The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-21

last week. SEEKING a case knife, ne made
violent assault on another prisoner, but the
assaulted man knocked him down with
water pitcher and the other prisoners
came 20 the rescue and oyer-p0wered the
maniac.
The Alsatians on the big plantation in.
Gadsden have set out 135 acres in to2cco.
II all looks extraordinarily we'll, some OF it
being knee high. and their corn and other
crops are also looking well Under the
management or supervision Of Ben
Smith, the Quincy Herald says, these peo-
/ pie are fast becoming accustomed to the
farming methods Of this country, as their
present crops win show, and, as they are a
steady, reliable and Woodworking people,
they VIII no doubt be among our foremost
farmers and citizens in few years time.
VIII Elliott, the light keeper on
| 0asparella isle, found l60-pound bomb
shell on the island few days ago. On
opening it was found to be perfectly good,
the powder being unframed. 1t bore
the date 1861, and the mark IF. 5. az Co.,
supposed to be the mark Of the manufac-
turers. Mr.. Elliott also found a solid can
non ball, weighing 40 pounds. He opened
the bomb with a chisel, thereby running
the risk of his b ,dy being blown into J ,OOO
atoms. He didn't get scarei until after the
bomb was opened aud he saw the POWDER
then his hair fairly stood on end.
w. r. Fnlford and Jacob Worley of
| Sutherland went out on the bay the other
day for the purpose Of striking a tarpon.
After bit their fish was seen and the
| grains duly thrown into it, and the usual
| chase began. The tarpon finally tired OF
| the towing business, and was brought along
side the skif, but was found to be so large
that it was deemed best to secure him with
another harpoon before making an effort to
| get him into the boat A spotted shark, de-
scribed as being fifteen feet long, cruising
around, scented the game, however, and re-
| lieyed the boys of further trouble by taking
their tarpoH, grains and line, and giving
| them thorough scare. They thought
| they would he swallowed next.
w. T. Fabling of Lake Mary has ex-
| planned to the Sanford Journal the damage
sustained by himself and family by the
storm Monday morning. Mr.. Fabling's
| house was blown to atoms, not timber left
| standing, and the contents of the building
were scattered over the surrounding coun-
! try, and'he was blown 125 yards into the
| lake, where he was found by his wife and
| daughter, his head being wedged between
two pieces of timber. He received num-
Der of severe cuts on his head and body.
Mrs. Fabling and daughter were also badly
| bruised and injured, but not SO severely as
| he. Everything the family had was lost
Mr.. Failing went to Sanford barefooted for
shoes and clothing for himself and family.
| The storm struck Mr.. Fabllng's place about
5:S5 o'clock a. m. just as the family had
arisen aud were dressing.
]. P. Pratthas five column article in the
| Green Cops Spring on the Caffall ship canal
routes; The course taken when making the
preliminary survey was from deep water
| at the extremity of Boat channel in the
| Gulf of Mexico (near Cedar Keys, through
trestle No. of the Florida Railway and
Navigation railroad, thence through the
Great Cuff Hammock, cypress swamps and
| pine woods for thirty-four and half miles
to the foot of sand hills, where the course
changes from north 63' east to north So
| 20 east; thence the line runs through
| WacahoOta hammock, Moore's pond,
| Lake Tuscavilla, Orange lake, Lake Loeb
| loosa, and on to Rice creek Just north
of Saubles thence down the creek and the
| st. Johns river to Moccasin branch on the
| east bank of the st. Johns; thence, keeping
| on the south of st. Augustine, to Deep
Waterchannel and the Atlantic ocean. The
length of this line is 1853 miles, or 20 miles
| less than 1t would be If carried down the
| st. Johns river and out to the ocean by
way of Jacksonville The cost of the neces-
| sary excavations is,es timated at Sc, 095, 900.
Pensacola Daily Ne,Cs: Two colored men
were of Town Point in boat last Sunday,
when they espied huge fish asleep on the
| pldCAu- suf tdCo OF = bDo american naples.
| They concluded TO have some fun with the
monster, aud, laughing at the big surprise
they were going to give the fellow, they
turned the head of their boat and started
her as hard as they could make the craft go
to strike his fishship amIdships on the port
side. The closer they got the more enjoy
ment they took out of their anticipations,
| the only drawback TO their pleasure being
the Thought that the fish might awake and
| deprive them of their sport by seeking the
| depths below. But they giggled and the
| fish slept on, his dreams undis-
turbed by fancy of the surprise
in store for HIM. On swept the
boat, and before the monster was aware of
the fact that he was being attacked, he was
struck. Full tilt the boat piled into him,
the darkeys resting on their oars after one
| last powerful stroke. But, alas, for the run
which the men had vainly imagined would
follow THAT attack. As the fish was struck
he gave one leap from the water, catching
the boat in his mad struggle. Over went
| the craft and into the wave went the jokers.
| Frightened out of their wits theamen sue
| ceeded in rPgaining their vessel, on the bot
tom of which they climbed, and there they
stayed for several hours until Capt. Dixon
Reed. on his return from the quarantine
station In the Wallace, picked them up ard
| brought them to the city
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