The morning news., 1889-04-24

ture from Calhoun county, and a member
of the visiting committee to the r ist
Florida seminary. is six feet and three
! inches tall and muscular in proportion.
John Miller, residing in East Gainesville,
supposed he had been robbed by some one
entering his house, but upon investigation
discovered that the missing money had
worked its way into the lining OF his pants
Over g. 900 packages OF fruit and vegeta-
bies left Gainesville Thursday for eastern
markets. The Florida Southern, in addi-
ton, transferred to the Savannah, Florida
and Western 3, ISL packages Of fruits and
vegetables.
Several lots Of orange trees were sent
from nurseries in Alachua county 70 Mica
rauzua and other Central American states
during the past season, and the prospect is
that the demand for trees from that quarter
will continually increase.
William Wes,all Of London, formerly
correspondent of the London Times at
Geneva, and author OF several novels,
among which are "Mr. Fortescue," "Red
Ryvington," "A Queen Race" Tine
Phantom City etc, is at st. Augustine.
The breach Of promise case that WAS up
in court from Seville was compromised at
DeLaDd last week. John Causey. the father
OF the child. paying Hiram Cowart, father
f the young mother. S70O to withdraw the
case. Cowar. instituted suit against Causey
for $4,000.
Last spring Maj. G. II. Wylly of San
ford hudded an orage tree. The bud re-
manned dormant until last February, when
the stem was only an ilch long, 1T pro-
duced blossom. IL continued to grow,
and at its present length, three inches, has
Cd it eight distinct oranges.
EttStiS Lake Region: Whether or not that
apricots would grow in Florida has always
been a question. Dr. Williamson has
settled the problem with an apricot tree in
his yard, which stands ten feet high, raised
from twig sent from Missouri. The tree
is now loaded with blossoms, and promises
a magnificent crop.
The BufOs Cubanos, celebrated Cuban
opera company of thirty-one members,
wnich arrived in Tampa from Havana gave
a performance at the Ybor opera house on
April 2l for the benefit OF Senor Don
Ramon Rivero V Rivero, editor of the
Riristd de Florida, who was run over and
had one Of bis feet cut off by the street rail-
way last month.
Judge Finley, at the instance of Mayor J.
3. Brown, of Gainesville, has issued a
msndsmas requiring II. K. Day. president,
G. k. BroOme, and other members of the
council to assemble in the council rooms,
and certify from the returns mada at the
late city election who are the persons elected
q the various offices of said city for the
year 1889, and in default thereof to show
cause before the Hon. J. }. Finley at his
chambers at Bronson, Levy county, on
April %.
G.. w. S1allcross, who has visited many
points in South Florida, says the only to-
m1toes How reaIv for shipment are in the
vicinity of G and Island, Fort Mason, Min
neola axe and Apopka districts. The
acreage is large and the crop very promis-
ing There are very few beans south of
Evinston and Mcintosh. The potato crop
is very large and fine at Confer Hill and
Ocala. The cucumbers are generally poor.
The cabbage crop will be less than half,
and generally Of poor quality.
Col and Mrs. Walter Gwynn have been
spending several days in the neighborhood
Of Oviedo visiting friends. The colonel is
one Of the earliest pioneers of Oviedo and
East Orange unity, having purchased a
large body of land there upon which are
now growing the fine groves OF Oviedo and
Lake Charm, as long ago as 1858. He settled
In Ovledo in the year 1866, and knows the
history of the Lake Jesup country from
that time, when perhaps there ware not
half dozen families in the region for mAny
miles around.
A small pocket-size cyclone passed. over
Tallahassee last week. 1t made noise like
AcAf y OdA Gill. anu onGpL OJ III JusI
about the same time required for train to
pass. TIE elements were thick with flying
litter, and the clouds had a most peculiar
reddish yellow cast, and obscured every
thing for few moments. One or two
shanties on the outskirts of the city aud a
few shade trees were blown down, but no
serious damage was done near the city.
Tie cyclone seemed to be just little too
high up to reach the trees and houses.
T..
beach Monday, near the old canal cut
across the peninsula from the head of the
river to the ocean, the editor of the Daytona
journal marked the commencement of en
immense quantity of stranded jelly-hsh,
which, in a continuous stretch Of seven
miles, lined the beach. An average count
ing gave sixty 70 the 100 feet, aud in the
distance stated there could not have bee
less than 81 900. Probably a great school
Of them had been swept in toward ths
shore by some surfacs current, caused by
storms, and portion deposited to perish
on the sands. It was a strange sight.
Arcadia Arcadidn: The Scott Manu-
featuring Company of Atlanta, Ga, are
putting in a side-track from the Florida
Southern railway to their phosphate beds
about one mile north OF Zolfo Springs
Col George w. Scott, the president of the
company, is personally experimenting the
nOIk OoNerdl large DdFESs are DtluR
built TO float the rock from points above to
the company's shipping point. The phos-
phate business, although in its infancy in
this county, promises TO give employment
to an army OF men at no very distant day.
Col. Scott can control an unlimited amount
OF money in the mining of this valuable
rock vita which the bars and bottoms of
Peace river from Wauchula TO Nacatee
are covered.
J. c. Kibben of Pomona, Putnam county,
sends out the following call for an orange
growers convention: "A delegated conven-
tion Of the Florida orange growers will be
held at Leesburg, Wednesday, May l, at 2
O'Clock p. m. TO consider plans for state
organization, with the view of effecting a
radical change from the present system Of
marketing our fruit AS only regularly
accredited delegates will be admitted 20 tue
floor, earnestly ask all those orange Sec
tions that have not already organized local
associations to do 30 at once, so that dele
gates may be appointed aud receive the
proper credentials from their president.
Special rates for delegates and those wish
ing 20 attend the convention have been
made by the railroad companies. Delegates
are requested to come prepared to furnish
the following information, viz: The num-
Der OF orange growers in their section; the
number OF orange growers they represent; (;
the number Of orange trees in grove they
represent; the number Of boxes of oranges
shipped last season by the growers they
represent"