Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-25

The spongers OF the schooner Champion
shared $Sl
Chief the last OF the Pequots, was in Kew
West the past week from Dry TOrtugas.
An attempt is being made at Palatka to
have Northern capitalists start a factory at
that place for the manufacture of starch from
the cassava root.
David Roper, heir of J. II. Roper, was ac-
cidentally drowned in Alachua Lake, near
Gainesville, Tuesday afternoon. while out
duck hunting. Mr.. Roper was about y wears
of age, and unmarried.
EX-GOv. George f. Drew has purchased an
interest In the hardware business of Garrett
Bowen & Van Buren, of jacksonville and on
the first of February Will engage actively in
the business as managing partner, when the
firm name will be changed to that of George
f. Drew Il Co.
On the evening Of the 18th inst. a colored
woman named SOphy Martins. but better
known as SOphy Long, in La Villa, met with
an accident which resulted in her death on
Monday. She had been troubled with rheu-
matism and was sitting before the fire rub
blng her body with Kerosene. when the OIL
caught fire and ignlted her clothing. man
was IN the house at the time, and endeavored
to eNtlngush the flames. but did not succeed
in doing so until her body, arms and face were
terribly burned. Medical aid was rendered.
but all efforts to save her life were in vain
The Tallahassee FIoridian says: Last
Thursday Conductor John Lawrence took an
Ohio excursion party of hfty-One ladies and
gentlemen from ChattahOOchee to Jackson
vile 200 miles in eleven hours and twenty
minutes. The party left Dayton Tuesday
night. and travelled via the Louisville and
Nashville, Pensacola and Atlantic and Flor
ida Central and Western Railroads from Gin
cinnati. The distance from Dayton to Jack
sOnVlle is !, 1913 miles. and was made IN twelve
hours and fifty minutes less time than another
party made the trip over different route
said to be 100 miles shorter. Capt. Lawrence
says the party were delighted with their ride
through Middle Florida. They viii spend a
few weeks in South and East Florida, and
return via Tallahassee, Pensacola and New
Orleans.
The Interlachen correspondent Of the Pa
latka Journal writes as follows: This week
David Young, Esq, has put in John Erics-
son patent hot air engine for the purpose of
irrigating his grove. This engine has the
capacity Of forcing 500 gallons of water per
hour up hill for a distance of half a mile. and
is the only one Of the kind Ia the State The
water viii be taken from the lake in the cen
tire Of the grove and forced into tanks stu-
ated on the highest points in the grove,
requiring LOCO feet of ~ inch pipe
and Goo feet OF l inch pipe for that
purpose. From these tanks the water
viii be distributed about the grove
by means Of hose. for which 1t will require
more than a thousand feet of One-inch hose
Mr., Oung is laying the foundation for an ex-
tenslNe grove. lie has thirty acres now set
win trees ranging from an inch and a quar-
ter 70 twelve inches in diameter He has
nlnety-slN acres now prepared. staked and
ready Iof setting this spring. He also has a
nursery comprising twenty acres in which he
has $4,000 trees now in. and is constantly ad-
ding more as fast as possible His grove is in
charge of Mt. Nimberly, of this place. who
is veteran IN the orange business -