The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-31

5000 population, claims twenty-five pairs
of twins.
Col. c. L. Spencer of Pasadena, Pasco
county, has organized a stock company,
composed of his neighbOrs and Jose
Reira, an experienced cigar manufactures
of Havana The company will manufac-
ture cigars and all-tObaccO cigarettes in
large quantities by recently patented ma
chinery. The rights of this machinery are
owned by the company. II is claimed that
il will make as fine cigars as the finest
hand made, and at about one-fourth of
the cost An apt boy or girl can, II is
claimed, make about 1,50O cigars per day.
The company will employ about fifty
hands-all neighbors or stockholders, and
Will also raise tobacco for its own use.
At Fernandina Saturday afternoon, AL
bertha klarer, the 6-year-old daughter of
Jacob Klarer, was shot in the leg and
seriously wounded by a rife in the hands
Of her brother Fred, who is II or Is years
of age. Some pigeons having alighted in
the back yard, Fred got out the gun to
shoot at them. number of smaller chill
dren were playing in the yard, among
through carelesSness, the gun was pre-
matureiy discharged in their direction
and Albertina fell over with a cry of pain.
DR.. Horsey pronounced the injury not OF
a dangerous character. The ball entered
the fieshy part of the limb just below the
thigh.
At a meeting of the creditors of the
First National Bank of Orlando, held Sat
urday, the committee which had been APP
pointed to make an examination into
the condition of that institution
made its report which is about as fol-
lows: Total assets $225, 2lS.62, divided as
follows; bills receivable, $157, 946; realty,
stocks, etc, $6S, 522.1S; United States bonds,
$3.50. OF this amount about $4,000 is
considered good, about 100000 doubtful,
and the remainder, about $4,000, worth
less. Among the ..ssets is the $1,000 equity
in the bank fixtures Among the real es-
tate which amounts to a total of about
S2l 900, are over 1000 acres of phosphate
lands and about 400 acres of the Apopka
sawgrass lands. The rest it is understood,
are chiefly wild lands. All real estate is
valued at bank value, which was under
stood to be the cost to the bank. The
committee understood the average value
put upon the phosphate lands held by
the bank to be 81 to 81 25 per acre Among
the assets is also the stock of the National
Manufacturing Company of Huntsville,
wrench all of which is sold, or about to
be sold tc a new company at Huntsville
for about $4,000. The patent on the
wrench was valued at one time as high
as $4,000. The liabilities aggregate about
$4,000. About Sl1,OcO Is due certificate
holders, the rest due chiefly to other
banks; about $4,000 to the Hanover Ma
tional Bank of New York, and about $1,000
to the First National Bank of Jackson
Vile. The bank claims about $4,000 due
it from Nat Poyntz and Q. 7. Poyntz, who
are being sued upon their bonds asNpres-
ident and cashier.
ers of the East Florida coast has been
effected at West Palm Beach, and the
establishment of better prices for fruit,
quicker transportation to the northern
and western markets, and lower freight
rates is expected. The expenses of box
material may also be reduced. The plan
adopted by this association has been
tried by the Indian River Orange Grow
ers' Association with success. The bus
mess of the association is in charge of
e. p. Porcher. the general agent, who de
Of
ton to the various interests of the
members. Mr.. Porcher will appoint an
assistant agent and organize a system of
local agents in the principal cities of the
north and west, subject to the superVis-
ion and Endorsement of the board of direc-
tors. More than sixty markets wild be
These markets will be in charge of a
sufficient number of local agents to han
die the business, while the interests of the
members of the association will be care
fully guarded. Each local market will be
supplied with an auction. room that will
be used by the local agents only in case
the fruit shall arrive in bad order. The
headquarters of the general agent will be
located at Jacksonville, from which point
the business will be transacted, and the
assstent agent will be located at Jensen,
the principal point in the shipping dis
trict. Every day the growers will be no.
titled at Jensen as to the condition of the
market all over the country. Mr.. Por-
chers position is not a salaried one. He
rebate from the local agents on all fruit
forwarded to their markets; for fruit sold
by him at horne he will receive a per
cent commission. The local agents will
sell fora total commission of 10 per cent,
making a rebate of per cent, per cent.
of which Will go to the treasury of the
association, and 2 per cent, as stated, will
go to the general agent.
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AT Marquette. Mich, the trolley sys-
tenn is 10 be tried on a mining road The
loaded cars as they come down Will furn-