The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-05

tine.
Quite a number of persons in the Talla-
hassee country are lnquiring for ramie
plants.
The cornerstone of the New Presbyte-
rian church at Gainesville will be laid
to-day.
Rev. jill. Lyons died at Jacksonville
Thursday night soon after arriving there
from Waldo.
The rush of visitors to Tallahassee for the
past two weeks has been immense, and they
are still coming
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, rector of Christ church.
Ceday Keys has sent in his resignation, to
take effect at an early day.
The Santa Rosa Rifles are progressing
very nicely under their efficient captain,
Malcolm Anderson, of Bagdad.
Coles, Simpkins g. Co., of Brunswick,
have decided TO establish a cotton compress
at Tallahassee, at a cost of $50, 600
A beautiful silver set has been presented
by a savannah house to Messrs COttreil q
Finlayson Of Cedar Keys, for the yacht
Mamie.
Some $50 hands were paid Off last Satur-
day by the Gadsden county Tobacco Com
pany, who pay over 400 men, women and
children.
The streams in Santa Rosa county are
rapidly falling. Most of them are i'll their
banks again and travel in ali directions is
unimpeIed.
Alexander Ramsey has severed his con-
nection with the Chattahoochee Adrdncc,
and proposes to run paper of his own at
| Mount Pleasant.
| The Episcopalians of Quincy are now
! having timbers gotten out with view to
rebuilding their church on the corner of
Adams and King streets
| A boom broke on Yellow rivgr last week
and let loose between 20, 600 and p, 900 logs.
! They did not make their escape however
as they were caught near the mouth of the
river.
Fl. z. Young, a manufacturer of concrete
| building material brick, pots and tiles,
etc, from Seville, has been in Dayton for
several days trying to start an establish
ment of the kind.
1t is not uncommon for the steamer Rock
ledge to leave Titusville with $50 passen-
gers. The people are evidently hearing of
the Indian river. The visit Of the Presi-
dent was big card
Hon. Ira Davenport, late a candidate for
Governor of New York, has engaged rooms
at the Casa Monica at st. Augustine Gen.
George II. Sharp, ex-Speaker of the New
York Assembly, is already there.
Last Tuesday night was quite cold in
Gadsden county, and on Wednesday morn
ing the ground was white with frost. In
some of the gardens early vegetables were
cut back, but no great amount of damage
was done.
The Rev. William Lane, of the Catholic
Church Of Warrington. received telegram
on Friday stating that his brother, the Rev
Michael Lane, had died in Rye. n. Y I'M
mediately upon receipt of the news Father
Lane and his sister, Miss Mary Lane, left
for New YORK.
1t is rumored that the furniture intended
for the Alcasar at st. Augustine was con
sumed in the great fire of Potter & Stymus,
corner Forty-second street and Lexington
avenue, New York, and there are some fears
that this will delay somewhat the opening
of the hotel until after this season
A shipment of Sumatra seed was received
at Quincy last week direct from the Deli
district. Although the quantity is small it
cost the company in the neighborhood of
S400 to get it there, and great hopes are en- e.
tertalned that 1t will produce tobacco
which will give Florida worldwide repu-
| tation.
| Thursday afternoon two colored women
| got into dispute at the wash place near the
steam saw mill in O'Brien, which resulted
in Carrie Payne shooting and instantly kill
ing. woman known as Big Ellen. 1t is
said that there were four shots fired, all re-
sulting in deadly wounds three Of them
being in the head. The murderer was ar
rested and sent to Jail at Live Oak
Workingmen are coming into Gadsden
| county from all parts of the State, and
there appears to be a greater abundance of
labor than was at first supposed. The AL
| satians are developing a great taste for
| Florida They are located permanently on
| the Santa Clara plantation, and, Judging
from the manner in which they work the
company have every reason to feel proud of
them.
At a special meeting of the Tobacco Com
pany, held at their Office in Quincy last Sat
urday, Henry Storm, of New York, and w.
NJ. Cory, OF Quincy, were elected directors
for the ensuing year. NJ. Oppenhemer,
President of the company, has spent the
past week going over the various planta-
| lions, and he is well pleased with the
progress of work as shown since he was last
| there
A valuable COW, the property of a worthy
citizen of Fernandina, was killed near Old
Town cemetery by some miscreant last
week. A tree near the spot where the ami
NAL lay, bore evidence that the ghoul was
target shooting, and it is supposed the COW
came out the thiolset about the time he was
ready to shoot and being a better target
than the tree, no Jurned his rife on her, the
DdlA idhlilB GlleCI Ill neT ltlL size.
Gilmore & Davis have completed the
fifty dwelling houses on Santa Clara to-
bacco plantation in Gadsden county, and
also a large house for the superintendents,
which is now occupied by j. II. Bushnell
and Walker Gee, who are in charge of work
on this plantation. Henry Jones is erecting
fifteen dwelling houses on the La Camellia
plantation, and there are in course of CON
struction the same number on the La
Corona plantation.
A prominent real estate man and vege-
table grower of Gainesville, says that he
has figured on the cabbage crop now grow
ing within ten miles of the city of Gaines
vile, and he estimates it at 100,0 200 barrels.
He further saws that the average net profit
per barrel will be from SO to 81 So AT the
above price there will be betw 5000 900
and $250,000 brought into that neighbor-
hood by the cabbage crop alone, to say no
thing of other products
A jam Of 5000 logs occurred at the rail
road bridge at Milton on Saturday last.
caused by the breaking booms up the river.
| The railroad people fearing for the safety
OK the bridge, arrived with three sets of
section hands TO cut the booms and let the
logs loose. This was opposed by the log
men, and talk of Winchester rifles and
blood was heard The logmen carried the
day, however, and by Sunday noon the
Logs we're all released without damage to
the bridge.
The walls of the engine and boiler rooms
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