The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-09

out, so far as the establishment Of a cotton
factory is concerned. what Is to prevent our
citizens from taking the matter up and
making perfect success Of it.
Examination of the extensive orange
grove Of Pound & Tison, on Lake Santa Fe,
in Alachua county, shows tibet the trees
have sustained very little injury. The
bloom has not been materially III jured, aud
the prospect is bright for big crop.
Slnce the rain an examination Of the
strawberry plants at Hammock Ridge, in
Alachua county, develops the fact that in
all cases where the vines are large. one
third of the berries have been saved, but IL
is feared that tie loss on the small vines
will be total.
Phosphate has been found near Worthing-
ton Springs in Alschun county. The
Worthington Springs Company sent to
Tampa for Prof Joseph Voyls to come up
and institute a search, which he did, and
was successful in finding phosphate in con-
siderable quantities Of good quality.
A fight between two colored men at La
Grange Sunday morning resulted in one
man. named Williams. cutting another with
| brush axe over the back from the right
shoulder-blade to the left arm, severing the
muscles Of that arm. Sheriff Bowman cap
tured Williams and now has him in Jail.
Last Thursday Mrs. Kidwell, of the Grand
View hotel at Titusville, noticed that her
gold watch and chain, pair Of diamond
| earrings and about IS In money had been
stolen from her room. Suspicion pointed to
| some of the cclored servants about the hotel,
and several OF them were arrested Friday,
| but as yet no clue has been found to the
missing articles.
Gainesville Sun: A prominent citizen of
this city informed rs yesterday that ne
would give $500 for the construction Of a
railroad from Gainesville to the Suwannee
river and $500 to aid in the building Of
| railway from this city to Lake Butler.
| These roads would give Gainesville a big
boom, and it is probable that with little
encouragement to capitalists they could be
| secured.
Fernandina Mirror: After lingering in
| Jail several weeks, Henry Holzendorf finally
came to the conclusion that it would be
better for his health if he revealed the
whereabouts Of his grandfather's will The
| will had been secreted in the house OF his
| stepmother, who lives on the county road
and near the city. Judge Schuyler has Sc
cured the will and Holzendorf was released
from durance vile.
Fernandina Mirror: Some time since
prominent member of the Chicago Board Of
| Trade purchased $4,000 acres of land COW
cred with long-leaf Florida pine, believing
that the investment would pay him a better
interest than If put into securities ranging
from to per cent. The result proved
that he calculated wisely, as the value of
the property purchased has already ad-
vanced upward of 100 per cent.
Burt Sanders of Mosley Hall drove TO
Madison last Monday, and started home
ward in the afternoon in his wagon in COM
pany with a negro, who was driving. When
mile or two from town the team took
fright and ran away, and Mr. Sanders fell
40 In
such manner that the wheels passed over
his head, bruisiug and cutting his face in
frightful manner and rendering him uncon-
scious for a time.
fire, started by person named john
son, at Indianola, Wednesday last, unfor-
tunately broke away from him, and, spread
ing with lightning rapidity, continued to
burn with fury until Thursday. Itreached
the place of Tax-Assessor Sanders, at
| Courtney, burning some of his orange trees
and doing damage to the amount Of 81 900.
Mr.. Sanders residence had narrow escape
from being consumed by the flames, it being
considerably blackened and scorched.
Palatka Times: The large body of land
| recently purchased by a syndicate of SYRIA
cuse people, lying between Palatka and
Francis, and running from the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad to the Flor
ida Southern railway. is being surveyed
ohN laiO OuO lulO u CltJ VI no mean pTOpOF-
! tons. The company are well fixed so far
as money is concerned, and no expense will
be spared to make this model place. 1t is
stated that large numbers of lots nave al
ready been spoken for, and the prospect is
lively for big boom out at Francis.
st. Augustine Democrat: Several lady
| tourists, it will be noticed, wear a little
| silver Maltese cross, attached to narrow bit
of purple ribbon, upon which are the letters, |.
| 1856, the date OF organization. These are
THE Kings Daughters" and their sacred
mission is to relieve the wants of suffering
| humanity in every conceivable direction.
| Every kind act of sympathy performed by
| them is done I'm His Nape,n without the
hope or expectancy of fes or reward. A
blessing goes with them wherever they go.
A. B. Farrar of Palma Sofa recently
called at the Office of the Tampa Tribune
and gave in an interesting experience,
| which Is thus stated: MIR. Farrar thinks he
has hit upon a very cheap and successful
way of Kidding land Of palmetto, and he
wants all the world to have the benefit OF
his experience and knowledge in this mat
ter. He has just killed the palmetto on
five acres OF ground by simply pouring q
small quantity Of kerosene oil into the
plant. Every one knows that if you kill
the bud Of palmetto you kill the root, and
he claims that in a short time after pour.
ing the oil upon the bud you can easily
pluck it out with the hand. He used les:
than barrel Of oil ON Eve acres Of pal
| metto.
Gainesville Sun: The phosphate excite
ment has dwarfed all other interests in this
city and county, and the fever seems to b.
on the increase. Many Thousand acres Of
land have changed hands, and the prospec
is that previous 10 the expiration of op-
tons the sale Of real estate will be enor-
nous. There is no longer any doubt con-
corning the earnestness Of those who express
desire to purchase phosphate lands. 1t Il
probable that most Of the land upon which
. phosphate exists has been located by those
seeking investments, and when option
expire prices will very materially advance
J Those who own lands ON which deposits o.
any considerable quantity exist will b,
reasonably safe in asking a fair price. Al
such land is valuable, and will probably
become more so.
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