Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-19

About SIS Italians, who are EMPLOYED in
the construction of the Ponce de Leon
motel, are living in one house on Bridge
street, 1T. Augustine. The house con-
talns but one room, which is about 10 by
20 feet. These men eat and sleep in this
small space. It's urged that the Board Of
Health should Investigate this matter, as
u might result very seriously to the nealth
OF the city In the form Of some disease &C.
oasioned by such habitation.
All hopes of the missing steamer City OF
Nassau ever reaching Jacksonville with
| her crew OF Ii men has been abandoned.
No boat to take her place on the line be-
tween Jacksonville and Nassau, n. p,
can be secured this season. Second Officer
Pagan and the steward Of the City OF
Nassau, also belonged in jacksonville,
Dut the under officers and the crew, four
teen IN all, were engaged in Philadelphia,
ana their names@re not even known in
Jacksonville.
The fishing smack Mary Potter brought
a beautiful pelican to Pensacola day o
two agO which has been domesticated at
the Pensacola ice house by :. {. Cobb. IL
Is a very fine specimen OF the pelican
FAMILY measuring fully seven feet across
lhe wings and standing over three feet
nigh. Tie bird was captured Saturday,
having made sWoOp for a snapper on the
deck OF the vessel, aud being stunned by
the violence with which II struck the deck.
Mr.. Cobb will send the bird to the State
museum at Tallahassee.
At Jacksonville Saturday morning S.
| Rtlewoller, on going to his store. found
thatl 1t had been entered during the night
| by thieves and robbed. Between and
li:3O O'Clock Friday evening a bright light
| was noticed in the third story OF his build
ing, which created some comment from
parties on the street, but it was finally
decided that the clerks had neglected to
turn of the gas before closing the store,
and nothing further was thought of 1t.
! Inc general impression now is that the
/ thief, on gaining entrance to the store lit
| the gas, deliberately selected such goods
as he wanted, and then turned it out and
! took his departure.
j. 4. Beeks, superintendent of public
| schools in Orange county, in obedience to
| the proclamation issued by Gov. Perry,
! setting apart Wednesday, Feb. 10, as
! Arbor day. calls the attention of every
! teacher, trustee, and patron of the public
| schools IN Orange county to the great i'm
| portance of beautifying the grounds
! around the school buildings, their homes,
/ the church, and the silent cities OF the
/ dead. Supt. Becbs recommends that each
/ teacher Of public school give timely
/ notice to the pupils attending that Feb.
! 10 VIII be devoted throughout the county
/ OF Orange, by the several schools, to the
! planting of trees and shrubs and hardy
! flowers around the school buildings, the
! churches and the cities OF the dead; that
each teacher devote one hour or more in
| impresslng the importance of this matter
! upon the pupils; that the pupils respond
with short but appropriate recitations
/ selected for the occasion, feeling that it is
] only "A HntV = hnnafinnpt m u
| to care for and perpetuate the growth OF
/ these trees and shrubs as also a kind of
/ proprietary right in retrospective school
/ premises.