The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-17

A patent has been granted to Cyrus H.
Irwin of Barlow. for windmill.
c. w. Edwards has been appointed
postmaster at Day, Lafayette county, vice
Hezekiah Brown, resigned.
Many pear and Japan persimmon trees
in Gainesville and vicinity are in bloom
for the second time this year.
FL Provedo cigar factory at Tallahassee
has purchased from Gadsden county farms
within the past few days 10000 pounds or
tobacco, for which splendid prices We're
paid.
The pineapple growers along Lake Worth
are setting out new pineapple slips for
next year. Providing no frosts kin the
pines, large crop VIII be shipped from
Dade county next season.
The charges against DR. Peter Arlund of
Tampa have proven entirely unfounded.
He has not been mixed up in any crooked
railroad deals in Arkansas and Missouri
as his enemies ait Tampa alleged
II. r. Dutton & Co. have commenced
the erection of an additional cotton ware
house near their gin in the southern por-
ton of Gainesville. The volume of their
business demands enlarged facilities.
DR.. J. c. Boozer, superintendent of the
Standard Phosphate Company, located at
Early Bird, says operations VIII be re-
sumed at an early date. The company
now has on hand about 10000 tons of rock.
There are now in the internal revenue
district of Florida 426 cigar factories, and
the number Is steadily increasing In 1886
there were only 149 cigar factories in the
state, and nearly all of these We're located
in Key West.
Manager Knott has decided to place the
Florida wines made by e. Dubois of Tai
lahassee on the top of the wine lists of the
Flagler hotel system. These wines met
with great favor last year, and there place
on hotel tables hereafter is assured.
The firm of Guerra & Garcia, the De
Soto Park cigar manufacturers Of Tam
pa, was dissolved Saturday, Mr.. Garcia
selling his interests in the business at
To 4 ~.
I a prominent tobacco importer. The firm
name Is now Guerra & Diaz.
! Sheriff Bowden attached the drugs and
I stores belonging to A. p. Fries, in the
drug store at l29 East Bay street al Jack
/ sonVille Tuesday on a writ issued by
! Judge Call, upon the petition OF the plain
! uff in the case of the Merchants National
/ Bank VS. a. p. Fries. The attachment
was made to recover 1,796 due the plain
4 tiff for rent
The French phosphate mines at Lura-
vile, which have been shut down for
/ three or four months, are now running
/ again, and the prospect is that tney
I Will run steady now for some time They
[ will employ about 800 laborers and nav
4 out about $3.50 per day, which will also
improve the business very materially with
! the merchants.
J. E. Ingraham of St. Augustine has re.
! ceived a letter from the congregation OF
/ a Swedish church in Brooklyn, N Y
| which says that large number of tht
I flock and others desire to purchase TO-.
] Ntu dcISS VI ldilQ lot a SWeQlSn colony
| in South Florida, ana that a representa-
! tive is on the way to examine and repor
on the condition of land, climate, etc.
When the present administration took
/ charge of the city electric light plant al
/ Jacksonville it found in operation 953 in.
1 candescent and 45 arc lights on the com.
/ mercial circuit The increase since thai
/ time has been great. Up to and includ.
l ing Oct. IA, there were :, 233 incandescent
/ and 81 arc lights on the same circuit The
/ plant is at present carrying about hall
/ its load.
The Knights of Labor at Fernandina de
! clare that the fight is still on againsi
I the lumber stevedores, whom they declart
TO be controlled, body and soul. by the
/ consignees. They want 20 cents an houl
! for loading lumber. though they have &C.
| cepted 10 cents for loading phosphate. The