The morning news., 1894-09-21

hcient to stop the passage OF small craft was
seen tctwt e the draw and the old Gardner s
. Eaton ware house at Palatka.
F Jacksonville Citizen: Orange buyers from
the north are now coming in. severa firms
have reopeued olices here. Ia a talk with
one OF their buyers yesterday the Citizen re-
porter was told that the yield Jhls season. Il
no storms came, would De more than 5.UUUt
boxes.
Palm Beach Gazetteer: The Orange County
Reporter suggests that Florida have "a $ ate
building al the Cotton states Exposition %
! be held at Atlanta. 7 he suggestion is timely
one. Florida must do her best there the east
coast in particular. We want TO begin IN
time.
/ Tampa Times: Col. Paul 3 Lalane is in
receipt OF letter from George W. Wilson.
collector OF internal revenue for the state OF
Florida, which conveys the news that he has
been appointed deputy collector Ot internal
revenue for Tampa upon apprOE o. OF his Old.
He VIII take charge Of the ONCE on Oct. 1.
At Crows Bluff a new industry has struck
the country. Contracts for an unlim tea sup
ply OF saw palmetto berries have been taken
by merchants. This furnishes work Tor "a
good many out o. employment. The prices
paid are 55c 10 81 per 100 pounds, or cents
per pound dried. a good hand can pick from
800 10 5JJ pounds. green. day.
The Palatka town council has passed an
ordinance granting the electric light company
franchise to put IN plant and poles In the
city. The ordinance was opposed by the gas
company through its representative. The
Haskell The electric it, ht company say
they viii have their plant in by Jan. !, lsa5
South Lake Weir's crop OF oranges is esti-
mated at from a5 900 to 5000 tOEcs and from
5000 10 1000 boxes of lemons. Fruit never
was finer nor have the groves ever presented
a more pleasing picture to the eye. sneak
lug about the condition and color Of oranges,
the indications are that fully 50 per cent. VIII
oe rlSsets. from the presence Of the mite on
the fruit
Mrs. Hanson OF South Lake Weir was driv-
ing along the road when a garter snake lying
10 the road, was run over. but throwing itself
around the pokes the re vOlviug wheel throw
IL into the bed of the wagon at the feet OF the
70 driver, who, seeing the living symbol Of
Ewes iempter Was so surprised that IL almost
threw her into Mysteries before her frantic
screams brought assistance, who slew the
dreaded monster.
At noon Wednesday the neighborhood Of
the Ocean View hotel, At st. Augustine. was
startled by an alarm Of man overheard and
a large crowd haSteued to the wharf. whence
the cries from a little boy struggling IN the
water came. In less than TWO minutes twenty
people were at the scene ana, quick as nash.
a stranger SprauE overheard. seized the ex-
hausted and EaspInE hoy and placed him sa aIe
on the wharf. where mis- terrified mother and
father took him dripping and crying to the
hotel
Cigarmakers in Key West have united to
compel manufacturers to pay schedule prices
for their goods. Several of the smaller fac
tories have been WORKING under price and
since the recent strike at y. Pohalski a Co s
factory meetings have been held, committees
have teen appointed ana the workmen en-
ployed in those factories who have devlated
from he schedule prices have been asked 20
Join the strikers IN their Cudeavors to obtain
better prices for their work, which request
met VITA favor among the majority of the
WOrkmen.
For the past four or five months there have
been numerous theftS committed in ana about
Palatka, the articles appropriated from time
TO time possessing more or less value The
marauders were well supplied with keys and
no residence was exempt from their intrusion.
Efforts had repeatedly been made TO capture
them. with no success. Their crimes becOm-
ing so common and atrocious OF late sheriff
Hagan organized posse Wednesday and in
stltuted a search for the erratiCs and the
stolen property. The rogues proved to be d
band of negroes. two men and a woman. who
lived in the cottage opposite the cemetery on
Kirby street. sheriff Hagan and his posse
visited the locality and saw indications Of
something having been buried under the
hOuse. the sheriff proceeded to investigate
and found a large dry goods box ulled with
stolen articles OF various kinds, such as
clothing, books, umbrellas and trinkels Of
different kinds.
Maj Wright Of oxford had quite an expert
ence with q COW ana her yearling. They dis
appeared for day or TWO and all traces were
lost Of them. The majors small negro boy
was passing through field OF Dege az weeds
when he suddenly came TO an opening in the
ground an examination OF which proved to
be an old we'll, over which some rails had
been thrown. The boy looked down and he
could discern the faint outlines OF an animal
He reported the fact to the major and the lat
ter secured a windlass and ropes and
released the captive bovine none
the worse for her sudden and pre-
cipltate descent. Major Wright started to
leave the spot, when the little negro boy in
sisted he heard something else in the we'll
but the major applied his eyes and ears and
could neither see nor hear anything. The Doy 5
eyes were keener, and he said he could dis
cover the outlines of something in the Old
well. The boy was lowered down. and sure
enough he there found the imprisoned year
ling. II was drawn up and like its mother
it was found whole Of body and sound Of
limb. The animals fell twenty feet and,
strange TO relate, received no injury.