The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-03


zen, in the southern part of this county art
deterti.ed to stop tho habit If carrying
concealed weapons, and at a well attended
meeting passed resolutions condemning the
practice. This is q move in the right dlrec-
/ lion.
Gainesville Sun: We saw an elbino youth
at the cOlored normal the other day. Prof.
Gujlliams saws that he is not extraordinarily
briyht. but that he would surprise those who
think him lacking capaci y to learn. The
boy is perfectly white. dead white, with
full negro fea lures aud hair and small bright
eyes Of O peculiar color.
The Columbia county alliance will meet
| with Olive alliance Thursday. The alliance
men are making a strong appeal to their
brethren all over the state TO do all IN their
| power to give Florida a Just represen taCiOn
at the worlds fair. Every county alliance
is urged to sec that the county is represented
at the state convention called to meet at Or
lando Oct Z.
A new railroad to be known as tie Silver
/ Springs and Western is to be built from
! Silver Springs to Ocaia. thence westward
10 Dunnellon, with branch TO Archer.
| The road will be about sixty miles in
| length. The capital stock, as per article,
! of incorporation filed with the secretary Of
! state, is 100000 The directors for the
/ first year are f.. a. league, r. L. Ander-
son and II. L. Anderson.
Howard, in New York Press: Hamilton
! Disston, the Philadelphia who is interested
in sugar cane planting in the Everglades
region of Florida, where he has redeemed
thousands of acres of land under contract
with the state told me the other day that his
sugar product for the year on which he has
| asked for the government bounty is $780,
! 600 pounds. The bounty will amount to
! $50, 900 II can treble 1t next year said
Mr. Disston.
The permanent survey of the Lake Jesup,
| Indian River and Atlantic railway was
| completed to Coquina, the southeast ter
| minus Of the proposed new route, this week,
and in a few days it will be fully deter
| mined whether it will be built or not. II
| the permanent survey estimates the cost Of
building no higher than the preliminary
survey there is hardly doubt but that It
will be completed by the first Of the new
year, as stipulated.
Phosphate men will be interested in know
ing that the pUs0tfice authorities will not
undertake 20 convey samples OF phosphate
weighing more than half pound. The MAXI
mum weight all1 we'd for such q package is
So ounces, the 4 ounce being allowed for
the wrapping The best method is to send
the samples in q good stout canvas bag.
The rate of postage on such samples is |
cent per ounce for the United States and ,
NC.IlS ltl OuAtC Ava 44A1E A0uh.
st. Augustine Ne,Os: Only few years
ago 1t was generally supposed that Florida
could produce nothing besides the orange,
and perhaps a melon or two But her
oranges, world renowned as they are for
their excellence. are not superior to her
grapes, peaches, pears, plums. guavas, per-
simmons, pineapples, bananas and many
other luscious frui s, and if we cannot grow
wheat, reithsr can the north grow one-half
of the articles mentioned above.
Sanford Journal: Col. Elliott, the well
known land commissioner, has received the
appointment of general travelling agent for
the Plant system and will shortly start on
trip through the north and northwest. No
better choice could have bean made aud we
are sure oil Florida will reap the benefit OF
the coloneps labor in behalf OF the state.
He is an impressive and magnetic talker
and his arguments cannot fail TO carry
cCviction with them. Col. Elliott still re
tains his position as general land commits
sioner.
AT the meeting of the Florida Travellers
Association at Jacksonville Friday after
noon the new constitution was adoptei, aud
Jacob Huff. A. Il. Coulter, S. b. Sturte-
want, j. H. White, p, Dignon and J. P.
Loverett we're elected board Of directors
Resolutions of thanks were sent d, Z. Max
well, A. o. MacDonell and q. S. BORROWER
OF the Florida Central and Peniusular rail-
road for extending free excursion to Fer
nandina and return to the association. The
invitation was accepted, and all went over
yesterday.
Leroy Ne,cs: In view of the prospect Of a
very large Yield Of Florida oranges ia 1891
the growers of tho state will learn with sat
isfaction from such an authority as w. H.
Crouch OF the firm of Smith q Crouch, Liv-
erpool, England, that Florida oranges are
now popular fruit in England, and that
the profitable marketing of the oranges in
the future will depend only on the fruit
being in good condition on arrival In Liver
pool. E. L. Goodsell the domestic fruit
auctioneer representing that firm in New
York, expects to export large quantities
this coming season.
The LaooocheeIP Phosphate Company. CAPT
tai $50, 00o, was organized at Leesburg las
week with Capt. A. j. Phares ST., presi-
dent; 7. w. Spicer, vice president; G. NJ
Nicholson, secretary and treasurer, and K.
A. Stewart and y. Nicholson completing
tho board of directors. The company owns
forty acres of land, rich in phosphate, lying
at Lacoochee, which is the intersection of
the Florida Central and Peninsular, South
Florida and the Orange Belt railways. The
average ANALYSIS is 81 per cent. Mining
operations will be commenced as soon as
the requisite preliminary arrangements can
be made.
The Barlow Courier IN forpant thus
figures up the profits Of phosphate mining:
An acre of phosphate land, if the deposit be
only three ieet deep, will contain 4,S4O cubic
yards Of stratum, yielding 1000 OF 9 900
tons Of clean phosphate nodules. Such land
can be bought for $50 or 800 per acre. A
complete plant of the capacity of fifty or
sixty tons daily can be put up and started
for $40, 900 or less. Twenty men are sufti-
cient for such plant, and allowing $40 a
DAY for depreciation Of plant, incidentals
| and interest on investment, the total daily
expense of producing fifty tous OF ph q.
phate will not exceed $40. It will cost 50
| cents to 81 per ton TO transfer it to tide
water, and there it Is worth SO 50 to 81 DIR
| ton. -..
Ocala Banner: The COW ordinance. in its
unsettled condition, is working a great
| hardship and inequality to our people and
| owners of cattle. One man said be was
| compelled TO sell three head of cattle as
sessed for $50 for sl2, because OF the fire.
! quent impounding Of his cattle, driven INTO
the city limits and thence to the pound
| Another man said he, too, had TO relinQuish
| the use OF his COW on account Of her fire.
| quent impounding. What looks hardest to
| these parties is that at the same time their
| cattle were impounded they passed our pub
| lilo square and found cattle lying in the
| court houss square, and at another time
| found them on the sidewalks on the public
square, and these did not get into the pound
| They favor contraction OF the COW limits
and the hiring Of a man 30 see that the cattle
| don't get within that limit
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