The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-08

IRE orchard in bearing. II is estimated
tatt at the end of five years the orchard
output win liquidate the debt and leave
me purchaser with a fee simple title to his
1ct and his orchard. This colony. call
ri Dudley, is on the southern line Of Pd-
ski county and takes it's name from Col
i1dley Hughes, who is a prominent mem
'.r Of the colony Mr.. Reid represents
men OF wealth who propose to establish
oiIer colonies of the same kind.
FLORIDA.
sumter county is to have a county poor
house and farm.
Monday. the only public sale made at
orlando was an estray horse, which sold
for $1.5O.
NJ D. Ross has started up his broom
factory again at Waldo, having made
himself some new machinery needed.
R. ]. Rifles made an assignment Thurs
day of his jewelry store, at Jacksonville,
md also of his jewelry store at Palatka,
TO Max Myerson, as assignee.
The board of directors of the Florida
East Coast Chautauqua. at recent meet
ing, fixed upon the dates Feb. &c 10 March
d" Tor the annual assembly at Melbourne
OF the 1l2 ministers of the Florida con-
ference, all passed the annual examine
lion of character without a charge being
raised against the moral character of any
one of them.
The dwelling Of Rev. c. c. Waugh at
Lake City was destroyed by fire Thursday
morning about o'clock. All of the house
hold goods were saved. The building was
covered by insurance.
The little daughter of w. p. Wads-
worth of zolfo was badly burned recently.
Her clothing caught fire from lamp
burning her breast and neck At last ne.
counts she was getting along nicely
John r. Scott, a colored preacher and
member of the City Council, was placed
on trial in the Circuit Court at Jackson
vile Thursday charged with the murder
of Rev. Obadiah Adams, on the evening
Of Nov II last.
1t is estimated that between 25.00O and
3O000 boxes of oranges will be shipped
from Zolfo next season. The truck farm,
ers are preparing to plant the largest
acreage in vegetables this spring that they
have ever planted.
This is the list of those chosen at the
municipal election at Avon Park Tuesday:
+. l.. Richardson. Republican, mayor; ".
Y. Cunningham, Republican, clerk John
Edminston, Peoples marshal; b. F. West,
Republican, alderman; S. SaltonstaI,
democrat, alderman.
The State Baptist Ministers Institute at
Tampa held its most important sessions
Wednesday and Wednesday night, and
adjourned Thursday. Rev. d. b. Farmer
OF Lake City was elected president; Rev.
r. II. Whitehead, vice president and Rev.
o. j. Frier, secretary.
In the case of Mary Newcomb VS.. w.
A. Fulton, in the United States Court, at
Jacksonville, Involving a claim for dam
ages of 10000 based on an alleged in
debtedness Of 5000 since Jan. y, 1893. the
jury has brought in verdict for the plain
tiff for the amount of the Indebtedness,
with interest to date, amounting TO So
972. so.
The case of J. C. and L. ]. Mcneil,
brothers, charged with the murder of B.
S. Hankins, better known as clip" Han
kins, in Tampa, Aug. LAST is on trial
this week in Tampa. The Herald says The
defendants are blood relatives of eX-Un-
ted States Senator Joseph e. Brown, Al
fred II. Colquitt, John B. Gordon and
Gen. c. c. Horn of Georgia, which makes
them blood relatives of three ex-govern-
ors, three exUnited States senators, and
three confederate generals.
j. w. Lurton, division freight and pas
senger agent of the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad at Pensacola, has begun a
new feature in the work of his office that
will prove of great benefit to West Flor
ida agricultural and horticultural inter-
ests. He has gathered through the va
rious agents at stations along the line of
the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad sta
tistics of the farming and fruit growing
industry for the season of 1S96-S7. These
statistics do not include Escambia coun-
ty, but begin at Santa Rosa county and
include all the counties east of the Chat
tahoochee river. These reports give the
following information: Cotton-Marketed
and shipped from Sept. / to Dec. 81 1897,
"A 203 bales. The shipments were to Mo
bile 1901 bales; to New Orleans, 5,742 bales;
aud to Savannah, 1,460 bales. Sweet pota-
toes-3, 200 acres planted and 1880 bush
els produced. Melons--420 acres planted
and 70 carloads shipped. Sugar cane-755
acres planted, 4090 barrels of syrup pro-
duced. Corn-40,620 acres planted, and 406-
500 bushels produced Peanuts, 1885 acres
planted and no. 115 bushels produced Fruit
trees-1, 500 peach and 1915 pear trees plant
ed Sheep-173,600 head and 5S6,S00 pounds
of wool clipped and shipped. For the three
months from Sept. to Dec. 81, 1897, there
was received at Pensacola over the Louis
vile and Nashville road 60,951 bales of cot
ton, exported as follows: TO Liverpool,
36301 bsfes; to Bremen, 1850 bales; to ia