The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-29

At Jacksonville Saturday night A. K.
/ Leon lost a diamond stud valued a. Sl25. II
was found and returned by a colored lad
I named Robinson, who received a reward OF
/ SIS.
VIM f Coleman, for two years mayor
| Of Green Cove, and for nine years a resi-
| dent here, left last week for California,
/ where he proposes to make his home here
after
The workmen in the Ocala and Blue river
| phosphate mines took out large bowlder a
few days ago fifteen feet below the surface,
In the center of which was found a good
sized lump OF piEe pitch.
The Tampa Abstract Company have an
order for abstracts for over 5000 acres of
phosphate land in the southeast portion of
Hillsborough county. This land is claimed
to be very rich in phosphate.
A subscription paper has been circulated
about Tavaras for the purpose of raising a
fund for the erection Of a numHer Of street
lamps The requisite amount having bean
realized, the work will be done at once.
All along the line of the Florida Southern
railroad, between Eus- is and Leesburg,
large quantit es OF cabbage and other vege-
tables are being shipped daily. II anything
like fair price is received the returns viii
be immense.
There are now thirty-six prisoners COM
fined in Escambia county jail. Nearly
twenty of this number are United States
prisoners, and a number of them are under
sentence to be served in the psnitentiary at
Columbus, ..
Lake City Citizen: Mr. George DaCottes
and several other business men Of Jackson
vile will put in at once, SO we learn, at their
phosphate mine on the Myers plantation,
eighteen miles south of Lake City, $1,000
worth Of machinery for the works. A good
many laborers about the city go down daily
TO work in the several mines.
Tampa Tribune: A couple of old con-
federate soldiers met on the street Saturday
who enlisted in the army almost from the
same neighborhoOd and served together,
who Lave not met before in over twenty
eight years, and readily recognized each
other. Their conversation was truly inter
esting in taking a retrospective view of the
scenes of bYgone days.
The contract for carrying the mail from
Punta Gorda to the new postoffice recently
established at Harbor View, twice a week
has been let to q general contractor in K an
lucky, who Is now trying 20 get sub to
carry it for $50 a year. The postmaster at
Harbor View informed the gentleman that
it would be very difficult TO sub-let the con-
tract for double that amount.
Lake City Citizen: Messrs. George C.
Mattox and w. I. Henry Of the Mt. Tabor
neighborhood returned Saturday from
Quincy, where they took their crops of
tobacco for sale. H. j. Fenton was the
purchaser, and the price paid was from 10
60 % cents per pound The sale included
upward Of 10000 pounds. All that is
needed here in Columbia is to grow moro of
it and bulk at this point in warehouse
where the buyers can reach 1t,
Saturday night the cook OF the Vatoldi
restaurant at Ocala, in cleaning a large Ash
preparatory to cooking it, discovered IA
large diamond ring Embedded in the fish's
stomach. The ring is Of handsome design
and contains seven small stones set in a
circle, with one larger than the rest in the
center. Inside the band on the lower side
are engraved the letters S. E. L. The ring
is a valuable one, probably worth from 800
TO Sl25, and was coated with black, slimy
substance when fou 3D.