The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-13
SVidently have occurred Saturday night
mad not the officers destroyed it.


FLORIDA.
Fernandina (Fla.) Mirror: What's the
matter with Nassau county bringing out
man for Governor or congressman? 1t
appears to us that ii Is about time this
county was getting in the SWIM"
AT a special election held on Tuesday
last at st. Petersburg, to determine
whether the precinct in which that city
Is located should adopt the sub-district
school plan, The measure was carried
without dissenting vote
At Pensacola there is CONSERVATION
among the gamblers. Mayor Hiliiard has
ordered the laws against gambling to be
strictly enforced. Marshal Wood notified
the gamblers of this order and every
gambling house was dark Saturday night.
In the changes that are to take place
in the consolidation of the Seaboard Air
Line, Georgia and Alabama and Florida
Central and Peninsular railroads under one
management, nothing has been done so
far in regard to changes in the Jackson
vile Offices.
Gainesville Sun: R. E. johnson, an ex-
tensive saw mill man Of Atlanta, Ca, is
in the city looking for location for
large mill site He is carefully looking
after timber lands, and should satsfac-
tory arrangements be made, he will locate
his large milling interests here.
How are your beans coming on?" is
the common salutation one hears on the
streets at Orlando as two friends meet
The alluson is to the coming velvet bean
crop, in which nearly every man who owns
and ills land c in tnrpste1 In oil cose-
the reports are favorable. There will be
an immense crop grown in that county
this year.
There is now a depth of over twenty
seven feet through the channel over the
Pensacola bar, and dredging is being
steadily pushed for a thirty-foot depth
The British steamship Lugano, which
sailed Saturday for Liverpool went out
drawing twenty-six feet. This is the deep
est draft vessel that ever crossed Pen
sacola bar.
A short while back a great many
thought that the peach crop in. Columbia
county would be a complete failure owing
to the late freeze which visited that sec
ton. In this they were mistaken. The
crop will not come up to the usual aver
age, still very good crop seems assured
and a more hopeful outlook is given by
all who cultivate that fruit.
At Crawford, in Nassau county. last
Sunday Tom Carroll, a small white boy
shot and mortally wounded white man
by the name of Rowell. Rowell had called
at the house of the boy and endeavored
to drive him away and in doing so pulled
out a knife with which he threatened the
boys life. The latter went into the house
secured his gun and fired. The wounded
man died Wednesday from his injuries.
Reports from Maitland say that unless
rain comes soon there will not be a spire
of green grass left outside of the shade.
Orange tree leaves, plants ana vegeta-
bles are also suffering from the severe
and protracted drought. Maitland is be-
coming dull as the summer advances. All
the winter residents except DIR. Kingsley
and daughter have gone, and the latter
leave for their summer home in New Jer-
sey this week,
The steamship Montana was detained at
Egmont key by the custom house officials
the other day. In going through the
steamers cargo the government inspectors
found a large quantity of smuggled
aguadente and promptly seized it. 1t is
claimed that the stuff seized belonged TO
several passengers on the Montana, and
the officials held the steamer until an in
vestigation could be made for the purpose
of discovering the guilty parties.
Capt. w. j. Carter of Carter's Mills,
about FIVE miles southeast of Lakeland.
has surveyed a town to be known as
Carriers Mills, and already quite a -four
ishing village has sprung up. Several
miles of railroad belonging to him traverse
his $1,000 acres of land, and large hotel
is in contemplation. which will be ready
for winter travel, the place being particu-
larly attractive because of the very fine
artesian wells that have been driven
there.
c. Fred Ausland of Cambridge, Nd, is
corresponding with S. A. Swami of Fer
nandina with reference to locating e
Scandinavian co.ony in Nassau county.
Mr.. Ausland has had some experience in
this matter and has located several such
colonies in other parts of the United
states. He has been interested by Mr..
Swami and is expected to arrive in Fer
nandina some time in July The class OF
people he proposes to locate in Florida is
a very desirable one and just the kind
needed in the work Of developing Nassau
county. There are thousands of acres of
land suited to such purpose.
The guava industry bids fair to become
an important industry in the Biscayne
bay country. Three years ago there was
little or no market for this fruit. Hun
dreds of bushels went TO waste yearly.
Last year the guava jelly manufacturers
paid rs cents per bushel delivered at the
factory in Maimi. This year the manu-
facturers are offering 81 per bushel at the
factory. The crop will be a little later
than usual, but will be very large Sew
eral Jelly manufacturers from other sec
tions have been there securing their sup
Div of fruit. At these prices guava grow
ing is more profitable than orange growing
was in its palmiest days.
Proof Positive.-Miss Sprockets-Are
YOU sure you love me for myself more
than for my wealth and real estate pos
n