Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-06

XNADNf AAtFQtQ. a farmer living
seven or eight miles from town, hired a colored
woman 20 hoe for him and not seeing her at
WORK, went out 70 see what had become of
her found her sitting in the shade of a tree
win an umbrella hoisted over her. He asked
her did she not get breakfast Yes was her
answer, and he told her TO go somewhere else
and get dinner"
Jacksonville Union: During the month of
June mere were twenty-five deaths in this city
twelve white and thirteen colored. Eight of
these were over twenty five and ten under Ave
years OF age, and six were non-residents
J.aIL Durlng the SIX months ending June 80. there
were one hundred and twenty-eight deaths in
colored." NV
Pensacola Advance: "a little girl. ahout
thirteen years old, living in the neiohhorbOod
Oh the hutnerIord place, on the Sound shore,
was Drought to the city last Saturday in a
most shocking condition, having been stung bv
a scorpion, the poisonous effects of which had
produced most violent commissions. DR. Har-,
sls was summoned at once, and through his
sslllful treatment the child was relieved from
her unfortunate situation and soon restored 10
consciousness. The girl is named Catharine
brown, and has again returned home"
Monticello Constitution: 1.-The corn and
cotton crops are doing remarkably well in many
poflonS OF the country. whilst in q few sec
q !hs' IN consequence OF great scarcity of
ram, both corn and cotton have a sickly an
pearance. The grass is growing finely and
owing TO a scarcity Of labor some OF our farm
ers viii be unable to keep it down. A greater
area or land is planted In corn the present sea
son tnan last ear, and it is believed if fair
prices are realized for cotton, our people will
be ina more prosperous condition next wear
than they have been the present"
Pensacol4 Gazette: The water WAS so hot
in the well of a fishing smack in the Gulf the
other day, that about half a cargo of snap-
pers died. The vessel returned TO the banks
caught more fish, and preserved them alive
by some OF the crew getting down in the well
ana Keeping them constantly in motion. The
fish seemed to become stupid and drowsy evil
IDENTIFY overcome by the heat, but their method
or Keeping them on the move enabled the
| fishermen to reach port with a profitable
catch. They report like experience in years
gone by, but not OF so extensive SCALE
Tallahassee Economist: 1--WE are informed
by Mr.. Chas r. Chaires that upon Sunday
/ last, between the hours of 1 and ? p. m, a
/ short but very severe thunder storm prevailed
/ upon his premises; that a colored woman by
| the name of Julia Branch, while attempting to
/ reach her home, was struck and instantly
| killed by lightning. This is something ex-
! ceedingly strange for this locality; but strang-
/ er still is the faci that the woman when struck
| had child under each arm, neither of whom
| We're in the least injured. The body of the I'M
| fortunate mother was not disfgured in the
] slightest degree, and, seemingly, the shock
/ was just sufficient to kill"
| Pensacola Gazette 1--WE learn that General
J NJ. Dunn, Chit Supervising Special Agent
! Of the General Land Office, of the Interior De-
/ partment whose arrival we mentioned some
time ago, on Saturday last seized, at Ferry
| Pass. some PSI pieces of hewn timber con.
tainiOg 11S4O4 cubic feet The timber is
claimed by f. Downing. Esq, of Alabama. who
made his appearance in our city promptly
after hearing of the seizure and gave bond in
the sum Cf 10000 for his appearance at the
next term of the United States Circuit Court
to answer the charge Of cutting timber on gov
ernment land contrary to law. and for
which otfeDse the timber was seize1"
The citizens of Mariana are not satisfied
with the line Of road surveyed by the Pensa-
cola and Atlantic Company through Jackson
county. It seems that in getting the airline
| the road does not touch Mariana, and the
people of that town say the charter was grant
ed and large land grants-53,0O0 acres GER mile
made to encourage the building of a road
| that would benefit the people of Florida
/ whereas to run on the airline as SURVEYED it
would not benefit the people of Florida. but
| only serve the purposes OF the Louisville and
/ Nashville Company. Some infOrmalities have
/ be n discovered in the proceedings of the COM
| pany that are brought to the front by cor
| respondent of the Mariana Courier. that may
| get the company into the court house before
| the work commences.
/ Archer correspondence Fioridd Agrtcul-
/ tttrist: II send you a small specimen of the
| Pien-to peach, which is the peach par excel
/ lence for this section or Florida, having all the
good qualities of earlinesS, fine havOr and the
] tree OF rapid growth. A tree now two years
! old froE: the bud has several dozen fine speci-
MEMS and xt year will be loaded. Commits
sion merchants from New York express the
! opinion that the peaches marketed in May
/ will fetch at least $40 per bushel-two cents
/ each-which explains why we smila.'
! The soil around this place is emf
/ nently suited for the pe7ch, almond,
/ plum and apricot, being mixed with
! clay, end high, dry. rolling pine. We have
trees eighteen to twenty years old in full bear
/ ing and bidding fair to give good crops for
| many year in the future. am now trying
I the problem of hybridizing the Pien-to and
! Blood Cling. with hopes of success. Last year
| the Pien-tO ripened April Goth. This year the
| freeze of December 30th caused the earlier
blooms to fall"
Jacksonville Union: Mr. John Finig in
| charge of the machine shops Of Mess;s s. S. 3.
Hubbard & Co, has invented cheap and use
water is conducted to the machine by pipe
running from the main pipe of the water
works. and as it nears the cylinder is narrowed
to a stream not larger than the body OF a knit
ting needle The machine consists of a wheel
with triangular shaped buckets about half the
size of an ordinary thimble, encaSed in a tin
cylinder about three feet in circumference and
two and one-half inches wide, with a pipe to
carry OF the water underneath. Mr.. Einig
does all the heavy work of the shops by this
power and claims that it only costs twenty
cents per day or less, to run it. He is con.
structing a new machine of greater power,
which will be running in few days, the one now
in use being about two horse power. Mr. z.
has applied for the patent, and claims that he
can run elevators, etc. 1t will also be useful to
hotels to run their lines of fans during the
ing presses, and other light machinery Mr..
Einig says that q four horse power motor will
only require about eighty gallons Of water per
day for constant running The machines can
be run ar any speed. and either forward or
backward" "