Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-27
FLORIDA.

A large number of tourists will be in
Palatka this week.
Messrs. Caldwell and Wilson found a
tree that contained 1913 bats in it IN Marion
county on Tuesday.
The American and European Invest
ment Company has Just purchased o4,OOO
acres OF land in Levy county.
The wall around the water tank at the
Palatka gas works broke in two places
Friday, bat no serious damage was done.
A man who fell asleep on the wharf at
Palatka Friday night while waiting for
boat, was arrested, and at the Mayors
Court yesterday morning was dismissed,
the cost OF the case falling on the arrest
ing officer.
DR.. +. c. Merrill, while rowing on the
river at Palatka Sunday, saw a large
black moccasin, which he shot and killed.
The snake was four and a half feet in
length, and the body was four inches in
circumference.
The broom house on Col. PARIS grove,
three miles south of Ocala, was burned
Thursday night, and the inmates, five in
number, narrowly escaped. The cause of
the ire was the stovepipe being too short
and the sparks were blown under the
shingles. Nothing was saved.
A 13-year-old daughter of a colored man
by the name Of Anderson, living three
miles east of Jacksonville, was burned to
death Friday. She was using kerosene
oil in kindling a fire, and her clothing
caught from the burning fluid, which was
not eXtinguished until she was burned
almost to a crisp.
A glance over the city directory of
Jacksonville shows that the name of Will
lams occurs most frequently, there being
IA1 enumerated Thpra QfQn
Smiths, 70 Jones, - Browns, 51JOhnsons,
81 Greens, IS each of Thomas and Jack
son, "a Clarks, 20 each of Thompson. Tur-
ner and Walker, 21 Mitchells, 10 Aliens,
IS each of Alexander and w hite, II Lewis.
10 jenkins. MIR. Webb makes the present
population Of the city and suburbs 20712,
an increase Of / 1884 since 1884, when his
last directory was published.
Indian Ri0er sam: Peter Wright, who
has just arrived from Eden, the Zephyr,
brings us from Capt. Richards, of that
place, fine pineapple, a stock of sugar
cane, and several slips of lemon blossoms,
all OF which have passed through the cold
apparently uninlured. Tue damage is
lighter than at first supposed. Reports Of
damage to the oranges are very contra
dictOry. and as Investigations are being
made it is thought best to await thor
Ough examination before reporting a def
mite result. Some of the orange crop is
frosted, however, but none frozen.
At Fruitland Park about daylight
Thursday a negro went to the house of
Z. l.. Curtis and shot at him through the
window, the ball making q slight wound.
Nj. Curtis returned the compliment and
succeeded in wounding his assailant dan
gerously. The negro then attempted to
shoot again, but Mr.. Curtis was too soon
for him, and striking the negro over the
head with his gun felled him 10 the ground.
The negro subsequently died. This negro
is the one who committed the outrage at
South Lake Weir Monday night. Mr.. Cur
It's is from Ohio, and is a quiet, molten
sive citizen, and cannot give any reason
why he should have been attacked. The
negro was at one time brakeman on Con-
ductor Williams train on the +. r. and
n railroad