The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-11

The vegetable crop at Bloomfield is look
ing we'll and will soon be ready TO ship.
Several settlers are looked for at Jolly
Bay in the near future. They are 10 come
from Illinois
Maj John r. King has sold the lakewood
shoe store at Orlando to o. w. Prince for
3d. 600 1t took about twenty minutes to
make the trade.
AT Gainesville Tuesday an INJUNCTION was
served on City Clerk o. ID. Morris restrain
ing him from issuing the 81 800 voted by
the council TO Hartford, Hebert * Co.
The jolly Bay mill burned down Satur-
day morning, together with 10000 feet OF
lumber. Loss, 81, 500; 10 insurance. Mr..
Strickland will probably rebuild at once.
G. w. Danley Of Washington county,
whose crop was second best in the sweep
stakes from Western Florida at Pensacolas
tobacco fair, sold POO pounds Of his tobacco
last week at 81 pound.
This year j. II. lowers planted fourteen
acres in rice in Suwannee county, from
| which he has gathered and shipped 2l0
bushels, receiving 90 cents per bushel for 1t.
| This crop only required one blowing and
| one hoelng.
| Some young men at Plant City are ex-
perts in crate making, earning from SO to
| 81 80 a day. making boxes at Ia ceutst
apiece. Others are exceedingly expert
! WEhDplIE anu JAt aug VI AhkOo1 bOlhb pCA-
| feet machines in that line.
The bonds of w. NJ. Ives, A B. Brown,
! NJ. VI. Scarborough and Frank D'Ferro-
elected to the offices of county judge,
assessor, clerk and justice respectively at
Lake City-were approved by the county
commissioners at the meeting Nov. /.
A party of young men Of Fernandina are
discussing the project of visiting the worlds
fair in an OK cart. They calculate that the
trip from Fernandina TO Chicago can be
made in about seventy days, and expect a
great deal OF fun while on the journey.
De Funiak Signal: Alex McSween brought
to the city last Monday 300 pounds Of tobacco
raised seventeen miles from this place. He
says he only had one-fifth of an acre in cul
tivation. The tobacco brought in will be
shipped TO Pensacola, where it will be as
sorted and cased.
Gov. Fleming has called a special election
in Walton county for Tuesday Dec g. TO fill
the office of county judge. In the recent
election the vote between the two candi-
dates, s. b. Darby and John l.. Campbell
was tie, each receiving 349 votes; hence
the new election.
In hunt last week. A j Abbott and
Bob Harris Of Gainesville killed in the Gulf
Hammock 80 quail, three doves and
several fox squirrels. Mr.. Abbott
has two teeth which he extracted
measures over two inches In length.
While G. w. Spirey. the mail carrier
from Okahumpka to Bloomfield and va
laha, was making his regular trip on Mon
day morning, one mile west of Bloomfield
his horse became frightened at a calf by
the roadside and ran away with him and
threw him out OF his buggy. injuring him
severely.
The synod Of Florida convened at Gaines
vii Ia NaHn A,Ia ,Ao,
were present. Services were opened with a
sermon at 1880 o'clock p. m. by Rev. H. l..
Wilson Of Clear water, the retiring moder-
ator. A three-days session will be held,
with preaching each night, at the Presby-
| terrain church.
The military post at Fort Barrancas Is al
| lowed twenty-five shots each year for prac
eice with their heavy rifle pieces. Each
shot cost S45. Twelve shots were fired on
Friday last. The target, which was au-
chored at sea, 5000 yards from the fort,
was struck twice. Several other excellent
| shots were made
S. Hartman, the inspector who will in
| spect the work to DE done by the dredge on
"the cut" at Apalachicola, says the dredge
is expected TO arrive from Tampa at any
| hour. The cut will be widened TO 100 feet
and eight feet depth at mean low water
| Twenty thousand dollars is the amount of
the appropriation to be used in this work.
Simon L. Williams, an old and respected
citizen of Welborn, died Tuesday He had
! been in poor health for some weeks and
finally sank away from exhaustion and
! weakness, after being in bed but a few
| days. He was born in Bulloch county
Georgia. and moved 20 Florida twenty-five
! or thirty years ago. having lived most of
that time at WelDorn.
Ocala Capitol: Last Tuesday those who
lived in the years preceding '6l had re-
minder Of those old days by A. j. Shufford
Of Micanopy, driving to town In one of the
old coaches used by the southern gentleman
of ante-bellum days When new this coach
cost 81 400 and with the "coachman and
| four" attached, those whom it conveyed
made quite princely appearance.
J. B. Nokes' real estate office at Orlando
is decorated with a couple of huge lemons,
which would Sill a good sized basket. They
were grown on tree in Judge j. T. BeelIs'
yard In South Orlando. The larger weighs
3 pounds and OuLces and the smaller 2
pounds and / ounces, the two representing
| the maximum and minimum sizes of the
fruit on the tree from which they were
| taken.
The people of Bloomfield do not own
dozen cows, but there is at least l 900 or
more cattle now in that vicinity, making
depredations on the people. They are COM
| planning very much at other sections for
/
! them until spring. Many Of the cattle
carry more metal back than they bring
Others never get back. They certainly get
| rough treatment
! The famous row between the Terminal
| company and the Pensacola and Perdido
Railroad Company, over which 50 much
feeling was displayed last summer, is about
TO be settled. The court appointed Il. Ii .
Thornton and Gen. George Reese and they
selected the third commissioner, J. W.
Frater. The comm issioners have reached a
conclusion, but under the law it cannot be
promulgated until five days after notice to
the contestant. The notice was given Mon
day.
Sunday evening between and o'clock
thieves entered the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. 5. Wightman in Riverside at
Jacksonville and stole q large quantity of
Mrs. Wightman's jewelry in fact, that was
what they seemed to be after, as all the sill
yer in the house was untouched. On the
return of the Wightmans to their home the
discovery was made. The thieves evidently
we're familiar with the house, as their
depredations gave evidence Of the fact.
| The police were Immediately notified and
every effort will be made TO capture the
rascals. Among the articles stolen were
two revolvers, Master Charley Wightman's
gold watch and some diamond Dins Of Mrs