The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-11

head with a piece OF timber By Press
/ Myers at Inverness on Dec 8. died trl4ay;
I The cOrOneTs jury returned verdict o.
I murder Myers was held for the ersNna
/ jury. one theory is justinable homleitte-
| burg mines
". ". Williams and partner from Jas
] per were arrested al Dade City saturday
morning by Sheriff 5. J. Odeu on a wire
| They were making their way in a buggy,
7 evading arrest until they reached that
T place They are charged with obtaining
( property under. false pretenses-
I The large cigar factory Of NJ. Baranco
4 q Co viii not be moved TO Tampa before
I Jan. ], on account Of an accident The
I frm had 5000 worth OF cigars on the Nal
I Tory steamship Alamo. which was re-
I Gently burned, and the customers az once
main in Key West long enough 70 MI the
[ order.
! In the United States court at Jackson
| Vile Saturday, r. r. AXteI. counsel for
I the receiver asked that Receiver Dur
kee be granted permission 20 extend the
I Deland branch Of the Jacksonville. Tam
pa and Key West railway from Deland
Junction 10 BeresfOrd. a distance OF one
mile. the cost of the extension TO be built
not to exceed S5,zop Mr. ANIeu s. talttt..
/ that all the parties at interest IN the SUITS
against the road had been notified that
Z the application would be made and no OBJ
I lection had been raised by any OF then
/ The court granted the order.
Alfred Tftusville who has been on
hunting trip down Indian river for rev
Jones, met with serious accidehI on
Sunday last. He was at st. Lucte Inlet
shooting ducks. and as he changed MS
position from one boat to another, he took
hold OF his gun by the muZzle, intending /
to take il with him. The trigger caught |
in the boat, the gun went on and the
charge entered his right arm near the I
shoulder, SCATTERING IL very badly. lie |
was brought up 10 Titusville on Monday I
mornings train and taken home where I
DR.. 7. +. James attended him.
Several davg ago Customs TnguectOr I
JaycOx seized a valise which was taken |
from the steamer Olivette at Key West I
valise had not passed through the hands |
of the inspectors and the manner OF the |
hackman aroused suspicion. He stated that |
a man gave him a baggage check Tor u
and he got the valise from the baggage /
room. Inspector JaycoX examined II and |
found in il about thirty reels of cigarettes.
The hackman. Thomas EVliH and the
porter Cloud were arrested and Wednes-
day they had a hearing before Commits
sioner Ramon Alvarez and We're bound |
over TO the next term Of the United States |
circuit court.
A handbag. containing some money and |
( other things, was snatched from the hands |
Of Mrs. A. b. Sparks Of 1875 West Adams |
street, at Jacksonville, Saturday night at
about o'clock by a young negro. who then |
ran off toward the junction and escaped |
Mrs. Sparks had been down town making
purchases, and was on her way home /
She took the LaNiila car and LETT 1t few /
steps beyond her residence. As she reached ]
the sidewalk in front of her house. a young I
negro came rushing b.. and graspng her
hand sachel wrenched II from her and
fled toward the railroad junction. Mrs
Sparks gave an alarm. but there was no
one to pursue the thief and he escaped /
| He is described as a short slim negro
wearing a gray felt hat and a grayinsh col
Ored suit of clothes.
Jacksonville Citizen: The orange crop is /
moving forward much earlier than il did
last season. Is the opinion given by prom
inent transportation man. The reason
given for this is that the growers are anN-
iOus to get their crops on the trees and
realize upon the fruit. The shipments
during the last week heve been exceed
/ ingly heavy, and the railroads and steam
ers running out Of Jacksonville have car
Tied large quantities Of the fruit forward.
The ST. Johns river boats have been bring
ing down thousands of boxes of the fruit
every trip. and their cargoes have in
some instances been large enough for
good sized ocean steamer. The city or
Jacksonville was loaded to her gunWales
saturday morning. bringing. in also boxes.
This is the largest cargo of oranges ever
carried by river boat
j. F. Pace, owner of one Of the Oldest
I and finest orange groves in the state, is
a guest at the Hotel COrdOva at st. Au-
I justine Mr. PAGES grove is near San
/ ford, and was planted over fifty years
/ ago. ii consists of less than six acres, on
which there are over five hundred trees.
/ In the great freeze of 1886 the crop was
ruined, but the trees were not damaged.
/ When the fruit fell there was not a
square foot of earth to be seen. The fall
[ len fruit covered the entire grove, and
eat for several weeks In a recent equity
casa it was necessary to produce
sa5 stafPent Of gF0ye This o tes
went on to state that for a long period of
| years, excepting the year of the freeze,
| the earnings of the grove amounted to
| from SO. 900 TO $1,000 per annum. The grove
is in as good condition to-day it ever
was. The trees are loaded with fruit that
/ viii not be sent to market for several
/ weeks The trees are planted close to-
1 gether and the boughs now interlace
1 completely shading the ground The
/ trunks of most of the trees are from ten to
/ twelve inches in diameter.
Billy Padelford was held up at Jack
| sonville Satur day night, near the opera
| house, by four white men. Mr. PadlefOrd
/ Knocked down two of them. and then
| they all fed, escaping through the park
! Mr.. Padleford, who is an athlete and
boxer, lives on Beaver street, and he gem
/ orally goes home by way of Laura street
/ As he neared the opera house corner on
/ Duval street late Saturday night, four
white men jumped out of a dark corner
and cried out: Hands up; or Wen blow
/ two hands went skyward instantly Il
/ have only two pennies with me-" said he
as he tried 10 edge up close TO the men, as
I he wasn't armed. 'We'n see about that"
/ roughly retorted the footpads. Two Of
/ them came forward and began unbuttou-
/ ing Mr. Padelfords coat TO search him
/ the other two standing by, thinking thai
the man was thoroughly at their mercy
/ AS the first man came within range, ''biff''
/ went Padelfords right, and the man tum-
/ hled like a log. His companion started
! forward with an oath, but the Jackson
| vile boxer gave him blow that laid him
4 by the side of his companion. The others
started 10 come forward, but the two men
/ noored scrambled hastily to their feet
/ and ran off with deep oaths, their friends
! followed. Mr. Padelford had no weapons
! and he didn't pursue them. The men
/ didn't display any weapons, but talked as
| If they We're armed.