Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-18

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since, has been taken up on account OF
| not being put down according TO specif-
/ cation Of the plan, and a new foundation
/ will De put down next week, when the
work OF building the church will go on
| rapidly.
! The Atlantic Coast Canal Company
| have opened what is known as the "Hand-
over' between Mosquito lagoon and
! Indian river, and steamboats, can now
! pass from one to the other. The canal is
! now 40 feet wide, but will be increased to
| 80. A steamer is expected to pass through
| this week.
N. n. Smith, OF New Gainesville,
! planted one-siXth Of an acre OF common
! pine land in sweet potatoes and has just
gathered therefrom thirty bushels of the
finest potatoes ever grown. The entire
! cost of cultivation was 75c. At this rate
Mr.. Smith could have gathered $50 blu shells
| from an acre, at a cost OF 81 80, which
would have readily sold in the market
! for at least $72
A pleasant evening was spent recently
| by the citizens of Winter Park, on the
occasion OF opening the dining hall of
Rollins College 1t will seat about 100
| persons. An entertainment had been
arranged, President Hooker opened by q
few we'll chosen remarks, and was followed
| by Messrs. ScharriDghausen, Shelby and
! Miss Treat in trio for the violin, flute
and piano. College songs were sung and
a programme arranged by the students
was carried out very successfully.
At st. Augustine Wednesday night one
of the large plate glass windows in Ben
nett & Co.'s shoe store was broken bv a
burglar with a bottle and several pair Of
shoes taken. Information led to the
arrest of Henry Jackson (colored) VINO
| claims to hail from Tennessee. 1t was
| proved that he had been Offering for sale
some of the SHOES, besides actually wear
ing a pair which he had cut to fl his feet.
sheriff Hernandez arrested him, and he
was sent to jail to await the next grand
jury.
A lady was having a we'll dug in Lees
! burg. The digger made stroke with the
crOwbar whicn passed on downward,
nearly soaring the negro to death. On
investigation small lake or pool of
! water about 30 feet in diameter was dis
covered Another gentleman having a
well dug left it on Saturday night with
| the tools at the bottom, without any sign
| of water. When he returned Monday
morning 1t was running over. Another
we'll was sunk on the edge OF lime sink
where the best of free stone water was
found.
Palatka News: Hon. Mr.. Egarts has
| long had the reputation OF being the as
ter of long sentences, and so far all imi-
| tatOrs have had to go to the wall. But
new candidate is now in the field, hailing
! from Canada, and his sentence is pub
/ lisned IN the report of the National
Board of Health for 1885. A Palatka gen.
! tleman has taken the trouble to count
! the words in the sentence, which foot up
| 497. This far eclipses anything that
! Evarts ever did, and will win fame for its
! author, whoever he may be. The SEN
tence can be found on page 90 OF the above
named report.
A gentleman travelling in the north
! western part OF Sumter county saw some
thing tluttering about by the side OF the
road. When he arrived at the spot he found
| black snake of the racer variety cOiled
around large hawk, which was nearly
choked to death. He dIsmounted and
went up to them. Thinking the hawk
| was disabled he tried to make the snake
| release his hold, but it would not do so,
and could not be pushed of. He gave it
light tap on the head with switch,
which partly paralyZed it, when 1t re-
Taxed its hold. 1t was cOiled around one
wing three times and around The neck
! twice, but as soon as 1t relaxed the hawk
| flew off.
Already since severIng his connection
of seven years in the United States Land
Office as Register, l.. A. Barnes, of G aines-
Vile, is showing his hand as a land agent.
But recently he and w. q. Robinson have
formed joint stock company of the lat
ter gentlemaD's property at Orange Point,
SIX miles from Gainesville and two and a
half miles from the railroad. The proper
ty consists of $50 acres of hummock land,
90 acres of which is set in orange groves
with five acres bearing and the balance
soon to come in. Ninety acres of the land
is cleared and cultivated for vegetables
and strawberries. and has produced $i0,-
900 tor one years crop. IL is now stocked
for $4,000, and as evidence of the faith
the States people have IN the scheme,
Messrs. Barnes il Robinson have already
sold to Gainesville's banker, III. +. Dut-
ton, twenty-five shares at 500 share,
and to Al6ertus Nogt, OF Ocala, twenty
live shares.
Quite an excitement occurred on
Wednesday at Genovar's store at st. Au-
| gustine. Jack Sanders, a cOlOred man,
who is in the employ Of Mr.. Genovar, was
celebrating the election OF the Anderson
ticket when divers disputes arose.
Sanders. in his condition, became crazed
and imagined that all were against him,
drew his knife and struck right and left.
Joseph r. Llambias, VINO was acting as q
peacemaker, being In the way was Sc
verely cut on the head and neck. This
was the signal for general row, and the
result was that Sanders was roughly
handled. He received two or three one
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stabbed twice in the back. Sanders
rushed through TO 81. George street and
while on the wing surprised and Knocked
down a peaceable man. Sanders lowered
about the vicinity OF the pos tO1lce. where
n large crowd collected. He was finally
taken home and his wounds dressed by
DR.. {. A. Durham.
Mr.. Flagler, OF st. Augustine, has de.
cided on the construction OF building
about 200 feet by 400 feet on the site OF
the Methodist Church and the OLD skating
riuk. All the wooden buildings on the
territory fronting the Ponce de Leon are
to disappear and in their place is to rise a
facade, which Will be reproduction OF
the famous Moorish palace, the Alcazar,
in Seville, Spain. The name signifest he
royal house, "Casar' meaning house.
TIE original was palace Of the Moorish
kings. The structure will surround gar.
den by a wide arcade, upon which will
| open bazars, restaurants, billiard rooms.
tennis and archery courts, and bowling
alleys, all heated by steam, etc, while
above will be two storlos OF apartments
10 be let TO those who would live in
European style with meals sent 10 rooms
or a la carte at the restaurant. The
i garden and arcade will be lighted by