The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-07

FLORIDA
Considerable tobacco will be raised In Lee
county this yesr. Messrs. Vogt OF New
York are furnishing the seed.
A resident of Gainesville out hunting
Friday, killed twenty-five alligators, mostly
with pistol. The smallest Of the gators
measured seven feet in length.
Antonio H. Cato left for Key West Mon
day morning, and will Immediately move
his cigar factory to Fort Myers, commence
ing work with fifteen or twenty men.
Last Thursday, while Charlton Prime was
putting down pump on his fathers place
at Kathleen, near Lakeland. the driver got
loose and came down upon his head, inflict-
ing a severe but not dangerous wound.
A few days since Adolphus Santini found
dead whale floating near Chocaluski, one
OF the Ten Thousand Islands. The monster
was SO feet long and IL feet through, and
they got twenty-one barrels of oil from the
carcass.
Fort Myers Press: s. B. Cameron COM
mences to harvest and ship Mr., Bushnelps
pineapples this week. He will have 10. 600
or H. They are rather small this sea-
son, probably on account of drought and
cool weather early in the season.
John White and John Haygood came
near having very serious trouble at Arcadia
last Friday. Becoming involved in diff.
Guilty White drew knucks and John Hay
good knife. When White saw he was
about to be cut he threw the knucss
glancing Haygood's shoulder and started to
turn, but slipped and Haygood cut him in
the back.
Barlow Courier: J. D. Garrett, is to be
congratulated on having secured pat
ent on his improved monkey wrench This
improved wrench will work in many places
where there is not room enough for the old
style wrench. In fact, being racket ar
rangement, it will work in a small angle or
a deep hole; anywhere that there is space
enough to insert its jaws. 1t is pronounced
by all who have seen 1t the best wrench for
all purposes, ever invented and under some
circumstances it is the only wrench.
A mean and dastardly act was committed
on the shores of Lake Harvey, near Sanford,
on Monday night last by unknown parties,
1t appears that four oolored men aud one
white man went there to fsh, and stopped at
farmers camping ground. Several per-
sons presumably those living in the vicin-
ity, and who objected to them fishing on
the borders of the lake. surrounded the
camp with shotguns and then fired into it,
apparently at random. One man was very
severely wounded, but will recover. Two
others vera also badly peppered. Two
rounds were discharged.
Oviedo Chronicle; A few days ago An
drew Aulin, after carefully looking into the
situation, decided to make an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors The princi-
pal motive that led to this step was tina
none Of his friends or creditors should lose q
cent through him. This result is not tn,
failure of his mercantile business, but
from the heavy membranes on hi
real estate Owing TO the failures to re-
alize anything from his orange grove the
past season, and with the poor prospec
for crop the coming season, he decided
in justice to all, to make an assignment
W. L. Palmer of Orlando has been selected
to act as assignee, and 10 him Mr.. AuliI
has turned over all his valuable property
exempting only his home house and lot
which by law he had a right to do, bu
which he would also have tarned in al
assets were it necessary to pay his debts
He expects to pay 100 cents on the dollar
as his liabilities amount to about $1,000
and his assets foot up about $50 900. al
frst-class property, situated In the heart o
this town.