The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-17

MOl1ay elgDIy-seYe1 DOXes OF oranges
were shipped from DsLsnd station. Up to
dare 8, $50 boxes have been shipped.
The average weekly shipment of tomatoes
from Key Wet, amounts TO s,0JJ crates to
Galveston, New Or.eans, and New York.
4 20-pouad cabbage was brought
iRto Pensacola Wednesday by John A
| Moore who resides IN the suburbs OF that
city.
Fire at Penn, Putnam county, Sunday
/ afternoon destroyed the house Of Mrs. l..
/ N. Palmer. The loss was covered by insur-
ance.
Messonier, the Cuban who was expelled
| from Key West city sometime ago, returned
/ from Havana Saturday, aud is now living
/ there.
Sendova's barroom, in Ybor City, caught
! fire tuesday night, but the fire was dicov-
cred and put out before anv serious damage
! had been done.
S. F. Gardiner shipped 302 quarts Of
Strawberries from Starke on Jan. II. Re
turHs frcm recent shipments Melted all the
way from 55 cents to 81 40 per quart
A venerable alligator makes mis- home
under the wharf at the foot Of Water street,
| Tampa, aud is often seen by persons who
have occasion to visit that portion Of town
after night.
Mrs. Lldd fell from the porch at Miss
Lamson's residence at Winter park, few
evenings SINGS, and was painfully injured.
No boaes were broken and she is now i'm
proving rapidly.
A party of four young men from the
vicinity Of Orlando arrived at Tampa Tues
day night en- route TO the Sarasota country,
where tasy will spend several weeks hunt
ing and cruising
There are about 200 farmers en-
gagged in tomato planting on Key Largo
and soma of the other islands along the
coast The establishment of canning fac
tory at Key West is being talked of by the
shippers.
A large crop Of vegetables will be planted
at Wild Tood. The dry weather iuterferes
somewhat with planting. The cabbage
crop is looking extremely well, considering
the drought. Strawberries are beginning
to be shipped.
The Key West firemen are max ing great
preparations for the reception Of the COM
panies vino are expected there on Jan. II
TO take part in the grand tournament, aad
are also practicng every eveniag to hold
the championship, which they won at
Ocala.
About 0 o'clock Saturday evening fire
broke out In one Of the tenement houses of
n. G. Malonsy on Division street, Key
West, by which the building and furniture
another badly damaged. There was no in
surance.
DeLand Ne,os: A young man who lives
In North DeLand went, last Sunday, to ses
his girl. He arrived just about dinner
time, and the hospitable young lady made
him cit downito the table and get outside Of
spare meal But when he finished his feed
she mado him pay for it by washing the
dishes and sweeping out the dining-room.
If that young lady treats all the boys that
way she will DO boycotted.
An artesian well was bored on the grounds
OF the new hotel at Tampa recently. and
not succeeding in getting q satisfactory flow
OF water, small charge of dynamite was
placed in the bottom and fred by means of
an electric battery, with no apparent effect
The charge was then considerably increased
and after it was fired the parties in charge
found that they had blown the bottom of
the well.entirely out, and thep had no water.
Miss Mary jerks, a lady of small means,
who owns a modest little store on st.
George street, st. Augustine. had her
premises burglarizsd a few nights since,
and 500 in money was taken from the till
Wednesday morning on opening her store
she found TO her surprise that the money
had been returned, and placed on her back
door step, presumably by the burglar, whose
heart was evidently too soft to keep his i'll
gotten gains.
George Thomas (colored) was driving
mustang along East Intendsncia street,
west OF Tarragona, in Pensacola, Tuesday
evening, when the beast, exhausted, fell to
the ground. Thomas, remarkiug that the
animal would not fall again after he had
made him get up, applied a roll of paper to
the prostrate mustang, and set the roll on
fire. Several witnesses stood aghast at the
brutal deed. The flesh was burning when
its brute of master deignsd so far to
notice the threats and appeals made to him
by the bystanders rs to remove the blaze
from the suffering horse.
Orange City Times: Volusia county is
| threatened with some stupendous lawsuits
by the owners of Spanish grants They
claim that such grants are not taxable, as
the agreement between the United States
and Spain was that these grants were to be
treated In the same manner as when under
the control OF that foreign power. Spain
raised her tax on perso al property and the
sale OF privileges, and fiji the court upholds
the plaintiffs, Volusia county will have to
shell out considerable taxes collected in
years past. These cases will certainly be
something new under the sun.
Senior Luis Marinas, Spanish consul at
Key West, whose supposed intermeddling
| in inducing the Cubans to leave the island
| during the strike is now being made the
subject of inquiry by the state department,
on petition of the board Of trade, returned
from Havana Jan. 8, after an absence of
two weeks, and proceeded the same evening
to New York via the overland route. He
was but temporarily appointed here in
place OF Senior j. M Forejo, who had been
on leave Of absence for the past twelve
months visiting his home in Barcelona,
Spain, and making a tour of Europe. Senior
Forejo returned to Key West on Jan. 8, and
is now in charge OF that station. Mr..
Marinas will return here in the course of a
week and then go to Havana, from which
place he will proceed to his former station