The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-01

SOS 500: IS 900 is allowed for working and fertl-
lzing, leaving a clear profit OF SzsOOO ior lie
Markham boys.
The high waters OF the past week have
brought large receipts OF sawn timber 70 ferry
Pass aud quotations were not so strong at the
close of business at Pensacola saturday. SaWh
timber was quoted on basis OF II 70 II ~ cents
according 10 average and quality, with but tair
demand. There is no demand for heWn timber
and quotations were not made.
J. NJ Lee, formerly proprietor Of several
leading winter resort hotels Of Florida, Is now
proprietor Of the Victoria hotel. Chicago. me
Victoria Is a new. modern, first-class, beauu-
fully and centrally located American plan hotel
with accoInmo dations for 400 guests. Mr.. Lee IS
personally one Of the most popular boniIaces
in the business, and his hOstelries have always
been famous for their tables.
The CONTROLLERS report shows for Franklin
for 1892 as follows: Number acres land I'M
proved and cultivated 5l4. valuation OF i'm
proved and unimproved county property ga
real estate Ss9e, 81, horses and mules IN county
Sc, stock cattle 2,2l3; sheep or goats 80, hogs
All, cash value of animals S4L2Oi, aggregate
value OF personal property Sl5O,24O.
Green Cove Spring; J. p and S. f Moore
went pretty largely into the cabbage business
this season at their farm on santa Re lake, near
Melrose. and have had great success. They
planted about q, 600 plants, and the cAbbas ts
are now being marketed. They are supplying
the market, and the product is very large. they
get from 10 TO 10 cents each for their cabbage
delivered at kue EHllFOAQ OF bkbALubDhb bttAAlOh-
Such farming proves Florida 10 be one OF the
best agricultural states in the union.
While Marshal Lovett was removing some
bodies from the old Beach cemetery at Apalach-
icola, day or two ago, and transferring them
60 Magnolia cemetery, there was unearthed a
metallic coffin containing the body OF small
sized white man IN a perfect state OK preServa-
ton notwithstanding the fact that he had been
buried 80 long that the old residents have no
recollection as to who he was. The face had a
soft chaiky appearance and was thought by
some at first TO be perfect petrification. The
clothing upon the body was stu intact; though
viewed the body before IL was inferred in Mag
nolia cemetery.
Capt. John F. Horr has a pineapple farm
near Key West that will soon be large enough
TO keep canning factory busy. He set out
125 900 new plants last year on Horr's island
They will bear next year, when he will have
nearly 400, 900 plants bearing. The cold touched
his pines slightly this winter but he still OK
poets TO cut rs 900 this summer. The pine
apples will be unusually late owing to the cold
weather, aud they will not come into market
plentifully until late in May or early in June.
Capt. HOFr leaves Saturday by the COnchO for
Baltimore via New York. In Baltimore he will
purchase q complete plant for a canning fac
tory of the open kettle process. His plant will
have a capacity OF 5000 cans per day, and will
be put up in time for this seasons business. Col
lector HorT has been contemplating this invest
ment for some time He expects to have from
rs, 900 to 50 900 pineB this season from his OWL
lhIuA Oh I1uiA 4HAhuuf ahA AoAh 1ChA VIII lAfc
many more.
At Jacksonville Monday NJ. Prime called Po-
llceman Kyley and had him arrest his young
wife, to whom he was welded on Feb "a, charg-
ing her with taking without leave his horse aud
buggy. The young woman was led away to the
police station to be locked up, when another
city officer at the station informed the police
man that there was no warrant issued for her
nor sufficient cause for her arrest, and the
prisoner was then released, Mr.. Prime went Ia
court to prosecute the charge, when he learned
that there was no charge on the docket against
Mrs, Prime and that she had been released
Since the marriage OF Mr.. Prime and Mrs Lucy
BigRs, widow OF the late Charles Biggs, a peti
ton has been filed in the clerks office Of the
circuit court by Mr.. Prime praying to have the
marriage Rnnulled, alleging that his intoxicated
condition was taken advantage of when the
marriage was performed, and that he was moi
in condition to know what he was doing Mrs
Prime has fled her answer through NJ. c. Jor-
dan, her attorney. and IL is rich, rare and racy
and will develop an interesting suit when II
comes before the court,