The morning news., 1894-11-21

at New Smyrna.
Orlandos young men are going 10 or
ganize a business league.
W. S. Calhoun has 700 cocoanut trees
in bearing ia Lee county.
a camp of tramps near RockIedge a few
days ago was raidcd by citizens, and each
tramp given iogging ana told TO move
on.
Lafayette county has a bran new iail,
erected by the Pauly Jail Building and
Manufacturing Company, at a cost OF
$3.50.
Michael Hughss formerly Of Lcvy county
died in Boston on Nov 5, ia his sfth year.
he has a son rasrling ia Gainesville, l..
T. Hughes.
There are more northern visitors in
Gainesville at present than there has been
for years and every train from the north
brings more.
One stove in Plant Cit; last week sold
twelve pairs OF shoes to Two families,
and another store sold seventeen Tairs
cf kid gloves 10 different persOu7 IN one
day.
A Plant City man namoI Illlybrilse has
gone on trapping expedition 20 Tnues
south of Plant City, where he alone will
spend several months away from civ
tlization.
Thieves broke into the store of ]. [.
Rush at New Smyrna and secured fine
revolver and about Sl4 in money and some
other articles, Wednesday night. There is
no clew TO the robbers.
Col, Y. ]. shpmll and Mrs. Emma P
Greenwood wers ull.sl in the holy houps
OF matrimony at the home of the bride
in Cambrdgeport, Mass, on Wednesday,
Nov. H. The happy couple will be at
home to their friends in Lawtey after
Dec Is.
George Parry, who has been employed
on the steamboat St. Lucie, al Eau Galue
accidentally shot himself with a pistol
Monday night The ball entered the left
leg just above the knee, causing a pain
ful flesh wound, from which he viii be
laid up for awhile.
Rev. George Leslie ot Fort Myers start
ed for the everglades last Thursday mora
ing for the purpose of making visit
to the camps of the Saminotes on the r D.
He viii be accompanied by AIr ana Ms
W. II. Brown, who are familiar with
the language and customs of the Indians,
and who really haze more influence over
them than any one else.
Calhoun Times: real estate deal has
been made, by which the celebrated Nook
grove passes from the possession of the
Keyes family. This once veritable para
disc was settled by DR.. j. X. Keyes, i'm
mediately after the war. Any kind OF
fruit you could mention was found here,
besides ornamental shrubbery Of ali
kinds. Mr.. Shelton Blackner of Salisbury,
n. c., is the purchaser, and paid 5000
for 1t.
A fully equipped steamboat is to be
placed on East Bay to make the round
trip from St Andrews to Wetappo. The
Cult Steamship Company, seeing the ne
cessity OF having q means to set freight
and passengers from st. Andrews to the
head Of the bay, have already secured
the &.-L., a boat Of eight tons capacity,
at Mobile, and are having the boiler put
in perfect order, to be all ready to launch
within the next thirty days.
The one-story residence of George
/ Averitt, hall a mile north Of Tallahassee,
was destroyed by fire Sunday morning
The property was purchased by Mr.. Aver
| lit only a few days ago. and the deed
! executed after supper Saturday night Dr.
| Hunt was occupying the house and his
| trunk was all that was saved from the
building. The doctor was awakened about
1 3 a. m. and discovered thst the house was
on fire above him. The loss is fully 81, 900.
with $500 insurance in the Phoenix OF
| Brooklyn.
! The store Of A. A. McRae at Melrose
was broken open on Saturday morning
at about / o'clock The safe was blown
open and robbed. AS near as Mr.. McRae
can tell the safe contained S45, as follows
so in gold, two SIS bills. one check on II.
r. Dutton & Co. OF Gainesville, for 50, In
favor OF A. L. McRae. and one in favor
OF A. A McRae, Tor $3.50. signed by J. A.
/ shannon; one S2 bill, and two 81 bills,
| remainder in silver Mr. McRae did not
go to his store until late Sunday evening
/ He has no clew, but thinks the job was
done by some one, who, while not an ex-
/ perts understands the use Of tools.
Orlando Reporter: Policemen Mathews
and Carter came in Monday morning haV
ing in custody Charles Simpkius and JOIN
Heminway, colored, whom they arrested
below the city At an early hour this morn
ing They were taken up upon suspicion
of being implicated in the murder Of Fret
Lewis at Land Pebble, which occurred 6
few days ago, Marshall McPatter of Eis
sinmee having wired Marshal Prestor
here last night that Alonzo Joshua VIII,
was known to have committed the mur
der, had left Kissimmee on the train which
arrives here at ll;51 Policemen Mathew,
and Carter went down 10 the wood racl
Just below Orlando and met the train
thinking that Joshua would likely get of
there. rather than come through on III,
train. as he had reason 10 think he -oul,
be intercepted here. Simpkins and Hem In
/ way, who also came up on the train, fel
I into the amhuscade arranged by the om
GERS, who fell upon them. The crook
drew their pistols on the officers but for
I tunately they were overpowcred befor
they had time 70 shoot. They are said L
have also drawn their guns on Conducto
Bodow at Big Cypress last night, en- rout
70 Orlando. They are now reposing In tn
county jail here 10 await trial az tn
criminal court