Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-02
FLORIDA,

FLORIDA.
Circuit Court meets at Orange City
/ next Monday.
! OCTOBER was a fine month for setting
strawberry plants.
The water is yet high in the lat woods
! between Orange City and the coast.
! At Madison, owing to the dry weather,
many gardens will nave to be replanted
! or lost altogether.
A newspaper is soon to be started in
| Gainesville by two colored men, Messrs.
Martin and Clinton.
! Oranges are ripening earlier in Volusia
| county than usual, and shipments will
| commence in earnest by Nov. 10.
Rev. e. X. Mitchell, of New York. has
| been called to the passionate Of the Pres
/ byteriau church in st. Augustine.
| E. Brown, coIored farmer of Column.
| bIa county, will make 1000 pounds OF
| sugar this year in addition to his other
| products.
Peach trees about San Mateo are BIOS
| soming, but If they don't look sharp the
! frost will make short work OF their spring
| like venture.
Freights have advanced &c. on the hun
| dred weight from Jacksonville to points
! In South Florida, pool with steamboats,
and railroad lines.
! list church in st. Augustine with forty
mem ers. This is the first church of
that denomination ever established at
| that place.
! II. E. Lee. charged with assaulting a
| fireman OF the Jacksonville department
| during a fire in that city Il few days ago,
was tried Saturday and discharged for
! lack OF evidence.
! David Wright, colored, of Column ia
! City, stands ahead of the list for a family.
! lie is The father OF % children, most of
! them living, and his present wife is {, @
/ mother OF y children, 10 of whom are
! living.
! e. Mellick, the young white man who
/ lett Jacksonville suddenly Thursday
| morning, after having gotten all he could
! from merchants and about $40 from the
! Peoples Line Of steamers, has been ar
rested in Pensacola.
The Gem City Guards, of PaIatka, are
! preparing TO give a grand ball as soon as
/ they get into their new quarters. The
! new armOry will be located In one of the
! large halls Of the Florida Southern Rail-
/ way COmpany's new buildings.
| The discussion OF the homestead article
| has brought out the fact that under the
| old constitution the widow is left I'M
/ protected, while the new constitution
| makes her one of the "heirs" Of her hus-
| band and protects her interests.
| Dr.. \. p. Smith, of Starke, has several
! pieces of real genuine china, made in
! 1928. He gave the editor of the Siarke
| Telegraph handsome saucer made in
1898 OF finest quality OF china X are, upon
which is imprinted flowers unique and
| equal to any designs OF the present day.
As Friday mornings north bound mail
train on the South Florida railroad was
| passing Eight Oaks. about one mile and
half south OF Orlando, near w. 7.
| ketcham's place, it ran into a hand car
! being pr Opelled by railroad labOrers. and
| demolished the hand car, smashed the
| headlight on the locomotive and scattered
| things around generally, though no one
| was injured.
Engine "Diego," OF the Jacksonville
and Atlantic railway, drawing three or
| iOur cOustructl0n cars, went down an
ernDanbment, together with the cars, at
Jacksonville Saturday afternoon, near the
! depot on the south side. The engine
rolled completely over and over, and was
/ considerably damaged. The accident was
! caused by the sinking of one side of the
! track on road bed only recently con-
! structed. Nobody was hurt.
a shooting ARRAY occurred at Port
! Oranle on Saturday last between C.. c.
! sutton aud man named Snow, in winch
the former was shot IN the right breast.
| Snow shot while Sutton was making an
assault with piece of timber. The diff
! hCulty occurred about a matter in which
Snow claimed that Sutton swiadled him
out Of money and 4 fine tract of land at
the head Of Tomoka. The bail struck
rib and glanced around to the aide. The
wound is NOT considered dangerous. Snow
was placed under bond Tor his appearance
! at court.
On Monday night, Oct. %, a thief or
thieves entered the house OF lsham j q.
| khodu, well-tO-do farmer, living seven
| miles northwest of McClenny, while the
family was eating supper, and carried on
a large trunk containing $50 in money,
twenty-one pounds of tobacco and many
other very valuable articles. They also
took an AK along to open the trunk, but
on finding the trunk unlocked were saved
that trouble. The trunk was found next
day sitting on the fence, and The ak site L.
Ing IN the ground near by, about $50
yards from the house. TIE thief or
thieves failed TO find the money, it being
in small tray in the back part OF the
large one. 1t was so dark it was over
looked. From appearances they plum
dered or searched very closely. They
took the tobacco with them, but the fami-
ly has missed nothing else.