The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-27

boxes Of oranges. This year the figures
will rot fall far short Of $500.
Mrs. Isaac SIque of Glenwood has sold
her orange CROP on the trees TO Jesse
McAbee. The f'grove covers twenty SIX
acres, and the price paid was $500.
The Fort Myers Press says thousands Of
fsa in that section are destroyed by small
seine meshes used in the spawning season,
and that Cuban boats fish in Florida water s
and ship fish 70 Havana.
The parrot which escaped from John
Robinson's menagerie at Apopka on Tues
day last, while stopping a. the railway
station, is now a member of the household
Of J. NJ. Mccall, just west Of town.
At jacksonville Monday night child Of
Mary Whitus lcoloredl, years old. was
fouad drowned in a well az the rear OF a
house on Forsyth street. The child was
missed in the afternoon about 8 o'clock.
A party Of French people, consisting Of
thirteen men, two women and one child,
arrived at Kissimmee last week TO take up
their residence on Goble5 & Jouanne.'s
plantation, to assist in vegetable CROWN. t.
A negro sailor, Ike Wilkinson, shipping
from GreenvilIe, N. c., has bsen sentenced
at Key West TO three years in the Column
bus lO) penitentiary for a deadly assault
On F. Richardson Of the schooner Seaman.
DeLand Netos: q. G. Anderson, the
orange man, gives il as his opinion that as
many, or nearly as many. oranges will be
shipped out OF Florida this year as last. Mr..
Anderson has been all over the state, and
his opinion is OF weight.
The house burned Saturday night in
Riverside, a suburb OF Jacksonville, was
owned by Mrs. e. c. Ochus, and occupied
L ,l-,.I T. a
aud insured for 1000 The furniture was
insured for the same amount and was all
burned.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of DeLand now have among their treasures
a beautiful banner, won by Florida in the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union convention, for the greatest increase
in membership of any southern state The
OF the DeLand union showed
a greater increase than that of any other
union in tue seate, SO the banner became
its property.
The orange growers and their associations
say they intend to carry the matter CT
advance in freight rates between East
Florida points and New York TO the inter
state railroad commission during the present
week, and test the authority of the COM
mission over water transportation lines
The orange men are evidently very sore
over the new rates-40 cents, instead Of 80
coats per box.
Apalachicola Times: A few nights since
two young ladies dressed up as boys-one
white, the other colored-called upon a
young lady with a note purporting to be
from @ young man Of her acquaintance
asking her forgiveness, and whole lipe
Of etceterss, and asking that she meet him
at the rink. When The young lady arrived
at the rink she was informed that she was
The subject of joke.
Micanopy Courier: The orange packing
season has fairly opened. The packing
houses in this town are working 125 hands
and 80 teams, The daily output from
these alone aggregate nearly 100 boxes,
and from other packing houses near by the
receipts are swelled to about 500 per
week. Our neighboring town of Evins-
ton is shipping heavily also, as we are in
formed that about l $50 boxes were shipped
Monday.
Melbourne News: ]. B. Waters, a promi-
nent dealer of oysters and fish of the east
coast of Maryland, was on the river last
week prospecting. He was so pleased with
the river generally, and with the
outlook for fish and oyster indus
try, that he purchased ten acres
Of land at Eden from the tract owned by
Mr.. Iibbals. He expects to return from
Maryland after the holidays. and will bring
several families with him to settle on the
the lower river.
Apalachicola Times: There was a So
clable gathering of few young clerks at
the residence of Mr.. aud Mira. A. E. Mes,
sina last Friday night AS the cakes were
passed around they all made O rush for
them, and especially one young clerk. who
grabbed his cake, and, trying TO bite it,
found 1t rather tough. The others were
somewhat surprised at finding the young
man had not eaten bis cake, as he is a good
one on cake, The young man got to pull
ing his cake to pieces, when it was found
that it had cotton In it
Wild Wood Courier: M. 8. Hill, wife and
little boy came, in town last Saturday for
the purpose OF doing some trading. It seems
that while the father and mot her were busy
trading the little fellow wandered away
from them and found something to amuse
him. After finishing their shopping the
little boy had clearly been forg 1tten, and
they got In the wagon and started home.
and they did not realize that they had for
gotten anything until they had got about
half way home, when they began to look
about TO see what they had forgotten.
They were satisfied that they had left
something, but for the life of them they
could not think what it was, until at once it
dawned upon them that they had left their
little boy. After thinking the matter over
for some time they decided that they would
not go back after him, as they had plenty
without him. Mr. Hill came in town one
day this week and found the little one all
right, and carried him home.
Adrian P. Jordan, editor of the Leesburg
Leesburger, furnishes the following state
ment concerning the killing of Deputy
United States Marshal L'Estrange at
Webster Friday: II had an interview
Saturday with a Mr.. Smith, an honest
farmer who served on the co-oner's iury
sitting on the body of INSURANCE.. aud
from him | ascertained the following facts:
Some time ago an officer was ssnt down to
arrest r. E. Buford for violation of the postal
laws, but Buford was away on business,
and the officer returned without him.
When Buford got back and learned the
fact, he expressed his regret at having been
absent. and said he would thenceforth
stay at home until he was arrested.
L'Estrauge reached Webster on q Florida
Southern freight train about noon or Fri
day, Nov. 81 He gave his name as Jones.
and no one knew what his real name was
until bis dead body was searched and the
papers found therein disclosed his identity.
Until this time when his body was searched
no one knew his business at Webster. The
facts of the killing are from Buford him
self, who was the only witness. He lives
out short distance, mile, perhaps, from
Webster, occupying a lob cabin, in one
room of which he keeps kind of a retail
provision store This room has only one
door, 1t also contains bed, whereon