The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22

The oak bushes in the Punta Gorda section
are loaded with acOrns this year.
The orange packers are getting ready for
business, The shipping season will soon be
on.
Orange trees around Leesburg are looking
well. The crop suffered but little from the
blow last week in that locality.
The Florida Fruit Exchange has sold box
material for 30 900 boxes COf soranges to be
shipped from the Hulst groves in Nolusia
county
The second returns from Europe of sales of
Florida oranges by the exchange Melted.
upon an average. the shippers Sl.3S per box
on the tree,
sheriff Bethea and Dr. 1. a. Silcox arrested
Jesse Joiner at Charlotte HarbOr day or
two ago, he being charged as accessory to
the burning Of w. II. Seward S stOPe in Pine
Level some time ago.
s. p Crews, of Bradford county, has housed
325 bushels Of corn from thirteen acres of
land. ana win make 10000 pounds of cotton on
eight acres. He has three four
acres planted to sweet potatoes and an
abundant crop of p.ndars
During the week ending oct. II the follow
inc patents were issued to residents OF Flori-
da. reported through the office Of j. f. Beale:
George p. Glenn. Jacks9nYille water-ltft;
Hugh N. Reid and A. G. Pheil, Inverness, safe
or cupboard; Benz. f, Upton, St Augustine
tent.
Manatee Journal: Three thousand and
sevCnty-Hye crates OF oranges left the river
by the Margaret and Sadie on Saturday
This amOCut5 TO over ten car loads. Mr.. Fl.
W. Fuller informs US that the entire output
for the river during the past week will
amount to over 5000 boxes.
The postoffice at Rutledge was
closed on Monday by r. Bennett,
of Fairbanks Mr. Bennett was the late ]
II. Vandeveer's bondsman, and after the post
masters death he was instructed to make a
final report and close the office. All mail di-
rected TO Rutledge will be held at Gainesville
until called for
pf Tao
vile has gone TO Orlando to serve the papers
in an action of assumpsit brought by the Han
over National Bank. Of New York, against
the Southern Electric Light Company, a cor
poratiOu doing business in Orlando. involving
the sum of $1,000 The stockholders of the
defendant company are y. 7. Sperry, j. b.
ParramOre and Nat. POyntZ
At Kissimmee Tues lay night some person
or persons entete the meat market of c. H.
Bronson and stole 5000 in money from
the cash drawer. The back window being
pried open was the means OF their entrance.
here was also a checktor the amount OF SlO.-
s. which was left on the meat. The marty
also tried to enter the grocery store Of p d.
Outlaw, but they failed to do so
The town Of High Springs recently imposed
a license tax upon the Southern Express
COmpanvs Office and threatened to close it if
the proper amount was not remitteu to the
city clerk The express company did not put
the authorities of High Springs to any
trouble. huG closed the Office at once and gave
their messengers instructions to leave all
parcels directed to High Springs at Fort
White
There was a fatal shooting ARRAY at Osce-
ola near High Springs, saturday night. One
negro was shot and killed and two others dan
gerously wounded. JEFF Easterlin was shot
In the left leg. the ball going upward and
lodging little above the hip joint. The YER
dict of the corOners jury was that the col
ored man came to his death by a wound made
10y a bail from a Winchester rife in the hands
of unknown parties. Several white men, it is
reported, took part in the alteration.
Sanford Journal; A man by the name of
Nelson Rockwell living about three miles
beyond Sylvan Lake was found dead in the
woods not far from his home on Friday last.
He had apparently died some three weeks
previously, but how Is not known Rockwell
was tout 80 years of age and for long
period of time had lived the life of a recluse or
hermit on his farm of forty acres, on six OF
which was a bearing or lnge grove. but of
which he never sold any living simply on the
produce of mis- place. No inquest was held,
as it was clearly a natural death.