The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-13

mill on the lake soon. 1t will be placed at
Edgewater, a few miles south OF Alsslmmee.
The schooner California, Capt. w. Z.
Lewis, which arrived al Key Mest lew ne
days ago. from ApalacnleoIa. - VIII Slt 1900
cypress shingles and nearly 2,OOO punches OF
sheep-w wool sponge, discharged her cargo |
Saturday on the market WnarI'
Oscsola Gazette: The Florida Sugar |
| Manufacturing Company are getting eV-
erything ready to build tram road from
/ the mill TO section s, about TWO miles as
tant. The Company has the best crop 81
! cane this year than heretofore. They Will
! commence making sugar this year about
/ Dec. L
Manatee Advocate: a fire broke out in
| the kitchen of Miss Mimia Currys house,
occupied By Mrs Sudbury, on Tuesday
night The building had two rooms, kitchen
and dining room, and filed with new
furniture, all of which was burned, and all
Of the clothes which had just been washed
and ironed.
Osceola Gazette: Last Monday morning,
about day break, Miss Blob went out to get
a bucket Of water, and looked back at the
house and saw it was on fire. She called
her son Jack, who extinguished the flames
without much damage. IL she had been a
| few minutes later her home would have
been in ashes. On further investigation
| it was found that some miscreant had
/
and thrown it on top Of the building.
Plant City Courier: The residence Of J.
II. Hull, five miles south of Plant City, was
| destroyed by fire on Monday of this week,
about II o'clock. The building caught from
the Kitchen stovepipe in some way, and
as soon consumed by the devouring ele-
ment. Most Of the things in the house
were saved. The building was quite an old
one, and the loss was not so great in conse-
quence, but there was quite number Of
large bearing orange trees near the house,
and, of course, were killed by the heat.
Monticello Constitution: Last week the
grocery store of John Dean was robbed OF
a quantity Of goods, and the same night
T.. G. Thacklton's New York store was
raided aud some Of the finest goods in his
stock were carried away. Suspicion was
. soon directed to two negro boys, Steve and
! | Joe Woodson, the former employed by Mr..
: | Dean and the latter by Col. Thackston.
: They we're arrested and confessed the crime,
and their stepfather, Harry Woodson. was
afterward arrested as an accessory, and the
! three are now in Jail. Some OF the stolen
2 | property has been recovered
Key West Equator: The workmen who
were engaged in mining rocks on CudJoes
, Key, for thu northwest jstties, now under
! course of construction, struck yesterday.
However. all Of the me1 except thirty-one
, went back to work, and of this number
! twenty-one arrived in the city on the fish
! ing smack May Flower this morning. These
men claim that they struck for prompt pay
ment Of wages, better quarters in which to
sleep and better and more wholesome food.
o They say that Capt. Ross promised to pay
!, | them off the first Of each month and that
I their wages are always held back till the
8th or 10th Of each month, which is very
7 inconvenient to them. They also say that
} | the place in which they are forced to sleep
i ia erfn hlOwe N
{ upon them. Besides it is filthy and full Of
, feas The food, they claim, is unwholesome
; and insufficient. Their pay is 81 % per
I day. However,, we were informed by the
strikers that they will demand better wages
before they return to work.
Key West Equator: Col. E. o. Locke, as
the exc utor of the will of Stepney Austin
deceased, filed the last will and testament Of
Stepney Austin with County Judge A ].
Kemp this morning for probate. Tie will
makes Col. E. o. Locke the sole executor of
l the estate OF the deceased without bonds,
t and all the property, both personal and
$ real, is disposed Of as follows;
z Mrs. Francis Austin, the widow, is to
5 have her dover and all that the law
q allows her; the remainder of the property is
3 t. be divided between his four children
9 | two girls and two boys) as follows: Amelia
) Austin one-seventh; Eldora, Thomas and
James Austin, each to have two-sevenths Of
the entire estate The personal property is
= to be divided among the heirs as soon as
possib BILE; but the real es ate is to be held in
trust by Col E. o. Locke until the youngest
, | child, James, becomes OF age, or dies. The
valuation of the property is not less than
, $4,000, aud some say that it could
not be bought for $4,000. The reason why
= Mr. Austin cut off one OF his children
: | Ameia-with one-seventh of the estate, Is
, not given in the will or codicil.
| GaipaaviiIa Sam. Tho v0uu0 hova IF Tho
city had some fine fun night before last.
/ They placed an artificial snake across zoe
q street near the Presbyterian church, where
there is q great deal of travel, especially
d among the residents Of North GAINESVILLE.
: E. Baird happened along about the time
the boys had fixed themselves and saw the
q snake in the path. He picked up board
from the fence of Dr. Bracey and started
r for tho reptile. But he was afraid that II
i might escape him, as the board was quite
heavy and rather unnanageable. So he
called to the doctor, who was on the front
E porch Of his dwelling, and asked him for a
gun. There happened to be young man on
the porch at this time and the said young
man thought to himself thai he would add
Q considerably to his story by killing this said
j. reptile. So he marched to the place and
! seizing the board Aforementioned, he began
2 the pursuit. As he approached the snake
y would retreat. and every blow failed tc
ASNSh ~ Aug odooS eAON CASitiuS ouN bhe
= young fellow, 10 his eager haste to commit
murder, fell headlopg into a small ditch
q But he arose and continued until he ran UT
|. plump against the boys who were playing
Z this scurvy trick upon two such unsuspect
II ing and fearless hunters after descendant
u Of the old serpent that tempted Eve TO leave
!. her beautiful garden Of Eden.
> Oveido ChornicIs: The Chronicle re
porter ran across Fl. S. Kedney If Winter
Park one day this week, and in converse
tion learned that he has sold 1000 boxes oil
(, oranges for 81 so on the cars. He is figur-
J. ing on a crop Of 1900 boxes on his Apopke
I'd grove What tickles bin most, though, arr
= the returns he is receiving for his lemons
= Mr.. Kedney is the largest lemon grower il
y the county, having forty acres planted In
z this fruit. Hs has received adviceS from
l. the commission firms he has shipped to
.. stating hat his lemons were selling from
y 81 rs to "a Is per box. He has already
le shipped four carloads, and will have three
le carloads more. He says he has learned tbs
e secret of growing lemons for profit. In the
80 first place be sprays the trees every month
u while the fruk is growing commencing
rt in April. This is done to keep the fruit
l. bright and smooth. Then he picks the fruit
D. when it has grown to a size of 215 inches
le whether il has turned yellow OF not. Ht
ne spent four days in New York among the
e wholesale fruit dealers, where he learned
n the art of packing lemons for market. He
to used colored papers between the layers anc
ee gilt trimmings about the boxes, at a cost OF