The morning news., 1889-05-05

| w. Grinm's grocery store at Orlando
and its contents were burned THURSDAY.
! The ice factory had a narrow escape. The
! stock of Mr.. Grimm consisted Of a general
| line of groceries, which, with the fixtures,
| were valued at 81 500. The building was
valued OF 5000 There was an insurance OF
| 500 on the stock and fixtures, and $500 on
tne building, making total of 81, 200. This
leaves Mr. Grimm with a net loss Of 81 200,
besides all his accounts and notes. B. I.
kuhl, having been told the ice factory was
burning, Immediately prepared telegram
ordering 1000 pounds Of ice from Sanford.
Some little excitement prevailed around
Clear Water Saturday, when it was under
stood that the whipping post had been es-
tablished in her suburbs, and that vic
tim had already suffered the penalty OF his
folly. he was a young man OF color,
Richard Mitchell by name, who, the day
previous, had sent an insulting epistle
through the mail 10 Miss May Jones OF
Dunedin. Her father and seven or eight
friends came in like whirlwind, and be-
fore the people Of Clear Water were aware
Of it they had lai I hold OF the offender, and
marched him TO the woods. 1t is said that
six of the party gave him twenty-five
strokes each with a buggy trace, after
which he was advised not to tarrv in this
vicinity. Taking the committee at its word
he struck out in an easterly direction, and
the woods at double-quiok pace.
Sumterville Times: In 1886 J. J. Brad
ford of Massacre, this county, sued the
Florida Southern Railway Company to re-
cover $50 damage for stock killed and in
jured by the road, for which he received
Judgment in a Justices court. From this
judgment an appeal was taken to the cir
cult court, but no decision was rendered
until the late term, in March last, when the
al nft he 1Nuu 1ttytt faiV
and the railroad company ordered to ''shell
out" accordingly. Failing to do this,
Sheriff Chapman proceeded to levy upon
the depot and three lots belonging to the
company at Webster, and the depot re-
mained closed about five days when the
claim, am 7untiug, with interest and costs,
to sl05 63, was settled But the end was
not yet, for the sheriff has since been noti-
fed that he will be sued for $4,000 dam
ages resulting from the closing of the de-
pot. A very interesting question is this
spring. II the depot il strictly private
property, it should be subject to the laws
affecting all other property Of that class;
but If, as an attempt will probably be made
TO prove, 1t be in a sense public property
and that public interests suffered by such
suspension Of business, thea tho public
should be entitled to soms return for dam
age, and an eodess leld for controversy as
to the relations Of the public and railroad
companies will thus be opened.
Palatka Herald. She was plump and
pretty, and there was a mischievous look in
her eyes as SIZE glanced coquettishy around
that was well calculated to fnislead the sus-
ceptible young men. Her escort was con-
sderably her elder, and very gravely re-
sponded to her numerous questions as they
sat in the opera house Monday evening
Directly behind the pair sat couple OF
young mon, whose apparel and manner pro
claimed them Of the geous masher. They
endeavored in every way possible to attract
the young lady's attention, much To the
disgust Of her escort, who took 10
the situation readily. During al
intermission in the progress of the play The
lady's companion left his seat; almost i'm
mediately afterwar1 one of the idiots be
hind her bent forward and dropped card
in her lap, which she concealed beneath her
handkerchief. Having performed their
part of the business with "neatness and dis
patch,n the young gentlemen vacated
their seats and adjourned to the door. On
the return of the young girls escort, she
handed him the card and explained the
situation. He Immediately got up and
started for the door; the writer did like
wise, for he anticipated fun. The young
men we're standing just inside the entrance
door. As the avenger approached,
one of the fashily dressed
gentlemen of elegant leisure called the
other by name, and toward the one whose
name had been mentioned, the somewhat
angry man started. The astonished young
man felt hand grip him hard in the region
OF the collar; when he turned for an ex-
planation, the card was thrust into his face
and then heavy boot accelerated his face
toward to tho street. He turned to show
fight, and received another thrust beneath
his abbreviated coat-tail that struck home
with avengeance. That was too
much for the sensitive feelings of the
young man, therefore he stood not upon
the order of his going, bnt he got at once.
Charlotte Harbor Beacon: Messrs. Will
lam Roberts and Capt. James johnson re-
turned from three days turtle hunt
Wednesday with sixteen green turtles and
one loggerhead. The green turtles are just
n nice size for market, weighing from 80 to
100 pounds. The turtles were caught few
miles south Of Punta Rassa, and will he
shipped both to New York and Philadel-
phia markets. AS Mr. Roberts proposes to
keep up the shipping the whole season, he
desires to know which Of these will pay the
bes. prices. Mr.. Roberts is an experienced
hand at this business, which requires much
skill. Long nets are extended from the
shore and anchored. and when
ever the turtles swim against the net they
become entangled in the msshes and are
held fast until the fishermen, who are
always on the watch, row to the struggling
| turtles and land them safely in the boat II
nothing but turtles swan against the nets
| the fisherman would be in his glory. but
other monsters Of the deep play havoc with
| the fisherman's twine. Occasionally a saw
| fish, measuring ten or fifteen feet in length,
will slrike the net, aud with one swish of
| his Immense saw will cut the rope, of
which the net is made, like it was so much
| thread or some huge shark or devil fish will
run against the net, and with one
plunge will 20 through, leaving a great
| opening behind. A popularity of these
huge fish is that they never turn
backward when meeting the net. They either
leap over or 90 through, or exhaust them
selves in their efforts and finally become en-
| tangled. So there is work for the fisher
men in freeing these net destroyers, and in
repairing the damage done, as well rs in
landing and caring for the turtles which are
| caught. The turtles, unlike most OF the
delioacies that are shipped to New York,
reach the market alive When first taken
| from the net, the turtle is laid on its back,
aud the fiippers tied one to another so that
II cannot struggle, and in this position it re-
mains until the destination is reached, Once
in market they are butchered and sold to
the first-class restaurants which advertise as
| one of the greatest attractions and rarest
dishes: Green turtle 'souph
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