The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-22
FLORIDA

DeLand expects to have waterworks in
operation soon.
Orange shipping from the Wildwood sec
ton has begun In earnest.
There are 1876 scholars in Palatka's public
schools Soon $50 will be enrolled.
Bad boys IN Leesburg fill paper bags with
water and hurl them into open windows at
night.
Two negroes were shot and wounded at
Luraville, Suwannee county, last week by
drunken rowdies.
The carpenters at Tampa threaten to
strike tomorrow IL the eight-hour system is
not recognized by the bosses.
Another paper has been started at Char
lotte Harbor. 1t is the Adudnce Courier,
and E. NJ. Poser is at the helm.
John F. Cary of Vineland, N j., was
accidentally drowned at Point Washington,
Holmes county, few days since.
About three years ago Mr.. Bowden
bought half lot on Adams street, LaVila,
a suburb of Jacksonville, for $3.50, and last
week he sold it to Mr.. Cato Of the Ell Modelo
for $500.
The ticket office safe of the Tavares. Or
lando and Atlantic railroad at Apopka was
blown open Friday night and 800 stolen. A
mattress was used to deaden the souud OF
the explosion.
Last Tuesday night as Green Love, an
aged colored man who lives a few miles
west OF Quincy, was sitting on the porch in
front of his house some one shot him in the
leg. severely wounding him.
Richard D.. Coulter, one of the nominees
on the democratic ticket for the legislature
from Volusia county, has had patented, In
Paris, an Invention for shipping fruit in
bulk, and is known as Coulter's improved
fruit car. The fruit Is SO placed and ar
ranged In cars that bruising is impossible,
and the ventilation is thorough and COM
plete.
A small owl flew into A. 1. Wilson'S
store at Quincy a few evenings ago and
alighted on a lamp bracket, whe e he sat
awhile, looking about. Soon he espied
mouse on one of the shelves and caught IT,
and, after eating it, he few back to his
perch, where be- sat for some time, finally
leaving the store and flying into tree in
the street.
A new process has been discovered and is
now being used by which oranges may be
picked green and colored rich yellow in
forty-eight hours the fruit retaining all its
delicious flavor. Capt. Kerney and other
gentlemen Of Lake Weir are now using
the process, which is highly satisfactory.
Ihey are now shipping such fruit, for
which they receive 81 per box.
Capt. Myers while crossing the river
4nuISUay III tue SlOop SuWdnnoe encOun-
tered a gale while bet tween Remington
Park and Hibernia. The sail jIbed, and the
boom striking the captain on the head rem
dered him unconscious for time. When
consciousness returned he was clinging TO
the boat which had capslzed during the
gale. He was rescued by parties from Hi
hernia, to which place he was carried.
Green Cove Spring: Some marvellous
fish stories are now ahoat about this village.
The other night gentleman was out on
the river and a large trout jumped from the
water and landed on a raft Of logs He
succeeded in capturing the fish and found
that it weighed nine pounds. While a
colored man was rowing on the river a
large mullet sprang from the water and
struck the boatman square on the mouth.
The fish was captured and the colored
brother Toasted on it.
Green Cove Spring: Seventy-five years
ago, on Oct. 10, George Draining, father of
7. ]. and @. w. BEannina, arrived in Flor
ida, at Middleburg. On that morning a
white frost visited the whole county and
did much damage to vegetation. Mr.
\ Branning settled at what is now Middle
Nbnrg. in this county, and bis nearest neigh