The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03

/ Apopka. 70 is located near the East End
/ depot Of the Florida Midland and viii
! sh 1rtly be occupied with dwellings and ma
chine shops.
Mrs. Ann C. Burroughs died last Sunday
night after hinge ing illness, at TIE resi-
dence OF her son, Capt B. NJ. Burroughs.
at Tallahassee, in the 73d year OF her q.
Deceased was a daug dter Of Col John
Jackson Maxwell Of Georgia, and wife Of
the late Col. Oliver S. Burroughs.
Titusville Star: Quite a Sc sa.ion oc-
| CURED last Saturday when it was an
nounced that Mrs. Campbell of Jackson
vile had returned 10 this place. and was
held u der arrest by Sheriff Bowman
| through telegram from Mr.. Campbell and
I the sheriff of Duval county. Mr.. Campbell
and his wite's mother arrived here on the
/ train Monday evening. and persuaded her
to return to her home in Jacksonville Tues
| day morning. While here she said sac
would not live with him any more.
Mr.. Swinhoe Of Lake Howell, an enter
prlsing Englishman, does not believe in
doing things by halves. but in thorough
ness. He mad an old bearing grove of three
| acres that had come to a standstill, was
affected with dieback, ETC., and kept get
ting worse in spite of the most attentive
care. Last winter he determined TO make
a vigorous attempt ito get move on il, ;"
and applied eleven tons of fertilizers to the
three acres, comprising bone, potash, Mapes
and several other brands Of fertilizers. The
trees are moving, aud they have not even
heard Of any drought, but are growing
vigorously ami have assumed healthy
color and appearance. The after conduct
OF this grove will be watched with interest
The postofice at Hawthorne was broken
into Tuesday night and came near being
burned. Mr.. and Mrs Bell, whose room is
over the postotfice, were awakened by the
thief dropping something, and Mr.. Bell
rushed down stairs to find that the hanging
lamp in the pOstoffice had been boldly
lighted by the robber, and whether he
turned the wick into the oil when he heard
Mr.. Bell coming, so as to give himself time
to escape, or whether the oil caught, and
threatened explosion ran him hastily away,
is not known, but the oil was on fire whe
MIR. Bell reacaed the room, and the flames
were hcki z tho ceiling overhead. Having
valuable postofiice matter in the room,
and realizing that something must be
done promptly to save the building,
the postmaster grasped the brass work
holding the lamp, aud with a strong pull
broke the chain supporting it and dashed
the lamp TO the floor, where hard light
was then male to extinguish the flames, tine
waste basket and other papers having
caught when the falling lamp scattered the
burning oil over the floor The postmaSter's
underclotnes, having become saturated with
oil, now caught fire, aud he was ba lily,
though not riously, burned. before the
fire was ex iIguished. Being a one-armed
man, he would have had hard, and proba-
bly, not a successful, fight bat for the brave
help his wife gave. In bracing himself to
break the chain supper, ling the lamp, bis
right foot had been advanced forward
directly under the lamp, aud the brass
work, coming down hard on the naked
foot, cut badly into it, and t o bio ID
flowing freely, the floor of the office
next m lrning looked like a slaughter pen.
The alarm having been given, a d nelp
arriving he was put to bed aud DIR. john
son was summo ed. who dressed the cut
aud burns, aud, though Mr.. Bell had fever
Wednesday, he was resting easily. Ths thief
in his hasty flight left the ak with which
he made emit aace through the window.
He secured only 81 IS belonging to cal
benevolent society Of which Mrs. Bell is a
member. No postoffice money or valua les
were secured by i'm, though he came near
burning the building. Had there been
three minutes delay, as dry as it was. and
with the air rushing in through the open
window, the building could not have been
saved, and much valuable matter would
have been destroyed