The morning news., 1889-05-19

| the murder.
| FLORIDA.
A SEA island cotton plant in the yard at
| the Methodist parsonage at Kisslmnee has
been blooming all winter.
| During the season just closed about 80
| 600 boxes of toe celebrated Halifax river
oranges were shipped from Daytona.
| Gov. Fleming will appoint the council
men for Jacksonville within two or three
days. Great pressure is being brought to
bear.
James Mott of Orange county obtained
81 30 net each for three crates (sixtean
| quarts OF peaches shipped to Philadelphia
| this week.
The orange groves at Federal Point are
| badly afflicted with what is called tho ''red
| spider an insect that preys upon the leaves
of the trees.
Eyeyy person convicted at the present
| term Of Alachua county circuit court
Gainesville was not over 81 years Of age,
and all colcred
| Rumor says Gov. Gleason win shortly
| commenca eKcavating for dock at Eau
Gallie. This does not refer TO a wharf or
steamboat landing.
The rice birds are said to be unusually nu-
merous this yenr They may be seen in the
oat fields in i3cks Of thousands. Mr. Seagle
| Of Gainesville killed 1866 in four shots
| Col. G. A. Crocker, expert, will review
the books Of st. Augustine and make re-
| port of the present Indebtedness. No one
in st. Augustine knows exactly how much
| the city owes.
| The young ladies Of Monticello took the
''early closing movement in hand, visited
| the merchants and persuaded nearly all of
| them TO agree u close at O'Clock daily,
| Saturday excepted, from June to Aug. l5
| Last Saturday fire got started in the
| scrub west of Port Orange ami before it
! could be controlled buraed a house baloug-
| ing TO Mrs. Ssaley. The residence Of c. II.
| Mansfield was also on fire bu5 was extin-
! guisAed.
VIII Ingraham, a man working at the
saw mill on Lake Monroe, Sanford, had
| fit Thursday while working on q lighter
aud fell into the wator. 1t was about
minute before he was missed, when he was
promptly rescued.
The Sanford fire department has been
| called upon to pay the funeral expenses Of
| Gus Borell. The department has already
paid the hospital bills for his sickness last
! fall. AT the time Of his death ho was not
an active member.
Mr.. Gillet of Palmetto raised this season
| on two-iifths of an acre eighty-niue boxes
| Of vegetables, six5y-tive boxes of oranges
and twenty-nine barrels Of egg plants,
which brought him $644 IS, besides having
thirty-two orange boxes to hear from.
The Seminole Park Land Company of
| Polk county owns 9, ,000 acres Of land twenty
miles east of Barlow aud eight miles from
the new town Of Foridelphia, on which
they propose. to establish colony The
land is sub-divide1 into five-acre tracts.
Messrs. White, Knox & Giles of Orlando
| have just received two checks from the
| Springfield Fire Marine Insurance Com
| p1ny--one Of 81 200, in full settlement of
| the Grimm loss and the other of 81 500 in
| settlement of the risk on the LUcerne house.
| These amounts viii be at once paid to
| Washington Grimm and Mrs. Livingston,
| respectively.
Judge Mizell of Winter Park has offered
| to lease, free of charge, for term OF years,
or as long as it may be used for that pur-
| poso, sufficient ground at Lskemont park
for permanent county fair ground. The
] Orlando and Winter Park Railroad Com
pany will agree to make a 5-cent fare to
and from the fair grounds should they be
established at the point named.
At the fire at Monticello last Wednesday,
| which destroyed Maj. Simkins' residence,
the handsome and costly bridal presents
! belonging to Mr. and Mrs T. z. Denham
Of Jacksonville wers entirely destroyed,
also tho family silver valued at SO, 500 The
insurance was only $500. During the fire
| William f. Halo fell from the roof and had
his right arm broken and the left one dis
| located. DR.. Turnbull was summoned and
dressed the wounds, which were very pain
| full
According to the records Of the clerks
office at st. Augustine, II. NJ. Cutting has
purchased $500 interest in tho yacht
Marion f. The conditions of the sale ars
/ that Mr.. Cutting is given the option TO
purchase Frank Fowler's remaining interest
at ths end of q year for $500. There Is no
doubt now but that the yacht Marion 4.
will be rugged with every stitch of canvas
she can carry, and when she is thus riggsd
she can amply uphold the yachting honors
for ST. Augustine in particular and Florida
IN general.
At Mcauopy Tuesday, Or. Montgomery
assaulted the Rev. James w. Shearer witha
cane. Mr.. Shearer wardod or the intended
blow, cencied the doctor and throw him
On the ground, whore he securely held him
and would rot allow him 10 rise until he
had promised better manners. Mr.. Shoarer
rellnqulshed his hold, when the doctor made
threats, ACCOMPANIED with vlllifyiag Lam
guaSe, saying that he would yet c5whide
the reverend gentleman. The assault is said
70 DO uuproVuked, except in the magma
ton OF DR.. Montgomery, who claims an
alleged insult 70 his wife in connection with
a church trial which IS in porgress. Mr.
'ASli CV uda sworn OuV warrant against
Dr.. Montgomery.
Some time ago q. A. Richards made Sc
r!os OF souadinss with a plummet in what
Is known as the Sink, southeast of Orlando.
Inls peculiar thing is shaped like a gigantic
well, about POO yards across, into which a
small creek hows. but which has no visible
outlet For years people have been won
qerlug how deep the sink was, aud Mr..
Richards concluded 70 tind out He coated
tae plummeJ with t8llow, 80 as TO bring up
specimens Of tho bottom. He found that
tle average depth OF the sink was 45 feet.
but near the southeast edge there was a well
about 30 feet IN diameter. From the sur.
fscs OF the water 10 the bottom OF this well
was a feet, inches and the bottom was
found TO be loose, erumbling qucksand.
Somebody suggests the putting Of some
powerful col0rlng matter iuto the sink, so
that il may 10 known whore its waters re-
appear at its outlet, for it must have one
somewhere.
DO you know Old Brown