The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-20

Mrs Preston. nee Miss Ola Leonard, died
recently at her home in Crescent City.
Notwithstanding Mayo is a dry" town
liquor, by some means, is o Jtained there.
Tuesday Jackson Dorsey, deaf colored
man was killed by train at Tallahassee.
George A. Vernon a runaway boy from
Baltimore, was caught at Jacksonville Friday
and sent home.
A mule LEVIED on by the sheriff under a
distress warrant in favor Of G. {. Patterson,
died at Jasper last week.
The third annual meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Nolusia
county, will be held at OrmOnd. leginning on
the evening of Dec. 3, and continuing until
noon Dec. z.
The cigar factory of George T. Covert at Or
lando, was broken into Friday night and about
300 cigars stolen This Is the second time his
place has been burglartzed and about 1000
cigars altogether have been taken.
East OF Orlando is located the fertilizer
works Of MeSsrs. Bewan & Beeman, who have
established a plant which renders into yalu-
able fertilizlng agent the contents of the
| buckets gathered every day from the city 5
closets
The new freight depot OF the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad Company, at Or
lando. is having added to 1t a second story to
! be devoted to the division Offices and to con
| tain commodious apartments for Capt, w b.
| Tucker, division superintendent Of the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad.
At Ocala Thursday night, when the alarm
| OF fire was sounded, Marshal Barganier made
| a dash from his home up town, coming by the
narrow gauge route. A large bulldog at
| tempted TO stop his speed, when the marshal
| drew his istol and fired at the canine but
! did not hit him. The owner had the marshal
| arrested.
Jasper News: We have seen great many
rare and curious objects II Hamilton county,
| but a crane seen here in Jasper last week
/ takes the cake. 1t stood fully 10 feet high
| its neck was about IS feet in length and the
| things bill was not an inch less than feet
! long. II was gigantic N proportions, power
! ful strong, and was OF yellow color.
The patents granted to citizens of Florida
! for the week ending Nov. IA, 1898, are reported
by the ONCE of j. r. Scale solicitor of patents
! as follows: Edward h. Henderson, Of San
| ford, wagon running gear: Andrew }. Near
/ thur, OF Gainesville, signaling and registering
! device for ice-making plant John W Sack
! EFT, OF ST. Augustine, hydraulic dredging ma
! chine.
! At Green Cove. last Monday morning. Judge
! Black had before him r.. p. Douglass OF
! Middlehurg who had been arrested or war
| rant issued upon the a!hdayitof l. ee Hof-
! man, cLaeg ,ng ntm with illegally mpersonat.
! Ing justice OF the peace. Mr. douglass
! waived examination and Aa.e bond in the
! sum OF $50 or his appearance at the next
| term OF the circuit court.
! J, II. Mooney left Orlando and was away
! for five and one-han days on business Ia st
| week While away he drove 10 miles, sold
thIee fine organs and one sewing machine,
| killed two deer and 1853 quail He killed
| slNty-six quail and drove thirtyeight mules
] the last day, and was not hunting either. He
! says he killed twenty nine quail at twenty
Shots \au singles. ald later in the day made
| another run OF fifteen straights.
Tampa Times. The crop is now being gath
| cred from the big orange grove on Nebraska
| avenue, owned by Charles Gay, and superin-
] tended by Frank Palmer. IL is estimated
| that the crop will aggregate Il. 900 boxes and
/ the fruit has been sold on the trees to II a
! RULER for 90 cents Yer box. This VIII make