Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-27
W iilam Harding, Of Tampa. aged "a wears
: iust been presented with ten pound baby
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large number Of capitalists are purehas-
l1s Land around Key West with the idea of
planting cocoanuts.
a bear said to have weighed between 500
S.o,e ~ ~ pounds. mas teen recently killed near
Green Cove Springs.
nezro's cabin was burned near Live Oak
last week. together with six children The
mother ana father OF on a visit and children
locked up in the house.
The members Of the CLAY Gusrds of c.,,ee,
SoNe springs. are making q strong effort to
raise sufficient money 10 Dav for their Iini-
iorms. The aid Of the citizens is expected.
me Cedar Key Journal SAYS: ssThe average
NUMBER 81 pounds Of fish shipped from Cedar
hey per week is estimated at l25.OOO pounds
~ Tour cents per pound, amounting to $780,
1t hey West, last Saturday. the schooner
l.oSepa9 was offered over sl,400 for sponge
salhered ln q SIX weeks cruise. but refused to
SELL The sp0ngers upon the bars are doing
remark kaOly well so far, some getting as high
rs Loo punches.
W. W. Shelter, Of Gadsden county, has this
year ralse9 three crops on one piece OF ground
-phe-lhlfd OF an acre First he gathered
sixteen barrels of marketable potatoes then
4 Sood crop of corn. and lastly he planted il
10 cane, from which he realized three barrels
o. syrup and seed cane sufficient to plant two
acres. w.
The ApalachicOla Tribune saws: ssBeniamin
eharrltt was in our Office last Tuesday and
reported that from the 2d Of October to the
lsth Of December the forces at Pickctrs fish
cry barreled up l.0Ij barrels of fish and lI5
barrels Of roe, and had material enough to
make zu0 tons Of guamO. The biggest hauI of
nsh ever made with one seine was rpcpntIv
made at Pickett's 1shery-Z00 barrels being
hauled out Of the water at one haul of the
seiue."
The ApalachicOla Tribune had the follow
ing; "On last Thursday while negro boy
tharles topper by name, was out duck hunt
ing on ST. James Island. he came across the
remains OF man one and half miles from
taEfaDelle. near the road to the ferry. The
uouy is supposed to have been on this spot for
a considerable time. as the flesh had rOtted
ana LETT the bones bare. A brown cotton hat
was found near the skeleton. and a pair of
nfosau shoes were upon the feet. The shoes
were badly cracked and blistered from con-
tact with the sun. There was no clothing on
the bones. and nothing to identify the re-
mains. There Is no one known to be missing
from the county. and the citizens Of James
affair
The 81. Johns WeekTy savs. s.Commodorc
4 =. Douglass will start in a few days on an
exploring cruise along the southern coast
His trip this year Will be quite an extended
one as he c0ntenplates consuming at least
| tnree months IN the tour, and viii investigate
| ali points Of interest, making eXcav ations
I etc. between this place and Cape Florida.
aud VIII probably continue his trim M the
Gull coast to Gear Keys. His Yacht has been
| thoroughly prepared for the cruise. and stores
| are now being gotten aboard, and everything
| necessary lor the comfort and convenience Of
l lhe crew Is being superintended by Capt.
/ Bartolo \. Pacetti, who viii command the
/ yacht. The scientific Investigations of Com
mOd0re Douglass viii no doubt add numer-
Gus specimens to his already superb collec-
/ tons."
! The Floridg State journal, published at
/ Cedar hey, says: Capt. John L. Lewis ex-
/ parieuced 'skcar' from an enormous shark
l when he relates as follows He with three
! Others were quietly slumbering in his ranch
| &C helly's creek. The ranch. as all such
/ buildings are, is built on pilng, the house
| part being above water and the lower part
/ opeu-nothIng but the piiing underneath.
/ While deeply wrapped in slumber, Capt
| Lewis and his associates were suddenly
aroused by tremendous thump underneath
Ahey supposed 70 was boat and hailed. No
/ response was received. Getting up and sur
I Neymg the situation, TO their ststOnishment
l lhn almost horror they discovered tremend-
I Gus man n-eatlng shark in the water Just be-
I low, which was not OverfOur feet deep. Capt.
I Lewis. who Is a truthful man. saws the shark
was fully fifteen feet long. This monster
I SWAIN around underneath for some time as if
lle anticipated prey. The Captain saws
though lie was safe, ne could nut help having
queer, indeiiuable feeling"
The Jacksonville Times Union had the fol-
lowing: Captain Peter Jones has contracted
with Captain L. r. johnson, the English
electrician. now in this city. to build for him
q launch, thifty-four feet long by seven feet
beam. which is to be driven by electricity;
tine motor being the sO-called storage e-bat-
terry and the electricity generated in the boat
/ The boat VIII be built at Jones' boat
yard. and when finished will run upOn
the 81. Johns river at an average speed
ga aItllA AeuEAGNI 10 sixteen Knots hour
The boat VIII be ready within a fortnight
and VIII begin TO run within three weeks
Captain johnson has had experience of Eng
lish torpedo boats run by the same motor and
he says those boats, though no larger than the
one building here. are more expensive and
powerful, and attain greater speed than that
indicated above. The boat will lie off the
b0at-yard of nights and display different ecc-
tric Illuminating and signal lights. She will
lie IN Captain Jones charze, who Will take out
pledsurinC parties occasionally. Captain
] johnson claims To have the only EfOf.QUp IN +
teres known thSt can be used or adapted for
power without the use of engine or dynamo
Eaton"
The jacksonville Tines Union Of yesterday
says: In the United States Circuit Court
yesterday two very important decisions were
handed down by Judge Settle The most i'm
pOrtaut Of these cases to this vicinity is the
decision IN the case of Columbus Drew VS..
Marie \: Valentine, proceeding to eujoin
SUIT IN eJectment. Nearly forty years ago,
when the United states Land Office was at
ST. Augustine. the first public Offering of gov
crnmeut lands was made. Pending the pro
/ camati0n Of these lands and until unsuccess
I fully offered at public Outcry, they are not
| subject 10 private entry. One Cleland was at
/ that time Receiver at that Office, and fraudu-
| lentiy permitted persons, lgnorantly
| lands before sale day. The transaction
| was a fraud. and Cleland pOcketed the
money. making no report of the sale, though
/ he d;d enter il on the Office tract books. One
Of these tracts was taken by man named
! God in our eastern suburb, and upon that
/ tract at present his various grantees have
| beautiful homes and property valued at sew
cral hundred thousands of dollars. They
hold warranty titles back to the long since
deceased GOff. who held a receivers official
receipt. In 1876 Mrs. Valentine found it va
! cant upon the records of the General Land
| Ofice at Washington, and entered it with
[ some Of her famous scrip A few years ago
/ a suit TO dispossess the occupants was begun,
which was not pushed until recently. when 4
1 bill WAS fled in chancery 10 enioin that pro-
I cecdiug, as stated" Judge Settle sustains
l the demurrer and dismisses the bill. In the
case of Bella 4. johnson et al. vs.. the Florida
T Transit and Peninsula Railroad Company ct
| al. the application TO file ''bil OF supple
I ment. revivOr and amendment" Is denied.