The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-10

/ the entire acreage. Il is thought that Mr..
I Wimberiy has struck big streak OF luck.
AT Tampa Sunday Capt. Mitchell. of the
4 coal schooner Maud Mcl.ane, from Mobile
/ called one Of his men whose time il was to
1 20 on the wat Oh. He refused to C me, and
I tie captain went 70 pull him out. The man,
whose name is Flint drew his ID cket knife
! AID stabbed the captain in the stomach. in
fiicting painful but not dangerous wound.
james Nylis has returned 10 DeLaLd
/ from New Smyrna He has sold his boat
the Margarita, 10 ". II. Simpson aud
/ William Mitchell Of Daytona, who will run
I her between New SMYRNA and OrmOnd.
! The same firm will run the steamer Vera
between New Smyrna and Titusville. and
the new service will commence III few
DAYS
Alta meeting OF the chambe of commerce
OF Pensacola, Monday, called for the pur-
/ pose resolutions were passed thanking
| Mayor Chipley for the work he has per
! formed for Pensacola in connection with the
proposed uew navy yard. His every action
in connection with the navy yard while in
/ Washington last week was Endorsed by the
resolutions
| DeL.and NelUs. Nearly all Of the orange
| trees bereabouts, that were nipped by the
! frost, are coming out nicely. In many
| groves the promises of a good crop are bet
|
| that many trees are killed and many more
are damaged it is now considered That the
! harm done is much less than was at first
supposed, and growers are in a better
frame of mind.
Brooksville Netvs. 1t should be borne in
| mind that there is a fine of 81 600 for cir
cuating false reports about infections dis
eases, and the penalty will certainly be in
tiicted upon any who, through malice or
| 90. Ill fhafA r,.tA
reports in circulation. The law Is good
one. and we nope 10 see it enforced to the
| utmost. Communities have rights as well
as individuals, and they must be protected.
At Pensacola during the month of March
| the entrances of vessels recorded at the
custom house number 60, with a total tom
mage of 5000; - clearancas were recorded
| with an aggregate net tonnage of $500
The exports for the month were 1927 tons
of coal to Cuba, 191, 1913 cubic feet of hewn
timber, Is, 06S, 900 superficial feet of lumber
| and 70, 2S4, 600 superficial feet of sawn tim
ber The estimated value of these exports
is SAC, 000.
The orange season Of lSS9-'90 at Oviedo
opened Oct. Is, that being the date of
the first shipment, and closed March rs.
During that interim about $4,000 boxes
were shipped from that section of country,
and the net income on the same very nearly
approximates 100000 The lowest price
reported received by the growers was 30
cents on the trees; the highest price on the
trees was about 81 CO. About 80, 900 boxes
of the crop were sold on the trees during
the season.
Tuesday evening for the first time in many
years the boom of cannon was heard in the
harbor at Key West. The shock from it
ratified and Jared the windows in the lower
part Of the city. The firing, which attracted
many citizens Co the wharf, was from the
Galena by order of Captain Sumner, who
had target placed off Man Key, l 900 yards
from the ship, for the purpose of showing
several ladies who had been invited aboard,
the way in which cannon are loaded ana
fired. About 90 shots were fired. none of
which hit the target, but any
one of which wolld have landed
plumb on the deck of Il vessel
so situated. as they all struck within ra-
dius of few yards from the target and
| then ricocheted over the water. The ladies
returned ashore, accompanied by several of
the officers, spending a very pleasant even
| ing'on the Galena, where they got their first
| practical lesson in the art OF gunnery. The
| United States war-Ship Yantic, which had
been at the wharf for nearly "a week coal
| ing and taking in supplies, went out and
anchored in the harbor Wednesday. The
same evening the Dolphin came alongside
| the wharf and has since been coaling up
and taking in supplies. The ships officers
| and companies have drill and rifle target
| practice every afternoon on the ranges re-
| Gently fixed on the government ground be-
| yond Fort TAYLOR