The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-10
FLORIDA.


A potato raised near Tampa by John
King weighs 22l2 pounds.
The Methodist conference of the Florida
district is in session at Tallahassee.
The name of the station on the S. F.
& w. railway, five miles south of SAN
ford formerly known as Belair will here
after be Elwould.
The steamer Dauntless, on her trip to
Ormond, picked up a fine yawl, capsized.
with brass fittings. There was no name
upon the boat to indicate to what vessel
she belonged.
At Jacksonville Tuesday, N. c. Petit
took 5000 of the city bonds in payment for
a quantity of work he had done for the
city. Mr.. Petit was allowed the usual
2la per cent. commission.
Mr.. Hargrove of the firm of Hargrove &,
Dunn of Dunneilon met with an accident
Tuesday in which his hand was so severe
ly injured that the amputation of two
fingers was found necessary.
The large cypress sawmill at Harvey is
idle, awaiting a settlement of dispute
among its stockholders. The plant is ca
pable of turning out $1,000 feet of cypress
lumber per day and half as many thou
sand cypress shingles.
Mrs. e. d. Mann of Meanwhile has sold
one thousand dozen eggs from her poultry
yards. She is said to have the finest flock
of mammoth bronze turkeys in the south.
She has also sold 1900 pounds of butter
from her Jerseys, all during this year.
The Florida editors will have their an
y &c FJYl,s, n.
will be to Nassau, Immediately upon the
adjournment of the annual meeting of the
Florida Press Association, which con-
venes at Green Cove Springs on Jan. 20,
1897.
Manuel Horn, the negro shot by Dock
Herring, another negro at Tampa, Fri
day evening is dead. on Saturday an eff
fort was made to save his life by a diff
cult surgical operation, performed by
Drs. Morton and Bird, but he died during
the night.
AT Archer, few nights since the store
in which the postofice is located, was en-
tered by breaking the lock on the door
The thieves. however, failed to get any
| thing, as the money and stamps were in
! the safe. and no attempt was made to
break same.
Pensacola News: The Savannah Week
ly News. which is in fact a semi-weekly
is cheap newspaper. 1t costs less than
| cent. per copy, and is peculiarly a desir-
| able paper for Floridians, dealing, as it
does, extensively with matters in and re,
| lating to the state.
Capt. Hubbell and Capt. Van Ness are
instructing their respective batteries at
ST. Augustine in handling the S-inch rifle
/ gun at FIT Marion. The cost of ammuni-
| ton is so great that only one firing prac-
| tice is authorized each month The men
are trained in dismounting and mounting
| the cannon.
AT Glen St. Mary, Tuesday morning
about S:l5. II. M. Goulds building caught
fire from some unknown cause BY hard
work on the part OF his neighbors his
dwelling was saved, but he lost several
outbuildings, including barn and a large
quantity of valuable carpenter tooIs
Two wells Of water gave out just about
the time that the fire was under control.
| V. Martinez Ybor is again seriously III
at Tampa. Mrs. Ybor and her two daugh-
tiers We're summoned from Havana by ca
Bile, and they arrived Sunday afternoon
and are now al his bedside. Mr. Ybor
is well advanced in years. Mr.. Ybor is
the head Of the large cigar manufactures,
| firm of Ybor & Manrara one OF the two
largest clear Havana manufactures in the
United States.
Eighteen months ago test paving was
put down on Ashley street at Tampa. by
! Capt. Warren. The material used was
what is popularity known as Barlow clay.
! but which is really mixture Of phos-
phate and common clay. 1t has been test
| ed under all circumstances, but when
cleaned off Tuesday by the street gang
showed no signs Of wear, or any tenden-
| cy to break. For all side streets n is
evidently the very best cheap material
| that can be obtained.
AT a recent meeting OF the county COM
missioners Of Monroe county. al Kew
west the board decided to drop the mat
ter Of continuing the digging OF The are