The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-01

mitted a proposition TO the league to do
nate one-haM Of a tract OF lana IN the
/ eastern part of the city. which they own,
If the league will donate the other half
William Mclaughlin, night yardmas-
ter Of the Union yards at River Junction,
has returned home from an extended
trip TO Atlanta, Albany and Thomasyille.
on July Is Mr.. Mclaughlin slipped on
a pile Of bridge timber on which ne was
/ standing ana sprained his left leg. Sew
eral days after infamma ton set IN ana
a sore, as large as the palm OF the nand,
formed. Ii was feared that amputation
would be necessary to prevent blood pOis-
0ning He placed himself under the
1 treatment Of Dr. Mcintosh OF Ihomas-
vile. however. and in Few weeks ne
/ was entirely cured.
Residents Of Archer have been annoyed
T for some time by a band Of thieves who
I commenced by robbing hen-roosts, ana
I lately have progressed TO hOuse-breaking,
every unoccupied winter residence having
been broken into and robbed. About mic
night recently two men were discovered
I in the act OF breaking a window Of j. Is.
Tutens store, by one Of the citizens on
! watch. He slipped up and fired on them
with shotgun, when one OF them fell,
and then got up, and both ran away In
J the darkness. The porch where the burg
lars We're standing is covered with blood
spots. and il is certain that one Of them
was wounded.
A letter from Pensacola says concern
ing a matter already mentioned In the
Morning News. The sensational story
sent out from Jacksonville about the
whipping OF a young lady by a school
te2cher In Walton county has caused
much comment in this section of the
state. From Editor Nimrod Mcclure of
the Detuntak Herald. who was here yes
terday the following particulars were
learned: J. ]. O'Shea, who is teaching
school at Center Ridge, Walton county,
whipped one of his pupils, Maude Was
den, girl ID years Of age, with a switch,
for a violation Of the school rules. The
girls parents regarded the whipping as
having been unduly severe and had the
young teacher arrested. His trial took
place az DeFuniak on Tuesday, before
jury. The jury stood four for acquittal
and two for conviction and a mistrial
was entered. There was no love affair
and no threats of lynching We're made.
Jacksonville Citizen: Dr. NJ. Souveille
returned to the city Saturday from North
Carolina, where he has been for several
weeks past looking after his beauxite and
enthusiastic over the possibilities of
beauXite mining in the mountains of North
Carolina, and he has become interested
with several other capitalists, VINO are
now making preparations to develop
large body of land that has been pur-
chased there. Beauxite Is a deposit from
which the new material aluminium is
made. An analysis of the deposits in
which DR. Souvelle is interested shows
that they contain 5S.S9 per cent of alum
mum, small percentage of oxide of iron
and SILICA, and the remainder moisture
The doctor brought several samples of
gold quartz back with him. He believes
that the time is not far distant when the
gold deposits of Georgia and North Car
DINA will bring those state to the atten-
ton of the public as prominently as Cali
fornia was in the days OF 40. He states
that large gold nuggets are frequently
found In the mountains. and the rock is
also filled with sufficient gold to we'll pay
the cost of separation. DR.. SOuvelle has
Just bought a One-half interest in the
Kelly patent for separating gold and will
use this process In developing the mines.
The, patent is a new one, having been is
sued on Aug. n.
r. J. Kerr of Texas has secured land
in Hiisboro county and will cultivate the
canaigre root TO extract the fannie acid.
lie has been engaged in the Industry in
| Texas, but thinks the land and climate of
Florida better Speaking of his plan, he
said: II have put an exhibit of canaigre,
raised in Florida. in the hands Of COM
missioner Elliot Of the Plant system, to-
gether with different grades of leather
that has been tanned by tanneries in the
United states and Canada, fully demon
strating that high grade article can be
raised here. have arranged to ship
| Ave carloads of the tubers or seed to
| Tampa in November. and will plant them
In this neighborhood, with a probability
| or planting a seed bed near Orlando My
idea is TO get the farmers of the state into
| the culture OF II at once. They can safe
/ ly count on from $40 to $40 per acre net.
/ An acre viii grow from ten to fifteen tons,
each ton being worth from 81 to IS, accord
ing to the nature of the soil and the cul-
/ tivatiOn. The seed are planted in the fall,
J the plant grows in the winter, the stock
IlsiHB 10 HlBnt OF ABOUT eighteen lncnes,
bearing flower and seed which are val
ueless In the spring this top dies and the
tuber remains in the ground during the
summer, maturing in tannin. A crop can
be made each year, but the farmer can
| leave the crop either in the ground or
barn for three years without any i'll eff
fects, provided the land it not too low
and wet. There Is no waste. At the top
| of each tuber is where the seed is located
| These are cut off. the rest of the tuber
/ being marketed, and this seed, together
i with new bulbs or tubers. are all mark
etable articles. 1t very much resembles
| the sweet potato forming under the
/ ground in a very similar manner. Those
/ planted in Florida went through the last
/ freeze here without suffering amy i'll eff
| fects."