The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-12

The jefferson base ball club of Monticello
has received challenges from the Tallahas-
see aud Savannah clubs The challenge
have been referred to the committee on
challenge.
At MAIDS n, Wednesday afternoon, the
stable Of Col J. +. McAdams, from some
unknown cause, fell with a tremendous
crash, making a complete wreck OF the
entire building. Nothing was saved except
his horse.
The school board for Sumter county met
in Superintendent c. Whtfield's office
| Thursday and organized with the following
members: w. ". Cassidy, chairman, Sum
| terville. ID. H. Hart, Wildwood, and G..
| Beville, bushnell
The county commissioners have received
| the beautiful silver medal awarded to
Sumter county for her display of oranges
and other fruits at the meeting of the
American Pathological Society at Ocala
last fall. 1t is a beautiful testimonial.
! The present growing crop of the famous
/ Halifax river oranges promises 70 BE- aOOu
/ 10 as compared on basis of 100 last yerr,
in other words the total number of boxes
viii be larger than last year. The fruit
looks fine and appears 10 be able to hang
on well.
A lot Of fine lumber has been going owe
the Florida Central and Peninsula road
during he last week. 1t was of the purest
heart pine and measured from 40 to 90 feet
in length, and squared from II TO 20
inches. 1t was said to be for the South
| American trade. .--r
Monday last was legal sales day, and at
Lake City Capt. Charles r. King, as mas
| ter, sold at masters sale the valuable Bige-
low LIT and brick store on the square TO j.
y. Edge, of Edge & Porter, for 5000 casa.
! Some contingent costs make the real price
paid about S., $50.
The estimated ratio of increase in the
| population of the state Of Florida during
the decade ending July l, 1890, is 30 per
| cent, as figured by the census bureau at
! WashingtOn If tue estimate is a correct
one tine state will have, when the census is
taken next year, 900 people within its
borders.
Pensacola Commercial: A commodious
hotel will be one of the coming attractions
on santa Rosa island next year. the requi-
site permission has been obtained from the
proper authorities. 1t will be made sum-
mer resort. Attractive grounds will be
provided, and ample communication with
the city will be afforded.
Bids were opened Friday for the CON
structon of the school building to be built
by Col w. d. Chipley for the county on
Garden street, Pensacola. Toe applicants
were numerous, and the bids ranged fro n
81, go, the lowest, by l.. Sara, to 81, 967,
the highest, by S. S. Leonard OF course,
the contract was awarded to Mr.. Sara.
Though last Monday wa. legal sales day
hut few of the people seemed to have re-
membered it, Judging from the prices that
some excellent property brought. j. 2.
Perry, commissioner, sold three town lots
in the Moseley addition. Of one acre each,
for $40. They we're purchased by r. Pope
Sheriff Dickinson sold a forty-acre planta-
ton to james Long for the magnificent
sum of SO.
Miss Sarah F. Williams of Monticello has
sold 425 bushels of LeConte pears, her
grove Of one acre consisting of forty eight
tree. Net proceeds: Sixty cents per
bushel for 315 bushels, eighty-three cents
per bushel for fifty BUSHELS Total net
amount from forty-eight trees, 1856 30. A
good many of che pears were used in pre-
| serving, picking, etc, excluded from the
above statement.
t. j. Hooks of Clermont, planted about
twenty-five acres in tomatoes last season.
from which he averaged about 100 crates to
the acre. The total acreage at Clermont
last season was about 300 acres, which will
be more than doubled next season, The
natural average yield is 100 crates to the
acre, but the drought decreased last sea-
sons average to about fifty crates to the
acre.
Florida annually produces $50, 900 worth
of honey $1,000 worth of Strawberries,
$4,000 worth of hogs, $350,000 worth of
beef, $4,000 worth of sheep, $3.50. 900
worth of sponges, 1850, 900 worth of fish aud
oysters, 50, 500, 900 worth of oranges, lemons,
lines and pineapples, S65 900 worth of sugar
aud molasses, 100000 worth of rice, $780,
900 worth of cedar, $4,000, 900 worth of
lumber and 100000 worth of cotton; a
total of $30,00O,00O.
At u meeting Of the Lake county alliance
held Friday, the following was passed
'Resolved, That the county alliance of
Lake county does unanimously indorse the
ida, aud recommends the establishment of
branch exchanges as soon as possible, and
would heartily recommend that the farm
ers and fruit growers of the state patron
ize the alliance exchange in shipping and
buy ing"
b. A. Weathers and his son Neal took a
run over TO st. Augustine from Ocala Sat
urday with their friend, Mr.. Strobhar, and
took plunge into the Alcazar swimming
pool In retiring from his bath to the
DIRE 5sing room Mr.. Weathers opened the
wrong door, and it being dark, stepped into
private bath pool, falling a distance of
eleven feet on to a hard concrete bottom.
sustaining a nervous shock anu wrenchinE
his back SO seriously that he was compelled
to be lifted up and conveyed to his room
and physician summoned to administer to
his relief.