The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25


one OF Welakas citizens proposes to
give a block of land #0x442 feet . any
party who viii start a cigar factory work
ing twenty hands or more.
The Lake City truckers are buslly en-
gagged putting in their English pea crop.
The acreage viii be much smaller than
it has been in previous years.
The Ocala Mail end Express apologies
for the lack Of its usual good reading mat
ter, by explaining that the entire force
from editor to devil, has been down for a
week with the grip
r. II. Finney died at Sanford Thursday
night. Mr.. Finney was the engineer injur-
ed in the accident on the Savannah, FIori-
da and Western railway at Ybor city a
week or ten days ago.
A spree in North Miami has brought
one Seminole Indian into deepest disgrace
before his tribe. Some one cut his hair,
and he has been forbidden to return to
the tribe until IL shall have grown again.
An Escambla county planter reports
that he raised last year on six acres of
ordinary land one thousand and i've hun
dred bushels of sweet potatoes, and sold
them all at an average price of 55 cents
per bushel.
Every boat on the sponge bars at Tar
pom Springs last week took from 300 to 800
punches OF grass sponge. This is consid-
cred a good catch, the demand at present
being much greater for this kind than for
the sheepswoo
Correspondence from Barlow, says: The
tobacco craze has reached this part of
the state and, Notwithstanding the dam
age the tobacco crop received a few days
ago by the heavy frosts, quite a number
are planting seed for another crop.
The personal property Of the Florida
Development Company is advertised to be
sold at Avon Park on the first Monday in
February. The real estate of the company
was sold at Arcadia at sherlffs sale on the
first Monday in January to Mrs. Abbie r.
Dodge of Jacksonville. In Tampa on the
9th, Judge Barron Phillips confirmed the
sale and denied the application of the
stockholders Of the company for a receiver
to wind up the company's affairs.
Near Alachua, Wade and High Springs
more than 800 employees have recently been
given employment. Some are cutting
crossties, others are cutting stock logs for
GUNNER Bros. and L. +. Camp. and near
~ 100 are at work grading for the Pittson
railroad near Santa Fe river. The Thomp-
son Lumber Company of Saginaw. Mich
which has 5000 acres Of land, containing
timber that was blown down, will proba-
bly, begin soon to cut stock logs for ship
ment to Jacksonville.
Melrose Correspondence Morning News:
c. J. Husband, a wealthy and prominent
citizen of this place, died very suddenly
last night at $50 O'Clock, from heart trou-
BILE. He had been up and in his usual
health during the day. but went home in
the evening complaining of feeling badly
as If ne was taking the grip, and asked his
wife TO prepare him dose of medicine
and bring it to him before going to bed
When she carried the medicine to his bed
side she found him dead He was the
father of the twin Husband brothers, the
leading merchants OF this place.
The navy department will place large
mornings throughout the harbor of Key
West for the North Atlantic squadron.
These moorings are to be permanent and
heavy enough to hold the largest ships in
a storm. A buoy will be attached 10 each
mooring to point out its location. Stores
and mail matter are being received at the
station for the dispatch ship Dolphin,
monitor Amphitrite, and cruisers Newark
and Raleigh. large four masted schoon-
er is unloading the first cargo of a con-
tract of 1900 tons of coal for the govern
ment. Several other schooners are ex--
pected daily.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Cassava can
be easily grown anywhere in Florida, and
it win feed the horse. the pigs and the
chickens. But that is not all. 1t is
perfect substitute for Irish potatoes; it
makes good hunger-satisfying biscuits
bread and griddle-cakes, and for dessert
can be made into a superb pudding, and
for Sunday style you can have your boil
ed shirt starched with IL to a glossier fin
lsh than ever before. At any rate that
is what w. S. Preston, of Lake Whistler
Polk county says, after a series of exper-
iments. He says it is only a question of
cooking it the right way to make it per-
fectly palatable and several neighbors
who have eaten it at his home sustain the
claim fully.
Mrs. Ellen Phillips. a wealthy lady OF.
st. Augustine, has been sentenced to pay
a 50 fine and to serve three days in the
city jail for threatening and using abusive
language to people there. She once gave
park TO a suburban company and being
displeased over their action endeavored to
get il back. but they refused. She abus-
ing his life, She entered the Office OF
Judge COrbett, the companys attorney,
calling him a thief. scoundrel, etc, and
attempted to assault him. Aid was called
and she was elected. Afterwards she Wis
tied the Office Of the president of the COM
pany and did the same. People became
tired of such continual nuisance. and a
was sworn out and the Judge inn
posed this sentence. Alderman John Pa
pino and Others whom she had abused will
also swear out warrants Mrs. Phillips is
but seems insane in the
idea that she is being prosecuted, and is
wild when their names are mentioned
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Col. w. j. Causey of Hampton is dead.
Nearly 6.OOO bales of the feecy
staple have been marketed at Honea Path
since Sept. /.