The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-11

Around Orange City, orange crops are
being sold almost daily as they stand on the
trees. The grower sells his crop at from 50
| cents to 81 10 per box, pockets his wealth
and gees about his business.
Ina wreck on the ST. Marks railroad last
Tuesday, Anderson Burt, colored section
hand, was killed. Allen Scott and Con-
ductor William Hires, were badly bruised,
and Robert Austin tcoloredl had rib
broken.
At the shooting match at DeLAnd Mon
day last, between the Halifax Rifles and
the DeLand Rifles, the former came out
ahsai by twenty points. Thomas Well,
one of the citizens who took part in the
shooting afterward. beat the DeLand's.
A fine property was disposed of in Sigh
vile. eight miles north of Lee5burg last
week. VI. C. Sigh sold his home place,
consisting Of thirty acres of land and an
orange grove, for l25. Other sales have
been consummatei and improvements
| made
Fears are entertained of the loss Of the
! schooner August Flowers, bound 20 st.
Augustine With cargo of oil, coal and
piping for the Gas and Electric Light Com
PAW. Can't. Pacetti. one of the bar pilots,
reports that oil is said TO be coming ashore
on the beach south Of ST. Augustine. The
cargo is insured.
Drs. Mcintosh OF Thomasville, T, L.
Wragg and T. P. Monroe performed an
operation for hernia upon John Shaw of
Quincy, on Tuesday last. Before the oper-
alton Mr. Shaw suffered very much from
NAUSEA He has improved very much, and
the physic ans feel greatly encouraged aud
hope that he will soon recove-.
Donald TompEi~s. a young Columbia
county farmer living six miles west of
Lake City, gathered over 700 pounds of
seed cotton from eighty rows one and
half acres In length. He also made nine
bushels of peanuts from two quarts of seed,
leaving enough in the patch TO tatten sew
eral pigs, all on green pine lad.
The row at St. Cloud, mentioned as being
a riot between the Italians and negroes,
was not between those, but betws a
party Of settlers on the one side and the
Italian and negro employees at St. Cloud on
the other. Three were killed in all. Several
participants have been arrested and lody ed
IN Jail. among them being Beauregard
Drawdy and james Tyson.
a farmer in Baker county accidentally
found stalk of cotton in bis field two or
three years ago that attracted his attention.
He saved the seed. and the variety is now
commanding special attention for its pro-
life qualities, as well as for its fineneSs. 1t
is claimed that land which formerly pro-
duced only an average of 200 TO 800 pounds
will produce from 500 to 1000 pounds of
this cotton.
After allowing ex-Collector J. r. Mon
tague OF Orange county all legal credits.
the board OF county commissioners find that
he is still indebted TO the county about
81 500, and to the state about g., 200. His
bondsmen will pay the above amounts on
Jan. 10. There has never been any contest
by Mr.. Montague or his bondsmen, they
have only waited to have the matter
properly adjusted.
Dead river has been declared navigable
stream by the county commissio1 ers of
Lake county, and the new, solid bridge will
not be built over it. 1t it ever has a new
bridge it will be draw. This river runs
within half a mile of Fruitland Park and
the enterprising citizens of that place will
in time utilize it. A project is now on foot
to build big hotel at the Park and put on
line OF steamers to ply the waters of the
Ocklawaha, to bring tourists from Jackson
vile, Palatka and Silver Spring.
A smashup occurred on the Florida South
ern road on Monday night, or early Tuesday
morning, at Brooksvile The train which
was to bring up the excursion from there
took the sidetrack at the end of its run.
The passenger train was late at night, and,
when BrOoksville was reached. rushed into
the train standing on the sidetrack, the
switch having been left open. Both engines
were badly damaged, an express car was
wiped off down to tle platform and all OF
the coaches were more or less damaged
Engineer Loomis of the passenger tain
was hurt, but not seriously The Florida
Southern Company is loser by about IS, 900.