The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-21
FLORIDA.

1t is said thst Ocala is to have another
newspaper.
Dan Killian will be hanged at Orlando
to-day In the county jail.
The Bagdad Island mill, near Milton, will
be ready for work early in February.
There are eighty-four schools IN Orange
county with an attendance of 5000 pupils.
The handsome residence Of both Judge
W. 8. Jennings and W. E. Law on Mickler's
hill, near brooksville, are about completed,
and they will soon move into them.
The department Of Florida G. A r. meets
at Ocals on Friday, Jan. %, for the election
of officers for the ensuing year. There are
over twenty posts Of the u. A. r. in the
state.
Mr.. Leybourne of Gainesville has pur-
chased the oranges of Sheriff Fennell in his
grove three miles south Of Micanopy. The
crop will probably reach from 500 to 1000
boxes.
Next Sunday promises to be a red letter
day for the PresbyterIans of Orlando. On
that day they will dedicate their handsome
church edifce. Rev. Il. p. Kerr of Rich
mond. Va, will officiate.
The Scotch colony, which settled half
century ago In Walton county, has left a
sturdy settlement, which is to-day a credit
to Western Florida. These people, the
Al
celebrate Robert Burns birthday on
Jan. %.
r. j. Mickler of Brooksville has several
punches of bloom. partly developed green
fruit, fully developed green fruit, and
perfectly ripe fruit from one lemon
tree; also, a fine large ripe citron and
bloom. from his place north Of Brooksville.
He will ship about 1900 crates of oranges
this season.
As Miss Jessie Leonardo. sister OF John D.
Leonardo, was going down Franklin street,
at Tampa Monday night about o'clock,
she was attacked by man at the corner OF
Cass and Franklin streets. His object was
| evidently robbery and Miss Leonardo was
thoroughly frightened, but colored woman
who saw the occurrence come to her assist
ance. On seeing this the man fed and was
not captured.
The following named organized bodies of
the colored Baptists OF Florida will meet in
Pensacola during the second week In Feb
ruary: The STATE Baptist Sunday School
Association will convene in John the
Baptist church Feb. 9. The general state
convention will meet in the same place at
10 O'Clock a. IN. on the Thursday following.
! The Womens Home Mission convention
will meet on the last named date in the
Union Baptist church.
st. Augustine NsUs: William P. Craig of
Orange, n. j., A. J. Hutchinson of Dayton
and NJ. w. Conway of Brooklyn are in the
city representing the street railway in
terests. Mr.. Craig states that he is here
for business; that certain features of the
ordinance do not suit him, but thinks the
law can be modified so that all will be sat-
| isfied with it, II this is done he is prepared
to file bond at once and have the road in
operation in thirty days time.
Tampa Tribune: Inspector A. T. Will
| Jams of the custom house, on Sunday after
noon, seized several hundred packages of
Havana cigarettes from q Spanish fireman
of the Mascotte. He had smuggled ashore
a large quantity tied in strings around his
person, and had made several trips back and
forth from the vessel. When arrested he
had the goods tied UP in bandana handker-
chiefs, and was Just about to board the train
for Tampa. The vigilant inspector tapped
him on the back and requested an interview.
The cigarettes, which completely filed an
extra large size market basket, are now at
the custom house.
Pensacola NelCS: Oscar Edwards and an
other negro, whose name could not be
learned, lmbibed little too freely Satur-
day night and got into dispute about some
trivial matter. The men soon came to
blows and Edwards, who was about to get
the worst of the fight, ran through bar
room located on the corner of ZsrragoSsa
ana b6ylen streets ana IOaueQ hltnSelt with
brickbats. He returned and piled his wea-
pons with disastrous results on the cradium
Of his antagonist, and left the latter lying
insensiole on the ground. The wounded
man was cared for and Edwards had not
been caught at last accounts.
Pensacola NetUS: The question of organ
izing tanners and gardeners association is
being generally discussed by these most
interested, and Ii is no " very probable that
the idea will know naturalization. One of
the projectors, speaking yesterday Of the
movement, said that the organization could
not but prove beneficial 1t would have
the effect, said he, Of keeping up a living
price at home for vegetables and fruits, as,
in cooperation, the farmers and gardeners
may dispose of much of their product in
the shipment thereof to other markets that
they could not dispose of TO advantage if
acting singly. He thought that several car-
loads of wstermelons, csntaleups, snap
beans and other vegetables dn mixed LOTS
might be shipped by the twenty or thirty
farmers to become members
r. II. Partridge, connected with the