Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13

Carabelle is to have three mails week.
Catching mullet with lantern is quite
a pastlme at Melbourne.
One thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars has been subscribed at Leesburg
toward building a school house.
A malicious AMI unfounded rumor has
been circulated to the effect that Leesburg
is infected with fatal epidemic.
Improvements are still being made in
all sections of Brooksville. The railroad
news seems to create new energy.
The Brooksville Railway Association
are letting no grass grow under their
feet and are hard at work maturing
plans.
The dredge, having finished work on the
Apalachicola channel, will at an early
day go to Cedar Keys, where other work
awaits it.
Cipio Jackson, who was arraigned at
ApalachicOla for assault with intent to
rape, gave bond tor his appearance at the
next term of the court.
DR.. J. A. Brown, of st. Sebastian, died
last Friday, while being conveyed from
Rockledge to Lake POinsett. He was on
the way to the North when he died. He
was III the advanced stages of consump-
ton.
A. Hoppe, of Missouri, who has been
spending some weeks at Apalachcola,
has bought from w. Z. Orman between
5000 and 10000 acres of land southwest
OF the city on the bay. Mr.. Hoppe expects
to get colony of people from Missouri to
settle on this land.
The grand jury of Franklin county
found about twenty-three bills for carry
ing concealed weapons: Most of the boys
marched up to his Honor and plead
guilty, while some fed to the woods when
1t was whispered that the court would
have business with them.
A. j. Beach, of Palatka, has two new
varieties of fruit in his nursery that
promise to prove valuable to Florida.
One Of them is what is known as the
melon pear, imported from Central
America, and the other the fig of com
merce, imported from Italy.
A stone, found between Wildwood and
Sumterville, viewed from one side is the
exact imitation of lambs head, and on
the other side resembles the head of a
seal. The shape of the neck, head and
nose are perfect, and there are also places
In the stone that resemble eyes.
The expenses of the last Circuit Court
of Franklin comfy, were larger than in
any other county, in that circuit, aggre-
eating over $500. The murder case, with
its hundred special jurors and many
witnesses, was what run up the cost bills,
This was besides prOportIOnate expense
for the some case last fall, when a con-
tinuance was granted, as the jurors and
witnesses were there all the same.
The first artificial ice machine was in
vented at Apalachicola. This vas ac-
c0mphshed by John GOrrie in 1913. Be
fore be perfected his plans, some foreign
ers stole the invention, and partially used
it abroad. In 1858 he secured patent
with which to protect his work. In a
magazine of that year appears rather
sarcastic remark that ga physician down
in Apalachicola, Fla, claims to be able
to make ice any time of the year."
Nat MathewsOn, of Leesburg, in COM
Pany with party of ladies and gentle
men went to Fruitland Park on pleasure
trip aud took with them a target rifle. He
and two ladies were seated in conversa-
ton, when one Of the ladies called his at
tention to the fact that he was sitting
upon the gun, and requested him
TO remove it, fearing that the
weapon might by some means be dis
charged and injure some one. He re-
piled that there was no danger, that the
weapon was unlOaded, and to prove his
assertion cooked the gun, and placing his
mouth to the barrel, was ia the act Of
blowing down it when the weapon. which
happened to be loaded. was discharged,
the ball entering his head just above the
eye. He was taken to his home at Lady
Lake. He is improving, and it is very
probable that he will be out before very
long