The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
FLORIDA.

The Shine Guards Of Orlando will give
their sixth annual ball Feb. g.
Orlando beat st. Augustine in an inter
estiug game of base ball at Orlando Wednes-
day by a score Of Z to 4.
w. L. Warren of Lake City has a con-
tract to ship northward 20, 900 railroad ties.
The ties will be loaded on schooners at
Palatlxa
It is now claimed that bloody shirt be-
longing to Irwin jenkins (colored), arrested
as the murderer at the Packwood house,
has been found.
About $50, 900 will 60 into the construc-
ton Of the new college buildings at DeLand,
the generous donation OF Mrs. j. B. Stetson
to the Stets0n University.
John Berdine, young man clarking in
the Gulf pharmacy AT Punta Gorda, while
examining revolver last Saturday handled
the toy little too careless, when it
went off and the ball took effect iI his arm
G. NJ. Bramlett died suddenly at Dade
City Wednesday of congestion of the brain
at the residence of Judge NJ. A. Mabry.
The deceased was a native of Mississippi, an
excellent man and brother-in-law of Judge
Mabry.
Wednesday about 10 O'Clock rain and
wind storm, or cyclone, struck the town of
Tayares, blowing the roof off Terry's grain
hOubtt bn0 HiuuOWS Oub VI INC
Central and Peniusular building and tore
up things generally.
Louis Sparkman fired a load of turkey
shot into his two brothers-in-law and
mother at Tampa Wednesday night for at
tempting to break into his house to avenge
his wife, whose face he had frescoed with
an empty condensed milk can.
Fernandina Mirror: The steamer Farmer
took a heavy cargo of naval stores to Sa-
vannah Tuesday morning, leaving nearly
500 barrels Of rosin on the dock. The Far
mer will make one more trip here this week.
after which she will be laid up in Bruins
wick for repairs.
Mss Oracle Meadows, the daughter of II.
! Meadow, was accidentally shot at Anthony,
last Friday by her brother. The ecciden9
was caused by her brother swapping an old
gun that was supposed not 10 be loaded.
The young lady Is oonvslescing, and will
soon be herself again.
The United States land office at Gaines.
Vile will report for the mouth OF Dscsmbcr
! l26 homestead entries, in addition to 50
| final proofs. If the work of the office con-
tinues TO increase as it has during the post
year, the clerical force Of the Office will
have to bs largely increased.
The residences occupied by Slas B.
Wright and family. just north of the Bap-
fist church at Deland came near ing
up In flames Sunday afternoon. About
O'Clock the alarm was given, and very soon
hundreds of citizens were there. The fire
had just begun to take good hold, bat il
was put out with but slight damage done.
Deland Record: Many of those who
have bearing groves in this section are go
ing out Of other business and centoring all
their attention aud time on the groves for
the reason they see more money IN them
than 10 anything else that they can turn
their hands to. OF course such groves have
been well fed and cared for, and they will
pay every time. even if the price per box
obtained is less than 81.
Fernandina Mirror: TIE cut in the
prices Of canned oysters is seriously affect
ing that industry. They are now selling at
about one-haif what they brought last year,
and there IS no money in the business. We
fear that the cut was made for the express
purpose of breaking down the new facto-
ries in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama
and Florida. 1t may result in a temporary
shutdown, but will not succeed i'll accom-
plishing the object intended.
| Lieut.. J. NJ. 7, Particle, Fifth Infantry.
| u. :. A. the crack shot OF the army, writes
to the American Field, Of Chicago, that he
is at Mosquito Inlet, Fla, where he is en-
! joying the finest kind of sea bass fishing.
II caught" no says, "a 20 FOUNDER
on Dec. 81, which fought like a demon, and
/ wish you could have had him on your
hook. learned, for the first lime, that sea
! bass first strike the bait with their toll, aud
then grab it, which was quite a surprise to
me-"
| w. +. Barnes of Orlando. long time an
attache of the Orange County Reporter has
invented most ingenious piece of me-
chanism Of which he is the sole owner and
patentee. Instead of the oll-fashioned
newspaper mailing device, still in use, his
machine uses rubber stamps which, during
the revolution of the wheels, impress the
subscribers name on the margin OF the
paper. Complaints are sometimes made
that the subscriber failed to get his copy
fact which is traceable TO the slipping of
the little strip pasted onto the margin. Mr.
Barnes invention will not only be more
certain, but cheaper than the old method.
DeLand Record: In low places the Their
mometer registered here Monday morning
as low as 22'. From to o'clock the mer-
curry dropped from 2Se to the point named,
and ice quarter Of on inch formed. The
average, however, is from 2S' TO 80, and
with the exception Of very low places, the
fruit on the orange treas escaped unin~
jured. Before an orange freezes the mer-
curry must stay at 90 about two hours, and
in few places it remained that low Mon