The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-10

noon. The Milwaukee is said to be large
enough to carry 28,0O0 bales of cotton 1t
is said 10 be the second largest ship in the
word. 1t IS light, draws 10 feet, and is So
feet above water.
The Secretary of War has sent to con-
gress report in which it is stated that
Hillsboro Bay, from its confluence with
Old Tampa Bay to the city of Tampa, is
worthy of extensive improvements. This
report is based on the examination of the
pay recently made by party of govern
ment engineers. The people of Tampa
and Floridas representatives in congress
viii now exert themselves to secure an
adequate appropriation in the next river
and harbor bill. The government engineer
in charge of the district is likely to send
to the Secretary of War report recon-
mending extensive improvements in Bis
cayne Bay also. With deep water to Tam
pa as well as to Port Tampa on the Gulf
and to Miami on the Atlantic coast, the
southern part of the state viii be amply
provided with convenient ports for deep
draught vessels.
Tallahassee correspondence Jacksonville
Times-Union: J. NJ. Ladd of Newport
Springs was in the city Monday and re-
ports quite an Improvement at this his
torlc and once famous property In ante
belum days Newport Springs was a resort
known almost throughout the south. In
those days they used to run double line
OF Iour-horse stage coaches from ITALIA
hassee the year round In the rear of the
ProVedo cigar factory property are the
ruins of these old stage coaches. BY a
casual glance one would think they were
almost half as large as palace car. This
property has now passed into the hands of
wealthy Boston capitalists, and many va
liable improvements are being added. Mr..
Ladd says that the finest pecans in the
state are grown at Newport. grove of
selected nuts was planted there by Or
mond Denham and Ladd as far back as
1917. There are some forty-odd trees of
THIS grove and they bear annually ten to
Twelve bushels of nuts Mr.. Ladd says
the finest variety is called the turkey nut
ana sells az 30 cents per pound.
Jacksonville Citizen: At o'clock Mon
day evening Dense was sitting in the win
dow frame of Kingsley McCalum's Of
nee, where he is employed as clerk. In
some manner, he leaned out of the win
dow, and caught hold of the electric light
wire. Just at that moment the current
was turned on and, the young man sus-
tanned severe shock. In his effort to let
so, he lost his balance, and the Mortified
observers on the crowded street saw him
drop from the window, but he was not
able to let go of the wire, and hung there
helpless, not a sound escaping him. Every
feature expressed agony. His right hand
was clutching the wire and the smoke of
burning flesh was family perceptible as his
body swayed TO and fro above the pave
ment. MIR. Flynn, who has a grocery
store below came rushing out as his horse
frightened at the excitement and the boy $
swaying body, started to run. Mr.. Flynn
ran forward just as the boy loosened his
hold and began to fall Mr.. Flynn man.
aged to break the fall of the body, catching
the body under the back by his outSpread
hands. and another man who ran forward
was struck by the falling body, also break
ing the fall, although the unconscious boy
struck the pavement with a heavy thud,
falling on his back. An examination by a
doctor developed the fact that no bones
were broken, but that the nervous system
was severely shattered.