Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28


Miss Mamie Peabody, of Sanford, had a
Pet aillgator named Charlie" which she
Kept In a large bowl of water near ber
chamber window. One night last week a
huge rat entered the room and attacked
oharne," who, by the by, was quite
small with such ferocity that although
Charlle" escaped for the time being. he
received such severe wounds that he died
next day. Miss Mamie had him nut in a
jar OF alcohol, and is quite inconsolable
over her loss.
wednesday morning between 8 and 4
O'Clock j. f. Ingraham's residence at
aort Reed was discovered In flames. The
hre mad gained such Roadway that only a
small part of the furniture on the ground
moor was saved, everything else being a
totai Ioss' NO one was in the house at
the time put servants, Mr.. IngrAham and
family being in Orlando. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. The insurance is 1000.
Mr. !ngraham is President of the South
FLORIDA Railroad, and one of the most
popular and enterprising gentlemen in
the State.
Anes Hewlett, one of the lefty con-
tractors ON the bar at Jacksonville thinks
mat the appropriation as recommended
by the River and HarbOr Committee. AT
tne last session of Congress, would, il il
had passed, have been sufficient to have
secured within very short time a steady
ana permanent depth of thirteen or four
Teen Ieet OF water, and is willing to take
a contract to complete the entire work on
Ine par, guaranteeing a greater depth of
water for given sum of money. more or
less, but comparatively little Of which is
10 be paid until the work Is satisfactorily
completed. He is seriously thinking of
making proposition of this kind at the
next session OF Congress-, which, if &C.
cepted, he thinks will save the govern
ment large amount of mOneyand insure
deep water on the bar in a yery short
time.
harrison Libby, James B. Libby, Au-
gustus +. Libby, V. Henry Rothschild. of
New York, and the Assabet Dianufactur-
ing Company of Massachusetts, have
Med bill ia the United States Circuit
Court at Baltimore, Nd, praying an in
junction to restrain the MARYLAND Lite
insurance Company from paying a policy
OF $4,000 to Mrs. Susan d. HARDWOOD. of
Florida, on the life of her husband, Nor
man ID, Harwood, who died Nav IT.,
1850. The bill alleges that the COM
plalnants obtained judgments aggregat-
ing about $4,000 at MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi.
where Mr.. Harwood lived several
years ago. that he confessed judgments
IN favor OF his wife for $95, 1872 80 in
November, 1880; that 1.-The Judgment was
paid out of the assets of his business; that
they removed to Florida and his wife
bought lands with the money; that the
United States Circuit Court at Jackson
vile decreed May 8, 1885, that all the
property was subject to the claims of the
creditors, the confession of Judgment
having been found to be a scheme to
defraud his creditors; that since his
death the complainants have learned
that he took out upon his life large
policies of insurance, among them an
endowment policy of So, 600 in the Mary
land Life Insurance Company, PAYABLE
in yearly instruments Of $4i0 As. PAYABLE
to his wife at the end of 10 years, whether
he was living or not; that the life insur-
ance was part of the scheme to defraud
his creditors, the premiums having been
paid with money out of which his credi-
tors had been cheated. As has already
been stated in the NEWS, Mr.. HarwoOd,
who lived on Indian river. was fatally in
jured by afall from horse and mad S14S. 900
insurance on his life; 100000 of it, in the
Euitable Company, was paid to the
widow in one check last week in Atlanta.