The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-27

A few days ago Floyd, Kennedy & Co., Of
I Quincy. received a large consignment OF
/ dry goods which we're so badly damaged by
water as to be almost worthless. An ap-
/ praiseTnent Of the goods was made and the
[ shippers notified.
/ A negro named Ganus was arrested last
. wednesday about four miles west Of Quincy,
( charged with assault and attempt TO com
NIT rape. At his trial on Thursday the
/ charge was not sustained, 50 the prisoner
| was discharged.
| a. Ottinger sold eighty acres of land near
| Quincy to the F. 7. T. & T. Co. last week
/ tor 81 per acre One year ago land similar
/ TO this sold for 81 per acre. This land Is
/ near the La Caunelia plantation III the
northern part OF Gedsden county.
| Col. James Fores-. general agent Of the
| OkeecnObee Land and Drainage Company,
| reports the condition Of the cane crop at the
company's farm as being exceed ely salts
| factory. TIE colonel SAYS g Chicago dele
/ CATION, which visited tue farm during their
recent trip, was aston shed at the size II the
crop and tho evident adaptsbility Of tie
soil for the successful raising of sugar cane.
There have been some needed re- airs put
on old ForJ Marion at st. Augustine by the
/ government, viz: Two new bridges across
the m0at, a new concrete floor in The sally
port, new covers fOr the well, new stair
way to the tower and a breakxa to the
north OF the fort, and concrete work has
I cen commenced in the south vest bastiOn.
There will be m 1Ta work done on the Terra
plain.
Capt. Bob Warner of Port Tampa pro-
poses 70 go into the oyster tipping business
on large scale this year. commencing on
sept !. be has had large oyster beds
planted in Old Tampa bay, and has con-
tracted for the product " the most Of the
beds owned by other parties in that vicin-
lty-in fact, will probably handle the en-
tire crop One half Of his large store
building at Port Tampa will be devoted to
the business a ID his steamer, the Erie, and
several smaller craft viii be engaged IN L,
tie Ecie dredging in deep water, and the
smaller boats using tOngs on the shallow
beds
Quincy Herald: There is a curiosity in
tnis county Ia the shape Of darNey who IS
turning white. His name Is Henry Hamil-
ton. lie is a half-breed aud is now 90 years
If age. Eight years ago he began to turn
white in spots, first on his hands, then up
ais arms aud so on until now ne is almost
white, AID has a perfectly healthy appear
ance. The color Of his face is RAPIDLY
changing, and in another year he would
pass Tor white man where ne is unknown.
His wife lis very proud Of him and saws she
will soon have white man for a husband.
Henry Is very good darky aid quite in
dustrlOus We knew of an Occurrences
similar to the above-a black man who
was employed on the Apalachicola river
some years ago, and as soon as he became
perfectly white ne died.
State Railroad Commissioners Hines and
Nann held meeting in the rOtunda OF the
Ocala house at Ocala Saturday. 1t was
largely attended, fifty fruit growers and
Shippers being present. Commissioner
Hines stated the object of the meeting.
Under the amended law tho commissioners
could visit the various por ions of the state.
and, If necessary, in order to gain informa-
ton, demand the presence IF persons aud
the produc ion Of papers. He said all the
railroads III the state had sent schedules for
their inspection, and in all Florida's leadi e
products, oranges and vegetables, the rates
asked for by the railroads were higher than
the rates prevailing and made by the COM
mlssioners. Tue rates were read SO that the
advance asked by the railroads could be
noted by the producers and shippers. The
fruit and vegetable growers are solid
against the proposed revision of the freight
tiTitf on their products.
Cap. Paul Gibson, engineer on the
steamer Floridelphia, during its trip from
tampa TO Mexico, where she is to run on
the Ilacotalpan river, writes back from
y
sutton about starting on Friday: "Some
people are superstitI0us enough to think
Friday an unlucky sailing day. In looking
over the log Of the trip which | kept | see
that We left Kissimmee on Friday and
finished our work IN Tampa on FRIDAY: had
70 call IN at Cedar KEYS to fix our guy rods
on Friday; arrived at Mobile on Friday aud
Ell the Friday following Horn Island on
Friday and Galveston on Friday. and the
Friday va CrNf inn
the Rio Grande, and two weeks later on
Friday we went out to sea again, aud left
Iamplco the Friday after. We have about
thirty miles yet to 20, and think we will
be ready about next Friday. We will be
here about a week yet. The owners are
getting things fixed with the customs Off
GERS, and then she will go to her home on
| the Tlacotaipan river"
A pamphlet issued by c. S. Phillips of
No. loS Pearl street, New York, announces
the formation Of syndicate for operating
IN Florida tobacco. Tne prospectus sa +, )
the company is issuing $780, 900 of stock in
shares of 500 EACH and that the company
owns 10000 acres of land in Polk county,
| ehgibly situated and adapted to tobacco
| growing, and that "a young city will soon
appear" within its bounds; that it is the in
tention ITO plant 500 acres of tobacco the
first year, and increase the acreage each
yeat Aiohl OOO 10 I5VOO acres, IL labor can
| be secured sufficient to do the work. Mr.
Phillips proposes to reside on the plantation
during the growing and curing season, in
order to give the work personal attention
Some suspicious having been whispered
as to the immense scheme, letter was ad.
dressed to one of the most responsible mon
IN Barlow, which elected the following re-
ply: Il know nothing personally of Mr..
Phillips or his scheme, but learn. upon in
vestigation, that there is no record on fl lie in
the Gle KS office of this Polk) county show
ing the purchase of any lands by the syndi-
cate represented by Mr.. Phillips. 1 am
satisfied that he is having no such large
amount OF land cleared as you mention, for
l can fiud no one who knows ANYTHING about
1t, and some of our people would certainly
have known it had it been fact
CoLQUITT, GA, Aug. 8, 1888.
NesSrS J. f. Smith f Col have used