The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27

broom corn. There is a factory IN SaNan-
nah that viii furnish the seed and con-
tract 10 purchase all Of the product.
The Gainesville pcstofice is the depOs-
itOry for over seventy-lve money order OF
/ hces, including Ocala. second class
office The business OF the pOstoftce com
pares very fav0rably with that OF last
year. Notwithstanding the freeze and the
prevailing DUH times There Is only one
percepuDle falling Off in any one brancn
Of the Office says the postmaster, and
that is in receipts for special request en-
/ Veiopes.
The Fort Myers Press says there are in
Lee country orange trees as heavily lao
en- with delicious fruit as il is possible
for them to stand up under. and grape
fruit trees are loaded down with great
clusters OF fruit, each fruit the size OF
small bowls. This is where trees nave
been halfway cared for during the past
two years and some trees four or five
years old are heavily ladened with fruit
in that country.
on Friday the First National Bank OF
Orlando pursuant TO the provisions OF
resolution adopted at a meeting Of the
the purely business grounds that IL could
not use the money 10 advantage ana
does not care to incur the expense Of the
necessary bookkeeping required TO keep
II. The bank is not embarrassed at all,
but Is simply not willing to handle money
lions.
st. Augustine Herald: At the funeral
of Mrs. A. T.. Hurd. a day or two ago,
a scene was enacted at WOOdlawn ceme-
terry which ii is hoped may never occur
again. The home of the deceased was
just inside the cemetery Enclosure, and
after the last rites had been performed
at the house IL was discovered that the
grave had not been dug, and those present
at the funeral had TO undergo the painful
suspense as well as sorrow OF witness
ing the digging of il before their very
eyes. II is claimed that this is the fourth
time that such a thing has occurred az
the cemetery. 1t certainly should be the
last.
A. w Poe arrived at Jacksonville Fri
day in covered wagon, accompanied by
three negroes. They drove the entire dis
lance from Chattanooga, and are bound
Tor Palm Beach, where they intend to 10
cate. The wagon is one OF the old time
covered farm wagons, and attracted con-
siderable attention as il was driven along
BAY street. Mr. Poe stated that he repre-
scented a party of settlers that intended to
come to Florida to locate, IL he found the
country favorable and reported in that
manner. The wagon was drawn by five
mules when the start was made, but two
OF the mules died while on the way, and
the remaining three appeared to be nearly
USED up. ~ is doubtful II they Will live
to reach Palm Beach The party will rest
at Jacksonville for few days, and then
proceed on their journey.
A curious case that has come up at the
present term of the United States court,
at Tampa, Is that of a negro postmaster
from the wilds of De Soto county. This
dusky politicians appointment was far
from acceptable to the citizens of the
town and they Immediately proceeded to
get even with him. This Is the way they
did it: In the lower grade postohices the
1ncumbents remuneration depends on
the number of postage stamps cancelled,
and it is strictly no cancellation, no pay.
The people of the town in question knew
this as well as anybody, and when the mail
train came they mailed their letters thus
depriVlng the postmaster of his revenues.
IN the meantime the negro postmaster had
the pleasure of handling the incoming mail
and doing the drudgery of the office. But
there was no money. and when he was dis
covered to be 500 short in his accounts it
was generally conceded that he had
taken that way of getting even, and his
arrest followed. Col. Trabue appears
for the prisoner and takes for his ground
that his client is entitled to compensa-
ton and has filed a claim against the
government for S1,J00-a new departure
commend it.
Tampa Times: Thursday afternoon the
negro driver of butchers wagon, While
passing pond in West Tampa, a short
distance south of the OHalloran factory,
discovered the but of a gun sticking out
of the mud. He called the attention of
the boy who was with him, and the boy
waded into the pond and found four
guns. A further search was made which
resulted in the discovery of four more.
Friday morning large crowd of boys and
men searched the pond and found seven
more guns and pistols, making a total of
fifteen guns found. Times man went to
West Tampa Friday morning and inspect
ed some of the guns found. They are of
very ancient pattern, though in good
state OF preservation, especially when 1t
is considered that they have been sub
merged in water and mud. One of the
guns Is very large, nearly six feet in
length, and the bore will easily accom-
modate half-dollar piece. The opinion
of gentlemen who saw 1t, and who have
made a study of such matters is that this
was originally a flint lock muzzle loader,
but was later changed to shoot a percus-
sion cap. Two of the guns, which were
purchased by Dr. Billiard from a boy
who found them, are of French pattern,
having the French crown engraved on
the barrel near the breech, and are breech
leaders. The pistol found was a modern
ulation has been INDUCED in as to how and
by whom these old guns were placed in
the pond. Many are inclined to the opin-
ion that they were thrown there by rev.
dictionary soldiers, but this theory is ri
diculous in view of their excellent state
of preservation and many other facts
The most plausible supposition is that they
are part of large collection which the
English Lord DugmOre had on his Yacht
Rosalind, which was attached for debt
some years ago and rotted and sank near
the st. Petersburg pier. Lord Dugmore
had magnificent collection of old wea-
pOns on the RoSalind, which he had
gathered in his tour around the world
The yacht was attached and long litiga-
/ ton resulted. The Englishman returned
home and the yacht was left in charge of
a deputy sheriff at St. Petersburg. She
finally became SO leaky that every nova
bic thing Of value on her was taken ashore
| by the deputy sheriff On the night of
| the 18th inst about twenty-five of the
old guns were stolen, and il is but natural
to suppose that the thief brought them
here and threw them in the pond.