The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-14
FLORIDA,

Walter M, Davis and Miss Annie G. Acker-
man were married at Palatka Monday.
Robbers stole twenty-four revolvers, worth
sl4l, from w. A. Gilberts store, at Jackson
VILE, Sunday night
Robert Francis Epps, great greatgrand-
son of Thomas Jefferson, died at his home
near Orlando Saturday night.
Plans for a commodIous saw mill to be erect
cd at Old Woman's Bluff for Coombs & Co.. are
now in the hands Of the builders.
Orange blossoms are beginning to perfume
the air in Orange county. The trees are
blooming earlier than usual this year.
The schooner Tortugas sailed for Jackson
vile from Cocoanut Grove Monday with some
800 crates of tomatoes, consigned to the north
ern markets. The crop is very good.
The orange crop OF Citra is gradually being
sent north. There are only about IS 900 boxes
still to be shipped. 1t is thought that there
is not over 100000 boxes all told in the state
Sam Brown shot and killed London Ander-
son, at Elmwood, FIVE miles east of Willston,
Sunday night, in Marion county. Both parties
are colored. 1t was caused by cards and
whisky.
The marmalade factory at Killarney will
make line exhibit OF its manufactured
Florida products at the South Florida fair to
be held here beginning next Tuesday, the
10th instant.
Several citizens Of Mariana have thrifty
groves Of pecan, English and white walnuts
almonds and other nut bearing trees and are
preparing to add to them largely during the
present season.
Senator Don Cameron is at Kissmmee He
is charmed with hlssimmee. her climate and
prospects. IL is said that the senator Is there
for the purpose OF investing in the rich sugar
lands Of that section.
1t is estimated that over 200 acres in Jack.
son county will be planted in rice this season,
and machine for hulling the crop is being
put in al Ponce de Leon, on the Pensacola
and Atlantic railroad,
Capt Howard, OF the steamer Celestiue. re-
ported at Pensacola saturday night that a
man, whose name he did not know had fallen
from ligh err al skinner mill Saturday af.
ternoon and was drowned
Henderson Masman colored, met with a Sc
we're accident few days ago at the French
mines, near by, being caught between the
cars. His leg was broken and otherwise badly
crushed, but he will recover.
Last Monday night an endowment rank OF
the knights of Pythas was organized at
Apalachicola with the following officers:
President, John \. Davis, vice president, T.
w. Mlzenor; secretary, w. f.. Montgomery;
medical examiner, NJ. T. Alexander.
While the little son Of Charlie Andrews. OF
Anthony, was cEopptng wood Monday, his
little brother, years old, put his hand on the
piece his brother was Chopping: the ak
went down and cut OF the forehnger OF his
left hand, severely cutting the second finger.
thief secreted himself in Grady . Co
store al ApalachlcUla few nights since and
was locked up in the house During the
night he lowered himself down from an up.
stairs back window Mr.. Grady can not tell
what amount OF goods was taken from the
store
A mulatto named Hank Thompson thought
70 De one OF The participants IN the Wildwood
riot was arrested and placed IN iii az Fer.
nahdlna sunday night Thompson claims TO
De a brother-In law ~ Jessy Lambright. but
says thAt ne WHs ia Lcesburg during the riot
ana denies taking any part in 10.
Monday morning about 2 O'Clock. with the
assistance 0f an outsider Tom swain. under
ire sentence for the murder of Manuel 10.
reant, escaped from iail 40 tampa Tho large
IRON phfa were broken from the outside and
thc cen Ia which the prisoner was cOunned