The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-19
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY JULY 10, 891TwELvE PAGES
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
A meeting OF the subscribers to the stock
in the Starke and Sampson railroad Is
called for tomorrow.
A wagon load Of ten melons was brought
into Fernandina day or two since, not
one of the melons weighing less tean sixty
pounds.
David Simonton, the alleged forger, was
released at Palatka Friday on bond OF
$500. w. d. Evans and w. P. Shettleworth
Of Evinston being his boudsmen.
The report Of Postmaster Fletcher OF
! Orlando for the fiscal year. ending June ~,
| shows a largely increased business at the
! Orlando Office over the preceding year.
o. B. Murray found in one Of the phos-
| phate cars at Fernandina, a curious piece
| OF petrifed bone. 1t is supposed to be part
| Of the frontal bone Of some large animal.
Outside Of her bonded indebte1ne the
! interest and sin king fund for which g paid
! or provided for up TO da e., Fernandina i
out Of debt, with nearly $4,000 to he
credit.
The Pebble Phosphate Company's works
at Homeland were entirely consumed By
fire Wednesday night. Loss. 5000. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but it is sup
posed to have been accidental.
The Garfield Guards, Pensacola's colored
military company, under command OF Capt.
Isai4h Richardson, were sworn in last Mon
day night as a portion of the Florida state
troops, under instructions from AdJt. Gen.
Lang.
The dissolution Of the Farmers Improve
ment Company, one Of the largest firms in
Barlow, is by mutual consent, and T. NJ.
| Lybass becomes sole proprietor OF the bust
ness heretofore conducted under the above
| firm name.
| Nothing definite is known about Murray
at Fernandina. A telegram from Starks
says that a negro was found dead twelve
miles west OF that place with Winchester
rife and two revolvers ON the body, but II
is MT thought to be Murray.
Capt Hart of Orlando stltes that he has
| made sales within the last few days for 200
| tons OF raw phosphate, for which he IS
| agent, 10 be delivered in September. This
makes 400 tons that he has sid in Orange
county during the past few months.
Thomas McMurray, livery stable man
of Jacksonville, proudly claims the fastest
span of horses IN the state OF Florida. Nj.
| McMurray purchased them at a cost OF
| g. 900. One Is q brown 3-year-o.d, son
Of the famous Amount. and the other
bright bay. sou OK the fast horse Jay
Gould.
S S. Roughton of Homosassa. took his
schooner, Silver Spray to Sanford Monday
to 90 on the ways. Mr.. Houghton is a
wealthy capitalist from the uorth, who is
preparing 90 invest 500, 900 in the improve
meat Of his property there. He is now
building a S35 900 residence on his fine
orange grove.
The Pebble Phosphate Company of Home
land have mined and ready for shipment
400 tons OF mineral. Last week a curiosity
was brought to light. 1t was q small piece
Of what looks like piece of crystallized
oyster shell With hollow inside filed with
some kind Of fluid. There is u little space
left which forms a bubble like that of a
spirit level, and it acts in the same way.
j. Maxey Dell, while out driving cattle
in the Hague neighborhood, in Alachua
county Thursday, was very seriously in
jured by being thrown from his horse. In
pursuing a refractory beef he tried t.
mako his horse go around one side
of the tree when the animal was determined
to 60 around the other side. Leaning to
one side in order to do this he came directly
in contact with the tree. striking it with
| entirely out of the saddle HIS left collar.
bone was broken by the shock.
Gainesville Sun: The first shipment o.
| phosphate from this state was made In 1888
and amounted to less than 1900 tons. Ii
| 1889 {, 900 tons were shipped, in 1890 abou
$4,000. and the shipment for 1891 will proba
bly, reach 259, 900. The worlds consumption
Of phosphate at the present time is estimate,
at 800, 900 tons, aud increases at the rat
of % to 80 per cent. per year. South Caro-
lima furnishes nearly one-half of the amour
now used. Phosphate in Florida was dis
covered by Engineer Francis LeBaron O
the United States army, 1881. 1t was no
mined until seven years afterwar,
by T. s. Morehead Of Pennsylvania. Th
daily output of the different phosphat
mines in the state is now placed at 3, a.
tons. The total amount Of capital investe,
is estimated at S12 $3.50 An acre O
phosphate land with bed only three fee
deep will contain $40 cubic yards c
stratum, yielding from 900 to 1000 ton
of clear phosphate nodules. A complet
plant of the capacity of fifty or sixty ton
can be put up and started for $40, 900 OF less
Twenty men are sufficient to run it. TIL
total daily expenses Of mining fifty tor
will not cost more than $40, and it will Sc
from $6 so to 81 per ton.