The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-04
FLORIDA.

-SOhlbAs
Some Of the growers in the vicinity Of
Leesburg are selling their oranges on the
trees at 81 per box, and at least one sale
has been made at Micanopy for 81 % per
box.
The action of the Alachua county COM
missioners yesterday in offeringla reward of
81, 900 to aid in the capture of Harmon
Murray will be universally approved by the
citizens of that county.
Monday night a thief broke into st. Jo-
seph's convent at Fernsndina, unlocked
drawer in one of the rooms and abstrscte1
$40 in cash. Only two of the sisters we're
in the building at the time, the Others being
il st. Augustine.
Complaint is made that razor-back hogs
are playing havoc with the crops In North
Gainesville. 1t is a well-known fact that a
razor-back swine can turn on his side and
creep through an extremely small hole, or
climb fence with the greatest facility.
A number of the citizens of Jonesville,
Alachua county, are becoming infected
with the orange culture fever. Among
| others, Joseph Holt has just set out $50 fine
orange trees. There are many fine orange
trees in that region, some of them bearing
as high as 1000 oranges TO the tree.
The projectors Of the proposed Palatka
and Lakeland railroad are moneyed men and
practical railroaders, and are interested in
the building of the Palatka and Boca
Grand. They are backed by some road not
far from Palatka, which is seeking feeder
to the phosphate beds Of South Florida.
DR.. L. C. Washburn, in charge of the
Fort Myers experimental station, has re-
ceived some coffee and seeds and pods of
the cocoa. seeds Of the India rubber tree
and cahoon nuts. also the cashew nut All
of these are of great commercial import
ance. He also has seeds from a hard
shelled pumpkin and red seeds from an or
namental vine, all of which he has just re-
ceved from Central America to be expert
mented with at our experimental station.
Not including the vessels of the Plant
Steamship Line only one foreign vessel en-
tered and cleared from the port of Tampa
during the month of Augustine Godiva.
The total value of imports, consisting
mostly of tobacco, fruits, drugs and wines,
was go, $3.50 GO. The value of goods for i'm
mediate consumption was as follows Free
goods, S579; goods paying specific duties,
$9,35S 81; goods paying ad valorem duties,
S4lS 40 total, $40, 1856 "a. Duties on same,
1880 rs. The value of goods entered in
warehouse was S14, 633 IS; the duty on same
was $l1. 459 20.
The Piedmont Coal and Phosphate Com
papy. represented in Gainesville by James
N. Graham and T. E. Culverhouse and r.
j. Camp & Bros. of Campville, have just
received a consignment by the Mallory
Steamship Line of steel rails for the con
struction of two miles of standard gauge
railroad from Rock Springs. on the Silver
Springs, Ocala and Gulf railroad to their
mines in Marion county. The company
has now ready for shipment 5000 tons of
phosphate. and it estimates that it will
be able to mine not less than 100000 tons.
The Piedmont company has thus far paid
Messrs. Culverhouse and Graham $1,000
ROYALTY from property costing them $1,000,
and from which it is expected they will
realize not less than 100000.