The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-10
FLORIDA TOPICS.
The Rains are Giving The Orange
Groves New Life.


DoRs-An Atlanta Lady Who Fol-
lows the Example of Her Mother.
other Matters of General Interest.
Maitland, Fla, Aug S.-A large num-
Der Of our citizens have to-day gone over
TO Orlando to attend a meeting of deposit
tors in the defuuct First National Bank
of that city. Very few are hopeful of a
speedy or satisfactory settlement of the
banks affairs. OF course it is a great
hardship to have nearly all our ready
money thus locked up for an indefinite
time, still our merchants and the people
generally, are bearing it bravely and try
ing to pull through. Our carpenters were
never buster, and this is hopeful sign Of
confidence in the future.
The telegraphic report in yesterdays
MORNING News of the failure of EXPIRES
ident Coleman, of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railway, as the Iron
King of Pennsylvania, causes considera-
bic gossip in this section among railroad
men. It is well known that he was bit
ter1y opposed to the Plant system in many
things, and it is suggested that his tinan-
cial trouble may possibly lead to closer
and more permanent union between the
Plant system and the jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railway. Such a union
would save great expense in the control Of
the roads, as one set of officials could
manage both, and one set of conductors
run through from Jacksonville TO Tampa.
Naturally these two roads ought to be
consolidated in the interest of the public,
and economy as well.
1t is a singular fact that orange groves
have their off, years just like peach
orchards Last year was big one for
budded trees the yield from which was
in many cases enormous This year the
big crop, however, is to be found on the
Seeding trees, which promise in some
sections to have an enormous yield. ~ln-
tensive culture" as it may be called, has
put the oldfashioned slow growth in
orange groves into the background. 1t
is not now necessary to wait ten or
twelve years for bearing trees. BY the
pushing" process bearing trees are Sc
cured within three or four years, and at
a moderate cost. The most rapid process,
l think, has been patented.
The announcement in the MORNING
News that Miss Helene L. w. Schu-
mann, of Atlanta, had sailed for Ger
many, there to wed Otto Kreutzer, of
Bauptingen, calls to mind the singular
BILE young lady came across the ocean
from Germany to wed DR.. Theodore
Schumann, of Atlanta, the father of this
most worthy young lady who is to repeat
her mothers experience in a return voy-
age. Both brides-elect agreed with their
future husbands that it would be a use
less waste Of time and money for them to
come after the women of their choice, so
they went alone to be welded on the for
oil cb fTYfr 90
were to be established.
After very severe and damaging
drouth, our second rainy season has set
in, and we are now having fine showers
two or three times day here in Orange
county. This has revived every kind of
vegetation and the orange groves are
looking very much improved. The water
in the lakes had gotten down to an alarm
ingly low point, and many orange grow
ers were hauling water for their trees.
This fact is making it a fOregone conclu-
sion that we must adopt here in Florida a
practical and permanent system of irriga-
tion for our groves as well as our gardens
during the dry seasons.
Owners of valuable sporting dogs can
take courage from the success of Mr.. w
j. McSween, of Newport, Tenn. He
owned very fine pointer bitch (Gypsie)
that was rLn over by the East Tennessee,
lTRIuAd anu Nf6OI IdilIOdU DIS SlG db-
tempted TO cross the track in front of two
of its dump cars. He put in claim for
damages, but the agent at Knoxville sent
him word that the company was not pay
ing for dogs. He then sued the road in a
justice court and got a verdict for $40
and costs. The railroad appealed and
the circuit court gave him 800 and costs
The road then appealed to the supreme
court of Tennessee, but it affirmed the
verdict and added a penalty of 1919
per cent. AS the railroad had gone
into the hands of receiver, Mr. Nc
Sween had to go to the United States
court and ask Judge Howell E. jackson to
make the verdict part of the running
expenses of the road, which
he did. But the railroad ap-
pealed to the supreme court
of the United States at Washington,
where the decision of Judge Jackson was
affirmed So in the end by refusing to
pay the paltry sum of $50, origi
nally demanded as about One-third the
value of the dog, the company finally
paid Mr. McSween $37. so in
addition to a bill of court costs of about
$500 Thus were settled by
these suits, carried to the high
est tribunal two important points: first,
dogs are property; second, the killing
of one by carelessness, as in this case,
iustities the owner in suing for damages,
and on a clear showing gives him suita-
BILE money consideration for his dog thus
killed,
CHATHAM