The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-02

The secretary Of state Saturday received
fer filing articles of incorporation of the
Manates and Sarasota Railway and Drain
age Company The main object of this
company is to construct a railroad from
! some navigahle point on the Manatee river
| TO Sarasota, in Manatee county. The pro-
/ iecsors Of this enterprise are Harvey w
/ shepard of Boston, Mass j. Hamilton
/ Gillespie Of Sarasota. w. C.. Patten OF
Braidentown, Joseph Noyle of Gainesville,
aud J. H. HUMPHREYS of Braidentowu. The
headquarters of the company are to De at
/ BraidentOwn.
At jacksonville, Monday, a sewer caved in
aud nearly suffocated Two negro iaborers
One was buried up to his neck aud the other
about three feet over his head. Their
frightened comrades fastened to their
| rescue, but il was nearly ten minutes be-
fore tie buried mans head was unco vered
| and fully half an hour before the pair were
safely lifted out. The man who was COW
cred up was protected by his hat, which was
! jammed down over his face by the weight
of the falling dirt and was able to get air
| enough through the loose earth TO keep him
alive. The entire gang quit work and could
not be persuaded to go back all day, 50
| thoroughly frightened were they.
George E. White of Tallahassee about
| two years ago purchased a tract of land
containing 42J acres i'll the southeastern
portion Of Leon county for mere song in
order to secure tue timber on it. Upon in
vestigation it proved not to be as heavily
timbered as the old gentleman first thought:
therefore it has been lying idle on his hands
ever since. All the while Mr.. White has
felt like kicking himself for making the
purchase. A few days ago he sold 100 acres
OF the tract for 81 30 par acre. Upon this
sale he congratulated himself highly Since
then valuable phosphates have been dis
covered on the land, and the gentleman who
purchased from Mr.. White has secured an
option Of SIS per acre on his hundred acres.
Mr.. White is now thinking of getting some
Of his friends TO kick him for being the big.
gest fool in Tallahassee.
The Florida Guano, Phosphate and Fer
tilizer Company was organized il Talla-
hassee Saturday night with j. b. Coli as
president, j. A. Crichlow, vice president:
John g. Collins, treasurer; and n. M.
Bowen, secretary. The capital stock of the
company is 100000, with privilege of in
creasing at any time. This company owns
valuable phosphate lands in Hillsboro
county, situated near Plant City on the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
Upon one-half section of the land is located
roollery, where for time immemorial bird
deposits in largo quantities have been made.
These deposits, together with the vegeta-
ton, have formed a compost of large per
COnt. Vi pure SuhuO. anu t1ey contain q
good percentage of phosphate 1t has been
pronounced by specialists high grade of
fertilizer, and in fact has beea expert
mented with and proven such.
1t will be seen by the following, related
by j. d. Hightower, who lives about twelve
miles east of Tallahassee, as happening on
his place, that at least some of the colored
brothers Of that section still believe in the
whipping post as the best means of punish
ing thief: A few days ago a lamp and
several other minor articles we're missed
from St Johns church. Suspicion rested
on certain young negro. but nothing was
said about 1t until conclusive evidences was
secured and his guilt thoroughly established
The hayward brother was then secured by
a number of members of the church and
taken to place Of safety; young pine
saplng was then bent down, one Just strong
enough to send him high IN the air when he
would make lunge to get out of the way
of the whip. To this he was securely bound,
and 100 lasheS put on his bare back by "a
stout negro. In addition to this he was
warned If it was ever found cut that he had
been stealing again the dose would be
doubled