The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-26

Thomas Y. Porter has purchased of s. J..
Burnett the lot and two stores on the corner
| of Union and East Main streets, at Gaines
vile; consideration $1,000.
r. d. Mcleod of Barlow sold very val
liable tract Of phosphate land on the Alfalfa
river Monday for $4,000 TO parties in
Tampa. The land was owned by Mr.. Nc
Leod and bis associates.
Capt. John L. Davis, president Of the
Seminole Phosphate Company, has gone to
the property of the company at Archer
with q view TO commencing work. This
company has ], 600 acres.
colored man of Orlando is responsible
for saying that large mud fish fell from
above during the heavy rain Wednesday.
coming very near striking him on the head.
He states that he picked it up and had 1t
cooked.
Cocoa Public Spirit: Some idea of the
guava jelly business may be had from our
amount Of sugar used. j. NJ. Sanders re-
ceived this week four tons of graduated
sugar and G. j. Schooumaker has two and a
half tons to arrive in few days.
Pasco County Democrat: Capt N. G.
RerdeIl lost another fine dog Wednesday,
II was bitten by monster rattlesnake and
died within three minutes after he was
struck. Between the punctures of the fangs
OF the reptile there was the space of one
and five-eighth inches.
Pratt Brothers, proprIetors Of the PalatlJa
daily and weekly Herald. Leesburg Com
mercidl and Florida Newspaper Union,
spend in this city alone for help between
5000 and 800 a month, and in return re-
ceive from the business men Of Palatka
proper about 500 month for advertising.
George w. Land e. Co. OF Barlow made a
big sale last week. The tract consisting of
$50 acres, lies north of Barlow, on Saddle
creek. The price paid was $4,000. the
purchaser being Capt. J. M. Searles. for his
son, who is resident OF Vicksburg. A
plant will be erected and work commenced
at once.
Gate City Mascotte: V. Schmelz of SYl-
van Lake brought In yesterday a clay bowl
about sixteen inches in diameter and seven
or eight inches in depth, that he dug out of
a shell mound on the river. It was about
three feet under ground. EnsmiDger Brc g..
have it on exhibition in their photograph
gallery.
Capt. John II. Graham, manager of the
Brown house at Gainesville, has four chairs
which were part of the furniture used by the
New Orleans Club in 1852. These chairs
were often occupied by Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay and other distinguished gen.
tlemen who visited New Orleans in those
times and were guests of the club.
Neil M. Alexander of Beresford has a
bearing orange grove at that place, consist
ing of So acres, from which he gathered
last season over /, 100 boxes of fine fruit.
About one-half of the grove has been bear
ing for years, but the other half of the 81
acres Neil set since he located there seven
years ego. He has fine crop this year.
De Land Record: John L. Nuckols has
left at this Office an orange twig six inches
long, upon which Is a cluster Of sixteen
oranges, about half grown. John has a
fine ten-acre grove southwest OF the city
from which he got clean $1,000 in fruit
last year, and reports the present young
crop the largest the grove has yet borne.
Probably the largest mortgage ever put
upon the records Of Volusia county was re-
corded by Capt. Jordan last week. 1t GOV.
the Florida Land and Lumber Company &c
the Manhattan Trust Company of New
York for $I69, 800 on 169.S2l acres of land
situated mostly in the fiat woods of Volusis
county. These are the same lands sold sew
eral months ago by Hamilton Disston tt
w. j. Vinegar. the Palatka banker.
Twelve cars of phosphate, the balance Of
the cargo for the British bark EntinG
Nelson Hewertson, Capt'L L. Llewellyn, wers
| shipped from the Ceres phosphate mines o.
7. G. Fuller. near Macon, over the Orange
Belt railway Wednesday to st. Petersburg
| This Is the second vessel that has loaded a.
| this port, and 1t Is worthy Of remark tina
both the mining companies and the railroad
have been able to deliver the rock as fast a
IL could be loaded, and no charge for de
murrage has get been made. The vesSe
commenced loading her 400 tons on Thurs
day morning last and IN the five working
days has been loaded, and she Is ready X
clear. In this connection a contract ha
been let for extending she Orange Belt rail
way wharf at st. Petersburg 1000 feet, s
that vessels of much larger draft can b
loaded. The work will be commenced o.
1t next week.
Gainesville Sun: Willie Sing, of Canto
City, China, was married to Miss Allie
Ramsey of Gainesville on Sunday last. Tn
ceremony was performed at the residence c
the brides parents at IL o'clock. his homo
Judge ]. c. Gardner officiating in his usus
happy manner. A number of prominer
citizens witnessed the ceremony, and til
bride and groom were the recipients of SCI
eral handsome presents The crow
could not all find standing room in I'll
house, and after the knot had been tie
Willie and his bride came out on the fror
piazza and acknowledged the complimer
paid them by the presence Of the lare
assemblage by polite bow. The groom
successful business man of this city. ha
J ing been resident Of Gainesville for aboi
| five years. Up to the past few months
has been engaged In the laundry bushes
, since which time he has successfully mar
, aged grocery store in the Burnett blocl
: having built up very lucrative trade.