The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14

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III the garrison.
proposition has been formulated by the
Ba~oS and Polk county school boards to
assume charge of the Samnlerlin institute
at Barlow at an early day.
The Barlow Rifles, by special request, at
tended in body the Presbyterian church,
al Barlow. last Sunday, and listened 70 an
exceedingly appropriate discourse by Rev.
Hair from the subject, "a Good Soldier"
Nearly 1000 barrels of sea shells, 10 be
used In the foundation Of the big hotel at
Tampa, have already been deposited at the
building site, and Capt. Hanson is hard at
work with the steam Hostetter and two
lighters bringing more as rapidly as pos
sible.
A colored man attempted TO jump upon a
car at Carrabelle Tuesday while the train
was in motion His foot slipped and one Of
the wheels of the car struck his leg Just be-
low the knee tearing off the flesh. The car
was thrown from the track, but the mans
leg was not broken.
A joke is told on one of Sanford's mer-
chants He had lot of watermelons that
he could not sell, and in order TO get rid OF
them, left them In front of his store We'd
nesday night, but when he went down
Thursday morning, he found them all
there, much to his chagrin.
The Plant investment company, through
its agent, j. A. Wood, has contracted to
take all the brick the Hillsborough river
brick company can manufacture for the
next three years, and the company is per-
fectlng arrangements to commence manu-
featuring on a large scale as speedily as
possible.
+. l.. Cosgrove publishes the following
in the Key West Equator. Hon. G. B. Pat
terson is empowered by me to offer and
Will pay a reward of 800 to the person
who will furnish evidence which will lead
TO the conviction Of the person or persons
who have been circulating scandalous
rumors about member of my family.
Joseph Robes OF Tampa has given the
process OF packing oranges in dry sand TO
keep them fair trial and it has proven
very satisfactory. The first part Of last
December he packed about thirty in box
of dry sand. One end of it got wet, and as
natural consequence all the oranges in
that end OF the box rotted; but the Others
we're preserved in just as good condition as
they were when freshly pulled.
A. D. Brigham Of Orlando has in his DOS
session, and wears as a watch charm. one
of the Tippecanoe medals used in the Har-
Tison campaign of ls4l. 1t is about the siz,
of silver quarter Of a dollar, is made of
bras, ono side bears the portrait Of Gen
William Henry Harrison, with his name in
a circle around its edge, the reverse side
having impressed upon it the typical log
cabin of the Tippecanoe campaign and the
date lS4I.
There have been more orange and fruit
trees planted in Polk county this year than
in any two preceding years The vege-
table producers have Increased shipments.
according to freight receipts, more than
800 per cent during the same period. More
than 200 acres of tobacco have been grown
successfully this year, against less than
twenty last. The average yield of straw
berries has exceeded $40O per acre. The
demand for farming land is increasing
daily.
A gentleman in Monticello received a
letter few days ago from q farmer resi-
dent who owns twenty -five-acre pear
grove, offering to donate his entire pear
crops this season to the county immigration
association. As soon as the gentleman re-
ceived the liberal Offer he FASTENED to the
pear grove to make an estimate as to how
many crates, etc, would be needed to mar
ket the crop. He returned to town in a
short while afterward bringing the entire
crop with him, which consisted of one pear.
and they say it was not a very fine one
H. G. Garrett, president of the board of
trade of Orlando, for some time past has
been endeavoring to formulate some plan
by which manufacturing establishments
| can be brought to Orlando, and at last has
hit upon one in an impro vement company,
to furnish grounds and buildings and free
Ior term OF years from taxation, to any
and all manufacturing establishments en-
| ploying 100 or more laborers. The com
pany Will build the necessary buildings for
factory and houses for operatives and
| furnish them free of rent and other costs
except State and county taxes, for a period
of ten years. The capital stock of the COM
pany is to be $40, 900, divided into shares of
4 nnh EanA rA
taken within one hour after drawing up the
articles of association, and was taken by
the principal business men.
Key West Equator: The schooner Ardell
Capt. John Albury, from Shark river, ar
rived in port Monday evening with a cargo
Of mango spiles. for Messrs. John jaw Phil
brick and the Key West wharf company.
| While on this voyage William Carey hap
| pened to the painful accident of getting h IS
left leg broken. He was aiding in dropping
anchor in Shark river when the hawser. in
| some way, got wrapped one turn around his
ankle, and which came near tearing the leo
from his body also. and had it not been for
| the parting of the hawser he would have
been killed. The crew say the MOSQUITOES
| were so thick where they were at work that
| they actually had to stand or sit in water
with only their noses peeping out to protect
| themselves from the pests. The faces and
hands of the crew looked as though thew
had been robbing wild bee trees SO badly
swollen were they.
At Tampa, Saturday, piling and other
material began arriving which will be used
In constructing track on which to move
the Plant steamship companys Tampa
| offices and warehouses ashore. They win
be put on the platform adjoining the South
Florida railroads freight depot, and prob
ably be used by the railroad company. It
is the intention of the steamship
company TO move their main office
to Port Tampa, but they will
probably have branch in tie railroad
office. A wonderful transformation will
soon take place on the river front owned by
the railroad company. They will have a
row Of piling put down at the outer edge OF
| their water lot, which is on the @ lye Of the
channel and I'LL in the space, between the
| piling and the present shore inc with earth
| Or rock, thus regaining many foe. of very
valuable land and not in the least impeding
navigation, On this made land will be
erected one of the handsomest depots in the
south-probably of brick.
Emilio Diaz charged at Key West with
blackmail has been released on a bond of
5000. The Equator Is very indignant and
doubts whether the bond given meets the
requirements Of the law. The paper saws:
! IF this case is allowed TO stand as n prece-
dent TO be followed by the county officers in
Key West, the we'll known consequence will
| follow, that the Clgar mauufop urar- ~ THE