed. The
I defendants are in possession and claim
that they have been IN possession since
T 1885,. All OF yesterday S sessions OF the
+ court was taken up in examination Of
J witnesses ana reading of dispositions
] The case Will very likely last several days
On Jan. 3. John Mayo. a man aged about
/ so years, from Illinois v no had been AT
work for some time for Mrs Julia d
futile of Miami, on BiscdVne baV. started
to go 10 naighbor s about mile away
I He never rea ched there or returned, and
the whole country began a search for
4 him. No trace could be iiscov erred of him
/ Capt Charles Earnest of the schooner
/ Clara Pierce, who arrived in the lake at
/ West Palm Beach Thursday evening
/ brings the news that he has been discoV-
! cred at Cutler. a small place four or five
! miles south of CocOanUt Grove. He had
/ gone crazy stolen :. row boat aud. with a