The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-18

Adsrly and wife VS.. the Orange Belt rail-
way for $4,000 damages returned verdict
for the plaintiffs of 81 200.
A clerk of the circuit court, tax collector.
assessor, sheriff, county judge, representa-
tive and senator are to be elected from,
Franklin county at the October election.
On Sunday, May s, while the Rev. T.
Lyle was preaching 10 Mount Tabor church,
In Madison county, one corner OF the
church tumbled to the ground. No one was
hurt.
Jones & Cooper Of Tampa sold F. P.
Chamberlain's property near Thonotosassa
Saturday to A. Holcomb Of Springfield, o.,
for $500. There are twenty,six acres,
eight planted In orange trees.
There has been transferred from the Ia
wares and Gulf railway to the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular, at Tavares station,
during the past ten days 10, 09l packages OF
vegetables. The bulk Of them came from
Clermont
Sunday night w. e. Lueders, who lives
near Moncrief Springs was unfortunate
enough TO have his barn, with all its sup
plies. two horses and two wagons destroyed
by fire. The fire commenced between 10
and IL O'clock. and was undoubtedly OF in
cendiary origin. The total loss was $500,
with no insurance.
While sailing along near Cat Point in
y, OIb uhJ RECENTLY, MI NUN
saw the body Of man floating In the
water. Not having help sufficient with
him he was unable to secure the body. He
could not tell II the man was white, as the
body was face downward. There was a
black coat and pair of black pants upon
the body.
The cigarmakers employed in Nome
Bros factory at Tampa went out on a strike
Monday morning. it seems that the men
hau ,1r,,rIafnfpe- oh tba -
the wrapper used Ia the factory for some
time, and last weak appointed committee
to confer with the foreman on the que Itlon.
The committeeman, the foreman says, wor-
ried him so necessarily about the matter
that Saturday he discharged them. This
action inceused the other operatives, aud
they struck on account OF it.
Orlando Record: E. A. Richards large
rattlesnake shed his skin Monday morning
and looks as bright as a new button, and as
savage as a meat az. The skin, opened
and pressed out. measure, feet inches in
length and is about 10 inches in width.
The snake has a most accommodating appe-
tite, as he has not eaten a meal for eighteen
months, and seems to prosper Just as well as
IL it took three square meals day. 1t is
an interesting question where he gets the
material to manufacture the skins which he
sheds.
AECduld <dECuutuns ATCaQlA IS NOT only
TO be congratulated on having new bank,
but in having such men at the head Of it AS
Judge Ziba King, who is not only De Soto's
cattle king, but the wealthiest man in the
county, He knows everybody, and has
been known here for twenty years. w. II.
Simmons and s. j. Carlton have been
known almost as long. and have for several
years been engaged here and at Fort Myers
in the banking business. All have more or
laas arDar{auca nc no nd h. n
backing of available cash of 100000. thus
making one of the strongest banks in South
Florida. financially.
A convention OF fruit growers will as
semble at Orlando tomorrow under
the auspices Of the Fruit Growers
Union, new organization that has for its
objects and purposes a radical change in the
methods now In vogue for marketing and
distributing fruit This new organization
aims TO thoroughly organize the fruit
growers land the orange growers in particu-
lar TO the end that all fruit can be dis
posed of at home for cash, aud for the
further purpose of utilizing the strength
that thorough and complete organization,
with systematized methods in doing BUSH
ness, will give the growers In reducing
transportation rates.
Orlando Record: 1t is almost impossible
to find out anything definite about the
Clermont shooting affair. 1t is reported
that another body of a negro was found in
the lake on Saturday. Some of the rail-
road men the morning after the shooting,
about an hour before sunrise, had seen a
wagon driven hurriedly into the lake and
something was thrown overheard, then the
wagon was hurriedly driven away. On
Saturday, it is reported, the lake was
dragged with the above result. 1t is also
reported thnt five arrests have been lnade.
and that thraA
implicated In the affair, and several others
from other points, have skipped out
A. A. James the Southern Express and
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
agent at Ellaville, is still missing. Detect
ives are trying to fud him. The first idea
that he had made for Georgia has given
way to the belief that he is in the swamps,
and they are being searched. James de-
falcations amount to about s., 500 All of
this money belonged to the Southern Ex-
press Company, which loses 81. 500 beyond
the guarantee bond. James receipted for
$500 Of the Florida Central and Peninsular's
money the day before he left, but he sent it
20 the office at Jacksonville. IL was silver.
and too heavy to carry. He left consider
able silver in the safe, but was well padded
with greenbacks and gold.
Orlando Record: The articles from H. 8.
kedney on pineapple culture. published in
the Record q few days since, have created
considerable interest in that subiect. The
estimates of MIR. Kedney of g., 500 net profit
per acre sounds pretty large TO most peo-
pie, but even that record has been beaten
right in the city of Orlando. 1t would be
well for thoJe interested in pineapple Gu It.
ure to visit the pinery of Mr.. Russell on
Lake Ivanhoe, at the north end of Orange
avenue. and they could at once satisfy
the nselves as to the adaptabilitv of this
section TO the culture of the pines, as well
as the profitableness Of the same Thurs
day afternoon the reporter took a stroll out
to Mr.. Russelps place, and was great
ly interested in what he has accom-
pllshed. Mr.. Russell was busy inclosino
in tight board fence about az
more acres which he is preparing to set
to pines. He has on hand 10000 plants Of
the smooth Cayenne variety, which he has
just imported from the island OF st.
MichaePs, in tho Azores, and which he pro-
poses TO transplant at once. He regards
this as one OF the most profitable varieties
for culture in this section, although the
Abakah, on account of its habit Of multi
plying plants rapidly, be regards with
great favor. Mr.. Russell has only alb 1ut
one acre in pines at his home place, but a
sight of some of the luscious looking piaes
now ripening, will make any one's mouth
water, ana the thousands of Young apples
now growing on the plants are suggestive
of profits that make the head swim. Mr.
Russell finds home market in Orlando for