Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-08
Florida Affairs.

The French steamship Orpal struck on a
shoal reef near Key West the past week, but
was relieved by Capt. She Dawes boat. who
received $500 for the job The money wes in
kegs, and before Dawes boat reached land a
sauau struck 1t and the money kegs rolled
overheard.
Gen. J. B. Wall, Of Tampa, has applied to the
Supreme Court of the United States for a man
damus to compel Judge Locke to vacate his
order temporarily suspending him from prac-
ticing in the United States Court for partici-
pating in the lynching of Owens.
Jacksonville Union: "a few days since Mr..
Vim Cox living near the eleven mile post on
the old Kings road, was shot in the arm by O.
p Johnson. It seems that the two men wero
friends. and while Cox was engaged in work
johnson came up, and leveling his gun on Cox,
told him TO hold up his hands. Cox at once
threw up his hands, and johnson, not knowing
that ths gun was loaded, pulled the trigger
with the above effect. Cox was brought to the
city, his arm was dressed by DR.. Fernandez,
and he is now getting along as well as could be
expected"
Tallahassee FlorfdiGn: Last week there ap-
peared in the FlOrididn an item stating that
the ladies Of the Philadelphia Silk Culture As
sOciation were preparing silk gown to be pre-
sented to Mrs. Garfield, and claiming for IL the
distinction OF being the first entirely American
made silk fabric. During the past week we
ago Mrs Blocker. the former wife OF Capt. II.
T. Blocker, Matched the egg, raised the worms,
Teeled and spun the silk, WOve il, and cut and
made herself a dress, which ante-dates the
Philadelphia garment by many years."
Correspondence Florida Union: THE first
shovel Of dirt on the Green Cove Spring and
Melrose Railroad was thrown on Tuesday by
General Superintendent A. +. Vogelbsch. fol-
lowed by shovels thrown by Hon. c. B. Dun
gan, President of the Chester Construction
Company. and by Hon. r. Canova, the vete
ran worker for the g. G. s. & NJ. r. R., and by
R. W. Davis Secretary and Attorney for the
same Major n. B. Clinch and many citizens
ioined in the ceremony, amid the boom OF can
non Active construction has commenced and
the work will be pushed through without delay.
The present terminus is Melrose, but the road
give quicker time from the interior to Jack
sonville than by any other road"
Tallahassee FIoridlan: Mr. L. Raney, live
weeks since emp Dyed cOlored man to clean
out and deepen an old well that had been
abandoned many years ago. and had caved in
and filed up to within few feet of the surface.
When the man had reached a depth of about
twenty five feet he found post In the centre
Of the well-a hewn post aOOut the size and
length OF an ordinary fence post. He dug deep
enough to enable him TO remove the post, and
when he pulled it out OF the earth a stream of
water came pouring into the well. and before
he could be drawn out the water was three or
feet deep all around him. In few minutes
the water suddenly disappeared, he again de-
sceuded into the well. and found hole in the
meath, He could not reach the water with
ten 70 pole, and as he was not anxious to en-
igFate by the subterranean short line,' he
abandoned the iob."