The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-27
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OF the Others have been recaptured.
Considerable drought prevails around
Asheville. Oats and rye, which are be-
ing harvested. are almost as dry as chaff:
young melons are falling from the vines;
corn is small; young vegetables are dy-
ing; small growth in the forest is with
cred and almost dead.
South Florida Sentinel: Orange county's
candidate for Governor, the Hon. James
D. Beggs, is by far the most popular
man that has been mentioned in connec-
ton with the gubernatorial nomination.
The most gratifying assurances are being
received from every section of the state
lie IS the peoples choice and the people S
candidate.
Wednesday afternoon man from Man
atee, named Robinson, got into an alter
cation in ]. p Nays saloon, at Port
Tampa city, with May and another man.
ROBINSON, who was intoxicated, struck at
May with a chair. May followed him into
the street and beat him on the head with
a board. Robinson was taken to DR..
Altree's hospital, and is reported to be in
a dying condition.
AT Miakka the stockmen are kept busy
gathering and driving cattle and hogs to
Charlotte Harbor and Sarasota for ship
ment TO Key West and Cuba The cattle
men nave about completed the rebuilding
or their old pastures. but thought it hard
ly prudent to rebuild their new fences
The late enlargement of old pastures and
the building of new ones is believed to
be the last straw which broke the cancels
back, and precpitated the wholesale cut
ting of fences on Feb. rs.
1t was noted that the guns at Egmont
Key fort, below Port Tampa. failed 10
return the salute of the English vessels
as they came into the harbor Saturday.
Capt. Shafer, who commanded the ar
tillery stationed at the fort explained
that he did not fire the salute because
of the immense quantities of dynamite
along the island near the fort He was
afraid that the conclusion from the i'm
mense S-nch guns would explode the
dynamite and make the salute much loud
er than intended.
Speaking of sea island cotton. Walter
G. Robinson of Gainesville, a member of
the firm Of H. F. Dutton & Co., said:
There are 100000 aeres of lands In the
three states of Florida Georgia and South
Carolina adapted to the cultivation of sea
island cotton, and fit for scarcely any
other staple crop. The territory embraces
one-half the counties of the state of Geor-
gia; fourteen of the forty-fiVe counties
in this state, and at least half dozen
counties in South Carolina. The full de-
velopment of this industry, or its partial
abandonment as a staple crop, depends
largely upon the position taken by our
representatives in Washington
There has been but one change in the
Circuit Court judges of Florida at this
term of the legislature, all Of the seven
having been reappointed and confirmed
except Judge Baron Philips in the Sixth
Circuit. He was succeeded by Judge John
WALL The bench of the Circuit Court
now stands as follows: E. c. Maxwell OF
Pensacola, First circuit; John w Malone
of Quincy, Second circuit; John F. White
of Live Oak, Third circuit; r. NJ. Can
Jacksonville, Fourth circuit; w. A. Hook
er of Ocala. Fifth circuit; John Wall
of Tampa Sixth circuit; Minor S. Jones
of Titusville, Seventh circuit All are con-
sidered able lawyers and good judges OF
law. Judge White and Judge Maxwell
are the eldest. The latter also has the dis
tinction of having represented Florida IN
the Confederate Congress-
De Soto county has been wonderfully
fortunate in the returns from shipments
of beans. There was scarcely a side-track
along the railroad that did not ship from
1000 to 10000 crates of beans, and the av-
erage of the returns net. has been about
81 per crate bringing cash in the county,
at low estimate, at least $4,000. The
orange crop will bring in at least $780, 900
more. One amusing incident occurred
where man made neat sum by little
foresight. During one or the cold days
last winter frost was predicted; a grower
had an acre of beans up and looking well.
but was so blue about the frost coming
that he said he would take a dollar for
his bean patch. A bystander handed him
the dollar and closed the trade. He i'm
mediately ran along each row
of beans with pillow. and
covered them up. After the
frost passed he scratched the dirt off,
and the beans were no worse for having
been buried alive. The buyer netted $3.50
from that dollar investment. In addition
to that, he made useful experiment and
discovery for the protection of growing
plants in the remote event of frost in De
Soto county.