The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
FLORIDA

New Smyrna claims to have the Oldest
/ church editice in the United States
The st. Johns river now teens with
| speckled perch. Many fine catches are re
I ported.
Dr.. Hicks OF Orlando has seen the Florida
! state building and pronouuces il very poor
| imitation Of old Fort Marion.
! 1t is rumored that there will be a massing
| OF the Second battalion and perhaps other
! battaltons at Ocala on July B. and D.
! The past tourist season was one of the most
/ successful in the history Of the Sanford house
! at Sanford. Some 5000 guests we're enter
/ tanned.
The people of Maitland complain that visi-
/ tors shoot at the tame alligator in Lake Lily,
in the city park, when driving through the
town. fine large alligator was also snot IN
| Lake Maitland, much to the regret OF those
| living on its banks.
During a severe storm Thursday the water
| tower at Palmetto Beach. near Pensacola, was
/ struck by lightning. The framework TOOK
IRE and the windmill, tank and lot OF coke
stored there for the use of the dummy engines
were entirely destroyed. The loss was at
least $500.
Clarence Hicks and Mr.. Milton OF Orlando
passed through Sanford Wednesday en- route
TO Indian river. Mr.. Hicks represents an Or
landO syndicate that owns about 1000 acres
OF land near st. Sebastian, and Mr.. Milton
represents capitalists. The capitalists con
template the purchase of the land, If suita-
bic, and the establishment of a sugar planta-
ton. The gentlemen named are going to IN
spcct the land, Hicks representing the own
ers, Milton the possible purchasers.
A negro man named John McCuff, an en-
plOyc of the Mcmillan Lumber Company al
Pine Barren was fatally injured late Wednes-
day afternoon while coupling cars on the com
panys logging road at that place. While be
tween two cars he was knocked down by the
train and the cars passed over him, breaking
one leg and otherwise severely 1nluring him.
He was placed on a cot in the cabOoSe OF
freight train to be taken TO Pensacola for
n hpfnFp
there
Orlando Reporter: Alexander Walker, one
OF the suspected MarOt murdererS, now in jail
here, was yesterday made the victim OF
practical joke by some cOlOred prisoners with
whom he is Gagged. They made him believe
that there would be an effort to lynch him,
and suggested that If he would black himself
up as negro the lynchers could not identify
him. He took their advice. and with their
assistance. made pretty good looking dar-
ky out OF himself. OF course the lynchers
did not come and the poor fellow got nothing
but Jcers for his pains.
Orlando Reporter: That there is "a regular
organization in Orlando composed Of colored
men, supplemented by several whites. whose
sworn duty IS to regulate the pay OF wage
earnerS we have pretty good reason to be-
heVe. Some nights since these white caps
went out to MAJ. w. A Fits place and waited
upon his two colored labOrers. telling them
that if they continued to work for less than al
per day and board they would have to suffer
the consequences. The next day the two men
went TO their employer and told him what had
transpired the previous night adding that
they would have to leave. however well sat
ished with their wages and kind treatment.
1t the rear of Col. J. B. Togni's store at
Jacksonville n one of the Oldest grapevines
in Duval county. The colonel planted this
vine thirty-One years ago, having received it
in the shape of a little cutting from Europe
sent him by a friend, calling it "TOgni's
Choice which name il has borne ever since.
He has wine in his establishment made from
the grapes gathered from this vine that is
over twenty years old. 1t covers an area of
about thirty feet square, and yields a number
of bushels Of hne grapes every season. 1t is
full" now, and after feeding all the birds in
the community the colonel expects to gather
a large quantity of grapes from this vine,
which he will make up into wine for his
friends.