The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-21
FLORIDA.

The tobacco market is booming in ITALIA
hassee.
A company he's been organized 10 build a
water works at Green Cove.
! George Greenhow has sold forty acres OF
land east of Tallahassee 10 Fl. @. Mix of
| Georgia. Mr. Mix will make model fruit
| farm OF his purchase.
A. w. Barber. formerly a clerk in the
| office Of Cen Slocum, United States sur
veyor for Florida, has bsen appointed a
prootreader in the government printing
office at Washington at a salary Of $1,000 a
year.
The La Pierre Phosphate Company, whose
mines are just west of Tallahassee, are hav-
| ing ground cleared preparatory to building
cottages for their employees 1t is said they
will bring out a number Of Italians to mine
| the rock.
"A farmer from Madison county was in
Monticello TuesdIy, who had a bale of
cotton weighing over 700 pounds, which he
said was ginned from l, 400 pounds of seed
cotton OF the Peterkin variety. This is an
unusual yield.
Monticello Tribune: Col n. r. Walker
of Crawtordville was in the city recently.
We learn that he will be- candidate for
reading clerk OF the lower house of the
Ftfty-first congress. "Old Mats" past ex-
perlence ably fits him Tor the position.
Monticello Tribune; The morning train
over the Savannah, Florida and Western
| now brings the Savannah mail and MoRN-
INC NEWS. This is decidedly better, es it
enables our merchants to get the cotton
market OF the previous day little after 0
| o'clock.
Aaron Gelger. who lives near Athens
Clay county. says he owns two oran ye
trees which are a small gold mine to him.
| he says he will gather at least 100 boxes of
| oranges off these trees this season As
there are, on an average, about $50 oranges
to box. these two trees will yield Is, 900
oranges.
Some time last year G. W. Marble Of
Gainesville sounded the Alachua lake. In
the suck be reached a depth of 213 feet.
Near by the line touched bottom at 130 feet.
| At a distance of fifteen feet from the shore
all around the lake the average depth was
ninety feet. which includes the measure
ments in the suck.
Leon county has many successful colored
farmers. This year Jeff johnson, one Of the
most thrifty among the colored race in that
| county, planted q patch Of tobacco. He hai
sold his crop, paid his debts and laid away
| $176 net cash. This leaves bis crop OF cot
ton, corn, potatoes, etc., untouched, anc
will enable him to pay cash as he goes mex
season. He will plant more tobacco mex
year.
Messrs. Gilmore & Davis have taken th,
contract to build an elegant home for Mrs
K. c. Long on the lot where Col. j. B
CANDLES residence at Tallahassee was re
Gently destroyed by fire. The house will
be two stories high, 70xS0 feet. aud will
have unique pavilion 20x2t feot in size
| Tde same contractors have also started oil
the dormitory building for the State Norma
and Industrial College for color red students
The frame has already besp 70 ised.
While digging on his place east of ITALIA
hassee George Greenhow found e large de
post of high grade silicate of aluminium
When first taken out il is OF the consistenc,
of putty aud eau easily be nodded int
shapes for ornament to buildings, window
stills. building blocks. etc., il becoming very
hard when exposed to the air This sub
stance can also be colored by mixing color
ing matter with it when soft; and this color
ing material is also found on the sans
place in large quantities. Mr.. GreenhoN
has made several successful experime is IL
working IT,
Green Cove Spring: During last Feb
ruary box of Sabbath school books wa
shipped ty George H. Heiser of BROOKLYN
n. Y, to the Methodist Sabbath school o
this town. The books failed to arrive anC
inquiries were made, and it was found the,
had gone astray. After months Of tracinI
, and much correspondence the box riivel
in Green Coye on last Tuesday. accompa
MED by twentv-Six slips OF papers, tracers
The books are present to the Green Gov
Methodist Sunday school from the Lafsy.
, cite Avenue Sabbath school Of BROOKLYN
= n. y. The former school, through its sec
rotary, has rendered its thanks to tn
donors.
Gov. Fleming has made the following an
pointments: d. c. Turguson of Barlow /,
be member of the Polk county board O
health; Grant Davis of Altoona to be no
tary public for the state at large; Edwin II
COREY to be commissioner Of deeds 10
Florida in New York; Charles w. DaCost,
!. to be councilman for the Third ware
Of Jacksonville; c. c. Wilder of Hills
borough county to DO notary public for tn
; state at large; James a Marvin 70 b
councilman for the Seventh ward o
7 Jacksonville; BrAxron Small Of jasper TO b,
! notary public for the state at large; A. ]
Hutchinson Of GAINESVILLE to be notary pub
lie for the state at lsrge; Donald ellis Of
Palatka to be notary public for the state a