The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-05
FLORIDA.

Taylor county reports a good corn crop.
Daytona has full-hedged dramatic club.
Circuit court will convene at Perry next
Tuesday.
Baker county's corn crop will be unusually
heavy this year.
Fleas are unusually thick in Cocoa since
the big fire there.
The total receipts at the Tampa custom
house for the month of September were
S33, 264 81.
The Reporter is informed that several OF
the Lake City truckers are preparing to
increase their acreage in cabbage this sea-
son.
Somebody at Montverde, Monday, put a
load of buckshot into a negro man who was
caught stealing, and then took him to
Tavares.
The second installment of cattle, consist
ing Of three car loads, consigned to parties
in Key West, was shipped from Plant City
on Thursday.
A deed transferring what is known as the
John b. Dell phosphate land to the Alachua
County Phosphate Company was recorded
in the circuit clerks Office at Gainesville
Wednesday. The consideration is $4,000.
R. II. Church's saw-mill, about two miles
northeast of Lake City, was entirely de-
stroyed on Friday night last. The origin Of
to Mr.. Church, as he had no insurance
whatever.
Chemist Malvyvan of Ocala has received
a superior sample of china clay, white as
the driven snow aud as smooth as face pow
der, from Lake county. 1t is used in
making all kinds Of fine porcelain ware.
The deposits are immense and the owner has
fortune.
Lake City Tobacco Plant: Cotton is
lo,w - +. "a
quite a number of wagon loads of seed cot
ton and good many bales Of lint. This
has the effect of Frightening up business
considerably.
Little Tom Elmore, the "Boy Wonder of
Alachua county, treated the people of Fer
nandina to one of his mastery violin per-
fornances recently. Tommy is a musical
genius. He is only years old, yet plays the
most difficult compositions Of Chopin, Beet
hoven, Bach and other masters, with perfect
case and great expression.
Cocoa Public Spirit: A. T. and w. f. Dixon
came up on a large bear while riding on the
st. Johns prairie last Saturday. With
Winchester rifle they could easily have
bagged the game, but having only shotguns
and light shot, they had TO let bruin off.
They report "bear signs" plentiful about
the hammocks in the fiat woods
Fred Robinson (colored) had bis horse
stolen Saturday evening between and Q
o'clock while standing hitched to the wagon
on Hamilton street, Lake City, near Nose
ley's grocery store. The theft was COM
mitted by notorious ex-convict thief
named Perry Afford. The horse has been
recovered and the thief is in jail
A boldl robbery was committed at
Chinese laundry on Lafayette street op-
posite the Missing Link saloon, Tampa,
Wednesday night. A colored man knocked
the laundryman, Wo Chung, down with
club, then robbed the till of its contents,
about $40. and broke for the scrub like
quarter horse with Marshall Boil in hot
pursuit
Cocoa Public Spirit: Crawling into
hole and pulling the hole in after your has
been practically demonstrated, we have
been told, by solitary unfortunate expert
ence with an artesian well at some point on
the river below this. The casing to the
we'll is said TO have dropped down, down,
down out of sight and the surrounding
earth quickly filed in and closed up the
opening.
Cocoa Public Spirit: Cassava is the
coming root crop of South Florida. Sew
eral unsuccessful experiments have been
made in its culture and there is doubt that
it is at all valuable. So, years ago unsuccess-
full experiments with pineapples made peo-
pie doubt the value of the fruit, but perse-
verance in the effort to grow pines has re-
suited in a $4,000 crop the past season
There IS money and prosperity in casSava
culture. Keep your eye on cassava.
j. r. Irvine came very near meeting with
a serious accident while participating in
the shoot of the Orlando Gun Club Monday
afternoon. In firing Off his gun, which is a
comparatively new Parker, the barrel burst,
the piece fortunately flying from him, how
ever, but had not it been for a steel hand
l - l.. 4
undoubtedly have been torn to pieces. AS
it was, no damage resulted other than a
| severe shock to his arm and slightly
swollen eye, where a small piece must have
! hit him.
R. J. Wright writes to the Eustis Lake
Region as follows: Zone year ago there
were 90 orange groves within a radius of
~ miles of the postoffice at Tangerine,
with an area of 500 acres. Allowing so
trees to an acre would make 29,S00 trees
Most of them will be in profitable bearing
within the next two or three years. The
estimated crop for last winter was 1880
boxes. Now, at an average of one box to
each tree. we will have in round numbers
10000 boxes, or 100 carloads, with an in
crease from year to year"
Eaton and Phillips. charged with the
murder of Adam Anderson, aud G. G. Mil
Ter, under fine for violation of the revenue
laws of the state, and negro by the name
Of Charles Spencer for fine. made their
escape from Jail at Lake City by prying
and cutting through the barred windows
OF the Jail. A short-handled ak had been
surreptitiously conveyed to them by some
means aud with this they accomplished tho
work. The prisoners were not confined in
cells. The cells were filled with maniacs
who should have been received months
ago by the state asylum.
At the Cocoa schoolhouse, only few
weeks ago, the maps and charts we're found
sadly mutilated. The house was at once
securely nailed up and fastened, so that
entrance was almost impossible. Word was
sent Supervisor Andrews few days ago
that the house had been broker into, On
going out to investigate he found it true
The windows aud glass doors were broken
and ingress had been forced. From the
changed position of several desks and seats
some theorize that the schoolhouse mas at
present been changed into a gambling den.
The citizens are on the watch and intend to
use stern measures with the culprits.