The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24

/ fruit this season for less than 81 30 on inc
trees.
The school building at Arcadia has been
found to be too small 70 accommodate the at
tendance, and the Methodist church Is used
by the overflow
Hon. Stephen r Mallory, the democratic
nominee for congress for the First district,
will address the citizens of Taylor county.
| at Perry, to-day.
The engineer on a locomotive near Green
| Cove Spring last week. caught two part
ridges in his hands out Of covey, while
| flying through the cab.
The population of Oviedo, according to
the new census, Is 49, The district includ-
| ing Gviedo Geneva, ChuluOta and Ga
briella contains about 800 people.
w II Speck of Palatka will offer a hand
some gold watch TO the best drille member
Of Gem City Guards, the young misses
company. The drill will come of at an
early day.
At a meeting of the members Of the
! Rrocksville Methodist church il was decided
10 replace their building, blown down over
| a year ago, bya brick one TO cost not less
than $1,000.
The cotton crop Of jefferson county has
suffered severely from the boil worm.
Estimates vary from oue-third to one
half crop. There is a bare hope OF recovery
of a part of the loss Of the middle crop"
Arcadia ArcadiGn: Arcadia is building
up rapidly New houses are going up in
every part of the town, and carpenters and
painters have their hands full By Jan. l,
1891, the population will have doubled in a
year.
The new fertilizer warehouse for the
Florida Central and Peninsular at Fernan-
dina is 70 he 200 feet long and 60 feet wide.
IL will stand upon piles, about 230 of which
xpilI ha uaa1ad IN form q g1IffieiantlU firm
foundation for it.
The three schooners Of the Lake Worth
and Jacksonville line will resume their
regular trips about Oct. |. They have
been laid up during September, fearing the
severe storms which are likely to occur at
this time Of year
The steamship State of Texas took the
following cargo from Fernandina last
week: 1910 feet lumber, ISL SACKS phos-
phate. 377 cases cedar, 272 logs cedar, AZ
bales cotton, 80 packages shrimp and ter
rapin, 25 packages merchandise.
Jacksonville Times Union: The steamer
Louise is Inflated. Last winter she sank
and was raised after great trouble Then,
while tied up at the Arlington dock she
caught fire. A few weeks later she sprung
leak and now lies on the river bottom
once more
Monday morning, at Jacksonville, the
body of Lizzie Fisher (colored) was found
on the muddy bottom in a shallow place in
Hogan's creek by lighterman. There are
some suspicious circumstances connected
with the drowning, but the general opinion
is that it was either an accident or suicide.
The Peace River Phosphate Company are
loading the English steamship Rhiwderin
at Punta Gorda with /, 200 tons of phosphats
rock, taken from Peace river at Arcadia
The Rhiwderin will finish loading Tuesday
The Caroline Miller will be In soon for
another cargo Of 900 tons Of phosphate for
Baltimore.
A big artesian well is being driven at the
electric light station in Jacksonville. 1t
will be 1000 feet deep and ten inches in
diameter. A derrick sixty-fve feet high
and 0 powerful steam drill are doing the
work. The present well gives 600 gallons
per minute, and this will more than double
the supply.
Oviedo Chronicie. The orange crop Of
the Lake Jesup section will reach from 80, =
900 to 60, 1000 boxes this season, depending
on the size the fruit will attain. Two years
ago the crop amounted 10 100000 boxes,
last season TO $4,000, and had not the
freeze destroyed the blossoms on the trees
last spring, the crop this season would
easily have reached l25. 900 boxes.
Palatka Times: 1t rs said that the gov
ernors phosphate proclamation is causing a
stir among the phosphate barons There
would seem to be some question as to the
states ownership of phosphate in beds of
streams running through lands owned by
citizens, or any one else for that matter In
large streams land owners abutting are
supposed to have riparian privileges, which
gives them ownership to deep water or the
channel.
Palatka Times: Years ago when what is
now Leon Spcings was settled by Ameri-
cans and Greeks, indigo was their principal
product. After the colony was scattered
native Americans began the cultivation of
cane, and were very successful. There was
also large mill run by the springs Dur
ing the war the federal soldiers DESTROYED
everything, and the old relics are there yet
The spring is to be raised now, so as to
afford sufficient fall to run the water works
for the proposed town.
Key West Equator Democrat: George
Smart, young man who ran away TO
Tampa a snort time since, while serving a
sentence in this city, and who has been
separated from his wife for some time.
brutally whipped her last night Not SEEM
ing satisfied with that, he went 80 far as to
secure a shotgun and fire load Of shot at
her, which, if the aim had been good, would
have probably proven fatal He was
captured in one of the barrooms later and
lodged in jail. We learn that he was under
the influence Of liquor at the time the
trouble occurred.
Tarpon Springs Truth: A very sad &C.
cident occurred at Mr.. LAngdons, about
three miles from Ozona, last Sunday at 2
p. m. George Renney and Slaton Saunders
were playing, when George, In fun, picked
up an axe and threatened to kill Slaton.
There was an old gun lying near Staten,
that had been left carelessly in the yard
he took it and shot George, not knowing ID
was loaded. The charge hit him in the
side, and it was thought at first it would do
no harm. as the load was very light, being
of bird shot bat he was so near that it had
a very serious effect, and George only lived
eight hours. DR.. Logan was summoned,
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