The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-22

Beng lu exactly the ll roper state Oh lli-
toNicauon, he struck ON his lace ana lett
upon the transient surface OF the snow
the imprint of his hilarious feat nres-
which received more lasting Impressions
of the fall than the ground dld
FLORIDA.
Postmaster Mcleod has ordered a new
outfit for the postofiice at DcLand-
Bowling Green's new paper viii probab-
~ appear in the course of week or TWO.
The College Arms at DeLand, John 3.
Stetson's 100000 hotel. IS almost finished,
and viii be opened on Feb. j.
The conference Of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society is now IN session at
the Methodist church at Tampa.
". r. Fuller Of Braidentown has sold out
his mercantile business TO Mes-rs. lteld a.
Stuart. who viii take charge Feb. J.
The annual convention Of the Christian
church of Florida has just held its annual
session at DeLand. About fifty delegates
We're IN attendance.
John Francis Spelman, son Of G. II.
Spellman, OF the grocery firm of Conway
& Spellman of Orlando. died at the resi-
dence of his father Friday night.
The grand lodge Of Aissons OF Florida
has sold a part Of lot I Of fractional block
200 at Jacksonville 10 Charles Blum for
s. 500. The lot adJoins the Masonic Tenn
pie.
The .tewelry department Of W A. Al
len & cos drug store at DcLand was bur
glarized Friday night ana ffty-twO
watches which had been left for repairs
We're taken.
The great sugar mill at ST. Cloud. near
Orlando, is not IN operation this winter.
on account OF the loss OF cane. All of the
cane that was saved from the frost will
be required for planting and extending the
area of the sugar cane fields.
A vacant dwelling at Chipley. belonging
10 j. r. Shoemaker Of COtondale. was
burned last Thursday morning between
and o'clock. The house had been vacant
some time. hence the hre must have been
incendiary. Loss $1,000, covered by in
surance.
At Mount Dora I. H. LarSin was ar
rested for an assault upon his wife with
intent 10 kill Between 2 and 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon Mr. Larln shot at his
Wife with revolver four times. three of
the bullets taking efIect-Oue in the throat,
one in the back and the third in the scalp,
but the wounds viii not prove fatal.
At Oviedo orange growers are more
hopeful than they have been since the
freeze occurred. Mandarin trees are put
ting out new growth, and other varieties
are expected to show up similarly i'm a
few days Should the expected cold spell
Jan. 23-29-fail to put in its appearance
this year, a good crop may be relied upon
for next season.
Brooksville Star: The jury in the Eng
lish murder trial brought i'm verdict Fri
day night OF not guilty and the prisoner
was discharged. This was rather a sur
prise TO a great many, especially to those
who heard the evidence and the judges
charge to the jury. The evidence went to
show pretty ConclusiVely that English was
over-stepping the bounds of his authority
when he did the killing, and that the
negro Bradley, though drunk at the time
of the shooting. did not give enough pro-
vocation TO be killed.
The Florida Coast Canal and Transpor-
tation Company has made grant of 1922
SI7 acres of land to the jacksonville, St.
Augustine and Indian River railroad. The
grant is 300 acres to every mile Of rail-
road between Fort Pierce and West Palm
Beach. but there not being enough land
available between the two points, the
deeds cover lands extending as far as Bis
cayne Bay. This grant IS made by rea-
son of the increase in value of the lands
of the Canal and Transportation Company
by the building OF the railroad through
the territory granted by the state to the
canal company.
Howard A. Lennon of Reading, Pa, was
capsized from sail boat on Lake Verona
at Avon Park and drowned before assis-
lance could reach him. He was unfamiliar
with sailing, and Went out, nOtWltnstand-
ing the entreatV of friend, who stood
on the bank. unable to give assistance.
The lake was dragged for nearly an hour
before the body was recovered. Mr.. Len
non came 10 Florida about two months
ago on account Of Id health. lie was SUI
fering with the first stages Of consump-
tion He was a young man OF good char
acter and well liked. lie leaves a wild
owed mother in the north.
Herman Bucl died at Glenwood on Thurs
day, and was buried Friday Between
fifty and a hundred students OF the Stet-
son University a DeLand. attended the
school. He was a member of the foot ball
association, and during the game OF
THANKSGIVING day played IN one Of the
teams II is said that in this game he re-
ceiVed injuries that ended fatally. This is
denied by some. The physicians in atten-
dance. while admitting that his death was
the result of a blow or injury to the head,
do not claim that It was received in the
game Of foot bail. His parents, however,
are Of the opinion that such was the case.
Mr. Buel was a young man OF high char
acter and the only son OF G. NJ. Buel one
Of the largest orange growers OF Glenwood,
Foot ball playing has been prohibited by
the president of the university.
An interesting case came up In the mu-
nicpal court at Orlando Satur-
day, when J. Sullivan and Mrs
]. Sullivan We're called on to
duct The case of the man was called
first He sat bluhbering like a spanked
child in the court room: lie had been
locked UP over night, while the woman
had been fortunate enough to find a bonds
man. The woman was young and pretty
and when taken into the court room, where
her husband had preceded her she gave
him the cold shoulder, i'm spite of his
pleading attitude and the supphcatiOn Of
his outstretched hands Sullivan pleaded
guilty to the charge, but CLAIMED that u
was only love quarrel between himself
and his wife. The woman pleaded not
guilty and one witness was called lie
testified that there was no disorderly con
duct on the part of the wife, only griei
and Indignation at the tearing no Of her
hat and kicking it into the street by the
man who claimed her as MS Wtte. The
case against the woman was dismissed
and the husband was fined $50 or thirty
days on the street. After the cases had
tractlve and seemingly intelligent, freely
admitted that she was not SulhVan's
wife, but stated that they had been tray.
cling and giving entertainments together
She said that her home was I'M Canada
and that since she had been with Sullivan
she had been obliged 70 submit to a sue