The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13

FLORIDA.
People are focking into the Miami sec
ton.
James Case of Orange Park has become
insane from a wound received in the late
war. .t
The fund for marling the road from
Daytona to Ormond has reached about
81, 900.
Many accessions are being made to the
Orlando Baptist church, the result of a
revival.
S. c. Carleton of fernando county, a
few weeks ago smashed one of his fingers.
Blood poisoning resulted, and he died Fri
day
Charles A. Lopez and Miss Ida +. Io-
PEE of st, Augustine were married Thurs
day afternoon by Judge w. A. MacWill-
Jams.
Some Of the tobacco grown at San Ma
teo has been sent to the Palatka cigar
factory and proved to be worth So per
pound.
Quite large crowd of home-seekers
from the west were in Milton last week.
Some of them bought land. and will COM
mence farming at once.
DR.. ]. w. MeGregor. an enterprising
citizen of Palatka Heights, has donated
to that suburb of Palatka five acres of
land TO be used for park purposes.
The farmers and truck growers of Hast
ings are raising the finest crops of straw
| berries this year that have been seen in
| St. Johns county for very long time.
Capt. w. H. Murdaugh, the United
States inspector of steamboats, for the
Third district, extending from the Chesa-
peake bay to Florida, reports that during
the last year the steam lines under his
| jurisdiction have carried 100000 paSSen-
| gers and not an accident has occurred.
President Ross of the Pensacola Cham
Der of Commerce, has appointed the fol-
| lowing gentlemen to represent that body
| gress soon to be held at Charleston; w. d.
Chipley, ]. Edward O'Bren, S. C. Cobb,
| w. II. Knowles, w. s. keyser and WILL
lam Fisher.
The colored Baptist church at Pensa-
cola was totally destroyed by fire Fri
| frame building, and was estimated to be
| worth, with the furniture and organ,
a1out $500, - upon Ise which there is an
no doubt that the fire was the work of
! an incendiary, and IL is claimed to be
| the result Of a controversy which. has
/ been pending for some time between the
| pastor, Rev. j. b. Green, and large
part of the membership.
In describing the dungeon in Fort Mar
ion, at St. Augustine, a correspondent of
the Atlanta Journal says: But there is
another interesting incident connected
| with this walled dungeon. In Ben Hur.
Gen. Lew Wallace has depicted a wonder
| full picture of the unfortunate mother
and sister Of the noble Jewish exile, in
| the dreadful dungeons of Herod the Great
at Jerusalem. The story is that Ben Hur
and his sister, while looking over the tur-
ret of their fathers house at Jerusalem
af he halnV 11xy
displaced a heavy stone which fell upon
| and nearly killed the Roman governor.
This unfortunate accident led to the ar
rest of Ben Hur, who was eventually con-
! signed to a rower's bench on a Roman
galley, and his mother and sister were
thrust into a secret dungeon, of which
the plans of the prison disclosed no rec
ord. In this foul subterranean dungeon
the wretched captives, enduring the woes
of leprosy, suffering a living death. Now
it is claimed that the secret chambers
just described. in the Spanish dungeon of
Fort Marion, furnished the framework
for the wonderful dungeon scene of Ben
| Hur." Whether this be true or not, the
story of the chained skeletons in the Span
ish dungeon of Fort Marion, and that of
the Roman prison bear a very striking
analogy"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Pacolet in Spartanburg county. has ap-
piled for a commission Incorporating it as
town.
A chapter of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy will soon be organized in Spar
tanburg.
r. NJ. Hill was renominated for mayor
by a large majority on Wednesday, the
7th, at Abbeville.
It is stated that Col. James II. Tillnan.
of Edgefield, is in the race for state sena-
tor from that county.
South Carolina has passed a law pro-
I .~t.Qr sH.
than 1000 acres Of land.
Il Is said that there are $50 eases 10 be
tried before the court IN Charleston for