The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15
MORNING NEWS SUNDAY JANUARY 15 8s3TwEIvE

some pattern and Of full size. and is of solid
gold.
A. J. Williams, an old white man who
lives at Knights station. near Plant City,
but spends most OF his time in Tampa ped
ding country produce, was robbed Of $50
while asleep 10 boarding house at Tampa
Thursday.
An important phosphate deal was con-
summated in Gainesville Monday. The Ohio
phate lands situated little above Fort
White aud will remove their plant from An
thony to the new location.
A few mandarins sand taugerines have
been the only oranges thus far injured by
frost or freeze on the Halifax coast. Trees
are entirely uninjured, but potatoes, toma-
toes, beans. ETC., are badly demorAlized and
will require replanting in many cases.
A receiver in the person of N. +. Wilson
| of Clermont has been appointed for the
stores, saw-mill and crate factory OF Leslie
* Gaynor Of ClermOnt Lake county, and
Laeoochee, in Pasco county. Dissatis-
faction among the partners was the cause.
At Tampa Friday g. H. atruss, furni-
ture dealer, discharged his negro drayman.
The negro became enTaged and assaulted
Struss with a razor, cutting off one ear and
infiicting a dangerous wound on the throat.
The negro fed and has not been captured.
| Dtiubs IL III u uaikeTOus COuuitloU.
The veteran journalist, Ramon Rivero Y
! Rlvero, will commence at Tampa next
week the publication OF a weekly newspa-
! per under the title OF Cuba. Mr.. Rivero
established the first Spanish newspaper in
| Tampa, the ReuiStd de Florida, with which
| he did a great deal OF good work for the
town, being instrumental in inducing many
of his couatrymen to locate there.
Barlow Courier In Ormdnt: We have
had special reports from the famous lake
region, and, although the frost of last week
was tue severest since 1886, practically no
damage was done. In some OF the low
places and bay heads few tomatoes we're
scorched in spots, but we have heard Of not
| one crop being killed outright. On the
| elevations one would scarcely know that we
! had frost
E. o. Painter has returned to DeLand
! from his voyage to England, after an alb
/ sence of nearly two months He had rather
an adventurous time Of it both going and
| coming. Going over on the Ethelwold he
| encountered rough weather and was ont
fifteen days Returning on the Britannia
he also encountered storms and was out
nearly two weeks, it being the longest trip
this steamer had made for many years.
Barlow Courier In fOrmGnt: The Whit
aker Phosphate Company of Homeland
| have sold the oranges on the old Wilson
! grove for 81 box on the trees and Will
lam Lyle, one of the expert orange shippers
| OF Polk county. estimates the grove at about
! 5000 boxes. This grove was raised with
out 81 worth Of commercial fertilizer being
| put on it till last year, which clearly shows
what this county can do In raising oranges.
Judge Johu D. Broome held special ses-
| sion of the circuit court at Kissimmee last
week to try Thomas Bass, charged with the
murder Of Bart. Johns several years since
When the killing took place Bass fed, but
| was subsequently, arrested aud put on trial
! The jury failed to find a verdict, and last
week he was on trial on the same charge.
A Jury was impaneled Wednesday and the
testimony was submitted Thursday. Johns
was an old resident and Bass an ex-sheriR
OF the county. The killing occurred on a
cattle ranch and was brought about by
some trouble over Q cattle deal. Bass plead
guilty Of murder In the fourth degree, and
was fined $500 and the costs, amounting to
$3.50 more. Failure to pay entails years
imprisonment.
On Dec. "a s. G. Childs, student in the
Lake City Military School, and resident
OF st. James City, Fla, left his home for
Jacksonville, where he took passage on the
Clyde steamship Seminole for New York.
de was TO enter a school at Highlands, n.
Y, preparatory TO entering the West Point
aoodemy az cadet, he having received the
appointment to a cadetship from the Sec
onu ulstrlct IN rlorloa- agent lronmonRer
is confident that the boy sailed from jack
sonvtlle, and is also confident that he landed
in New York, as he had considerable bag
gage, and had anything happened to him
on the passage the officials would have been
notified. Young Childs was about % years
of age, a bright, intelligent scholar, total
abstainer from liquor and all bad habits.
and was devoted TO his parents. He had
considerable money on his person. 1t is
Thought when he landed in Nav Xork that
being stranger, he fell into the hands of
toughs and was foully dealt with His
parents are distracted with anxiety.