Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-24

at S2UO, was overturned and smashed.
At Fernandina Mai. Fairbanks new
Italian villa oils rooms, costing $4,000, is
nearly ready tor occupancy.
The firm of Cook, Payne & Cook have
Just leased the Excelsior mill, at Fernan-
dina, and will at once put 1t in complete
order.
DR.. u. H. Mason, of Apopka, has an old
book, concordance to the Holy Scrip
tures," published in Cambridge, Eng, in
the year l695, being 1877 years old.
W. w. Newton, who drove spikes on the
Union Pacific during the construction of
that ROAD, was accorded the honor of
splkins the first rail at Enterprise last
week on the Enterprise and Indian River
railway.
The Phoenix block artesian we'll at
Palatka has now reached depth of about
1913 feet, and already mas splendid flow
OF water. The we'll will be sunk to sutti-
cieut depth to force the water to the third
floor of the block.
While the New Smyrna and Enterprise
mail wagon was crossing creek a few
days since an alligator eight feet long
ran its head through the spokes of a rear
wheel. 1t was soon killed and eXtricated
from its singular trap.
Capt. r. G. Parkhill and Thomas J.
Moore are candidates for the office of
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson
county, now held by Col. w. c. Bird, who
will probably vacate it at an early day to
enter on the discharge OF his duties as
United States Marshal Of the Northern
district of Florida.
One day this week party of gentlemen
went in bathing in Lake Panasoffkee, and
after being in the water some time con-
cluded to put their clothes on, when one
of them concluded to take zone more
short swim," and pitched off, and when
few yards from his cOmrade was caught
by large alligator, which Immediately
swan to his hole and sunk with his prey.
DR., L. NJ. Griffin, of Oakley, La, writes:
son Feb. last Louis p. Fay, of New
York, left Green Cove Spring for Brevard
county to build a sawmill, and has not
been heard from since. He is about
feet S inches high, has dark or gray whis-
kers, and is Mason in good standing.
He was IN bad health and was griet-
stricken over the loss OF his Oldest son."
Lightning struck a telegraph pole in
front OF Mrs. Smiths house at Palatka
Tuesday. The lightning glanced off and
scorched some of the orange trees in the
yard, badly frightened a little boy who
was playing under the trees, and then for
an instant played among the oaks, max
ing a beautiful scene, but doing no dam
ward of the ice factory on the same street,
but did no damage.
The New York Tribune resumes its war
fare on Senator Call, charging him with
using his official frank as Senator for
sending private publications to Florida,
and with improper course in his efforts to
obtain a homestead for himself. The
Senator has already made a specific de-
NAL of these charges and produces evil
dence that the documents which the
Tribune charges as being sent under his
frank were postpaid in all cases.
Capt. Burnham of Cape Canavarel, the
oldest lighthouse keeper in the United
States, was once a cOnsumptive, having
lost his parents and brother by that dis
ease, but new he is well and hearty, IS
years of age, and has lived in Florida
since 1887. He has five married daugh-
| tiers, twenty grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren, and never has a
death occurred in any of the families, all
of whom are living on the Florida coast.
During a heavy thunderstorm, which
passed over Jacksonville a few days ago,
Mrs. j. &. Crews, living in East Jackson
vile, was sitting in her room, with the
house cat lying on the floor near her feet
While the storm was raging at its height
the lady saw an unusually vivid flash Of
lightning and was very greatly shocked
especially in one of her arms. On getting
up she found that the cat which was lying
near her feet had been killed by the light
ming, but no other damage of any con-
sequence was done.
The ''scrub," ''saw" or "dwarf'' pal
mettO, so abundant in the State, is now
very prolific of little black berries, on the
seeds of which there is a thin, sweet pulp.
This furnishes food eagerly sought by the
hogs and turkeys. and on which they get
their best flesh. Both the cabbage pal
metto and the saw palmetto produce the
berries. The smaller palmetto
grows the largest berries, which furnish
large amount of food for birds and other
game. The flowers are eagerly sought by
bees for hOney-making.
A merchant of LlOyds has been think
ing for sometime that his store would be
visited by burglars, and in order to detect
them should they attempt an entrance by
the front door, instructed his clerk to put
something on the door inside. The clerk
being eager to get pull at a burglar with
his old Springfield. soon had a large
wooden rake hung to the top of the door
inside. That night the proprietor had to
go to the store, and, as is sometimes natu-
raj, had forgotten the instructions given
to his clerk. He unlocked the door, give
IL push, and down came the rake. The
noise awoke the clerk, and the Judge
hearing Bob, ran after him and the two
INDUCED in a scuffle. The rake fell and
smashed a valuable showcase caused
great excitement and gathered a crowd.
Jacksonville Herald: William King,
alias William Bell, the negro who has
been stealing chickens here for the past
three weeks, was sentenced to-day by
Justice Belisario TO pay S25 and costs on
sach Of four charges, making a total of
about $l20. He went to Jail, Of course, in
default OF payment. About Q a. m. a large
number Of colored persons put in an APP
pearance AZ the Justices Office to Law
claim TO the stolen chickens. The sly old
Justice early in the morning sent out and
borrowed ten fat fowls 20 add TO the stolen
ones. 10 try the sincerity OF the claimants.
He placed all the chickens out on the
floor and let one claimant at a time pick
out those stolen from him. Every single
darkey would promptly pick out the fat
chickens just borrowed and declare
''These are mine" The Justice of the
Peace would then exhibit private mark
placed on the borrowed chickens for de-
lection, and show the dishonest claim
ants the door, as their chickens were not
in his office. He says nc could have found
claimants for over 100 chickens among
those who called.
Farm Facts.