The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-21

Lake City Reporter: Prof. F: b. Noodle
. sold his crop of tobacco, receiving 81, d.
cents and IS cents per pound for wrappers,
binders and filters. II only TOOK MIN three
months to make and house bis crop From
three acres he harvested S4OO worm. how
? much better it is than the same NUMBER OF
acres in king Cotton"
Secretary Smith Of the Jacksonville
Board of Trade received letter monday
= morning from o. ". Crosby VINO Is now IN
, New York, saying that he crosby would
start next Friday with q party OF az least
twenty persons to settle in Florida. Mr..
Crosby has brought a number or persons to
Florida and located them IN and about
Avon Park, DeSoto county.
M1natee County Advocate: M. j. Ham
ilton Gillespie has just returned to Sara
sofa He states that the railroad will be
built He has been in communication with
| Mai. Peters whose last dispatch says that
the road will be built. Maj. Peters holds
| $50. 900 in shares for the construction Of the
| road, aud Mr. Gillespie is satisfied that
Mai Peters intends to have the contractors
at work soon.
The following telegram appeared in the
New York Herald of Sunday: Nassau, n.
p, Oct I6-A contract for laying a cable
from Nassau to Jupiter Inlet, Florida has
been made between the colony and sgd
ney GodgeI of London. The cable is to be
opened by Jan. 10, 1899, and to cost ESQ, 900.
Colonial debentures for that amount, run
ming thirty years and drawing per cent.
interest, will be issued by the government.
Key West Equator Democrat A
majority of our large cigar fac
tories are working with good forces,
and some of them are running with
full compliments of cigarmakers. The
Key West and Havana Cigar Company put
on large additional force of workmen this
week, and the present indications are that
there will not be an idle cigarmaker on the
island by the last of the month. All the
manufacturers report that the prospects for
busy season this winter are encouraging.
Jacksonville Metropolis: There are 1872
vacant cottages at Camp Mitchell This
camp is only seven miles from the city and
belongs to the Auxiliary Sanitary Associa-
ton that existed here during the epidemic
The general impression is that this associa-
ton should cooperate with the beard of
trade and use their utmost endeavors to Sc
cure a cigar or some other kind of factory
at this place. 1t would be of great benefit
to Jacksonville. The property adjoining
Camp Mitchell is owned by Messrs. Bars
g. Clark, and the land is high and dry. A
cigar factory with 300 hands means great
deal more business for Jacksonville.
Live Oak People: H. F. Dexter has some
rare old docu nents in his possession.
Among them is a letter written to bis
father, Horatio s. Dexter, by Joseph Cop
pingsr, who was then commaRdant In
Florida, in regard to a threatened uprising.
1t was written from Fernandina and dated
in 1877. Another int esting document is a
power Of attorney made to Horatio s. Dex-
ter from Micanopy, chief Of the Seminole
nation, empowering him to collect certain
moneys due the nation. Old MicanopY's
signature somewhat resembles e bow for
shooting arrows, with hook at each cad of
the string. 1t was witnessed by j. Rodman
and w. II. Simmons, and dated Sept. 10.
1923. These documents are remarkably well
preserved and are perfectly lsgi1le.
Tampa Journal: T. NJ. Weir has been
in the city week with F.. Lee, J. Stroot
man and r. Hoffleld, three capitalists of
Buffalo. N. Y, who are interested in phos
phate. MIR. Weir has made one of the hi
gest sales on record. He has Just closed the
sale OF 600 acres of the finest phosphate
lands, lying half in Hilsboro and half in
Polk counties, to the three gentlemen from
Buffalo. The lands were owned by Mr..
Weir and Palmer & Simonton, and have
very rich beds of pebble phosphate, through
which the headwaters of the Alfalfa river
run. The purchasers will organize a COM
pany at once for the mining of the phos-
phate, and will BULL a branch railroad to
the mines The railroad will run near
Keysville and open up the eastern porti IN
OF this county. which is rich in phosphate.
Gainesville Sts,l:: Work at the McCaslin
mine near High Springs is being pushed
with rspidity FL. f. Dutton Sc Go. have
leased the mine and pay the owner, a negro
so cents royalty on every ton that Is mined
The phosphate runs from 75 to SO per cent
The shaft at present is only about 100 feet
square. Last week, at one place, 100 tom
OF rock were mined, and the largest boulder
that has been seen in the state probably
was taken out. 1t was 80 large, we ar,
informed, that the largest box car in til,
yard at the Savannah, Florida and West
ern depot could be put int
the hole from which it wal
| taken. Six thousands tons have beer
mined since the work was begun, abou
eight months ago. Most Of the product il
| shipped to domestic markets. many Of which
| are in this state aad in the southern part o
Georgia. The shaft now being worked il
| fifty feet deep The rock is mined by ma
| chinery. About 100 men are employed here
| The pay roll amounts to about SOD pei
week. This, with the money that is beinl
| paid by this firm to their hands at the gil
| Ia this city, will make 81 200 a week pai(
| out to employees in this county-money
which is distributed among the people o.
this section.