Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-27

can be made most profitable to the producers,
and which are peculiarly adapted to this State
Each winter thousands of pleasure seekers
Will visit her to enjoy her grand winter eli
mate. Her citizens will devote their energies
to the production Of the various fruits; each
section will be enabled to cultivate the fruit
peculiar to il. and all will reap a rich reward.
The gold mines of this State are at the surface
her soil and climate. They win soon be ap-
preciated and thoroughly workei."
Jude" the Miami correspondent of the Ken
of the Gulf writes as follows Of the death of
native Indian chief: 3" My old man, my
father, old Tiger Tall gone big sleep-no get
up no more These were the words in which
young Tiger told US at Miami of the death Of
the old chief. Tiger Tail was nearly ninety
years of age. tall Of stature, over six feet well
proportioned and agile even at his advanced
age. His hair was white and his eyes some
what dim, and these were really the only out
ward signs of age. His manner was Every
dignifed, and he was noted for integrity In his
dealings. He seemed to command the respect
Of all the younger Indians, and was always
welcomed by the whites OF our settlement.
He would have made fine ideal for an Indian
romance. and some times would in his appear
ance justify Cooper in his pictures of Chin
ga-chOok, or the father Of Uncas."
Jacksonville Union: Several Of the promi-
nent ladies of Florida have for some time been
directing their attention to silk culture as a
pleasant and remunerative industry. We un-
derstand that Mrs. Long, of Tallahassee, has
three acres planted in mulberry with view to
producing cocoons, and several in that county
have taken an interest in that direction At
the Atlanta ExpositiO prize of $50. in three
premiums OF S25, SIS and $40, has been offered
by an American citizen, now travelling in Swift
Eerland for exhibits of cocoons raised by the
management of colored women There must
be at least six competitors to make this offer
good. This gentleman believes that If silk cul-
ture were once introduced generally through
the South, IL would add vastly to the wealth of
these States. In other countries this work Is
dowaa hrr md chi nd ha
here. There is no part OF the world where the
mulberry, the natural food Of the silk worm,
is more abundant than in Georgia and Florida,
where no labor need be expended in its culti-
vation.
Fernandina Mirror: "a sad case of suicide
occurred on Sunday night last at the Dozier
plantation. on the mainland, about five miles
from the city. Mr. James Wood, native of
Bombay, India, but recently of Pierce City,
Lawrence county, Missouri, came here the
latter part of August with his family. consist
ing of his wife. two bright little girls, aged re-
spectively seven and three years. and an in
FAINT son about ten months old, to work on the
DOzier farm The eldest daughter, Mary,
shortly after their arrival, took sick, and died
on Friday of last week of Inflammation Of the
bowels. The body was buried on the place by
undertaken Henderson on Sunday afternoon.
just previous to coming here the Woods
had lost another child in Missouri, and the
loss of these two children so preyed upon
the mind Of the poor mother that it is
thought che became deranged. On Sunday
night, between and O'Clock, during the tenn
porary absence of the hus and, Mrs. Wood
took her infant son and drowned herself and
the child in tidewater creek making out from
Amelia river. Search was made for the mis-
sing ones by the bereaved husband, assisted by
kind neighbOrs. all Sunday night, but the bod
les were not discovered until Monday morning.
An inquest was held by Mr.. l. O'Neill, the jury
rendering verdict of suicide by drowning,
while temporarily insane Undertaken Hen
dersOn took charge of the remains and the
bodies were inferred beside the grave of the
oldest daughter. Thus the stricken husband is
left with only one child to mourn the loss Of
nearly his whole family"