The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-11

The gentlemen of the court are: Capt.
S. e. Macquire, Capt. Moore, Capt. Louis
Stodder and Lieut.. Reynolds. Capt
Stodder was aboard the Monitor at the
great fight with the Merrimac at Hamp-
ton Roads during the war, the first naval
conflict of ironclads.
George I. Russell of Orlando, received
by freight few days ago a consignment
of about 22OO pineapple crates, to be used
in shipping his fruit to the northern mar
ket. The pineapple men are in luck. F.
N. Price stated day or two ago that he
was busy packing and shipping his apples
bringing in the northern market 50 cents
each. He ships only fine specimens, the
smaller ones selling readily at home for
20 to 80 cents. Twenty to 50 cents each
for Dineapples, and 5000 to 5000 to the
acrei
A portion of the famous Casacola farm,
near St. Augustine, belonging to Senator
F. b. Genovar, is being negotiated for by
Senior Carlos Roca, the well known SUI
gar planter of Cuba who proposes to
plant 1t in tobacco. The balance will re-
main Mr.. Genovars property, and will
also be used for tobacco growing Senior
Roca has sent to Cuba for laborers and
awaits their coming before closing the
purchase. Senator Genovar says the re-
ported sale Of Casacola by him is prema-
ture, but that il will be made a tobacco
farm. Senior Castillo is planting twelve
acres in tobacco on his lands about ten
miles south of st. Augustine.
On Monday, a man named Woodward
and his son attacked c. Patrick, a mer-
chant of Umatilla, whose offense was
asking Woodward for money owed him.
Some words ensued, when the elder
Woodward hunted up his son, and both
followed Patrick. The younger one fired
shot from his revolver, which narrowly
escaped hitting some bystanders, the ball
Embedding itself in the window sill of the
postoffice. The elder Woodward then at
tackled Patrick with a knife, cutting him
severely in the lower ribs. The parties
were arrested by the sheriff and were CIV
en- hearing before Justice Dobbin of AL
toona, who committed them in default of
$500 bail for each.
The United States cruiser Raleigh left
Key West a few days ago with sealed or
ders. The vessel took provisions during
the night. The instructions were to
cruise the Florida coast in search of an
other expedition. The vessel went a short
distance above Palm Beach. Near there
a steamer was sighted near the coast,
and a chase followed, which lasted more
than three hours. When the vessel was
overtaken 1t proved TO be an English
steamer bound for Liverpool Nothing
was seen by the cruiser of a suspicious
character, and the orders from Washing
ton that caused the cruiser to leave Key
West were sent from there by parties
who wished to have some fun out of the
| government.
]. e. Ingraham, land commissioner of
the Florida East Coast railway, has sue
ceeded in locating three turpentine stills
| in st. Johns county within the past few
| days. The manufacturers come from the
| southeastern portion of Georgia. where
| their establishments were wrecked by
| the storm that visited that locality the
| first part of last month. The new stills
! are located at Durbin, West Tocoi, and
! Piccolata. The one at Durbin is owned
| by II. j. Britain, and he viii commence
| operations with seventy-five men. That
at West Tocoi is owned by c. NJ Sweat,
who will employ between fifty and seven
| ty-five hands. The still at Piccolata Is
owned by ID. c. Layton, who will start
operations with about sixty men.