The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
FLORIDA.

Fred DeBary's orange grove at Enterprise
consists OF 100 acres.
The spring term Of Nassau circuit court
will commence next Tuesday. The docket
Is not heavy one.
Mrs. John w. Gambler, wife Of the Massa-
chusetts congressman, died at St. Augustine
Wednesday Of Bright's disease.
Daniel Killian (colored), alias Daniel
Williams, is on trial at Orlando charged
with the murder of negro woman in 1887,
which occurred near Oakland.
Capt. w. H. Haley Of Orange City has
Just been put on the pension roll Of the gov
eminent, with an allowance of SIG per
month. He has passed three score and ten.
James Mott Of Orlando has entered into a
written contract to pay $40 for the fruit Of
one grape vine this year. The vine is
growing in Orange county, aud is a found
ling.
On last Tuesday week some one, either
full of venom and spite, or crazy, crept up
to the dwelling Of Charles johnson, colored
on the county road just back of Rockledge,
and discharged gun through the window
at the occupants. barely missing a woman
and little girl, SCATTERING the glass and
setting the window curtain on fire.
A petition is being circulated in Orange
| and Osceola counties for signatures to petit
annually for the maintenance of an expert
mental station at Runnymede, in Osceola
county, for the experiment in all kinds of
plant life on muck land, and publishing and
circulating the results Of such experiments.
A Charleston lady has just completed a
handsome silk banner for the st. Augustine
Guards, which will be sent to the ladies of
the Ancient City this week, and presented
to the Guards. The flag is blue on one side
nd h ia Nha
tention to details, in chenille ana silk, hav-
ing representation Of the gates of st.
Augustine, with the da.e of 1865 and the
name of the company in gold and red.
Daniel w. Carleton died in De Soto
county last Friday in his Oath year. He
leaves q wife and twelve children. He
reared family consisting of eleven boys
and one girl His youngest son is Just 20
years of age. He never lost a child. His
children, grandchildren and great-grand-
children and all the members of his family
number 17S, out Of which there have been
but nine deaths. Mr.. Carleton was one Of
the Oldest settlers of Florida.
At Eustis Tuesday John Swanson sold his
deceased brothers grove to John Hornhrook
Of Marion county for 5000. Mr. Bower
sold the Wilkin grove TO j. NJ Fuller cf
Ohio for $1,000 c. II. Edwards sold lot
and cottage for $500, and DR.. Williamson
W.,
several other pieces of property are being
examined with view to purchase. Groves
never looked better, if as well, and the OUT
look for an abundant harvest is very en-
oouraglng.
News has been received at Orlando of the
killing at Fort Bassinger. several miles be .
low Kissimmee, on Friday evening, OF one
Arch Rollison by J. G. Bass. The difficulty
with the two men arose over the possession
of some cattle; hot words passed between
them, and suddenly Bass drew his knife
and stabbed Rollison through the heart.
nearly cutting it in two. Bass is still at
large. He is brother-in-law Of Tom Bass,
| who killed Bart Jones near Kissimmee over
O year ago, and is brother of Dick Bass,
who seriously cut one Mart Manning at
| kissimmeo year ago.
Tampa Tribune: One Van Elderen, who
claims to be a dentist and is also lecturer
Of small caliber, has been holding forth for
several evenings in the court house square
| In his lectures be is reported to have used
| some very offensive and vulgar language
that great many objected TO. IL culmi-
| mated last night in decayed eggs and a
stream of water from the end of a fire hose.
| The crowd and lecturer seemed to ask no
| further invitation to disperse There was
considerable excitement afterward, and
several scraps between the ad ereuts of the
| lecturer and the DIRECTORS, in which one
man got his nose smashed.
The canvass Of the sixth election for
| county site of Citrus county took place
Thursday morning, aud it appeared by the
returns that Inverness, a town belonging to
the Orange Canal and Improvement Com
! pany. had majority Of ten The friends
| OF the newly elected site were on hand, we'll
provided with teams and wagons, and as
soon as the result was declared the Office
outfits OF the clerk and county Judge. in
Guiding two big iron safes, were placed on
wagons and carried overland route TO the
new site, and in six hours from the time the
result was declared the clerk Of the circuit
court was ensconced in his new inprovised
office engaged in his routine official work
The balance of the courthouse nara
phernaha was moved over Friday.
A suit is already begun to set aside the
election. The suit alleges that the election
was ordered and held without authority Of
law, and stubborn litigation is likely to fol-
low. Just what effect the removal ct this
| particular juncture will have on the comint,
term in May remains to he seen. Inverness.
the new site, is situated in the northeast
portion OF the county on lake Tsala Apopka.
surrounded by excellent vegetable and
orange lands, and has many fine bearing
groves 1t is directly in the phosphate belt
several rich mines now being operated by
strong corporations. Two railroads are
/ projected to the place, the South Florida
and the Silver Springs Ocala aud Gulf.
| The latter Is running its trains as near as
seven miles OF the town, and In one or two