The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
FLORIDA.
DR.. ]. Y. P. Hegdon of Madison died a
day or two ago.

DIT. ]. Y. P. Hegdon of Madison died a
day or two ago.
The report was circulated at Jackson
Vile Thursday night that the south Jetty
at the ST. Johns river bar had been un-
dermined by the waves during the recent
storm The extent Of the damage and the
effect 1t Will have upon the channel were
not learned
A. McIver of Fantvlle has the con-
tract to mine 1900 tons of phosphate rock
on A. Mcintyres place at Blue Springs.
lie IS mining 100 tons per week, and IS
working forty-fve men. Notwthstand-
ing the duh times phosphate continues
70 be mined and sold.
Papers We're filed in the county clerks
office at Jacksonville Thursday for rec
ord in the case Of Archibald Rogers of
action is to recover 5000 due the com
plainant from Coleman, I. NJ. Day rep
resents the complainant.
EN-City Marshal w. l.. Torbert OF west
Palm Beach was rearrested on charge
of willful murder. He was given a pre-
liminary hearing and ordered to furnish
a bond of $1,000. Torbert shot and killed
Jim Brady, colored, several weeks ago.
His trial will take place in the circuit
court of Dade county in December.
At Fernandina Thursday Sheriff Higgin-
bOthan attached some cars of phosphate
belonging to the Albion Phosphate Com
pany of Albion, Fla, at the instance Of
William Comm and wife of that place,
VINO are owners OF the property on which
the phosphate was mined, and who claim
royalties amounting to $3,2336O, which is
the amount of the attachment.
An effort is being made by some of the
progressive citizens of Fernandlna to in
duce the Red ID line of steamers to land
their exposition passengers. there instead
OF taking them to some more northern
port. Gen. /. w. Avery, who represents
the eXposi ton in the matter, has been in
correspondence with a firm in that city
regarding the matter for some time.
Egmont light is behind the times. 1t
rrra hut hot
long ago. Now the captain of the cutter
Forward informs the lighthouse people
at Washington that it is practically use
less. That the white light cannot be
seen beyond the whistling buoy and the
red section so obscures the light that
vessels run on the shoals before they see
Business in the United States land
office at Gainesville for the month OF
September compared favorably with the
preceding month. There was an excess
in the homestead entries, the number be-
ing SO, and embracing 9,74762 acres. Thir-
ty-fVe parties made final proof upon an
! aggregate of 4,1622S acres. The commu-
ted homestead entries embraced 259.96
acres
H. c. Coppinger living four miles south
of Orlando, has a grove Of LOO orange
and grapefruit trees that have grown
since the freeze to eight or ten feet in
hight, with a spread OF branches Of six
/ of his trees will bear next year, and that
/ within three years he will have his grove
1 in as good bearing as before it was killed
/ down. He saved many of the buds by
/ banking the dirt against the treW He
/ saved one Tahiti lime tree through the
cold.
The Fort Myers News says Lee county
/ is enjoying an era of prosperity this
year that promises to put her on solid
footing for years to COME. More build
ings have been erected, more business
/ done, more realty sold. and more people
/ located within her borders than for years
previous Her trees are loaded with or
/ ing prospects for a large crop and good
4 healthy trade has been established with
sister cities that invites capitalists and
I puts confidence in her citizens
The pineapple industry around Orlando
/ IS looking up, and the prospect is that a
/ in this business during the next few
/ months. f. H. Staley. who owned forty
/ acre tract just outside of the corporate
I limits is reported to have sold il to a
wealthy party, who viii arrange at once
/ to put out a considerable portion of it in
plants. 1t is also reported that a large
/ tract in the southern part of town has
/ a syndicate of men who have the money
to put into it, and who have been watch
ing the business for years and are sat it's
fed with the prospects before them. Be
sides these a number of men are going
into the business on a small scale. and il
now seems probable that the next ten
years will see pineapples occupying as
oranges did before the freeze Of last win
ter. From figures collected by the Re-
porter Il predicts that 100 acres will be
added to the pineapple area in the i'm
mediate vicinity OF Orlando during the
coming winter.