Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-24
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st. Augustine Weekly: Tuesday while
Messrs. Jake RaulersOn and Z4iler We're
| riding along the Kings road, near Graz
hams swamp, they discovered a man w.
ing alongside the road ia a stupeied con-
dltion. They carried him to Mr.. Rauler-
sons residence, where he fingered until
sunday, when be passed away, never re-
gaining consciousness sufficient TO tell
anything about himself or where he was
from. From papers found on MIN 1t ap-
pears His name was J. II. Nolan, and on
slip he had written: Il go to the Kings
road to die
W. $. Wreford, after getting heavily in
| debted to every one he could in Franklin
county, has abscOnded. The Apalachi-
! cola Tribune says: "Mr. Wreford came to
Apalachicola two or three years ago, was
appointed Deputy Collector of Customs
by Mr.. ). NJ. Sawyer, was insurance agent
| during the same time was, IN February.
| 1884, elected Mayor of the city of Apa-
lacnicola, but owing to a Federal office
which be held, resigned his Office as
Mayor, and last November was a candi-
date for Senator for this and Calhoun
counties. He received very small vote.
A short while after this he received the
contract for carrying the mail from Apa-
| lachioOla to ChattahOOchee. Since that
time he has succeeded in making sur
| prisingly large number of debts in Apa-
lachicola and along the Apalachicola
| river, aggregating between $4,000 and
| $1,000"
The largest fruit farm In the world, of
any one kind OF fruit, has been esta blshed
in the southern part of Florida, compris-
ing $500 acres, with over 200, 900 cocoanut
! trees. In order to establish this farm, Mr..
Ezra A. Osborn, wealthy farmer of
Midoletown, Monmouth county, n. j.,
| bought over so miles of the ocean front
land from Lake North on the north to
Cape Florida on the south. In order to
commence his enterprise he had to char
ter special vessels to carry the cOcoanuts
| from South America and then land them
/ through the surf in surf boats, purchased
| from the government from along the New
| Jersey coast. So far the undertaking has
cost over 100000. The 200. 900 cocoanut
! trees planted, of which one-half have at
| tanned two years. growth, and the other
! half one years growth, will not, if the
statistics of the product of cocoanut trees
are borne out, in the course Of from six
| to ten years and then on for 100 years, IS
to 50 per year for each tree. AS the CO.
coanut will only thrive south of the frost
| line and near the coast, MIR. Osborn has
succeeded in m0nopolizing about all the
land there is in the United States aVaila-
bic for cocoanut growing.
Some years ago suit was entered
against the city of Jacksonville by the
Etna Steam Fire Engine Company to re-
cover pay for serv ces rendered by them
during fires, the complaint alleging that a
common contract had cen entered into
between the company and the city,
| pledging the la t. to pay the former he
sum OF $25 per hour during actual servi-
ces at fires. M. G. Jordan was appointed
referee. After fully lnvestiga ing the
case, Mr.. Jordan rendered a judgment
AGAR st the C ty in favor of the company
for some S., 900 or $4,000. TIE case was
then taken to the Supreme Court, VOICE
revers Mr.. JOrda 3 decision, one of
tn grounds being that the declaration
should have contained the name of each
and every member of the company, and
anO her was to tn effect tina the COM
pany could not recover from the city on
C mmon account, but intimated tat il
regular agreement or contract had been
made it would have altered he case in
! this respect. The case at the time, and
up to few days ago, was considered as
settled. b Col. Mcdonnell has notified
Col. Cooper and acting Mayor Call that
he intends to file a n amended decl ration
in the case, and thus renew the suit.