The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23


The pineapple crop OF Key West will
soon be ready for shipment
The contract has just been let for a
new school house at Palmetto which will
cost more than $500.
There will be a tremendous crop of
pears at Gainesville this season. II the
promise given by the profuse bloom is
fulfilled.
J. 3. Moore Of Winter Park has made
an assignment Of his grocery business 10
L. G.. Starbuck of Orlando The liabili-
ties are about $500, with assets nearly the
same.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hutchins Of Eusus
I have adopted the little waif left at the
[ door Of the Methodist parsonage on last
Monday night. The mystery of its par
entage is unsolved.
/ The citizens of Dade county are cir
culating "A petition to the county commits
sioners Of Dade county asking that an
appropriation be made FOR an exhibit Of
Dade county's resources at the cotton
states exposition
Work has been commenced on the Pal
metto Terminal railroad. 1t is expected
that the road will be completed far
enough TO be OF great service IA bring
Ing in from the hammocks the very
+ large vegetable crop which is being raised
/ this season.
3. r. Guest, a prominent railroad man
I OF Baltimore, Nd, has been appointed
general superintendent of the Suzanne
River road. Mr.. Guests headquarters
are at Ellaville. He Is having the rolling
stock ONefhauied and painted ana the
road bed In line shape
1t is announced that ]. T.. Johnson.
4 eX-taX collector of Duval county, who
was recently compelled to turn over his
/ office to his duly elected and qualified
! successor by order of the supreme court
/ viii institute quo warranto proceedings
to test the validity Of the election.
The favorable weather for the past few
1 weeks is making vegetables grow very
fast, and the prospect is that shipments
/ from Palmetto VIII be large. A great
] many orange trees in that vicinity are
| putting on good crop of blooms, ana
/ fair crop Of oranges is hoped Tor next
/ season.
The very latest enterprise for Tampa is
\ the incorporation of a gas company. The
1 gentlemen named as incorporators are
\ Edward Manrara of New York, Albert J.
/ Boardman OF Minneapolis and Peter o.
/ Knight Of Tampa. The corp Grafton is
capitalized at $4,000, and divided into
1900 Of 500 of par value each.
Just previous to the late freeze Mr..
Johnson, at Moonstone-on-the-St .-Johns,
had made shipment Of oranges to Bos-
Johnson has now 100 trees that are COM
paratvely uninJured by the freeze, and
though he will have to do considerable
pruning, yet he believes he can save
most Of this number of trees.
Some of the phosphate miners in the
western part OF Alachua- county have been
compelled to move their plants recently,
the supply of high grade rock having
! been exhausted. This has caused an ex-
penditure of much money. Nearly every
miner has experienced difficulty in this
way, but some Of them have bridged over
/ the difficulty by digging other pits con-
/ venent to their plants.
The colored commissioners that were
appointed for Duval county to get up an
exhibit at the Atlanta exposition met
on Wednesday evening and decided to
/ write to the exposition managers with
formation shall be obta afU it MS Is In
| tended to hold a mass meeting of col
/ ored citizens of the county for the purpose
of taking active steps toward making an
J exhibit.
Suit has been Instituted in the circuit
/ court at Jacksonville by Thomas j. Mott,
/ Jr., against w. p. Sumner, commission
| merchant Of Jacksonville. The sum of
/ s. 600 damages is claimed for being. run
/ into by MIR. Sumner, who was driving
! his horse, while Mr.. Mott was riding
q. and resulted in Mr. Mott breaking his
collar bone, bruising his elbow, ana IN
Juring his wheel.
At Reddck the prospects are the best
| in years for all kinds of truck. Toma-
toes and beans seem to be the principal
crops. More melons have been planted
than ever before, and a large crop of
Irish potatoes. The cabbage crop, which
is usually about ready for the market at
| this time, Will be late, as the only cab
bage in that section is being transplanted
/ this week. The seed for this crop was
planted after the last freeze.
Mr.. Kirby of Mount Royal, Putnam
| county, has a large grove, composed in
| great part of Seeding trees the branches
of which have always been allowed to
j grow and droop close to the ground. In
| the week. freeze of 1886 his grove es-
\ capped injury and also from this years,
while other groves not so well protected
| have been cut to the ground. The trees
Of Mr.. Kirby's grove are now in full
/ bloom, and he anticipates crop OF Or
anges next winter.
The Sabin estate on st. Francis street,
! opposite the garrison, at ST Augustine,
was sold for Mrs. NJ. L. Fallon this morn
ing by the Chaplin Farm Agency to l..
/ b. Goodenow of Boston for $500. Mr..
| Goodenow will establish day and board
ing school of high grade, with a com
/ petent corps of teachers n counterpart
to its well-knOwn Chamberlyne school
for girls of Boston. There will be boys
| department where young men viii be fit-
ted for Harvard and Yale, and a kinder
garten.
At Pensacola Thursday night the board
[ of county commissioners met and opened
the bids for constructing the annex to
the county court house. s. $. Leonard
made the lowest bid, S24,40O and the next
lowest bid was S26,140. by Calvin Henry.
The advertisement for bids stipulated
that they must be handed in by y noon.
| Mr.. Henry entered a protest against Mr..
| Leonard's bid on the ground that it was
handed in seyeEai h hours ateer tne Tine
10 accept the bid, and awarded the con-
I tract to Leonard. Contractor Henry is
seeking legal advice, and 1t is likely that
! fhe matter will be carried into the courts.
Col Morris, who employs several con-
! victs at Morriston, had a novel expert
/ ence recently. Three convicts attempted
! to escape, and when the guard fired upon
/ them one of the negroes fell to the ground
| and screamed that he was shot. Col Nor
| ris rushed up TO the PROSTATE man, gave
him a vigorous kick in the side and Or
[ dered him 10 go to the stable, a short
| distance away, and saddle his horse. The
convict obeyed and In the meantime the
! cOioneis attention was occupied IN wit
Q hR HfRhf Of the other ma
| hotly pursued by the guard. Thinking II
! about time for the arrival Of his horse
/ he looked In the direction OF the stable
! when, 20 his establishment, he saw the
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