The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-02

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corn, as a rule better, acreage about that or
last year rice good, with about double the
! acreage OF last year; sugar cane, as RUE
very good, with largely increased acreage
Two Cubans, who were acting in very
! suspicious manner at Fernandina on FRIDAY,
! in trying to dispose of a gold watch, were
arrested by the sheriff They asserted their
Innocence Of any crime, but told contradlc-
tory stories. One of them said that they
had Just come from Tampa, and the other
that thoy We're recently from Key West
| Their names are Ramon Padilla and Jose
| Orueta. They said, further, that the watch
was purchased six months ago in Key West
from Henrico Carbonell. Sheriff Eiler-
mann wired 20 the latter place TO ascertain
whether the men were known or whether
any credence could be attached to their
| story.
Fernandina Courier: A gentleman who
has visited all Of the great northern beaches,
! now stopping few days in the city, says
that our beach here is as "fine as any OF
them, and better than most" He further
snid that the beach drive was the most
magnificent he ever raw. 81 see no reason
on earth" be continued, why you do not
have large resident summer population as
well as becoming a great winter resort II
seems to me the world cannot know the ad-
vantages which this town has to offer"
This gentleman only echoes what many
others have said; but the time will come.
Our light will not be forever hidden under
the bushel.
The contractors of the Atlantic coast line
canal are in st. Augustine arranging the
prelimiuaries with DR.. John Westcott for
the immediate continuation Of the work to
Lake Worth. The first part of the work
to be done will be the deepening of the In
dian river narrows, and when That is com
pleted the dredging will be put between
Jupiter Inlet and Lake Worth and canal
cut. Work on the canal has been stagnated
for some time but with additional money
the canal viii rapidly progress and soon be
| completed to st. Augustine After the
canal is finished large bodies of rich and
valuable lands will be nut on the market by
the company in addition to those already
for sale.
PoSco County Democrat: We fear the
building Of Cannery has been abandoned
for lack Of funds to begin with. Pasco
county ought by all means have a cannery.
The people of this portion of it especially
were making preparations to largely in
crease the acreage in vegetables and small
fruits, believing that the cannerv would be
built and home market thus afforded for
all they could raise. Tho prospect for i'm
mense crops of vegetables and small fruits
| III the near future are favorable indeed and
| there should be ar angements made for the
proper care of it when produced. When
| we think Of the thousands of bushels of
vegetables that ar, now rotting in the
| fields Just because there is no establishment
to prepare the products for market, we
| wonder why it is that our people have not
done something toward this industry That
it would be a paying investment to more
| men than the merchant of Dade City there
is not a doubt, and why this growing neres-
| sty should be neglected we know not Let
lnir off in
and all Join in a united effort to complete
the establishment ere the next season be-
| gins.
Pensacola Commercial: An amusing in
| cident Is related of a small sized political
| meeting that was held in the back room of
a well-known local resort for the thirsty,
| last Tuesday night. There were present
about dozen and half gentlemen, and
| three or four OF them had already addressed
the meeting, the members of which had
become rather tired, when up jumped the
| fifth speaker. The orator had been irving
| to get tho floor all the evening, and the
| boys had that far succeeded In keeuing him
| in the background, fearing the effect upon
their temper his prospective long winded
effort might produce. But now he was
| fairly launched forth He reached the
middle of a well-studied effort and was
on his way down to a thunder-clapping
period, as he thought, his subject, Tho
Tariff, +" when one of his auditors arose ana
| said he would like to ask the speaker a
question. II want to know" said he, "if
you ever heard what the editor of the Chi
cago NeUS said to the editor of the Indian
apolis Journot?" No" said the orator.
who was taken wholly by surprise with the
interruption. and whose uplifted hand in
gesticulation retained its altitude in abso-
lutte wonderment as to the occasion of the
query; what was itT Rats" was the
unsympathetic reply. The boys roared, the
speaker sat down discomfited and the meet
ing adjourned sine die