The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-23

will also be done there.
Walker Bros Of Orlando were engages
at Oviedo last week in loading a car on tn
Orlando and Winter Park track. wit
orange trees for shipment 10 California
They pack the trees in boxes filed wit
moss. which keeps the trees in good condl
ton throughout their long journey.
Miss Inez johnson of Mana Tee, on Tues
day morning Of last week. met with
serious accident, which might hav;
terminated fatally. While dressing b,
the frein an open CRATE or fireplace. hen
clothing somehow took FIRE, and before til
flames could be extinguished she wa
severely burned
Mr.. Coburn of Tampa has perfected al
arrangements for the Havana trip of the
Travelling Fruit Msn's Association. Thel
will leave Tampa on two ships, on Dec. q
and 30, and will be met in Havana on theiI
arrival by the governor general, the Off
cials of the city, the American consul, etc.
and shown every courtesy.
Herbert l.. Anderson, one of Ocala'.
prominent lawyers, was arrested Friday
under warrant sworn out by R. B. Was.
son, charged with obstructing tho public
| thoroughfares OF Ocala. The trouble lies in
! the fact that the Ocala street railway laid a
| line OF track from the Silver Springs, Ocala
| and Gulf depot to the Florida Southern
track.
Oviede Chronicle: There is an orange
grove a few miles from here that was
mortgaged few years ago by tue owners
for Is, 00J The grove is now yielding such
handsome crops Of fruit annually that the
owner is able to pay the interest or the
note and several hundred dollars of the
principal each year. over the running ex-
penses OF the grove.
Harry Gasque, son of Rev s. s
Gasque, pastor III charge of the
Methodist Episcopal church Of Wan
kesIah. and an elder brother, started
out bird hunting few days ago, when the
gun was accidentally discharged, the whole
load striking him Ia the left arm, intlicting
a painful but not necessarily dangerous
wound. He is getting along rs well as can
be expected.
The trial of the Cuban who assaulted a
Spaniard In V. NJ. Ypor & Co.'s factory
some time SINCE which was hold before
Justice Donovan in Ybor City Friday, re-
suited In mistrial, the jury standing three
Tor conviction and three for acquittal The
case is being bitterly contested, and has ex-
cited great deal OF feeling in Ybor City.
Forty men had to be summoned before a
jury could be secured.
The State Bankers Association elected
the following officers for he coming year:
A. A. Parker, president; Mr.. Knowles of
Pensacola, r. b. Mcconnell of Ocala, vice
presidents; and Messrs. C.. @. Stapleton of
Leesburg. Boyd of jacksonville. Stafford of
Iarpon Springs, and Alex. Mcintyre of
Ocala, executive committee; Nat Poyntz.
secretary and treasurer. The next meeting
OF the association will be held at Quincy.
Cocoa Public Spirit: Our town was
treated to rather novel visit last week. A
huge negro woman, q perfect Amazon.
called upon our business men to sell them
cigars by sample. The cigars were of her
own manufacture, and were branded
Citadel and "Orange Blossoms, and had
the usual revenue stamps and certificate.
Mary Ann Fellist, Enterprise, Fla, is the
factory name and place, and the cigars are
good.
Palatka Herald: The catfish catchers
are at work in the lower river, and an i'm
mepse amount Of them are being shipped to
our North Georgia and Alabama cousins,
VINO, being accustomed to the yellow and
blue channel cats of the clear running
streams, and which are clean and palatabie
fish, readily buy them. If these people who
BUY and eat them could only visit the
docks at Jacksonville and other large places
on the river and learn the habits Of our
'kitties." they would feel sick
Three professional base ball PLAYERS ar
rived In Jacksonville Saturday-Edward
Mars of Syracuse, n. Y; Frank Stratton
of Chicago. and Geo. M. Kurz Of Chicago.
Mars played pitcher with the Syracuse club
OF the American Association last season:
Stratton played second base in one of the
clubs jim the Michigan state league; and
hurZ was one Of the catchers in the Cleve-
land club Of the brotherhood. They came
to jacksonville to see If they cannot organ
lie team in that city.
At Ocala Friday house occupied bv C.
A. Lldden was set on fire by a detective fiue.
Mr.. Lidden's loss was about half of his fur
nlture, consisting of trunks, wardrobe and
household goods, while Judge Marshall had
a room filed with his furniture. consider
able OF which consisted of beautiful wares.
cut glass decorations, ETC., suffered heavily
IN the heat, rush and excitement of removal.
The loss, all told, in furniture was about
$l,OOO. The house was fully covered by in
surance.
w. Q. Crum, editor aud proprietor of the
Farmers Advocate, published at Tampa.
has formed partnership with Oswald WIZ
son, president Of the Florida Farmers
Alliance Exchange, and the firm will at
once begin the publication in New York of
the WaH street Farmer, transferring to
that city the plant, franchises, good will
and business of the Farmers Advocate.
Mr.. Wilson is the secretary Of the National
Association of Business Agents, which re-
Gently held its annual meeting at Ocala
during the reunion of the national
alliance there, and the Wall
Street Farmer will be the accredited
and recognized organ of that association.
Its purpose being the promotion of the COM
merclal and financial interests of the ALI
ance, through its business exchanges. and
also OF the other industrial organizations
represented in the national association.
This association represents the exchanges
aud business departments Of the alliance in
twenty-one different states, and the Wall
Street Farmer will be the first newspaper
ever published directly in its interest.