The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-15
FLORIDA.


FLORIDA.
The st. James hotel at Jacksonville will
close for the season this morning.
A steamer line between Miami and Key
West is now said to be a certainty.
John s. Beard made a speech on the
coinage issue at Monticello Tuesday.
Sally Graham. an old colored woman,
who died near McAlpin last Friday. was
40 years old
p. w. Corr of Hampton has announced
himself a candidate for the Office OF SUI
perintendent of public instruction in Brad
ford county.
Two new candidates for treasurer of Es-
Gambia county are announced-J. c. Peb-
ley, chairman of the Free Silver Club,
and Joseph Sierra.
The civil service examination, held at
the government building at Jacksonville
Monday, was attended by fourteen candi-
dates for government positions.
The democratic executive committee of
Lake county will meet at Tarvares on the
18th of April, and if they wish to harmon
ize the party, they should order primaries.
The Atlantic, Suwannee River and
Gulf Railroad Company is at work again
at Alachua. where arrangements are be-
ing made for the depot yards, turn-table.
etc.
Cristobal Pomar of ST. Augustine is
candidate for the office of county treas
urer. in place of the present incumbent,
Ernest Oliveros, son of the late Hon. b.
+. Oliveros.
Efforts are being made by the owners
of the wrecked steamer Seminole's cargo
L. ny hxrr
at West Palm Beach away from them
without allowing salvage.
Walter Ragsdale has purchased Hotel
Interlachen at Interlachen and left, with
help for his mountain hotel at Cloudland,
n. c. Daniel Covert will manage the ho-
tel Interlachen until the owner returns
in the fall.
Thieves have lately been removing logs
from the pens at Cashen's. Hunters and
Clark's mills, at Jacksonville. and tow
ing them up and down the river and sell
ing them. The thieves have not been APP
pretended so far.
The school enrolment of this year for
Dade county shows an increase of a little
over 80 per cent. Population and property
valuations have about trebled themselves
in the past three years, leaving out Mr..
Flagler's enterprises.
Monday morning about 8 o'clock the
store of N. A. williams at Trilby, man.
aged by L. r. O'Bannon, was destroyed
by fire. The stock and building, valued
at about So 900, was a complete loss. In
surance very light Origin of fire un-
known.
The store Of ]. S. Weeks at Island Grove
was burned Sunday night. The postoffice
was kept in the store. Everything was
lost, as the top of the store was falling
in when the fire was discovered. The
loss is about $1,000. There was no in
surance. The origin of the fire is un-
known
At Jacksonville Monday Judge Call of
the circuit court denied the motion for
the Injunction in the case of A. NJ Reed
VS. the city of Jacksonville, and now the
city can go ahead and carry out the con-
tracts made with the Tennessee Brick
Paving Company for the paving of certain
streets.
One hears all sorts Of stories as TO the
building of the Flagler hotel at Miami
one day 1t is that none win be erected
this year; then will come the report that
work on 1t win begin in the fall Not
outstanding all this talk, the site is be-
ing graded and almost whole trainloads
Of material going down every day.
A. ]. Corbett, who went to Washing
ton in the interests of the city of st. Au-
gustine for the purpose of obtaining from
the government for the use of the city a
strip of land running parallel with Or
ange street, including the old fort moat.
from the city gates to the San Sebastian
river, returned to ST. Augustine Monday
night, and says that his mission was a
successful one.
Sergt. George NJ. Brown, officer in
charge of Fort Marion at ST. Augustine.
has made an estimate based on the sigma
lures on the register and from actual
daily count of the number of people who
have visited the fort during the year end
ing April /, and reports that during the
twelve months 100000 people have been
within the old building.
Notice is given that competitive exami-
nations of applicants for appointment TO
a cadetship at the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, and a cadetshin
at the United States Military Academy al
West Point will be held at JacksonVille
on May IA, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, by a board consisting of W. b.
Clarkson of Jacksonville, H. Z. Baya. Of
Lake City and Col Charles H. Cabaniss.
Jr., Of Gainesville.
c. G. Trash of the firm of Trash &
Co. Of New York, wine-growers and manu-
facturers Of American champagne, and e.
Dubois owner OF the San Luis Crane
plantation near Tallahassee, have return
ed TO st. Augustine from a prospectine
tour through the Biscayne Bay country,
Mr.. Trash says that the trip has left
no doubt in his mind as TO the adanta.
bility Of the lands along the lower eas,
coast for grape culture
Monday morning A. F. Edgarton.
prominent citizen Of Lacrosse and a mem
Der OF the turpentine firm OF knight q
hd6arton, was shot and dangerously. IN
not fatally, wounded. lie was waitinr an
customers IN the firms commissarv ,shsn
negro walked ~ With drawn pistol