The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-01

tributed his years. salary slO0 to the GEM
etery fund Of that town
DR.. Fox Of Of New emyrna, is engaged in
extracting the juices OF the saw palmetto
berry. He finds a ready sale for all he can
1 make.
Murray e. Hall of Seville has sold his
store and stock OF goods at Fort Pierce. al
| is now establishing a branch store at HUI
ington, Putnam county.
1t is said that a new postoffice is soon to
be established at West DeIand, AID e. g
postofics will be known by that name. 4.
A. Wheeler will be its first postmaster.
Hon. Tom Broome returned to DALAI
Friday afternoon from a business trip of g
week through South Florida In four DAYS
he took orders for SIS, 900 in goods from
the merchants of the towns he visited.
1t is ruInored that the Clyde Steamship
Company will shortly commence building a
fine new ste imshIp for the Florida line,
larger and finer than either the IrOquois
or Algonquin. This will make four ships
a week from New York, and increase the
feet TO seven vessels.
W. J. Jones, who at one time was one of
the most successful men of Levy county
and a representative Of the legislature, but
who is now broken down in health, left his
home at Bronson Tuesday for Arcadia
Jones, who is one of the leading citizens of
that place.
Gainesville Sun: DIR. w. W. Hicks OF
Eustice Meadows has Just harvested 400
acres of genuine gold seal rice. He informs
us that this variety Of rice is best adapted
to Florida soil, and can be successfully
grown without difficulty. On good ordi-
nary upland from forty to fifty bushels per
acre of this rice can be grown.
Tuesday morning while Swayne,
colored man, was at work In Dick Wilder's
grove, near Daytona, he heard some one
call out "Hello" Looking up Swayne saw
a man with gun and declares that he
pulled the trigger, but the charge did not
explode. The man was standing in pal
metto tnicket 30 that Swayne could not see
who ii was.
Last Friday Charles Ingal, who has
lately moved TO the Bosworth place. near
Federal Point. from London, England, took
walk In Deep Creek swamp in the morn
ing to look after a corner OF the land be-
logging TO the place, which he was having
surveyed. After looking about for a time
he started for home, and failing to come
out as he had expected, he made use of a
pocket compass that he had and laid his
cou rise directly up the swamp instead of
across It, fetching up about midnight at the
st. A. a. T. railroad, and reaching home at
a. III. Saturday morning
The Palatka Herald says the passengers
on north-bound Florida Southern Assem-
ger train witnessed an exciting specta Gle
Monday at Reddick, in Marion county.
Two negro women became engaged in a
difficulty. They we're just about TO start
for the camp-meet ing. and thought it bet
ter to settle their differences before their
departure. They were almost of equal
weight and size, and the fight, which was
desperate one. lasted for about two min
utes. One was armed with a stick, the
other with crutch. The one with stick
struck her opponent in the face, whereupon
the aforesaid opponent raised the crutch
and fearful blow on the crown Of the head
was the result. They parted after that,
but serious had been the work. The woman
with the stick bled freely, while the other
woman made the woods ring with her
demon-like vituperations. They were sepa-
rated by a woman, while fifteen men looked
on and raised not hand to prevent the
bloody work