The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-11

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Jasper Ners: The assessment rolls for tn g
present year show the taxable property 90
Hamilton county 10 amount To $500 900.
A pretty good showing for the smallest
county in the state, little strip OF art
only forty miles long and sixteen wide,
especially when It is considered that II "a
principally farm values which make TINS
amount
Orlando Recorder: A meeting Of the
Orange County Farmers Alliance was held
at the court house In Orlando n day or Two
ago, President George +. Foote OK LellWood
presiding. The matter Of establishing com
mercial agency was postponed Tor actlon
until the next meeting. The worlds FAR
question was discussed at length but no &C
ton taken.
The rnortgaged Indebtedness Of the Presby-
terrain church Of Orlando amounting to
| 81. OJO has been cancelled by the transferring
| OF tine old church lot on Contra avenue ana
| a lot on Gould street g. the Harkneis estate
the holders Of the mortgage All tine papers
! have been signed aud recorded, and the
| church is now left with less than gov iu-
! debtedness.
! The adjourned meeting OF the Gainesville
| Guards was held at the armory tuesday
night for the purpose Of perfecttng an or
! QRnizAtion A co intimidation from Capt.
| Webster vas read, thaEkug the Guards Tor
| having elected him captain, aud offering
| thu company certain advice Nominations
! for first lieutenant were made, and I. j.
| SwearinRen cleo ed. L. J. Burkhlm was
elected second lieutenant.
A number Of gentlemen interested in the
organization of an artillery company at
Pensacola have organized by the election Of
the following ramed officers: NJ. +. Palmes,
captain: J. = Reese, first heuteaant J. r.
! McGaughey, orderly sergeant; D D. Shut
leworth, second sergeant; A. II. dAlem-
berte. third serge mt; w. dec. kessler,
fourth sergeant f. Villar, first corporal;
J. U. Woods second corporal; H. S. White,
third corporal; f. E Reese, secretary.
A meeting OF the citizens Of Punta Gorda
was held Thursday TO take the necessary
steps 10 settle the difference between the
cigarmakers aud the managers Of Ell Pei
metto cigar factory at that place. A com
miutee was appointed with instructions to
inform the strikers that they must not
molest or intimidate any cigsrmakers who
desire to work, aud if they did not want TO
work thems Ives they must give way for
others or more severe methods would be
resorted TO to stop the strike The commit
tee conferred with the workmen, and they
went to work Monday morning.
c. f. Bacon, formerly head bookkeeper
Of the Citizens National Bank OF Orlando,
died at Walthamvllle, Ca, a day or two
ago Of consumption. Mr. Bacon was for
many years employed at the office of the
clerk Of the circuit court in Orange county
and b.re most enviable reputa alton. He
was deacon in the Presbyterian church,
and prominent member of Eureka Royal
Arch Chapter and Olivet Commanderv
Kuights Templar Orlando Lodge No. 60, +
aud A. NJ, as we'll as of the Knights of
Pythias, and held $1,000 insurance in the
endowment rank of that order, and also
$1,000 in the Manhattan Life Insurance
Company. the deceased leaves a bride of
less than year to mourn his early demise.
There are now blooming at st. Augustine
sixteen plants OF the agave Victoria regina
species, or what is commonly called the cen.
fury plant A towering column rises out Of
the center of the plant to the hight of sixty
feet, but it is often relegated to the rubbish
heat as worthless, for the reason that, as a
thing Of beauty, it has no further charms
for the eye. Yet many thousands Of the
shaving people OF the old world utilize
this shaft OF the plant. They make
use Of it as a razor-strop. W.
A. Chambers, auditor Of the East Coast
railway line, has had one in use for many
years, and it shows not the slightest
defect from wear and tear. The strop is
made by taking the shaft OF the agave and
cutting it into lengths of twelve inches;
these are split into four, or as many quar-
ters' as possible, allowing to each piece q
sutticiency Of the pulp or heart of the stalk
TO present surface Of not less than one
inch, on which TO strop razor. The heart
hardens in time and presents q fine, soft
and naturally fabricated surface for strop-
ping razor.
Tampa Tribune: George Bell, keeper of
Picnic Island, has two little girls. one a
lovely child of about three years, to whom
the pet deer belonging to the zoo of r. s.
Warner q Co. on the island is very much
attached. The little fawn follows this child
wherever 1t goes. On Thursday the chill
dren stole away from home to play on the
wharf, when the little one accidentally fell
overheard. The deer at once jumped
in after the child. which soon sank out of
sight. The deer then swan to the beach
and ran at lightning speed TO the keeper
house, where the mother OF the
child was. It reared up on its hind feet,
blew and snorted and cut such queer antics
as to attract Mrs. Bells attention. 1t then
started down the beach in an excited run.
For the first time Mrs. Bell missed her chill
dren, and dropping everything she followed
the sagacious animal, whom she saw plunge
from the wharf into the bay. One leg of
her little girl was sticking out OF the water,
and when she rescued her from what might
have been a watery grave she was uncon-
scious BY lots Of rolling and rubbing the
child was finally resuscitated. Capt Bob
Warner is SO proud of his fawn that he has
ordered 1t Il handsome collar and silver
bell. He says 81 600 could not buy it.
s. A. Jones of Tampa tells the Journal
that the Chicago aud Tampa Improvement
Company have just perfected a deal in
phosphate lands In Pasco county, and they
will organize as the Pasco Phosphate Com.
psny, with a capital of 50 ,000,0 They
have bought IS, 900 acres. The operating
main office in Chicago. The mines are at
Ellsrslie, on the Pemberton Ferry branch
of the South Florida road. He says: al
have also completed the organization of the
Chicago and Pasoo Land Company. Their
holdings are 66 900 acres OF land in Pasco
! county. They will capitalize for
the purposes of immigration and
colonization, and for the agricultural
and timber interests. | have also closed the
option papers on a $4,000 phosphate mine
Of $40 acres in Alachua county, three miles
! from Archer, on the Florida Central and
! Peninsular road. have also closed the ou-
ton on "a $4,000 phosphate mine for parties
| in Buffalo and Rochester, Y. Y. This is In
| the vicinity of the Sterling Phosphate Com,
! pany, IN fernando county. They propose
/ to capitalize on basis Of $500 900. Options
/ have been taken too on Al, 900 acres of land
| ia the Pembertou Ferry belt by wealthy
capitalists in Chicago. These lands wei {
! bought at 81 80 per acre.