The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-16

finest plants he has imported several
thousand from the Azores.
Fernandina Mirror: The Georgia Quin-
cy Granite Company has contracted with
the Atlantic Contracting Company to fur
uish them with $4,000 worth of stone.
This stone viii be shipped through Bruins
wick, Ga The Southern railway has
spent $1,000 in building a track to the
company's quarry to expedite its hauling.
The cars for the work have also been
especially built. The stone will be brought
into Brunswick at the rate Of twenty
cars per day. from there it viii be brought
to Fernandina by lighters. IL viii require
about eighteen months, at this rate, to
haul the stone
Dade City Democrat: Capt. seibert.
conductor of the Florida Central and Pen
insuar, not long since walked down 20 his
car where a country gentleman had en-
sconsed himself and his girl in the corner
of the car As the car sped on is way
his arm began to steal around his COM
panion's waist and his head inclined low
ingly towards her. unconscious of the OBJ
serVation by the few remaining passen-
gers. Gen. Tom Sawyer was aboard, and
some one asked Capt Seibert his name.
He yelled Sawyer in close proximity to
Hayseed's head The latter drawing him
self into FORM Indignantly turned TO Sci
bert and angrily remarked: You needn't
'er howled il through the car If you did
We're engaged
The question of moving the Jacksonville
Tampa and Key West railway depot at
De Land from its present site has been
definitely decided upon. Mr.. Stetson, the
owner of the College Arms hotel, has been
anxious for the large addition to the hotel,
and the proximity OF the station made the
sfan Ill tIv4..
decided to make the move, providing the
ctti2ehS Of DE Land would stand the ex-
pense, and furnish the new site. Mr. Stet-
son agreed 20 contribute 81, 900 of the neces-
sary s. 600 and at "A meeting of the board
of trade Wednesday "A resolution was
adopted pledging the board to raise the
balance Of the amount. Work will be
commenced at once and 1t is thought that
before next season opens the ffty-room
addition to the College Arms viii be com
pleted
The Niagara grape season. which has
just closed a Orlando. has not been a sat
isfactory one. The largest vineyard in
that section, 10 acres at Niagara villa,
two miles north of Orlando, reports hav-
ing shipped 5000 crates of grapes They
realized for them an average of 81 25 per
crate gross while the first shipments
brought some of them as high as $50 and
q pet craze OF LWenty-IOur pounds. The
price almost Immediately fell. and a great
number sold at 50 cents per crate in New
York and other eastern markets, as well
as in numbers of southern cities. E.
Ashley Smith who owns the vineyard, is
much dissatisfied with the returns, and
seriously contemplates abandoning the
culture of grapes and planting a large
acreage in pineapples and tobacco.
A wonderful fish story comes from Port
Tampa. It.is about a twelve-foot shark,
which was caught in the shallow water
near the beach, a short distance from
Port Tampa. His sharkship appeared to
be sick, and was an easy victim The par
ties who captured the prize noticed that
his stomach was considerably distended
while the lower portion of his body and
tail were quite thin. These facts excited
the curiosity Of the fishermen, and they
decided to dssect 1t. Upon opening his
stomach small pork barrel with one head
knocked out was found. The mouth of
the barrel was pointing upward. toward
the fishs throat and was literally filled
with dead fish, but they could not be di-
gested, hence the shark was literally
starving to death, yet he had barrel Of
fish in his stomach.