The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-02

Artber V. wetherly Of Athens, Ga. died at
Orlando Tuesday.
There is a movement on foot to establish
canning factory at Gainesville.
J. W. Peck Of Brooksvile has applied for a
patent on an improved orange sizer-
l. NJ Meyer, of the firm of NJ. Loeb & Co., has
purchased the Smith property at Palatka
G. F. sickles Of Gainesville consigned 2)2
quarts of strawberries 70 A. 5. COOK, Ne"
York, on Monday.
Z. L. Morse of Belleview has recently bought
the grove Of @. A. Manchester; also a peach
orchard Of the same party.
Floral City is 70 have q furniture factory.
The material 70 BE- used is Florida forest hard
woods, such as'hicEory. oak, ash aud some3softer
kinds such as cedar, bay and magnolia
c. W. Smith, who, with his wife, is spending
the winter at Orlando, has received information
from his home at Nashville, Mich, 70 the elect
that be had been elected chief OF the nre depart
ment in that city.
The Winter Park school near Orlando received
the South Florida fairs silver medal for the
best fancy drill on Childrens day at the fair.
and Samuel Tucker Of Sanford was awarded the
silver medal for the best defamation.
John L, Inglis @. X. Dutton aud Ralph Bar
ker have applied for charter for proposed
railroad from DunnellOn south through the
counties Of Citrus, fernando, Pasco and Hills
boro TO deep water on the west side OF Tampa
bay.
There will be meeting OF the teachers OF
fernando county In the court house ia Brooks
vile on next Saturday 10 consider the adysa-
bility OF adopting a course OF study for Her
nando county schools. The meeting was called
by Supt A NJ. Q. Russell
T. DENLY picked eighty-one quarts Of straw
berries from his place near Gainesville, Tuesday.
They were of an excellent Quality, being very
large and well shaped. This is the largest
opening 10 strawberry picking on record in
Alachua county II is expected that they VIII
sell at from 81 TO 81 50 per quart in the northern
markets.
Chipley Banner: About six months ago a
man came into our town with wife and two
small children and stopped at the Collier house,
under the name Of J F. Cunningham. He re-
manned here a few days when he left. promis-
ing mis- wife to return in three days. From that
day to this he has not been seen in Cnipley
Mrs. Cunningham heard from him, perhaps two
or three times, he remittinR her a small amount
OF money. He has been written TO at Live Oak.
Key West and other places by both his wife and
Mrs. Collier, ecitinR no response. It has been
told here by drummer that he is principal of a
high school at Live Oak. About two weeks ago
he wrote one OF our citizens, stating that he had
been SICK.
Monday afternoon between and 3 O'Clock W.
J. Wilson Of Durbin, nineteen miles from St.
Augustine unoonsciously walked under engine
il OF the Jacksonville, st. Augustine and Indian
River railway and was killed. Mr.. Wilson was
au old resident OF that locality and had a wife
and eight children living near the depot. His
wife, who is an invalid, was in st. Augustine
under treatment, and he was coming 10 the city
TO see her. He ran out from behind the little
station to flag the train, which he thought was
some distance away, but just as he hurried to
the track the engine was upon him. He could
not get back and the side of the engine struck
him and he was thrown under the wheels, even
tue COW catcher did not touch him. Neither
the engineer nor his fireman saw anything Of the
unfortunate man until after the accident.