The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-18

alyzed, proved to Q per cent. richer than
the famous Charleston rock, it is said.
Over 5000 boxes OF oranges have been
packed and shipped this season from Waldo.
| There are perhaps :, ZOO boxes yet TO send 70
/ market TIE prices realized have been
/ better than usual, and $4,000 or $50
600 have been put into circulation around
that town.
A negro woman, claiming TO come from
| Brunswick, left a newborn white infant
with negro girl on the outskirts of Fer
nandina Thursday, declaring that If she did
| not take it she would throw it away. She
said she had been sent over by the grand
mother TO give it away.
John johnson was killed Wednesday at
| Bsllville by his brothsr-in-law, William
Tooke. John was pursuing TOOke with a
| lightwood knot, when Tooke made a sweep
| ing cut behind him, and cut johnson s
oner's jury was justi6abls homicide.
The 3O0-foot extension Of the F. p &, c.
company's steamship dock, at Fernaudina,
| is now in progress. Tgls is distinct from
the big fertilizer docks, which are nearly
completed, Samples of rock from Bryce
vile, Nassau county, have been analysed
by Z. 5. Wallace, but they only pan out 10
per cent Of phosphate
Saturday night four prisoners escaped
from the Stsrke jail, but on Tuesday night
Deputy Sheriff W. D. Vinzant of Duval
heard Of the affair and captured two Of
them in jacksonville. Thursday morning
| took them back to Starke. Joe Myers and
Nathan Mallory, both colored, were the
parties captured
Arcadia Arcddidn: II. NJ. Morgan
shipped twelve crates Of cucGnbers to
Philadelphia Tuesday. E. c. Evans shipped
sixteen crates Of beans to New York yester-
day. Tomatoes are being shipped every
day. From now on the shipment Of early
vegetables will be heavy. The Florida
Southern side-track is blocked with cars,
| and the warehouse filed with freight.
Mr.. Henry Clifton, who resides at
Winona, ten miles north Of DeLand, has a
twenty-acre corn field in fun silk in tassel.
This field grew corn last year, and after
gathering in September he plowed the grass
and corn stalks under to benefit the land.
Many ears were overlooked in gathering.
and thew went under too from which came
the present crop, and Mr.. Clifton says it
looks as well as the crop grown last summer.
The c. s. Polk Tobacco Company OF
Polk county, has an agent at Tampa secur-
ing men 10 20 to work on its plantation adj
jacsnt to Lakeland. This contains 400
acres. They intend to clear it all up aud
then plant 500 acres in tobacco. Factories
for working it will be built at once. A
steam street car line will probably be built
from Lakeland to this plantation, where
new town dixie Ybor City will probably
spring up.
A farmer who lives in Duval county,
about fourteen miles from Jacksonville, is
under the impression that he has bigger
thing than phosphate. He has on his farm
very peculiar deposit which has ell the
appearance Of a commercial fertilizer
Some of it was analysed at Charleston and
declared to be worth 81 80 per barrel. The
farmer was in Jacksonville Thursday and
exhibited some Of his treasures, of which he
has seven acres.
On the twenty-mile extension of the
Florida, Central and Peninsular from
Plant City to Tampa, work is progressing
and will be finished inside of thirty days
All but five miles of the line has been Gov
cred with force of workmen and an addi-
tional force began upon this remaining five
miles Tuesday. The right of way is cut
out all the way, one mile is graded out of
Tampa, and eight miles are ready for the
iron. The switch connecting with the ex-
tension was put in at Plant City Monday
and track laying began.