The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-30
FLORIDA,

The Barco postonice, in Levy county, has
! been suspended.
The people of Orlando are enjoying ripe to-
| matoes grown in the open air.
! r. D. Waite of Belleview, is shipping about
| fifty orange trees to Central America.
! Capt. Francis A. Andrea. chief Of police
! Of st. Augustine, has rendered his resignation.
The phosphate shipments from Fernandina
| from Dec. up 10 date amount to $780, valued
| at ISL, $40.
! Last week Messrs. Lackey, Dees and Row
land killed large bear In the western portion
| OF Orange county
| Louis Cone, the biggest liveryman in the
state, has bought the entire livery outfit of
| McCrary & Henderson, at Tampa.
The state board OF health Is preparing data
| for its annual report for 1893. which will be
published some time in February.
St, Armand, Jr., Of Sarasota, says that the
Buffum Loan and Trust Company of Ocala
are buying the keys" along Sarasota bay
for the purpose OF engaging in lemon culture.
Shad fishing in the st. Johns river does not
improve any, and the fishermen are discour-
aged They say that unless something is
done to protect the spawning grounds on the
upper st. Johns shad fishing will soon become
failure.
Five crates of tomatoes. the first of the sea-
son, were shipped from Eagle Lake, in Polk
county, one day last week. They were grown
by Mr.. Lassiter on Lake Eloise. Tomato
planting however, has not ceased. The grow
ing crop is said to be very good
Inc kt. kew. w. 4. Gray, DlS1Op OF the mis-
| sionary diocese Of Southern Florida. was at
| St Marys church, at Daytona for contirma-
| ton last week. After the services at the
| church there was reception at the Palmetto
house, which the bishop seemed to enjoy
| much.
Mrs Mary P Thrasher about IS years of
| age, q resident Of Lake City, since 1854, was
| found dead in her room Thursday at the
| Thrasher house, which she owned. She ate
dinner to-day in usual health and afterward
| retired to take nap, from which she never
! awoke, being dead when discovered about
night She was born Miss Dexter, of st.
Augustine
Bronson Times-Democrat: The postoflce
was entered one night last week through one
of the front windows by some thief who evil
IDENTIFY expected 10 make rich haul. But
what a mistake. Uncle Sam lost about %
cents IN pennies and Mrs. Lindsay's pocket
book containing 80 cents is also non est. he
thief had no need of stamps and postal cards
and passed them by.
Two years ago A. Livingston, of Green
Bush, N. y, purchased the ground on the
northwest corner of RidgewoOd and Live Oak
avenues, at Daytona, for a hotel site. He
prepared to erect house of from 70 TO 100
rooms. His cath put stop to the scheme
for the time being. 1t has just been deter.
mined by his heirs to carry out the original
plans. and work may be begun soon.
p. j. Canova was very severely burned
Tuesday night while aiding at the Christmas
tree given by the ladies of the Catholic
church at Green Cove Springs. Santa Claus
engaged Mr.. CanONa 10 take MS place at the
tree and distributeShe presents tor the little
ones. He accidently got too close to one Of
the tapers and his clothing caught fire The
flames spread over him and he became uncon..
scious before aid could be rendered. He now
lies in critical condition but resting under
| the influence Of opiates.
! Braidentown Journal: W. r. Hallock has
made discovery which promises to be of
! great value to irrigatorS of this county. He
| has recently purchased a tile-mal1ing ma
| chine, in which properly prepared mortar is
| poured, and which turns out and lays as it
! goes continuous cement pipe. The machine
| Is very simple, resembling large pump, and
| If it proves a success will certainly be
| valuable assistant in irrigation. The ques ion
! is being asked in this connection, if our arte-
| sian water will not leave a sediment in the
! pipe which will eventually fill it up2
The club house Of the Tropical Fruit Com
| pany, at Panasonkee outlet, was burned to
| the ground Wednesday night. None OF the
! furniture and little OF the clothing of the in
| mates was saved, Over fifty large, fine bear
! ing orange trees, laden with fruit. we're de.
stroyed The loss is fully $1,000. The build
| ing was a fine one, and its lpss at this time,
| especially, will seriously emtarrass the com
pany, as but small part OF their large and
! fine crop Of fruit has been shipped. 1t is not
| known whether there was any Insurance The
| fire is supposed to have caught from defec-
tive lue.
An alteration occurred at Lacoochee
! Wednesday between j. w. OBerry, stock
man and butcher, and negro by the name Of
| been passed between them the negro went
| home; he soon after returned with an army
pistol in his hand, and when the parties met,
| the negro seemingly made an attempt to use
| his pistol, and Mr.. O'Berry being on the alert
| used his doubledbarrel shotgun first, and
| killed Washington instantly. The coroner
| could not find any cOndemning evidence
against Mr.. OBarry, therefore did not render
verdict.
Pensacola News: Arthur Van Alst, the TO-
year-old hoy who was shot by the 9year old
n lsNfaW al
sttllalive The 44-calber bullet which entered
his head has not yet been extracted. and his
condition is, OF course, critical. The NEWS
was informed Wednesday evening by his ply.
stefan, DR.. w. T.. Jordan, that he would or
Thursday extract the right eye the sight OF
which was destroyed by the bullet What
effect this operation will have on the sight OF
the other eye remains to be seen. No Of
fetal investigation OF the shooting has yet
been made.
Ocala New Capitol: A sensation in colored
circles occurred Tuesday night Mary Jacobs
the daughter OF Arch Jacobs, o wellknown
colored man, was to be married to one Nc
Addln, school teacher at Palmetto. The
ceremony was to take place at the family resi-
dence in the Third ward Tuesday night but
the faithless lover failed to come to time
The host and hostess of the occasion had
made grand preparations, killing eight tur
keys, five hogs, four chickens and preparing
many other dishes. 1t was to be swell affair
The edlbles were kept over to Wednesday
night, hoping the groom would show up
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the moon.
Key West Equator Democrat:,A young mar
thought TO have some fun the other day and
telegraphed to q lady friend in Tampa thai
her sister here was expected to die, to come
right'away, The lady came, and upon arrival
found the telegram was all hoax. She went
TO the office and found out who sent the mes
sage. She then made complait to the sender
that she was earning good living at Tampa
ana was losing money by having TO come here
upon false report. She demanded that he
pay cost of the trip, which he promised to Dc
the next day. Instead of'doing this however
he left last night for Tampa. The lady is still
without revenge, though she threatens TO sue
him for 1t when she returns
+. c. Campbell of San Mateo went to Pa
latka tuesday afternoon in company with
Robert Fallon, promising TO return on the
evening train. When Palatka was reached
Campbell notified his companion according
to the latter, that he had left san Mateo fol
good and would sail on the next steamed
leaving Port Tampa for Havana. Fallon re
turned home and brought the message to Mrs
campbell. TWAS. then learned that Camp
bell had taken a trunk with all his persona
effects and about $50 OF his employers money
campbell came to san Mateo about two years
ago, and has been employed on Mr.. Flagler's
evergreen grove most OF the time. Last July
he was elected town marshal, but the mayoi
threatened to suspend him on account of his
| dlsslpated habits, and he was compelled tC
resign about six months ago He married
! MISS Gertrude HuutipV Of A n