The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-30
FLORIDA.

Palatka Public School No. 1 has a daily
attendance of 28O pupils.
The steamship Alonqun from Jackson
Vile carried out among other freights, on
her last trip north, $500 boxes of oranges
The friends of John Bradford, an old
man who spent his time catching crabs
around the wharves in front of Jackson
Vile fear.that he has been drowned.
The pen with which Cen. Lew Wallace
wrote the famous novel "Ben Hur" or "A
Tale of the Christ" is owned by Miss
Aurelia Fletcher of Orlando, the author
himself having presented it to her.
At Yallaha the fall gardens, which were
in such flourishing condition, have been
sadly damaged by the storm water in
many instances overlooking the low ham,
mock land where they were located
A J. Pellicer Sr., an old and highly
esteemed resident of St. Augustine while
doing some work in his yard on Cordova
street Saturday morning was stricken
down with apoplexy, and his condition is
critical
The steamer Gazelle is delivering box
material to the orange growers at Yallaha
and they are astir getting ready to mar
ket their fruit. AS yet but few oranges
have gone from that section. A few have
been sold on the trees for 30 cents per box.
Bertola & CoreH of DeLand shippers
of oranges to foreign ports, received last
week returns for their first shipment of
81 boxes, which were sold on Oct. 10 at
Liverpool for 16 shillings, or 81 per box
gross. This is $3.50 per box net on the
trees to the shippers.
John Hy Johson who was last week
sentenced to death for the murder Of
William Hines. declares he was con-
demned on false evidence and has writ
| ten to the pastors OF several OF the
] III, IF both white and
! ored. asking for help to raise funds to
! secure a new trial.
| The British gunboat Partridge, Capt
! MeAnister, 75S tons, with crew of seven
| weight mem arrived al Pensacola Satur-
day from Charleston. She is paying an
! official visit to the British vice consuls in
| the south. The British vice consul at
1 Pensacola. c. O. Howe, paid an Official
visit in full unifirm to Capt McAllister
as soon as the Partridge dropped anchor
/ in the bay.
TIE city commissioners or Pensacola
! are considering the ACCESSIBILITY of hold
of issuing 100000 of interest-bearlng fund
/ ing certificates for the purpose of paying
the floating debt.of the city. At the cleo
{ ton held recently there was a verv smau
vote cast and the majority was against
/ the issuance of the Certihcats. A meet
ing Of property holders win be held to-
day TO discuss the question.
The growing town OF Newberry, in the
northwestern portion Of Alachua county
has been Incorporated, and at an election
held recently the following officers were
elected: Mayor. j. f. Wells aldermen,
. n. A. Faulkner, Lee Burnett, T. NJ VIII
uams. G.. 3. Easterln ana J. D. Easter
lin; clerk. j. II. Love; tax collector w. p.
williams; assessor, Grant Cowan; treasu-
rer, q. G.. Moody marshal, NJ C.. Rich.
A countryman was I'm Tampa Saturday
and in his team there was a cage contain
ing thirty-eight live rabbits, which he was
selling for % cents each. This man makes
regular living boy catching and selling
rabbits He has "a pack of dogs that chase
them 90 a hollow log. tree. or q hole from
which be effects their capture without
injurIuR them. he generally brings ir
about nfiy % week. ana always finds d
ready sale for them
AZ Master John Hunt Of Lakeside was
going 90 tae nearest uelFhh0rH, boz was
seen 90 stop. and ODE dog with him be-
gan 90 bark violently IiIs ucIrhb0r. Mrs.
D0dd, noticed ihr Dog. and when fhn went
put was hpunfd no rea "a large rattle.
sHaka raiDI ready t0 strike. She called
fo fnf Ifle b1Y f0 nre. ~ Hhc Dol GOOD
shot nbe ran apd cot her gun an1 kGlcl