The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10

Mrs. L. ]. DalIins died at Orlando Friday.
F. B. Carter is the newly elected mayor Of
Mariana.
Wild cats are said to be numerous in the
country about Daytona.
The salary of the mayor OF Gainesville has
been reduced to 50 a month.
The hotels look for heavy travel from the
west and northwest this season.
Mrs. John P Wall OF Tampa, was buried
Friday She died thursday afternoon.
John Fowler. of Apalachicola has cypress
log up the 0, klaw lha river that win cut 900
superficial feet OF lumber,
John. Wurtz, OF Green Cove, has sold his
large grove on Lake Swami to Mr.. Ryan OF
Syracuse, n. Y, for So, 900.
Col. s. A. Jones, Of Radnor Park In a letter
to the Tampa Times declines to enter the
race for the Tampa collectorship.
'Eighty-three fine dwellings," says Secre-
tary Fox, have been erected by the Ocala
Building and Loan Association"
At Oeala, Friday afternoon abort 4 O'Clock,
while Jatier LimGough was not in sight, four
negro prisoners made good their escape Oy
scaling the high wall built around the gallOws.
Over 200 hands are employed on the new
railroad from Starke to Lacrosse. The ROAD
will be competed between these points and
trains running in the course OF few weeks
At Kissimmee Tn Tsday a small girl named
Jennie Bass was standing near tire, when
something popped out of the flames and
struck her in the right eye, destroying the
sight
Two Cubans. who are wanted in Key West
in connection with the case of Luciano Mar
unez, who is reported to have committed
suicide there about ten days ago, were ar
rested at Tampa Friday.
James Mott, OF Orlando, a nurseryman, has
a fine specimen of grape fruit, containing only
four seeds. As most varieties OF this fruit
contain ABOUT seventy-fVe seeds. this may be
considered a greatly improved kind.
The Plant Steamship line carried 1900
boxes of oranges from the Manatee river in
the months OF October and Noven er OF 1892
This year the same line carried 25,000 boxes
Of oranges from Oct to Nov. rs, 1898.
Information WAS received at Orlando Fri
day Of fire in Plant City Thursday night
that burned the barn and two horses belong
ing to the Smyth Orange Company. It is sup
posed the fire was OF incendiary origin.
Ebert Pittman aged SO years, died in the
county Jail at Mariana last Saturday. He
was United States prisoner. sentenced at
Pensacola to thirty days in the Jail but had
only served two when death claimed him.
The citizens of Lacrosse and surrounding
country are making extensive preparations
for rig tournament at Prospect park on
Christmas, A programme consisting OF mask
riding. sack races, foot races, etc, will be
carried out.
There was great sarprise at Ccala Thursday
when it was learned that Percy Williams and
ried Nov. .. 1873, Rev. J. M. Pike ofnciating.
The event took place in the pastors study,
ana was kept secret until Thursday.
The beautiful and coy home OF q. r. Nc
Kay, at 1stachatta, on the South Florida road
was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The
family was absent at the time. The house
and furniture we're valued at s, 000. The loss
to the entire property, including fruit trees
and personal effects, will amount to s., 600.
There was no insurance.
St. Augustine News: w. W Dewhur st has
planted out several hundred mandarin and
tangartne orange trees and $50 peach trees
around his home. In digging out the old
trees, killed by the salt water during the
severe storm 1t was found that the roots were
rapidly rottibg away. Hundreds of trees in
the city we're killed by the storm, and there
is little prospect of any trees which have lost
their foliage ever revivins.
Jesse Frierson's barn in the Alaha neigh
borhood Ia Htllsboro county, was burned
Thursday night with large stock OF feed and
this years crops. Two horses and mule
we're also burned. The horses belonged to
Mr.. BTeedlove, the orange buyer Of Plant
City who was att Mr.. Frierson's gathering the
orange crop. Willie & Greene, the livery
men. had eleven head OF stock in the barn;
one Of their mules was burned to death sew
eral horses injured and six escaped and have
not yet been caught. 1t Is not known how the
ire originated