The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-02

statute are subject to fine OF SlOO or I'M
prisonment for sixty days.
The Gem City Guards OF Palatka have
about fifty member enrolled with an IN
erase at each meeting. They are free from
all iuc1,uhrance, and were never in more
fourishiug condition, and the prospects for
the future are indeed bright.
section I3 Of the new road law says that
"Facb road uverseer is hereby required 70
put up sign boards at every important IoFk
/ or crossing Of the public roads in his dlvl-
sion and Iall cause mile p SIS 10 be erected
on all public roads in his division
Mangoes we're il the Titusville market
the past week brought from down the river.
| Charles McCrory OF LaGrauge also has
| some mango apples this seas IN the first
sjnce the summer Of 1855. as the freeze Of
1856 killed every mango tree in this part OF
the state.
ST. Francis Facts: Tobacco growers in
| Florida should remember that they do not
! have 10 pay any duty, but are protected by
| a du1y OF 81 per pound on all foreign grown
| tobaccos. This should encourage the grow
| log of tobacco in this state, as some Of our
lands are well adapted TO IT'S culture.
a petition hos been started for the estab-
lishment OF O new postoffice at the New
York phosphate mines, near Leroy. The
name is to ba Pearson" for j. Pearson,
who has done 80 much to start the phos-
phate industry out there. j. W. Driggers
will be poatmaster.
Chipley Times: Ike Whiddon SAYS be
has the finest cotton in the state He
brought TO this office Yesterday the poorest
8 ak in.his field. 1t has twenty.eight grown
bols, ten that are open and loaded with
FERNS AID blooms. This cotton was planted
the first day of May, nearly twelve weeks
old
Deputy Sheriff Waller Of Titusville re-
Ceived a telegram Wednesday from Justice
Travis of Cocoa, requesting him to come
down on the first steamer for some prison
ers he had in charge-six in number. all
colored, hauled up for gambling. etc. WaI-
Ter started down on the st. Augustine the
same night.
At a special meeting of the Escambia
board of county commissioners. held
" Wednesday, q resolution was adopted re-
ducing the license tax on butchers t. IS per
annum, on peddlers 10 s., on liquor dealers
by ~ per cent, aud on ali others by 80 per
cent The board will meet tomorrow to
hear complaints, if any shall be made, re-
garding assessments.
Chipley Times: We are in receipt of
letter from Mexico stating that waterme-
ons there are worth from 81 to 50 each,
and here In Chipley we have thousands de-
caying in our fields, having no market aud
what was shipped from here did not uay
Sl2 car Of 200 melons each. The want
of market is most detrimental to the in
dustrial development Of our state.
J. Fl. Sans, county superintendent Of
public instruction, will g. before the
Brevard board of county commissioners at
their meeting tomorrow, with view of
having them increase the millage for the
school tax in that county. He has prepared
statements Of disbursements and liabilities
and also has estimates for next years work
ready, which he will submit to the board
Polk County Ne1Cs: We are indebted to
Olan j. Pollard for the following: NEARLY
everyone here, we presume, has sampled
Mr.. Pollard's Strawberries. Well, they were
grown on piece of moderately low land,
the size Of the patch being only 35x5l yards,
less than one-fourth of an acre; they have
Melted Sl48 60, which means in round num-
bers about 5000 per acre. Who can beat
thlsl
st. Augustine Netos: Who ever heard
Of rats running away with lead type-not
two legged rats, that 10 too frequent TO
excite wonder-out the real rodentl Such
an occurrence took place in this Office Two
rats took possession Of a case not frequently
Used, gnawed out the Stat between the Up
and the IS" boxes and carried away every
one of those two letters in the font, thus
| completely running it.