The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-30

| They are charged with the murder of
| Tlumas Braswell early tnis year. Inc eVl-
/ dence is mainly circumstantlal, yet so
/ strong and perfect that an acqulttal seems
almost impossible.
f. n Price, who recently bought the
oran e grove at Formosa belonging 20 Mrs.
/ Shattuck intends erecting this winter
| fine resi- elce upon his newly acquired
home. The buildings DOW upon the place
| will be moved down to the railroad ana
4 ussd as a pac ing house and station. When
! Mr.. Price has completed the improvements
he intends making this winter be will have
one of the finest country residences around
| Orlando.
| AT Navy Cove, Friday, Gus Barnes,
white man employed in pile-driving, had
| both bones of his legs. just above the ankle,
broken. Barnes was placing pile IN posi-
ton when the accident occurred. be was
handling a Spanish windlass. Without
warning the drivers hammer came down
on the head of the pile, which sank several
feet As it went down the tackle attached
was ierked in such manner as to throw
Barnes from his feet, with the result
stated.
E. r Thomas, one Of the most expe-
rienced tobacco growers of Columbia
county, was in Lake City Saturday, and
he reports his crop of the weed this year
York for 80 cents pound all round. Sew
eral Others in his neigh )orh )od-about ten
miles south OF Lake City-have also saved
fine crops of Vuelta- Florida in excellent
shape, VIZ: q. W. s. Ware, George @.
MaItox, w. F. Peeler, W. T. Henry, w.
III Hunter, and Others.
Capt Henry Harrington died at his home,
four GA five miles north of Lake City, last
Friday morning. Capt Harrington was a
aftI a,fl
years, and was never sick before he was
taken ill a month or six weeks ago. Dur
mig the Florida Indian war he commanded
a company of volunteers, and did good
service for his country. He and Mr.. Mil
ledge Branne who died four or five years
ago, were the first residents of sold ALI
gator" the former name of Lake City.
About 500 boxes of oranges were shipped
from Oviedo last week, but as fast as ha DIS
can be obtained others will commence pack
ing, and soon the fruit will be leaving at
the rate Of 1000 boxes per week. The sea-
son did not open with the rush that it did
last year, when 1000 boxes were shipped
by Nov. Is, and the reasons for this are that
many OF the growers are not anxious to ship
their fruit green again, and also, that a
good portion Of the crop has been bought
by few individuals, which will concentrate
the shipments.
no Oh us EuS-
tbs Orange Growers Union was effected on
Oct. 8, at a meeting held at Eustls The
organization was called to order by DR.. f.
j. Williamson, temporary chairman The
first business being the election of per-
manent officers, the following gentlemen
were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Col. G. II. Norton; vice president,
DIR. A L. Brown secretary, Fl. w. o. Mar
gary; treasurer, II. w. Bishop; executive
committees; George A. ALDER, V. K Mills
and Charles +. May. An enr ollment was
then made of twenty-four members.
Orlando Record: Ga Nov. 5, 1889, an
excursion of about $50 viticulturists from
Penn Yam, N. Y, will start via the North
ern Central railroad for Florida, to inspect
the grape growing prospects of this state.
The excursion will be composed Of practical
vfneyardmen, from the Lake Keuka region,
where are 1900 acres planted in vineyard,
and tho verdict they pass up n our state as
grape-growing one will have much to do
with our future prospects In that line The
railroad rates on this excursion have been
! greatly reduced, as round trip tickets are
sold for $85, as against the old excursion
rate Of $72, and the tickets are good to re-
| turn in thirty days.
Pensacola NetCS: The police Saturday ar
rested Morgan Cavanaugh, the mate; Alex
ander Lynch (colored), the steward, and
Ernest Bynoe (colored), the cabin boy Of
the American steamship Blackstone, thea
aiding lumber at Perdido wharf Arrived
at the station, Lynch and Bynoe preferred
| a charge OF assault with intent to murder
! against Cavanaugh, and the latter arg ed
| Lynch with ASSAULT, and Bynoe with assault
with knife They were all lock ID Il }, aud
| they will all come up for trial Monday
morning. Cavanaugh says Lynch jumped
him, and then Bynoe came at aim with q
knife. He procured his revolver. FIVE
shooting Britisl bulldog, and fired its five
shots at both men. None of the bullets
took effect. Lynch and Bynoe say that
Cavanauga has been bullying them for
some time past, and yesterday began his
tactics against them, whom they refused to
longer submit. The row was the result.