The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-20
amount received for fruit from less than
five acres OF bearing trees.

amount received for fruit from less than
five acres OF bearing trees.
More Spanish moss is being sold in Gaines
vile than ever before. The article IS CONS
manding higher prices, and those engaged
in the business are exerting themselves to
gather all the moss possible.
The orange crop around Hawthorne is
turning out better than was at first ex-
pected. The greater portion OF 1t has been
sold on the trees, much of it in bulk, and
the buyers are realizing good prices.
William Campbell, a negro. outraged
ella Stoor, a l4-year-old colored cir, at her
home near Ybor City Monday. while her
parents were away. TIE neigh 1rs hear
the child's scream, ran TO the house and
caught the brute.
The statement of mortality issued by toe
Escambia county board of health for the
week ending Dec. IS shows but one death
in Pensacola for that period. The death re-
ported was that of Richard Still tcoloredD,
who was accidentally drowned.
De Land Record: Frank E. Bond, of the
Bond Lumber company, has exhibited at
the Record Office toe premium navel
oranges of the age, Three of them weighed
four and half pounds, and the largest
measured IN inches in circumference.
Gardner, the negro who shot himself
with Albersus Vogt'S hammerless gun, and
whose leg was amputated, felt 50 good last
Saturday that he sat up in bed and chewed
and pulled sugar cane, with such force as
to burst the ligaments on his limb, and he
blod to death.
The orange groves surrounding. the Hotel
Putnam at DeLand are loaded down with
fruit, and at least six to eight boxes of
fruit will be gathered from each tree. This
grove was set out twelve years ago by
Mr. nd a honf IL
divided into plats of 100 trees each, and sold
for 5000 each 100 trees This seasons
fruit will pay so per cent. on that invest
ment
Last Sunday night two of the colored
convicts employed by the Marion Phosphate
Company at Dunnellon succeeded in filing
the chains from their ankles and slipping
past the guard and took to the woods and
haven since been heard from. There are
ITO OF these convietsa and they sleep in the inn
meme ph1sl ha Q tuilding attached to the
mill, long chain running bet tween their
hunks, to which ring is slipped into the
chain that is fastened to both ankles of each
man. These parties got the blade of an old
knife, notched il into sort Of file. aud re-
moved their ankle chains.
Tampa NeWs: What came near proving a
very serious accident took place on Sunday
at Port Tampa. Two trains, one Of them
crowded with passengers, were standing on
different tracks, which came together with
a switch. The signal was given TO back up,
and both engineers acted upon it. The
result was a collision, which threw the
Pullman and adjoining passenger cars off
the track and over almost on their
sides. The new shed on the Plant
compauy's dock prevented the Pullman from
turning completely over and rolling off the
dock into the bay, while the second car
catching under the Pullman, was kept from
entirely going over ON its side. A regular
panic took place among the passengers, who
stood not upon the order of their going,
but made their escape through windows
and doors, and the roof Of the cars Had
it not been for the extension to the
shed there would have been serious loss of
life.
The fourth annua meeting of the Florida
State Bankers Association convened at
Ocala Wednesday, in the opera house, and
was opened by prayer by Rev j. r. Barker.
after which Col John +. Dunn welcomed
them to Ocala. John L. Marvin of Jack
sonville made felicitous reply. President
A. A Parker of Dade City then delivered
an address, which was replete with good
financial ideas. The secretary and treasurer,
Bryan Tnliaferro OF jackson vile, then read
his annual report, showing that the associa-
ton was in highly prosperous condition
The secretary was further taxed to read
Edward Manava's able paper upon the cigar
industry in Florida. Mr.. Manava is a
member of the most extensive cigar manu-
featuring firm of Ybor q Co, Tampa. The
paper brtstles with good and suggestive
points. Another interesting and instructive
paper was read by the secretary, emanating
from the Owl Cigar Company of Quincy.
The contents of both papers being fully coa-
sidered, the convention took recess for the
day. Among the fnanclers in attendance
are: H. NJ. Bishop and s. H. Power of Eus-
tbs; w. A. Jones of Broolsville; d. &. Am
bier. Jacksonville; G. Stapylton, LeesburQ;
c. H. Newell, Tsvares; Thomas b. Stevens,
Tampa; H. I. Douglass. Dade City, while
Orlando sends a special delegation in the
persons of W. l.. Palmer, j. N. Bradshaw,
James L. Giles, Joseph B. Paramole and
Nat Poyntz