The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-02

fusing to allow tobacco to leave Havana,
it is brought TO Key West. Applications
have been made to the insurance companies
of the city for 100000 of policies on to-
bacco that will arrive shortly.
]. Johnson, colored, who was bound over
to the next term of the circuit court by
Justice Boylston about a month ago for
grand larceny, has escaped from the
county Jail at Apalachcola. Sheriff Neel
went to the cell to give the prisoner his dim
ner, and Johnson threw a painful Of ashes
at his face, which blinded him. The sheriff
pursued the fugitive for a time but he
has not yet been caught
Four sections of the unused iron dry
dock at the Pensacola navy yard were
sold at auction Monday by the government
to Mr.. Schwartz of New Orleans for SIC, 100
This dock was partly finished at a great
cost before the war and had never been
used. Bidders were present from all of the
large seaports of the country, including
partner Of Hon. Arthur Sewall, late dem
ocratic candidate for Vice President
The annual meeting of the Florida South
ern Railroad Company was held at Jack
sonville, Monday, and resulted in
the reelection of the old board
of directors, as follows: Fl. B.
Plant, NJ. +. Plant, r. G.. Erwin, d. f.
jack G.. H. lilly, r. b. Smith, F. @.
Brown, w. w. Blackar, and Jacob Ed
wards. The following officers were .chos-
EN- #. c. Brown. president; M. f. Plant,
vice president; r. B. Smith, secretary; and
], NJ. Lee, treasurer.
j. H. Lotion of Atlanta, Ca, is at Waldo
for the purpose Of opening up the sawmill
business a few miles west of Waldo. A
sidetrack will be built from the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, about sew
en- miles into The woods large gang of
men is at work on the road now. The COM
pany has opened up two locations and has
naval stores on hand. All improved ma
chinery and dry kiln will be used. The out
put of the mills will be 10000 to 1000 feet
per day. The small mill Of 10000 capacity
will commence saving SO soon as the con-
nection of railroad is built. This will take
about two weeks.
The visit to Pensacola on Saturday of
Maj. f. A. Mahan, the engineer in charge
of government work that in
that harbor, for the purpose
of selecting a site for another battery OF
| large guns, near Fort Barrancas, is caus-
ing a great deal OF talk in military circles.
Taken In connection with the fact that
work on the new batteries ON Santa Rosa
| island is being pushed day ana night, the
Impression prevails that the intention of
the war department is 10 thoroughly fortify
that harbor as quickly as possible. in or
DER that all of the troops Of the First ar
tillery may be concentrated there for prac-
tice with the new and heavy guns. At
that point they would have every facility
for instruction with targets on the open
gulf A force of 1000 men can be comfort
ably quartered at Fort Barrancas and the
navy-yard, which is near by.
The Baker county election is now in court,
a writ OF mandamus being sued out by At
torney Frank w. Pope in the circuit court
at Jacksonville Monday to compel the in
spectors Of the election Of
Oct. 6, at the Glen st. Mary
precinct in Baker county, to convene on
Dec. Z, and canvass the vote cast there,
and properly to certify II 10 the county
Judge and supervisor Of registration. The
charge is that only one certificate Of the
vote was made in the precinct and that Il
was lost or stolen after Il had been sent
to the supervisor OF registration. The in
spectors Of the precinct were n. Z. L.
Burnsed. J. o. Meltof and M. G. Berry,
G.. II. Townsend. clerk The writ is sued
out by J. w. Driggers, candidate for sher-
IN; Charles Harvey, assessor; ELIAS VIII
liams, tax collectors Charles Dinkin, SUPER
| intendent of schools; II. d. Berry, county
Judge; c. f. Barber senator Of the Twen-
| ty-ninth district; and j. w Burnsed rem
resentative of the county Ia the legisla-
ture and 1t is directed to Thomas +. Tay-
4 lorl ct. al.