The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-25

The want Of rain is causing young fruit
in Brevard county to drop from the trees.
st. Leo's College, at San Antonio, is re-
ceiviug over $2,003 per annum as tuition.
One Of st. Augustines live real estate
men has made over $50, 900 worth OF sales
during the past season.
The material for the new Baptist church
at High Springs has arrived and work will
soon commence on ths building.
Henry T. Burlington. special agent of the
United States department. of labor, Of
Washington, was in Gainesville Friday on
official business.
The Gainesville Guards have been placed
in a battalion composed Of the Guards,
Halifax Rifles, Gem City Guards and Brad
ford County Guards.
Many of the pumps in Gainesville have
had to be sunk from one to two feet deeper
in order to obtain sufficient supply Of
water for household purposes.
The drought which has prevailed through
out the state for the past month has caused
some of the large lumber mills in the iute-
rior to shut down for want Of water
The Amelia River Packing Company at
Fernandina has just completed terrapin
crawl, 45x50 feet at the factory, and viii
stock it with terrapin until October, when
they will be shipped north.
Fletcher Carter (colored is In jail at Bar,
tow for stealing the pocket book of j. W
Bryant, containing 1925 In cash and 81, 40
in checks, while driving a hack ia which
Bryant was riding last Saturday.
G. d. Younglove has sold to James K.
Whitaker, trustee, $40 acres of land in
township 10, range Is, for $500 cash.
Thus the lands in the Trenton neighbour
hood are passing into the possession Of
nonsresidents,
SkI
getting up funds TO purchase a medal to be
drilled for every Tuesday evening. 1t is also
proposed that the member holding the
Pritchard medal shall not hold the Guard
medal at the same time
Jeffeason county will ship thousands OF
crates Of pears and tomatoes this year il she
can get rain. Many Of the farmers have
begun transplanting tobacco. The early
oats this year are almost failure. Cotton
is advancing. Oats are suffering for rain.
Gainesville Sun: According to an old
tradition, the Santafee emptied into the
Wacasassa- If so, and the old bed can DO
treated and explored, it might yield many
curious objects, which might enhance the
value of Alachua's exhibits at the worlds
fair.
Lake City Reporter: The recent cold in-
jured the fig crop very much, but we notice
the trees are putting on very largo second
section. and we thlhk il they were planted
extensively they could be made very profit
ab lie.
The bluff at the Miccosukie lake is drying
up very rapidly. A year ago 1t was over a
mile wide, but now it is less than quarter
OF a mile wide, and where the water at that
time was over twenty feet deep you can
now drive horse and buggy with perfect
safety.
The Sunday schools Of Orlando went on
an excursion to Lake Charm Friday. About
600 spent very enjoyable day. There
were eight coaches loaded. Orlando was
almost deserted. Only the circuit court
ground out its grist as usual. All the stores
were closed.
Quincy Democrat: John l. McFerlin has
recently invented a machine for setting out
tobacco plants, aud it is certainly a success /;
planting and watering the plant with the
greatest ease, doing away with the old-time
peg, ETC., and saves mana back. The ma
chine lie very simple, consisting Of a longi-
tudinal tube in which the plant is deposited,
forcing the end of said tube in the earth,
and removing deposits the plant as nicely as
if by hand.