The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-05
RAILROADS.

on account of the drought will be almost a
total failure and serious loss to the
farmers.
At Pensacola Judge Barnes granted
new trial In the case of the Kimball Lum-
ber Company va. Crow. Rudolph & Co., on
the ground Of an error In she judges charge
to the jury.
William T. Henry of the Mount Tabor
district, Columbia county. realized over
S., 900 from his grove Of 200 orange trees
the past season and the cost Of production
was less than $780,
A bicycle race for a silver medal Is being
arranged to take place on South beach at
| the st, Augustine Rifles picnic on May IL.
Other attractions are also being arranged
| for that occasion.
At Ocals a day or two ago while Slow
man Moody, a son Of DR.. Moody, was re-
| turning home from school some one fired an
air gun at him, the ball making hole in
the rim OF his hat
The chamber of commerce of Fernan-
dina have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: II. E. Dotterer, preSi-
| dent; N. B. Borden, vice president; B. T..
Burchardi, secretary; r. G. Cooley, treas
urer,
| There are pair of fine gray eagles that
| for fifty years have nested in the tops OF
\ the pines on the east shore Of Alligator
lake near Lake City. They may often be
seen crossing the lake or carrying off fnny
| prey.
| The peculiarly robust appearance Of a
Cuban woman who came to Key West on
| one of the Plant steamers recently from
Havana attracted the attention of the
| officials. Her costume was thoroughly in
| spected, when 1t was found she had her
wardrobe on her back. She was wearing
| four dresses in order to protect them from
| fumigasion.
Lake City Citizen: The Rogers mill, on
Lake Jeffrey, ~ miles west, and the Wa
tertown mill, about miles east of Lake
City, are cutting steadily away on large
orders sufficient to keep them busy right
| along for months; while the Columbia and
| Herlong mills are also likewise regularly
engaged. The largest saw-mill interest in
the interior Of Florida is that In Columbia
| county, hence the mills enjoy the large
northern and foreign contracts.
Mai. George R. Fairbanks, president OF
the Florida Fruit Exchange, In his address
before the fruit growers OF the state, made
| the following statement showing the In
crease in the crop for the different pears:
Land now utilized in the production Of
oranges aggregated 10000 acres; the num-
Der of groves nearly Is, 000 and the value
Of the groves $25 900. The marvellous in
Grease in the annual yield Is as follows: In
| 1SS4-'S5 600,0 900 boxes were shipped; in
18S5-'S6 900 900 boxes; in 1SS6-'S7 ], 300, 900
boxes; in 1SS7-'SS ,450, 900 boxes; III 1885,
'S9 l, 1850, 900 boxes; in 1SS9-90 2,150.000; in
1S90-'91 1900, 600 boxes; in 1S9l-'92 {. 100000
boxes were shipped, showing an increase in
six years Of 2.90O, 900 boxes.
st. Augustine Menus: While a gang of
workmen in charge Of Philip Trasher were
at work on the Jacksonville, st. Augustine
and Halifax River railway near Palatka,
on Saturday afternoon, \ quarrel arose
enraged that he rushed around violently
swinging his ak. In his wild flight he
pounced upon another workman named
Sterling b. Bradley and buried the ak In
his right side just above the hip. The
wound inflicted is about six inches long and
quite deep, but will not prove fatal. The
wounded man was brought 60 this city on
Saturday night and taken to Alicia hospital,
where DIR. Alba attended him. Brown was
arrested and lodged in jail at Palatka- After
wounding Bradley, Brown made an attack
on his boss MIR. Trasher, but was stopped
before any further harm was done.
The bulletin of the Florida weather
bureau. issued for the week ending April 30,
says: Local showers occurred during the
week over considerable portion OF the
state. and the serious drought conditions
which have prevailed for the past three
months have been partially relieved. The
drought continues, however, in many parts
OF the state. In some cases parts of coun-
ties were favored with generous showers
while no rain only mere sprlnkles fell in
other parts. The middle and southern
counties of the peninsula and some coun-
ties in the northwestern part Of the state
report the greatest amount Of rain. Show
| ers occurred in the Indian river section, and
while the amount Of rain reported was not
great, vegetation was much re
freshed and benefited. The counties in
the extreme northeastern portion and
those IN the middle part of Eastern Florida
bordering on the gulf seem to have had the
least rain. No part OF the state has yet had
| sufficient rainfall except, perhaps, Lee
county. IL is thought that the oat crop
generally has suffered so much from the dry
weather that 1t can hardly be benefited by
rain aud that 1t will in many sections,
scarcely be worth harvesting. Oranges are
still dropping. and in many localities the
trees are beginning to be affected by the
| drought. The watermelon crop is reported
as suffering severely in some parts OF the
state. Corn appears not to have been sari~
ously injured especially where it has been
we'll worked. Ponds and lakes have dried
up. Old residents Of the state say this is the
longest dry spell within their recollection.
! Probably there has been no more unfavora-
BILE season in fifty years, aud certainly not
since weather bureau stations were first es-
tablished in the state"
| Tampa Tribune: About two weeks ago
| +. 9. Cooper attempted to pass some coun-
| terfeit silver dollars at the Missing Link
| saloon. but the counterfeit was poorly exc