The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-24

The Baptists OF Fort White are about 70
finish up their church.
DIR. Beaubein, rector Of Trinity church at
Apalachicola. left last Tuesday for New
Orleans where he viii in future reside.
Henry Smith, the colored man at DeI4and
who is considered responsible for the death
Of London Blackstone's baby. has escaped.
The steamer Lotus left Apalachicola
Thursday for cambridge via Douglass. She
took up about 1000 shingles and some
forty barrels Of honey from Douglass.
At Tallahassee, Monday, the supreme
court disposed of the following cases: Mar
shall vs.. Brmby, affirmed: Mumby, Stock
ton & Knight VS.. Bowden & ROsenthal, af-
firmed.
Fort White Observer: The lumber and
rock business of this portion Of the state is
assuming magnItudinous proportions
Every day from two to twelve cars OF each
pass through our town en- route for Sayan-
nah, Jacksonville aud Fernandina
A rattlesnake measuring Al feet, with
eight rattles, was captured under the dwell
ing Of DR.. Davis at Punta Gorda las. SUI
day. As several small chickens have mys-
teriously disappeared at intervals recently,
the cause Of his snakeship's familiarity is
Surnised.
d. ID. Rogers has been exhibiting at
DsLand two onions raised by c. p Lund Of
Daytona. One. a red onion, weighs 20
ounces. is inches in diameter aud 1914
inches in circumference. The other onion,
white one, weighs 10 ounces, is ~ inches
IN diameter. and IL inches in circumferen c.
A capitalist from Chicago has bought the
sulphur springs at Newport, and the Apa
lachicCla Times is informed that it is the
intention Of TINS gentleman to erect a large
hotel there. In years past Newport was
quite fashionable water resort and it may
not be long before she regains her lost
prestige.
daily mail line to Fort Myers and a
trf-weeklY mail line t. Key West is talked
Of at Puuta Gorda. II is thought that the
expected trip Of Mr. Haldeman, of the
Comfer-JournGI, and Col Bennett Young,
the railroad capitalist, who are interested
III Naples, concerns the establishment of
this line.
The returns from thirteen counties show
much better prospects for the orange crop
than many people suppose, and, if correct,
more than an average crop may be expected.
Taking last years crop as a basis at 100 Per
cent, the present crop in the above counties
shows "a per cent. In only three counties
does the crop fall below last years These
are Nassau, which shows 80 per cent, Put
nam ~ per cent, and Polk county but 10
cent. ranks from 100 to $50 as compared
with last years crop.
Apalachicola Times: Some few days ago
the body Of Ben Beacham (colored) was
picked up in the Chipoa river While a
raft was floating down thS river the body
popped up between the sections of the raft.
The head was considerably bruised and the
neck broken. Our informant says that an
inquest was held over the body and the
jury were of opinion that the deceased rad
been foully dealt with. An opinion pre-
walls, however that the deceased had a fit
while crossing tho river and was drow ed.
lie was subject to hts. Was an inoffensive
man, and not known to have an enemy.
The bruised head and broken neck may
have been done by passing raft.
An Ocala correspondent writes as follows:
"tor the past week everybody has been
asking, Have you heard of the rich phos-
phate tiud at Dunuelin, on the Withlacoo-
Chez riTerF DIR. h. r. Snowden, our ana
lytlca' chemist, finds that the deposit shows
% per cent. of pure matter. In conse-
quence, tinanciers of Il speculative eve have
been quietly buying up the land. Banker
Dunn has secured forty acres from Capt.
Renfro, while other parties, who ten days
ago begged for bids, are now offered twice
tho sums asked for their lands. Albertus
Vogt, VINO is writing series of interesting
articles for the Banner, on Life in Flori-
da, says he found the skull of terrapin
on the phosphate land, which, by actual
measurement, showed feet between the
eyes With remains like these, need we
wonder at the rich phosphate beds in Marion
county. on the banks Of the weird and ro-
mantle 'Co3chiew
Sanford Journals DR.. T. W. Moore of
this city has Invented and patented a de
vice for preserving cut flowers and cut
tings. 1t consists of a small rubber sack,
similar to the toy balloons seen in circuses,
with small aperture in the ton Of the sack
in which the stem of the flower to be pre-
served Is inserted, the sack is then filled
through the mouth with moist plant food,
and then the neck of the sack is
tied SO as TO prevent the escape of
the moisture except through the
pores of the cutting. The rubber being
elastic, when the sack is filed, exerts a CON
slant pressure Of water and plant food into
the pores of the plant. thus preserving it
almo t as long as If it was upon the parent
stem. Small sacks can be used by ladies
in decorating their hair and costumes, and
will preserve the flowers fresh for several
occasions. The invention being inexpensive
and useful. bids fair to come into general
use.
Quincy Herald: The dry weather we
have been having the past week or ten DAYS
has enabled the C mpany to cut lots of
their ripe tobacco, and they have in the
neghborhood of nine barns filed on the
Santa Clara plantation. On the La Violeta
plantation they have cut large amount of
tobacco, and three new barns will have to
be put mp on that plantation to hold the
crop. On all the plantations new barns
will have to be erected, as the present crop
wall more than fill the barns that were put
up last yea. The crop all through is an
excellent one, and bids fair to be the finest
crop ever raised In this county. The i'm
ported Sumatra tobacco is doing very fine,
and IS going to make nice wrappers. o.
tho Alsacs plantation cutting has been
the order of work for the past
ten days, and it is feared that
some of them will not have room enough
for the crop. The barns have all been COM
pleted ttwenty-four in alb, each capable Of
holding seven acres of tobacco, and these
will all be filled, and i'll some cases extra
sides will have to oe put on to hold the crop.
All over the county the tobacco crop is
looking fine, and it is estimated that the
area planted is about 1000 acres.
AT Fridays meeting of the city council of
St Augustine a communication was re-
celved from h. NJ. Flagler, who stated that
he had improved, paved, widened and
opened certain streets in the city which
We're as yet his private property, but which
he was desirious of turning over to the city
for the Unrestricted use of the public. He
offered the form of deed for the co slider
alton OF the council. The deed turns over