The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21

ne farmers OF mcintosh ana NlncInty,
AeAlachua county, are planting Irish pota-
toes for the northern market very extern
slYely, One farmer will plant 125 barrels.
e. NJ Goodall of Sanford. Me-, some lit
tie time ago had ten acres of his land-just
north of TitusVille-planted out in sugar
cane. He says that it has done so well
that he viii plant out another ten acres.
Mr.. Goodall is about to have a sugar mill
erected and syrup will be made from the
cane this season.
Jacksonville Citizen: We called attention
about month ago to the very satisfactory
financial condition of the state with ref
erence to its bonded indebtedness, saying
that of the total amount of 81 $4,000 of
bonds outstanding in 1894. S9l7,3 800 or nearly
q per cent, was held by the state itself,
leaving only 1851, 700 in the hands of indi-
vidual owners. The controllers report for
1886 shows that the amount of bonds now
held by the state, in various funds, is $685.
SEQ, the sum of $356,700 being in the hands
of individuals
While going down stairs at ST. Angus
tire Thursday, Mrs. Andrea Plummer,
who lives on Spanish street. tripped and
fell to the floor below CARRYING with her
a lighted lamp The lamp was broken IN
the fall, and the burning oil ignited the
floor. Charles A. Greaves, who was pass
ing, saw the smoke and, looking through.
the window, saw blaze. He broke in
through the front door, rescued Mrs
Plummer, and smothered the flames. Mrs.
Plummer who is 60 years of age, fortd-
nately, escaped injury, and kept the burn
ing oil from igniting her clothing.
A well-organlzed gang of sneak thieves
has been broken up by Jack Keyes and
jeff Bates of the A. l.. Wilson Company
at Quincy. The gang consisted of father
mother, daughter and two little sons ali
colored. Merchants have for some time
past missed goods from their stores, but
have been unable to detect the thieves
caught in the act of taking a sack of
flour from the A. l.. Wilson Company's
store. Messrs. Keyes and Bates took the
boy in buggy out to his home, about
two miles from town. where the remain
ing members of the gang were captured
and some of the property was recovered.
The recent convention of County School
superintendent at Live Oak appears to
have been rather barren of practical re-
suits. aside from the benefits received from
conferences upon matters of detail in the
management of school affairs and upon
the relations OF the county school officials
to the state department The only final ac-
ton taken with regard to important ques-
tons of public policy was as follows: By
a vote of Is to proposition favoring un-
iformity in textbooks throughout the
state was defeated. By a vote of 16 to 10 a
resolution requesting the legislature to en-
act a law providing for compulsory at
adopted. A resolution recommending the
passage of a law placing the power OF levy
ing school taxes in the counties with the
school boards instead OF with the county
commissioners, was adopted. A committee
was appointed to recommend a better svs-
tenn of collecting taxes, by which all taxes
should be collected within the year for
which they should be levied
Samuel Brown, Jr.. of Chicago, ILL.,. who
has been spending a great part of the
season at Cocoanut Grove, has Just re-
turned from a short trip into the ever
glades. Mr. Brown. in speaking of the
trip to a reporter of the Jacksonville Citi-
zen. said: simple justice seems to re-
quire that the everglades should be given
to the Seminole Indians. The red men
were promised this territory on condition
that they would behave themselves This
was many years ago The Indians have
complied with the request, and are expect
Tho everglades are practically useless.
except TO the red men. Lieutenant Hugh
l.. WilOuEhby made recently a trim
through the everglades for scientific pur-
poses and he pronounces them useless for
anything except to the red man and the
sportsman From what / have seen, /
am of the same opinion. / think also
that TO lose the indian is to lose for the
east coast one OF its principal attractions.
for the red man has for many years been
from civilization is 10 remove him alto
gether"
The party that went in search Of the rob-
bers Of L. J. Porters store at Greenvine.
returned home Friday afternoon about 4
the other captured. This one was given a
sound thrashing, turned loose and told 10
clear out. They were tramps, and young,
between 20 and p years old. and claim
Johnstown, Pa. as their home. The name
of the one living Is George hiilen. but the
others name Is unknown. Among the
goods taken were ten bottles OF bittcrs,
which they stopped at a colored womans