Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-25

through Cannon's agency at Klssimmee,
oo,OOO acres OF land.
The Key West Fire Department intend
having tournament at the United States
garrison on July 4.
Ihere are nine restaurants on Front
street al Key West, and all appear to be
doing brisk business.
There were over go lots Of sponges on
the wharf at Key West Monday evening
valued at about $4,000.
Hon. Alex. Bell, representing Brevard
and Dade counties in the constitutional
convention, was the first white child born
IN Hamilton county.
Several Brooksville merchants were
nned in the Mayors Court this week for
failure to comply with the town ordinance
III reference to removal OF garbage.
Blue Spring, in Volusia county, is one
OF the wonders Of Florida, and is the next
largest in size in the State, Silver Spring
In Marion county being the largest.
The stockholders of the Key West
street railroad are satisfied with the out
look so far, and are sanguine as to the
future. The travel over the road is large
and there is no doubt but what it will pay
A man living near Buffalo Bluff has
been in litigation with the z. and |. branch
OF the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railroad over contested right of way.
The case was settled Tuesday, the rail-
road paying 81 "A per acre for all the land
needed, all costs and $50 attorneys fee.
People in the Penal settlement have
been missing COWS OF late, and they began
to keep watch. Learning that Frank
Squires had sold number of hides, these
We're inspected and a warrant issued
Squlres was arraigned before Judge
Haughton, and admitted that he had killed
the cows, but SAID he had intended to pay
Tor them. He was sent to jail in default
of bond in the sum of ST, 900 for appearance
at the next term of the Circuit Court.
According to the daily reports of the
sanitary inspectors of Jacksonville, the
following is the work done by them for the
week ending on last Saturday. There
were removed from the city 294 single and
| 70 double wagon loads of garbage, 16 dead
cats, 10 dead dogs, y dead chickens and
| 80 dead rats. There were inspected 412
premises, of which number 35S were
found to be clean, 81 in fair to good con-
dltiOn and II filthy. The inspectors re-
port great many lots covered with weeds.
While on the route from Key West to
| Miami last week the schooner Lillian was
| struck by lightning, sinking her, and the
| Captain, William Pent, had his arm SHAT
tered so badly that it is doubtful whether
he will ever be able to use it again. Hon.
| j. b. Evan was one of the passengers,
and be appears TO have been doubly un-
! fortunate. Besides being compelled to
float around subject to winds and
weather, he reached Miami only to find
| that during his absence his large COM
mOdious storehouse had been RACED to the
| ground by fire.
! A fine stream of water has been struck,
at depth of 1881 feet. at JacksOnville's
arteslan well. 1he flow of water, by
! actual measurement, is 1876 gallons per
minute, or 224,640 gallons every twenty
| four hours. The water through pipes will
go up to an elevation of 57H feet, or spout
up through twO-inch pipe about 80 feet.
The water is mildly impregnated with
sulphur, and flows from the pipe at a tenn
perature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t is
expected that with two six-inch wells
sunk to this source the city could be sup
piled with good pure soft water.
While the steamer George NJ. Bird was
making her usual up-river trip on the st.
Johns Saturday, just as she was making
NOrwalk landing q half drunken negro
named Horace Davis made misstep and
went overheard, striking his head pretty
hard against spiling, and Immediately
sinking. Capt. Lee, the master of the
boat, ran to the lower deck, and seeing
| the "blubbers" rise where the negro went
down, showed the bOat-hook into the water
and luckily hooked the negro's clothes
and pulled him to the surface. This is
the fourteenth person and one mule that
Capt. Lee has saved from watery graves.
At Palatka, while gentleman from the
country was examining into the mystic
ries of manufacturing ice by steam at the
Palatka Ice Factory, he accidentally
dropped his watch into the tank of water.
The watch fell into the big tank, where
the water is at a temperature Of about 10
degrees below the freezing point, and after
vainly trying to keep his hand in the freez-
ing water long enough to fish up hiswateh,
gave up in despair and left. He soon re-
turned with avery lOng-armed negro, who
declared ne could stand the cold, and
proved his assertion by withdrawing his
hand from the water before it reached his
elbow, and nothing would induce him to
hunt further for the watch. A liberal
reward will be paid anyone who will get
the watch out of the cold brine.
The following is the mode of sinking
piles at Southport: The piles are placed
in position, and the nozzle of hose con-
nected with a pump placed at the foot of
the pile. AS the pump Is set in opera
ton the water and sand are pumped
from beneath the pile causing il to settle
to the desired position. Piles settled in
this way are as solid and firm as though
driven, and have the advantage Of not
being battered to pieces at the top from the
effects of the hammer, as In the old method.
AS to the rapidity with which they can
be driven by pumping, Capt. Jarvis timed
the men in sinking a 3O-lOot pile II feet in
the ground. The pile was taken from the
barge, a rope tied to 1t, by which it was
hoisted by derrick and lowered 10 its
proper position, and then pumped down
the required depth in six and one-quarter
minutes. The actual time consumed in
pumping the pile down ~ feet after 1t was
placed In position was one and three