The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11

ished by the storm. has been torn down
and is to be replaced by a handsome new
edihce
a negro laborer Of Thomas Dowling's s,
known as Tony Drinks. was run over by
the log train a few days ago. about twelve
miles from Live Oak, and received in
juries which caused bis death shortly af-
terward.
The High Springs Phosphate Company
at Clark has just put in operation the
new plant which has been in course of
erection there for some time. The com
pany is now operating two extensive plants
at that place
The farmers of Lacrosse have not plant
ed any cotton this spring. and but little
corn. This is due TO the drought What
corn was planted early and was well-ad-
vanced has been greatly damaged by the
drought. The farmers there look upon
The situation as very deplorable.
DeLand Record: The Central Lumber
Company of Michigan has filed a mort
gage on all the property belonging TO ].
W. Howry al DeLand, and Col. +. c. Aus
tin has been employed by the company az
the companys legal adviser in Florida.
iN AloNig ldihS dbOli DcLaIQ are tfle
most valuable property there. A few years
ago J. W. Howry was a millionaire,
his property consisting of the Michigan
lumber mills. lands and real estate In
Florida. year or so past a fire destroyed
his finest mills without insurance, and
since his life has been a series of mis-
fortunes, and to-day he is a bankrupt.
Kissimmee Gazette: Last Monday the
Board of County Commissioners did an act
of justice They informed the tax assessor
that, in the opinion of the board, the as
sessment on the wild lands of the compa-
mics for this year should be reduced to
what it was in 1895, before they were as
sessed on an improved property basis of
valuation because of the building of pas
ture fences thereon. II had been brought
to the attention of the board that as The
result of negotiations carried on between
the land owners and stockmen a senu-
ment had sprung up in favor of the re-
moval of the pasture fences, and Col. f.
Q. Morgan of Bassinger the most promi-
nent stockman on the range, had been au-
thorized by the Associated Railway Land
Department. the Disston Land Company,
the Okeechobee Land Company, the Jack
sonVile, Tampa and Key West Railroad
and Florida Southern Railroad land de-
partments and Florida Commercial Com
pany to have these fences taken down at
once. The reduction in the taxes of the
land owners interested amounts to over
81 900. The territory covered by the order
reaches from Canoe creek 10 Lake Okee-
chobee and fourteen miles up tributary
stream of Taylor creek, a total distance
of about 100 miles, and embraces the entire
Kissimmee valley, the finest range in the
state, well watered and open, the head
quarters and center of the South Florida
cattle industry. One divide fence only will
be left. running east and west from Aliga-
tor Bluffs on the Kissmmee river to the
st. Johns river marsh, which cuts the
range into two nearly equal halves. The
on this fence is 81 500, and the
tax on it will be voluntarily paid by
Messrs. Morgan, Miller, Uuderhju and AL
derman. Clothed with his authority, Col.
Morgan win proceed at once to take all
the pasture fences down. or have them
taken down, after giving the stockmen
ten or fifteen days notice.