Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-21

IL INTO splinters, glanced of on the water,
came pack up corner post of the curo,
tore II into smithereens. came out of the
wei, ran through peach tree, struck a
cnerry tree within 3 feet of his door and
tore 1t into fragments.
Lake City Reporter: AS an evidence of
the push and energy of our citizens, we
call attention to the following-and we
have no rich men, either: In the year
1855, by private subscription, they gave
Sl0,OOO and 100 acres of land, worth So, 900,
to the State Agricultural College; in 1884
The citizens of the town paid by private
SUBSCRIPTION 81 900 tor a fire engine; in
1850 they have erected all efficient water
system, and have under way a county
fair for this fall or winter.
Titusyille Star; 1t was on one of the
plazzas Of our prominent hotels, and the
evening being one of moonlight splendOr
the young lady had Just gone for prone
made with her beau, leaving her mother
happily engaged in conversation with a
lady friend. In very few minutes an
other loving couple slowly passed the
mother and her friend. Their loving ways
end the screening of the moonlight by
the shrubbery caused her to mistake
them for her daughter and her beau, and
she quickly exclaimed: ''GOt back
againY A slight sound OF tittering from
the loving couple was all that greeted
the establishment of herself and lady
friend.
Capt. Morten, of the steamer the
Queen of the st. Johns, is in Cincinnati
purchasing the new machinery which is
to be used on that boat now being over
hauled at jacksonville, and two carloads
of 1t is now en- route for Florida. The
Queen is to have four boilers, and the en-
gtnes Will be Independent of each other.
The sidewheels to be placed on her IN
place of the propeller will measure Is
feet 10 diameter, which are probably lar
ger than any now on the river. The en-
gines Will have a stroke of 7 feet, and the
cylinders will be 26 inches In diameter,
aud with her immense steam power and
large wheels she bids fair to prove the
fastest boat on the st. Johns.
Last Friday while Mrs. james Pritch-
ard and her colOred servant Julia, and
Master Budinot Pritchard were out in a
small skitf boat fishing for mullet near
TitusYille they saw a young deer run
from the hummOck into the river. They
succeeded i'll getting before it and the
shore, continuing to force it out into deeper
water. With Mrs. Pritchard at the oars
and Julia polling their plan was working
admirably, hut Julia failing to tell Mrs.
PriJchard which direction to change to,
the animal lodged them and made for the
shore. Budinot was soon on the shore
and tried 10 head it off and drive 1t back
into the deep water again, but the deer
was too active and made bounding leap
just in front of him, when it entered the
hummOck again.
r. Geagan, agent of the Southern Ex-
press Company at Pensacola, received a
letter Friday morning from Mrs. E. S.
Starr, Secretary of the Homing Pigeon
Fanciers, New York, notifying him that
ten pigeons had been shipped to him, and
asking that he would see that they be
properly cared for, marked and liber-
ated under fay orable circumstances.
The birds belong to the Quaker City
Club, Philadelphia, and lately made the
journey from Spartanburg, 5. c., home, a
distance of 500 miles. The airline dis
lance from Pensacola to Philadelphia is
said to be $50 miles. MIR. Geagan will rest
and feed the birds day or two, and, after
properly marking them, will select some
clear, calm morning, and about : O'Clock
will release them. notifying Mrs. Starr by
telegraph Of the time and circumstances
of starting.
A visitor from the eastern part of Or
ange county called on an Orlando dentist
to see what the tax would be for certain
work in mis- line, and was informed that
the bill would be $25. The customer
stated he had no money, but would give a
lot in payment. The dentist agreed, the
work was promptly done, and the deed
made at once. The second scene opens a
week later. The dentist had not seen the
land before CT since, and had given the
transaction no further thought, when a
man entered his Office and made a few in
quiries. Having satisfied himself that it
was the lot in question which the doctor
owned, he inquired his price. The answer
was $40. make out your deed,'' was the
quiet rejOinder which greeted the mo-
mentarily astOnished dentist, but the deed
was executed, and thus three men were
made happy by one little parcel of Florida
sand.