The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-17

1 Although be has several trees only one Is
as yet bearing. The fruit resembles q small
banana in shape, is of deep orange color and
has large seed in the center. 1t is very
sweet and rich. Mr.. Nicholson says It will
stand as much frost az the guava and will
/ fruit in five or six years from tie seed. He
| regards 10 as fruit that can be cultivated
here With profit, as, picked green, IL is a
I good shipper.
| Tampa Tribune: The Tampa Bay hotel
! placed in position to-day in the reception
/ room two beautiful life-size brOnzs statues.
! They were procured ~ Mr.. Plant in Paris
at very great expense, and are the finest
/ IN the state and probably in the south. One
known as Esmeralda and her goat repre-
! sents female playing with goat, and &C.
cupies position on a handsome pedestal
near the main entrance The other known
as FOnou Is a graceful female figure and Is
on pedestal near the north entrance. This
piece is from designs OF Maurice Denou-
vllliers OF Paris. Several other smaller ones
have also been placed in the corridors aud
add materially to their beauty.
Owing to the dull times and tightness OF
money the transfers OF real estate at Key
W est Tor the past month have been very
few. Apropos. the largest transfer of float
ing property ever made in the city to q sin
gle individual was made last week by L. l..
Lowe to E. j. Arapian, Key Yves 3
heavy sponge merchant, who bought Mr..
loves entire feet Of sponging vessels, num-
boring eight, for very large sum. The
feet just purchased by Dir. Arapian is said
80 be, outside Of the one already owned by
him for the past two years, the best in the
business. Mr.. Arapian has now the largest
fleet of sponginR vessels owned by any indi
vldual or company 10 the city. His feet
numbers sixteen vessels, which represents
at leas; $4,000.
At Grand Island the vegetable growers
suffered during the recent frost in ali to
probably one-third of the field crops, but
while some localities lost one-half, others
suffered but slightly. There is not any dis
couragement but the large seed beds we're
brought into requisition, and a very few
days-ess than 100 hours-saw the fields
again full OF plants, and as the rain has
been good since the cold wave all vegetation
is smiling and so are the truckers. AT
Seneca groves on low land suffered a
little. On the fat lands northeast Of Eustis
the mercury fell to 90 and Mr.. Martin lost
all strawberry blooms and fruit then
formed, but no further injury was done ex-
cept to very young growth on nursery trees
or yearltngs. On the highlands of Eustis
the injury ia plants was next to nothing;
few banana leaves and some OF the outside
leaves of the more tender varieties of guavas
turned brown, but did not hurt the fruit on
the bushes, and even the fine hibiscus re-
main 10 full bloom.
correspondent of the MORNING NEWS
at sampson City, Fla, writes as follows:
The sociable at the residence Of Il. j. Vain
rights Wednesday evening was we'll at
tended by the young people of Sampson
CITY. Quite pleasant evening was spent
1nterspersed by songs, games, and the like.
Miss Leila G. Stands of Brunson, Fla. has
al Nh,
which convened at jacksonville last
week, and has resumed her duties
as principal OF the Sampson City academy.
The oranges in this locality are thought by
many to be damaged bv the recent freeze,
but as yet nothing definite has been de-
tected and it is hoped that the damage, IL
any, will not amount to anything serious as
great many oranges are still on the trees.
The naval stores operators are still at work.
H. =. Cassels, sons & Co. are putting up
tneir works and will soon start their dis
tillery. There are other turpentine works
above here which will commence operations
shortly. A. G. Cassels has been appointed
agent at this place, with II. E. Martin act
ing agent
Jacksonville Metropolis: Between 4 and
o'clock Friday afternoon a brutal fight
took place on the Clyde steamship dock and
was witnessed by large crowd. From an
eye witness the Metropolis learns the fol-.
lowing: a very homely negro man, with
distorted features, employed as a deck hand
on the steamboat Everglade, was guyed
and rldiculed by some of his fellow work.
men as to his ugly features. He did not at
first seem to care for it, but every once 10
while some one Of the negroes working
on the dock would get off witty remark
at which there would be a general
laugh. One young fellow seemed to
enjoy the fun more than the others, and
laughed heartily. The deck hand suddenly
got into rage and pounced upon the
laughing fellow, and administered to him a
severe punishment. The deck hand used
what IS known as cotton or freight hand
ler's hook with fearful effect, APPLYING the
point of 1t to the head and face Ut the man
who laughed. Our informant saws at every
blow tbs blood would squirt from the negro's
bead, and soon his head and face was a
fearful sight made by tho cuts and pricks
OF the hook. The wounded man begged for
help, and finally the BRUTE who was hack
ing him to pieces, was knocked down with a
stick of wood in the hands Of another
colored man. The wounded man was taken
to doctor, aud the deck baud went
aboard of the Everglade and proceeded up
the river unmolested. No policemen or
arrests.