The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-29

WV. johnson of Orange City has bought
Mrs. s. B. Westons crop OF oranges ior W
cents on the tree. The crop will amount to
about 700 boxes. and is very fine.
IF Hon. Charles Dougherty is at New
Q Smyrna. where he proposes 70 put In severe al
weeks duck hunting AT that place he re-
e Gently sold tract Of hammock land to a
a New York gentleman for $4,000.
While the last term Of the circuit court
at Live Oak lasted two full weeks the OK
n penses for jurors and witnesses were con-
siderably smaller than heretofore. lt only
took S77l to pay the jurors and 81, l26 30 20
pay the witnesses, making total OF
81, s97 80 Heretofore the expenses for
Jurors and witnesses have been about 81, 400.
A collision occurred on the Florida South
ern railway one mile south Of Rochelle
Wednesday. The work train ccIlided with
a freight train, both engines being pretty
badly damaged. The engineers and fire.
men Jumped from their engines and no one
was hurt. The work train had no business
on the track at the time. The track was not
cleared until .. M, consequently all
trains were delayed several hours.
Z. j. Cooke. clerk of Dunn's hotel, at
Pensacola, met with bad accident Thurs
day morning. While under the influence
Of a fit of insomnia, between and 3 O'Clock
a. M, he jumped from the window of his
| room in the second story Of the European
house, corner of Government and Tarrago-
ma streets. He alighted on a brick pave
ment in the court yard aud fractured his
right leg in two places near the ankle.
Efforts are now being made at Clermont
/ 10 extend the canal that is being con-
structed between Lake Minneola and Cooks
lake on to Villa City. The citizens, under
the leadership of George 7. King, will sub
scribe and endeavor to get parties 10 build
| from Villa City toward Cooks lake. If
this project does not fail it is understood
that the citizens Of both towns will put on
a steamer and make daily trips between
Ciermont and Villa City.
Robert Armstrong, the negro who muir
dered Policeman Lowe in Jacksonville,
nearly two years ago, will be tried again
the circuit court, new trial having been
| granted by the supreme court. He was
tried last year and found guilty Of murder
in the first degree. His counsel, Col. F. w.
Pope. says the defense will be the lunacy
Of the murderer. The citizens are very
much interested in this case as Lowe was
very popular aud one of Jacksonyille's most
efficient policemen.
| Live Oak People: R. L. Henderson, a
| prominent young druggist of Branford,
| lost his mind a few weeks since. He en-
deavored to commit suicide upon more than
one occasion, but was prevented by his
| friends. Last week his uncle from Quitman,
| Ga, came for him, and was carrying him
home. Just before reaching Quitman, how
ever, he made an effort TO leap from the
| moving train, but was caught by the leg
and held by his uncle, and saved from Inn
mediate death. He died soon after reach
| ing his home, but we could not learn
whether his death was suicide or otherwise.
There seems to be a misapprehension
somewhere in regard TO the degree of ap-
probation bestowed by the public affected
| upon the bulletins and work Of the Florida
agricultural experimental station at Ocala.
IL is fact that. within the past ten days,
Director DePass has received more than 500
letters from the people, and from all sec
lions or the state, commendatory and ap-
preciative Of the late bulletins, and of the
work being done through them and at the
station. There is growing demand for
them, for the fruit trees being distributed
and for the tobacco seed which is to be fur
nished applicants. An Interesting and in
structive bulletin on Tobacco" its culture,
care, ETC., will be out and ready for distri-
button in few days.
During previous seasons many guests at
Mr.. Flagler's hotels have objected to the
| use OF the artesian water and have said "If
these hotels had good soft water, they
| would be perfsct." The managers of these
hotels are quick to hear complaints and as
quick to remove the cause for the same and
and they will not be further troubled by
the water problem, as Mr. Mcclure is rap
idly pushing forward the works which will
give to the Ponce de Leon, Alcazar and
Cordova, an unlimited supply of pure, soft
water in addition to the pure cool, flowing
artesian and rain water. The water works
are being located at Moultrie creek, four
miles west Of st. Augustine on the Jackson
vile, st. Augustine and Halifax
River railway. At that point an area Of
about forty acres is being cleared for
the pumping engines and tank thirty
feet In diameter and thirty feet In hight:
the tank will be raised to an elevation suffi-
Client to give pressure of sixteen pounds
on the water mains The water of the creek
VIII be concentrated in a reservoir with a
water surface of twenty-five acres The
reservoir will resemble a water park, for
cypress trees will form islands aud the banks
forming the dam, to be covered with pal
mettos and all kinds of flowers and shrubs
Jewel t1lterer, having a capacity of 100,r
900 gallons daily, will be connected with the
reservoir and supply the tank with fresh
water; this will be pumped into the cisterns
at the hotel and from them be distributed;
SOC, 900 gallons will be the amount of water
maintained In the cisterns. The filter
weighs twenty tons. The cost Of the plant
will exceed 100000.
The New York Sun contains the following
account of the house boat constructed for
Pierre Lorillard, and which will shortly
! come to Florida and be used on the Indian
river: THE boat is 81 feet long, 20 feet
wide, and draws 80 inches of water. Twin
| screws will drive it through the water.
Mr.. Lorillard and friends VIII not go south
on the house boat, but in Mr.. L1rillagd's
yacht. the Reva. Only Capt. K. s. Shel-
don and his crew, consisting of a mate, two
engineers, one fireman, four deck hands, and
a cook, will be aboard the house boat when
she starts for the Indian river. Capt Shell
! don expects month will be required to get
/ the boat down there. Sue is built lightly
and for shallow water, so that she is moth
ing Of sea boat Every time a storm
comes up or the sea is rough Capt Sheldon
| will be obliged to put into the nearest port,
in order to keep his boat from injury. Fer
that reason IL Is expected that the voyage
will be tedious one, though the captain
does not expect to have any difficulty after
| Norfolk, Va, is reached, because from that
point south he will follow the inside course.
But from the Delaware breakwater to Nor
folk he is going to have some trouble, he
thinks, In case the weather should not be
pleasant. The distance is about no
miles, and all of 1t is right on the open sea-
where the house boat would have no chance
whatever. Mr.. Loriliard's party will not
get aboard until the boat arrives on the
Indian river. He has built number of
piers along that stream, which will be used
principally as coai2g stations. In addition