The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-12

court w. w. HUDSON went on the ponds.
Later on he was rearrested. the charge be-
ing made by William Arnot for assault
with intent to murder and adultery.
FLORIDA.
s. J. Simmons has sold his stone build
ing in Chuluota to Ii. E. Sherman.
For the want of rain In Pasco county the
strawberry crop will prove failure.
County Commissioner Jim" Pyles wants
to resign from the Citrus county board.
"Gabe" Long Of Chuluota killed 400
pound bear on the prairie near that place
Monday.
Hard rock phosphate. which has been
down to the low water mark for several
weeks past, is again looking up.
Up TO date III, 900 boxes Of oranges have
passed through Jacksonville for the north
ern markets. This is a considerable in
crease over last year.
Henry Jones, young colored man, was
under arrest at Jacksonville Tuesday.
charged with attempting to burn a colored
church in Hansontown suburb.
L. Klein has Just shipped a box of oranges
to Liverpool, England. This is the first
order ever received by q Gainesville shipper
for the golden fruit 20 be shipped to Europe.
Farmers continue to bring tobacco into
Quincy, and they never fail to sell at good
prices. At least twenty-five wagons loaded
with tobacco were carried there during the
past week.
Mr.. Avery says there are more native
horses for sale about Fernandina this year
than for any year for twenty previous, and
he thinks he could buy twenty inside of a
week for less than 500 hend
| Among the unrecorded passengers who
landed in Jacksonville Monday were flfty-
three gentlemen Of leisure who occupied
berths on the trucks of two freight trains
over the Savannah, Florida and Western.
A union convention Of the Baptist
churches of West Florida was held at Chip
ley, beginning on Saturday, Oct 81, and
continued two days. Thirty churches were
represented, and the West Florida Baptist
Union was organized.
A remarkable case of legal 10 justice is re-
| ported from Fernandlna, D. c. Peebles. an
ex-conductor on the Florida Central and
Peninsular, has been sent to jail on
trumped-up charge Of selling liquor with
out license. There is great indignation
| over the case.
Associate Editor s. G. Clay, of the In
verness Phosphate Field, died on Saturday
night He was unmarried, 35 years Of age
and went to Citrus county from Alabama
nine years ago. He had many friends and
was man of decided ability. Congestion
of the stomach was the cause Of his death.
Maj. Joseph Capo, distinguished citi-
zen OF st. Augustine, who has passed five
years beyond mans life allotment, visited
Jacksonville Sunday for the first time since
he was boy, and took his first ride in a
street car. When he was boy there wasn't
a single railroad in the whole state Of Flor
ida.
Some person In Arcadia is passing coun-
terfeit silver dollars and half dollars. A
number have been rejected at the De Soto
County Bank. The counterfeit coins are an
exact imitation of the genuine ones, except
that they are lighter III weight and slightly
darker in color. In feeling the counterfeit
coin Is more slippery than the genuine coin
Snyder & Thomas of Palatka have Just
put upon the market little device callec
tho "Snyder patent orange-picker, and it
advantages are that it clips and holds tn,
fruit, will not cut or scar au orange, will
save so per cent. in labor, pick from buncl
} as easily as from stem aud is just tn
thing also for grapes, roses and all fruit
J and flowers.
The lead company which Ocala has beer
asked to take under consideration to secur,
as one of her future enterprises is still th
talk among financial men. Bellview is il
the race and has guaranteed $50, 900 t.
secure the plant Other cities in the stat
are making efforts to induce the owners
E. d. Bughee left for Chicago last Thursda,
3 to confer with the proprietors.
The st. Andrews papers report another
fire near that town which completely de
stroyed noted blackberry patch, said t,
have been the largestin the state OF Florida
: The IRE was SO fierce that 1t is feared tn
roots OF the plants were killed. Severa
houses narrowly escaped destruction. TIL,
whole country along the coast to Poin
Z Washington has been burned over.
!, For several days Thomas A. Ledwith. nov
manager OF the property Of Gen. William
Ledwith, now in Europe, has had force O
men at work clearing off the site Of the Led
with residence on Monroe street, at jackson
I ynE. M. Ledwith says that although /
| VIII DO some time before the residence vii
! be rebuilt, still be can make tho lot lool
considerably better than it now does.
= The McMurray- Baker veneered brio
r block, two stories, which corners on Mai
J. and Church directs at Jacksonville, is
: substantial structure, aud, when it recei We
{ its finishing touches will present an at
a tractive appearance, and be fully the edua
3 of any of its kind in the city 1t Is still II
the hands of its builders, who are workiu
, industriously and making good Roadway.
! A gentleman living some six miles sout
. Of Lakeland tells tale that may interes
D the agriculturists. Some years ago, Will
b In Tampa, he bought some very fine apple
g and carried them home, instructing tn
3 family TO save the eeeds. as he desired {
S raise an apple orchard. The seeds wer
I planted and In due time came up, and afte
! | wears of careful cultivation the trees haoai