The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-16
FLORIDA.


Nassau county only has 1901 acres Of
! land under cultivation.
NJ. J. O'Nen of Pasco county sold last
week thirty acres of land for "a, 600.
On July 9 700 bales of sponge were
shipped by one firm from Key West.
Escamba county farmers are generally
turning up the ground with view to rails
ing considerable quantity Of hay.
Since the present city government of
Pensacola went into office over 100000 Of
scrip judgments and other indebtedness has
been paid
Mr.. Kingsbury OF Tarpon Springs ha1
lemon raised on his place that measured
eleven inches in circumference one way and
fourteen inches another.
MIR. Page, who used to be superintendent
of the Leroy Sunday school, will once more
make Leroy his home lie proposes TO
grow sweet potatoes for the market.
The woodwork of the FernandIna phos-
phate elevator is nearly all completed The
elevator viii probably be ready to handle
the phosphate about the middle of August
The George f. Drew Hardware Company
of jacksonville received 81 900 Monday,
the amount of their losses by the Mohawk
block fire, as adj lsted by the insurance
companies.
A st. Augustine man says that he has
been married for seventeen years and has
reared quite a large family. and that his
doctors bill during the whole time would
not exceed $50
Maj. J. NJ. Mayo of Ocala, who had an
arm broken by being thrown by mule,
had his arm rebroken and reset by Drs. Izlar
and Hood Monday. The major has been
improving ever since.
The town lookup at Dunnellon was set
on fire Saturday night by one of its prison
ers and totally destroyed. The prisoner
made MS escape. He had been placed i'll
jail the evening before
Mr. Hanger says bis orange trees in Pasco
county are bearing two crops of oranges,
with prospect of third, as new blooms
have put out. Other groves have green
fruit and blooms on the same trees.
Three years ago there was, virtually, no
pineapple industry in Florida, but, SO far
in the present season, tho Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West has already shipped
5000 crates from the Indian River country,
or total Of $4,000 pineapples.
1t is reported that 81, 600 acres of land in
four counties have been purchased by {. o.
Howard, who on account of the recent res
ignation Il John a. Graham, is now acting
secretary of the Colonization, Mining and
OOlLulSA C4hA COMPANY VLullGeuJ Ol OdCRSOn'
vile.
At Jacksonville, Monday, p. Walker
United States commissioner, heard prelimi
narily the charges against Henry Leuders
OF Green Cove Spring, arrested for doing
business as liquor dealer without paying
the special revenue tax. He was dis
charged.
Maj. A. A. Blackburn of Live Oak diet
Monday night, after an illness of severa
months. He was one Of the most widely
known citizens OF the county, having i'm,
migrated there from East Tennessee in 1865
He was prominent member of the Presby
terrain church, aud highly esteemed by all.
The steamer OkolOosa, just put on as a reg
ular freight and passenger packet between
Pensacola and Milton, made her first rounC
trip Monday. She broughtininepasseng t.
Pensacola from the other end of the route
and had several and good freight return,
ing. The first trip was an encouraging one
and Capt. Hannah thinks the venture will
prove a paying one.