The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-19
FLORIDA.

The legislature expires by limitation
June 5.
It ia rumored that the fast train on the
Florida Southern will be taken off before
long.
Robert Monroe of Tallahassee has pur
chased the undivided half interest Of W. w.
Mcintosh in the Highland Park addition to
North Tampa, and now owns the entire
property. Consideration $4,000.
The tobacco growers of Gadsden and
Leon counties held large meeting, 200
present, at Quincy, Monday, with view to
| establish a tobacco warehouse. The aver
ago yield per acre last year in Gadsden was
| 392 pounds
The following peculiar notice appeared in
the Green Cove Spring: "The hesrse COM
| mittee takes pleasure IN announcing that it
has virtually bought carriage for the dead
1t also announces that it has money suffi-
ciene to pay for the vehicle less $25 aud for
which amount it now appeals to those Of
our citizens who have not subscribed, and
TO those who did subscribe, but who are
willing to render further aid to insure the
speedy purchase of hearse. Any one inter-
ested can get all particulars by calling at
Judge Greer's office"
Pensacola NelVs: Gustav Ewert, the mate
OF the buoy tender Putnam, of this district.
and well-known in this city, met with
serious and painful accident last Tuesday.
the 18th. The Putnam was lying off Cedar
Key and the crew were engaged in hosting
q bell buoy on board. The lasso chain. with
which the buoy was being hoisted. failed to
stand the strain to which it was subjected.
1t parted and one Of its flying ends struck
Ewert on the left thigh aud right ankle.
breaking both legs at the points named.
The wounded man was taken to Cedar Key
and placed in the marine hospital for treat
meut.
st. Augustine NelOs:: The next state en-
campment. which will probably be held
here next July, will, it is believed, be par
ticipated in ty both the Guards and the
Rifles OF st. Augustine. The military bill,
which has passed its second reading 10 the
legislature, will soon be read the third time
and will become law as soon as signed by
the governor. The bill provides that all
volunteer companies In the state of
Florida shall either join the state
troops or give up to the state
| shall carry firearms hereafter. At present
the state Of Florida supports twelve COM
| panies in the state troops, and the law pro-
| vides that twenty companies of infantry
| and two batteries of artillery shall be sup
| ported. The state provides each company
$500 per annum for armory rent. Each
| company is supplied by the state with a full
set OF uniforms every three years. The
state furnishes rations TO its companies for
an encampment Of ten days, once year.
Kissimmee Leader: We took q run over
to the rice plantation yesterday afternoon
| and found it to be a vertable beehive of
industry. Just off from the station, some
200 or 300 yards, the Kelley Bros. have
| erected a pair of irrigating pumps of a
capacity OF 8. 600, 900 per hour, and they had
just got them nicely started to flooding the
4 rice, or rather one Of them, as the supply
| OF water was not sufficient to work them
both, but that defect was being remedied
by a big gaug of darkies enlarg-
ing the canal to fish lake, their
source of water supply. However, one
| pump was doing very effective work for
while We were there some eight or ten acres
| were thoroughly flooded. They are work
| ing 100 mules, blowing and narrowing in
the rice, and q still larger gang Of darkies
and Italians were at work on the place
blowing, narrowing, sowing, ditching, etc
They intend to keep on planting till about
| July l, by which time they expect to have
in about 1900 acres. Their first sowing is
seven or eightinches high, and from this
the grain is in all stages down to that which
was being sown yesterday. Their pros
poets for a good yield could not be
more fiatteriug, judging from the
healthy, thrifty appearance OF the growing
| crop; aud while some OF their planting will
be rather late, still on account OF fits matur-
ing more rapidly, the harvest will not be
much behind that first planted AS this is the
first planting on new ground, the Yield will
not be as large as on old ground and vet
they say they can reasonably expect twenty
barrels per acre, which means a yield for
the plantation OF about 5000 barrels.
About June !, they will commence the erec-
ton Of their rice mill In town, some Of ths
material for which is being placed on tbs
ground, The building will be about AZ
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