Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
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ladelphia.
Key West Democrat: We see that our
Iampa cousins are olanoring for the Fort
BROOKE reservation to be given up 10 the
CITY Tor public purposes. We wish TO
remind them that they expect Tampa at
no distant day to become a port Of entry,
and then they viii want Congress to APP
proprlate large amount to purchase
slte Tor custom house. 1t would be much
! oeIVef 10 retain portion OF this rekerVa-
uon for public buildings.
| Seville Gazette: Seville should have a
| good school. There are three schools in
! our district, within two miles OF Seville,
only one of which, as we are informed, is
| now open. II these three schools, or two
| Oh them, were consolidated, q graded
| scnooI, with two OF more teachers could
De established. The Seville Company in
forms US that it viii additionally in this
| PROJECT. DIR. Fox, School superintendent,
mas been spoken to on this matter, and
has agreed to come here soon and see
| what he can do about 1t.
At Palatka at O'Clock Tuesday morn
lnS an alarm OF ere was sounded on Or
ange street, near the colored Baptist
church. The houses OF Willis Cook and
| FRANK Hudson were totally destroyed
! VITA all their contents, the inmates haY-
! ing barely time to escape with a few Of
their clothes. The church building caught
nre two or three times, but the flames
! were eXtingulshed and the buildings
/ saved. One Of the houses caught from
stoVepipe, the flames quickly enveloping
the house and communicating TO the
other.
Two weeks ago Billy and several of the
Indians went to the house of VIM. j..
! Pent, near Miami, in Dade county, during
his absence, and finding ne one at home
except Mrs. Pent and her four little chill
| dren, ordered her peremptorily to cook
breakfast for them. She was very much
! frightened, and set to work to cook for
them; but not getting il soon enough to
| please them, they commenced to throw
stones at the house. This so frightened
Mrs. Pent, who was a very delicate
woman, that she was seized with con-
WILSON'S, which resulted in her death in
! a few hours.
The State Board of Missions of the Bap-
list Church held its first meeting of the
| year at Hawthorne during the past week,
and laid out the work for the coming year.
| The president of the board, Rev. II. N.
| King, says that the outlook is more
promising than any of the past years.
| Missionary work Will be prosecuted IN ST.
Augustine, as one of the places which
/ viii be occupied, as VIII also much atten-
ton be paid to the Cuban work in Key
West, besides the towns 10 various pOr-
lions OF the State in which the Baptist
churches are weak and needing help.
| Rev. &. ". Hail, of Melrose, Will be en-
ployed another year as Sunday school
missionary.
Sumterville tines: The time is not far
distant when owners of the small lakes,
with which this part of Florida abOunds,
! Will consider them Of greater value than
an equal area OF dry land. The waters OF
these lakes are admirably adapted for
lsh, and If well stocked with them and
| improved as may be necessary, by ln-
creasing their depth and smoothing their
| banks, planting shade trees, etc., they
may be made not only the most delightful
| pleasure resorts for the purpose of boat
ing and fishing, but viii become a source
Of real profit in supplying food tor the
household, and enhancing the value of
the farms upon which they are located.
Pensacola Commercial: The importa-
ton OF uperphOsphate through the port Of
| Pensacola mas in a few years grown to
mammoth proportions. Several years
ago the Louisville and Nashville railroad
/ rebuilt the MuscOgee wharf, and erected
| large warehouse, 800 feet in length, for
| the temporary STORING and sackIng of this
! phosphate before shipping 90 MOntgom-
| cry, from which point it is distributed all
over the south. The demand for the i'm
| pOrtations OF the Alabama warehouse
company mas increased so largely. how
| ever, that the warehouse accommodation
grew too small for the trade, and very re-
Gently the railroad company entered INTO
an arrangement with Mr. Nj. II. Sullivan
tor the use Of the latter's warehouses
on the railroad wharf. Several large
| vessels are now in the bay discbarging
/ superphOs phate, and 3 number of others
are on the way or have been chartered to
! bring cargOes from Europe, phosphates
/ to the amount of $67 600 having been i'm
| ported from Europe during the month OF
December. A large part of these importa-
! lions consist of German potash salts, or
kainit, as 1t is commonly called, a large
demand for which has grown up in the
south as the result OF the publication of
FUrmsn's formula for commercial fer
tilizer. The fertilizer is brought here in
bulk and sacked in the warehouse, and
then shipped TO Montgomery.