Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23

Clarence o. Warner has been appointed
Postmaster at Lakeville, Orange county,
vice w. L. Reed.
The swords, belts. etc, for the officers
of the Orlando Guards have arrived and
are very handsome. About thirty OF the
men have been measured for their uni
forms.
A section Of land called Paradise, three
miles northwest OF Gainesville, has re-
Gently been surveyed and staked out in
half acre to l0-acre lots, and recorded on
county records.
At Orlando, the case of the State VS..
Ben Shears, charged with arson, resulted
In a verdict Of guilty, and Shears was
sentenced to ten years imprisonment IN
the State penitentiary.
Fort Myers prospects of early steam
connection with Kissimmee City have be-
come almost certainty. 1t is reported
that one of Capt, Joe Smiths steamers is
on its way around the coast. and new
one is being built for the Kissimmee and
CalOOsahatchee line.
In the case of Joe Drayton and Bill
Roberts, charged with the murder of Mar
shall Ralph A. Gibson, of Kissimmee, the
jury at Orlando Wednesday came into
court with verdict of guilty OF murder
in the first degree against both the ac-
CusGNs Jul IAODtl 10 W buG
mercy of the court. The jury was In their
room about one hour and half in all.
Because of the great increase of bust
ness in the Southern Express Company's
Office in Orlando orders were issued rails
ing it from the second class to the first
class Jan /, but the change did not really
occur until about the 10th. The adVanta-
ges of the change are that packages are
billed through to ali points, thus relieving
delays, and all claims against the COM
pany can be settled at the Orlando office.
W. D. Palmer, who has been conduct
ing general stationery business in Or
lanOO for the past year made an assign
ment Wednesday, with A. l.. DerniO as
assignee. His Liabilities VIII amount to
between SO, 600 and 81 coo; the assets yet
are nOt known, as the inventory has not
been completed. MIR. Palmer SAYS. how
ever, that the assets will equal the la6iii-
ties, and attributes mis- misfortune 10 in
ability to dispose of the goods he had pur-
chased. Miss Henrietta BarDareuX is
made the preferred creditor for 81, 300 and
interest.
The management of the South Florida
Exhibition has decided not to mold an eX-
hibiLion this winter. as the recent cold Sc
verely injured the early vegetables and
badly damaged the crop of the citrus
family. Immediately after the freeze {. IL.
Smith, the secretary, addressed cards to
the leading citizens all over south Florida,
asking the extent Of the damage, etc.
From the replies to these cards, it was as
certained that the damage was as above
stated, though the bearing orange trees
are injured but very little, the nursery
trees damaged, but very few lost, while
the lemon trees are badly injured, and the
guaYa bushes all killed down.
On Jan. 9 a trunk belonging to MIR.
Bartholomew, who recently came here
from Michigan, was lost or stolen from
the Florida Southern depot at Gainesville.
After investigation, Jackson Boynton,
drayman, Aaron and Mary Price, and
Lizzie Floyd were arrested. BoyntOn got
the trunk from the depot, and sent it by
boy to Prices house for safe keeping,
where it was opened, the contents taken
out, and the trunk broken up and burned,
as the iron bands were raked out of the
fireplace in Prices house. About half
the clothing was found concealed in Liz
Zie Floyd's cabin and the remainder had
been thrown over a fence. AS the prison
ers could introduce no evidence pointing
to their innocence OF the charge, they were
each required to give bond OF $500 for
their appearance before the grand jury.
In default of bail they were Locked up in
the county Jail.