The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-22


said to be better. this year than ever be
fore Grinding will commence between
the LIST and 18th of next month.
The forty-ninth session Of the Alachua
meeting at Webster The old officers -.
G. Hull of Sumterville, moderator; r. II.
RennOlds, Sr., Of Orange Home, clerk, and
w. II Mathews of Leesburg, treasurer,
were reelected.
Capt S. II. ChaDn'~7 90 --''~tis 80
Saturday morning Of senility. Capt.
Chapman was the pioneer jeweler or
Eustis. He was United States regular
IN the Florida war. lie also served III the
Mexican war, ana Was "a zap .a4.l - .-.S
war between the states.
The appraisers who were appointed TO
take an account of the stock In A. p. Fries
drug store at l29 East Bay street, at Jack
sonville, have finished their work. The
assets were said to be 5000 The liabill-
ties are unknown. Some of the creditors
are said to be dissatisfied with the APP
praisement, and think it is too low. Mr..
Fries hopes to be able to arrange matters
IN order 10 open up again.
The Stevens Pinery is to be the name
OF the large pineFy to be planted on the
Or. Myers place near Orlando II. 3.
Stevens OF Citra is one or the parties most
largely Interested. c. ]. Arnold will be
in immediate charge of the work. The
ground is being thoroughly cleared of
stumps and roots, and put in the best pos
sihle condition for the plants. LUMBER
has been purchased for the sheds, and a
force OF workmen Is employed in get
ting everything in readiness for planting.
DR.. G. .. Myers a prominent knight
Templar, member of Oiivet commanderv
of Orlando and well known by all knights
Iemplar brethren throughout the state,
Is critically Ill at his home at Orlando
and no hopes are entertained for his re-
coyery. The doctors health has been fail
ing for many years past. In the early part
of the summer he spent three or four
months at Asheville and Hot Springs n
c. ana was very materially benefited
by the climate there, but when he re-
turned to Orlando a change for the worse.
came upon him. he took to his bed ana
has been there ever since.
The phosphate industry in Alachua is
Deglhnl9R ~ revive somewhat, and sew
during the past week This condition OF
the industry is not attributable to an ac-
vance IN the price of the. product, but
to an Increased demand for the rock Tine
resuming of work is furnishing employ
ment to many men, and the miners are
experiencing some trouble in engaging
LABOR. Convict labor has been done away
with to great extent in that section.
The price paid for free labor is small ON
account of the low price of rock. ana
scarcity of hands.
The farmers of the Osceola section IN
the western portion of Alachua county
nave sustained great loss recently from
q very peculiar disease which Is preya-
lent among the hogs of that vicinity. Tf
some remedy is not discovered soon the
farmers say that there will not be a mem
per OF the swine tribe left in that locality
me hogs that are afflicted with the mar
aQy eat heartily. but soon afterWard IL Is
observed that they are attacked with a
NJ. AIter they have suffered from sew
erai OF those attacks they become weak
IN the IONS, and are unable to walk IN
ms ms state they remain for about three
weeks, when they die. Several hundred
hogs have been killed by the disease
Funta Gorda is steadily improving. A
Il Ieei ing OF growing prosperity prevails
a
before the freeze of last winter Nam,
feel and believe that De Soto County is to
pc the great orange belt of the state
Several thousand acres of orange eroves
Wthln SIX or eight miles of Peace river
are ane nov ABOUT regained the foliage lost
last winter. The groves around Punta
GordaA have on them several hundred
crates of oranges. Around Arcadia with
IN fadlus of six or seven miles. there
are between Loo and 1,500 acres of or
ange groves. Most of the old groves i,
the county have some fruit this season
,, one OF the historical landmarks at Fort
49, OF the Florida Indian war was
t3rh uoWn last week to make room for
the march of improvements that is nny1
sftSeauiiiS gong on in Fort Myers This is
Hendr rg Stone Stone clstern on the James r.
having torn down and the stones are he
liss useu Ior wall along the water front
in 1S56 ~ IleTIy; me eistern was built
. IN Gov by the United States troops Omar
termaSter w: 5. Hancock Oater MAJ
zen Hancock), being located there a :
4LS military post laid or1f
by Gen Pemberton. The stones from tbe
SIstefh nave made a wall along the water
'front.' OF this property, about 200 feel in
Another railroad scheme is on foot IN
AIdchua county. At present the PLAN
system has control of the phosphate shin
nIeutS IN Ihe western portion Of Alachiia
county, which amounts to thousands ~
HoiIars every month. as there are in tho
helghborhood of fftyl mines operatins
on a large scale in that belt r Arent7
q 20; or Ocala are behind the new scbene
MMch is 10 .un spur from Arre1Ondo
on Inc FLORIDA Central and Peninsular
IdlIEoad a few miles west of Gafnesviiie
70 Lexington, in the very heart of me
phosphate belt. This will make a line
OF twenty miles through heavily timber
ca section. and would pass MANY Dhos-
I phate mines. b. AREN'T & Co are exten-
siVe phosphate miners confroli
ing seven of the largest mines
Ihey have ample means for
dong the work. and have written a
letter to Mr.. Patton OF Gainesville. tell
ing MIN TO survey the line immedtateiN-
as every arrangement has been made for
building the new road al one
The management of the Disston Land
Company and the Atlantic and Gulf RAN
road Company has been turned over nv
Mr.. Disston to c. c. Smith and Others
Of Philadelphia. A rumor was current !,
few days ago to the effect that Mr. piss
ton had disposed of a large part of his
tlorlda holdings. but at that time il was
impossible TO confirm the rumor The