The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-31

FLORIDA.
The Punta Gorda Herald has reached
its NTH year of existence.
Pensacola congratuiates herself on no
serious occurrence Christmas in that city.
The st. Augustine Light Infantry pro-
pose to dance the old year out and the new
| year in.
Not less than $1,000 pounds of pork has
been smoked at Blitchton and within a
radius of three miles.
| ]. II. Mooney of Orlando last week in a
| hve-days' hunt killed four large bucks and
many quail in Osceola county.
Saturday, at Orlando. ]. l.. Empie, while
working a tension machine, had two fin
gers of the right hand severed.
]. II. Banta of DeLand is preparing him
self to enter the ministry in the service Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The schooner Charlotte T. sibley has
boy. N. j., for Jacksonville, and lumber
| back to Elizabethport.
At the next session of the Florida legis-
lature there will be an effort made to re-
turn the counties of fernando and Citrus
to the Sixth judicial circuit.
John Jacob Aston is having his steam
yacht Nouramhal prepared for cruise,
and it is rumored he will put into jack
sonville. Mrs. Astor is to accompany him.
| Congressman Davis was presented with
a gold-headed walking cane Christmas by
the democratic delegates who attended the
| Sanford convention last summer, where
Davis was nominated.
About forty teachers from Alachua
! county are attending the Florida Teach
ers' Association in Oca1a. It is the largest
| delegation that county has ever sent to
one of the annual meetings of teachers.
| The Cyrene Vaudeville Company, which
| appeared at the opera house at Jackson
| vile last week, has gone to pieces, and
| the cinephotograph outfit has rented a
store in that city, where exhibitions will
be given daily.
Hon. W. d. Chipley, vice president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, has Of
! fered to transport the troops free from
/ West Florida points to River Junction to
attend the Inauguration ceremonies at Tai
1ahassee, Jan. 5.
Capt. d. b. Maxwell, for many years
/
ida Central and Peninsular railroad at
Tallahassee, has sent in his resignation,
| to take effect on Jan. /, when he will take
a position in the office of l.. b. Wombwell,
| commissioner of agriculture.
| George Adams, the Jacksonville bicy-
clist. will petition the national assembly
of the l.. A. W., which will meet in Feb
ruary, to restore him to the amateur
ranks. Mr.. Adams was declared a pro-
| fessional with a number of other riders of
a certain wheel several months ago.
A party of about ten families of the
western part of Alachua county are maxi
| ing arrangements to leave in few days
| for Hamilton county. where they will To-
| cate permanently. Others will remove to
/ Georgia The exodus from Western
| Alachua is one of the results of the storm.
The DeLand Record says: "You will find
no prettier groves, none better kept, than
the orange groves about this city, none
which promise earlier or better returns.
| The world over could not exceed US in the
| quantity or qaulity of beautiful groves
Many of them will furnish fair crop next
year"
Benjamin Gates, manager of the
Shaker colony, was in Kissmmee Tues
day with a lot of handsome pineapples
| He says that the Shakers are pleased
with the result of their years work, and
that as soon as buildings shall be ready
for them a large number of their So
city will move to Florida from Mt. Leba-
non, N. Y.
Christopher Dudley, 16 years old was
| killed by a shotgun wound inflicted acct
dentally Monday, while he was taking
dinner to his father, who was at work
about two miles south of Barlow. When
| near his destination, Dudley was walking
across railroad trestle. He made a mis-
| step and fell. His gun struck the ties,
and was discharged. The entire load of
birdshot entered his chest. He expired
two hours later.
Orlando Reporter: w. B. Hull. who
lives southeast of the city, has an orange
grapefruit tree that was cut down by the
freeze two years ago. The original tree
was grapefruit, and he has had it budded
to sweet orange. When frozen down
sprouts came up from the grapefruit stock.
A part of the bud also grew, and now both
are bearing He has gathered a fine lot
of oranges from the tree, also forty or
fifty beautiful grapefruit.
Tampa Times: Thursday afternoon
Judge Barron Phillips of the circuit court
had a process issued. citing w. F. stovall,
editor of the Morning Tribune, and r.
Mugge to appear before him at 10 O'clock
on Monday, Jan. 4, 10 show cause why
they should not be punished for contempt
of court in publishing or causing to be
published in the issues of the Tribune of
the 22d, 23d. and oath inst, an article
charging the late grand jury with 'ignor-
ance, malice, intolerance and hypocrisy"
Judge Locke rendered his decision at
Jacksonville Tuesday in the libel case of
William A. Bisbee. owner of the tug
Dauntless, against the schooner Lois "
Chaples. The amount awarded for the
service rendered was $3.50. which included
both the towing service and that of salv-
age He further ordered that of this
amount SiZ5 be taxed against the vessel
and S325 against the cargo. The award
carried with II the payment of the costs
of the case in the court In the same pro-
portions.
Upon petition Of the owners Judge
Locke. in the United States court at