The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-01

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sonville from injuries that were received
ia a fall last Thursday evening.
The Magnolia hotel of Orlando has been
closed and is for sale.
The Bamberger oyster factory at Apa-
lachicOla is now in operation.
Mrs. Blanche r. Miller. wife of Capt.
w. ID. Miller. died at her home in Sanford
Saturday afternoon.
The bridge across the Matanzas river.
connecting St. Augustine and Anastasia
Island, will be thrown open to the pub
lie to-day.
Lean Bias has on his lot on upper Or
ange avenue at Orlando what is probably
the largest lettuce bed in the state, there
being no less than 1900 well developed
plants.
A man by the name Of Snyder, employ
ed In the yard a West Palm Beach as
a switchman, while riding from the Palm
Beach side on the work train, fell off and
had his left foot badly mashed.
Jack Johnson, who shot a colored girl
through both heels Christmas night had
a hearing Monday al Apalachicola before
Justice BoylstOn, and was bound over
to the circuit court under $500 bond.
Bids are asked for a steamboat mail
service from Eau Gallie to Nathan, at
the head Of the Banana river. This viii
develop the Banana river region, which
contains some fine vegetable and fruit
lands.
William Whilden, chief engineer Of the
Orlando from visit to Marion county,
where he went to witness a marriage
ceremony; but when he got there he was
very much shocked to learn that the bride
had bolted.
Deputy Marshall Lewis Ball of Chipley
is still very low from the effects of "A
knife wound in the thigh, received about
three weeks ago. A large abscess has
formed, and a surgical operation was per-
formed Monday by Drs Bellamy and
Wilson, but his relief was slight.
The Sunday schools of the state will
hold their next annual convention in
Ocala. An interesting programme has
been mapped out by the committee 1t
is proposed to establish Bible Institutes
all over Florida. All the arrangements
are In the hands of Rev. William Shaw
A bill of sale was filed for record i'm the
county clerks office at Jacksonville Mon
day from Frederick b. Warde to Theo-
dore Il. Livingston and George 5. Wilson,
conveying to the latter one-third interest
in the book store recently started by the
firm of Warde. Wilson & Co. on Main
street.
The crops of beets. cabbage and lettuce
around Sumterville are looking well, de-
spite the severe frost OF two weeks ago
Seed beds and melon lands are coming
in now for a full share of attention, and
while the area of small truck will not
be as large as last year, yet there will
be considerable planted
Mrs. Ed McCreary, who lived a few
miles from Chipley was killed in a hor-
riding in a wagon, and in alighting her
foot slipped and she fell astride the wheel,
in1uring, herself in such manner that
short time have become a mother.
Jim Jackson and Sam Johnson of Hart
ShOrn station, got into quarrel over
some peach brandy Thursday night Jack
son drew his knife and started toward
z johnson, who had no way of defending
himself except with a sad iron which
lay on the counter near by. He struck
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wounds
Capt Miles of the schooner Tortugas,
which is now in port at Jacksonville.
states that a very large tomato crop will
be marketed from the Biscayne Bay sec
ton this season The crop is now being
marketed. the Tortugas bringing up nine
ty-four crates on its last trip. Capt Miles
thinks that at least 10000 crates will be
grown in all He says that Biscayne Bay
is unquestionably the greatest vegetable
growing section of the state.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Tallahassee sends in the following, I'M
James Terrell, at Midway, twelve miles
west Of this place, was robbed Saturday
night. Among the articles stolen was a
new suit of clothes belonging to Mr. Fer
rell. He sent a sample of the cloth to
Sheriff Pearce Of this county on Sunday.
Sheriff Pearce on Monday arrested tramp
in this city, who was sporting" Mr.. Fer
rells new suit
The crops in Baker county never looked
better than they do to-day. Enough of
hay and corn fodder has been raised for
for a large planting. Sweet potatoes have
escaped frost, and farmers will have a
large shipping surplus. Hundreds of bush
els of peaches and pears are rotting on
@the ground for the lack of a canning fac
tory Merchants are meeting their bills
at maturity, and good feeling prevails
all over the county.
NJ Dubois, whose wines made of grapes
ORC a 60.
the hotel tables in st. Augustine, and
which rival those OF the California vint-
age, has gone to classify the wines of
the Moultrie cellars, which contains about
three hundred casks made from the white
Niagara grapes, grown at Moultrie two
years ago. These wines are not to be
touched until they get the genuine sparkle
and bead" The Florida wines have ruin
all other light wines away from St Au-
gustine and the east coast
At Fort Myers. Sunday night, c. p.
Hicks stabbed Mead Herndon in the left
breast, just missing the heart Sheriff
Langdon arrested Hicks with the knife
still in his hand. Hicks owed Herndon a
livery bill which he refused to pay when
demanded by Herndon, and at once be-
gan to abuse and buldoze Herndon FL
nally, drawing his knife he cut Herndon
and ran. Hicks was committed to the
Chattahoochee Asylum for the Insane
about year ago, but was released and
has since then been living in Fort My
,ers.
Mrs. A. H. Acken, who recently became
prominent by raising buckwheat on her
New Augustine farm, was quietly mar
red by Rev. Mr.. MacGonigle at st. Aug
Justine Saturday night to W. S. NJ Sor-
rell of Golden, Col. Each has passed
three score and ten by several notches
The groom saw the likeness of the lady
several years ago, and having success
fully traced it to the original. wooed and
won. The brides former husband dis
appeared from st. Augustine mysterious
ly three years ago. A divorce was secured
and Saturdays happy event occurred
Miss Helen Harcourt of Montclair had
an odd experience a few DAYS since a
small box delivered through the mail was
found to contain nothing but a bit of
dried skin, enveloping a fruit stone. evil
the paper in which the box was wrapped
revealed a perfectly clear postmarlx~
Glen st. Mary, Aug, 1888" Then Miss
the well known nurseryman of Glen 81
Mary. had about that linz ar,.n.a.... -