The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-17

Of the CITY Of jacksonville An address Of
welcome on behalf Of the city Of Ocala YVES
made by Mayor T. F. Gary, NJ. D., and was
responded 10 by a representative OF Jack
sOaville.
The published report Of the committee
/ appointed by the commission rs 70 exam
inc the books and accounts Of the late Fo-
I lusla county treasure, J. B. Finley, shows
that Mr. Finley was s., 399 20 short. The
/ county is safe, for al the time Mr.. Flnley's
/ bond was approved it was said 10 have been
/ the best BOND ever given in the county, AID
the men who are on the bonI will no doubt
/ make all Immediate settlement Inc De
! Land AqrjcuituriSt says that il IS no more
! than Justice to the memory OF the late
! treasurer t. mention the verbal report OF
/ the committee which was not included in
/ the report published. The committee re-
| ported Il at from reliable parties they were
] Informed that the administrator OF Mr..
! Fnley's estate had in his possession can
| celed warrants more than sufficient to bal
ance the books The administrator Is at
| present not in the state, but Mr.. Finley's
| bondsmen Will no doubt see TO 1t that these
warrants are forthcoming The geOertl
! opinion is that Mr. Finley is not a de
| fauter but that the shortage was caused
| by the manipulation Of his accounts slice
| his death.
Tavares Herald: Capt. Kelly, formerly
! Llo popular CDulLUdLutI u btlo SbStbAlici SlbJ
/ Of Macon of the Boston and Savannah
steamship line, and family arrived in town
on Tuesday. Capt. Kelly is the owner Of
| the cottage on Joanna avenue occupied by
| T. Sims, and is also the owner Of other prop
erty here. He was en- route to Lake Butler,
| where re owns 100 acres of land, aud, if the
situation pleases Mrs. Kelly and his two
| daughters, who accompany him, will at once
commence the erection Of a residence
and putting out a grove. After the
savannah steamship line passed into
the hands Of the Georgia Central
| railroad, Capt. Kelly and Hedge, respec-
| lively commanders Of the Macon and Gate
| City, resigned and Capt. Kelly subse-
| quenty had charge Of steamer running
| between California and Oregon. He has
| just returned from California, and lis ac-
| count Of the situation Of affairs in the Col
| den State is anything but encouraging to
respective settlers. He says that in Los
| Angeles people ara begging on tae streets.
| The city has grown beyond the necessities of
| the country surrounding it, and large num-
| bers can find no employment.
The business of packing and shipping
| Pensacola oysters is proving highly salts
| fact ry to the pioneer, Mr. I. II. Fleet
! wood, some Of his shipments in shell being
| to places as remote as Denver, Col. The
| PenSIco!iGH saws that the Messrs Fleet
| wood, father and son, are experts in oyster
| culture, and besides having booms or float
| ing pens for keeping their oysters fresh at
| their wharf, have established plantations
| where the oysters from other waters are
| placed, and in few days become fat and
! acquire the incOmpa. able E>Cambia flavor.
! This plantation is regularly plowed a-Id tn
| plants 50 treated as to bring them to the
| greatest perfection in a given time, though
| 1t has not been established suiciC lily long
| to gro "patriarchs' with long teard and
| barnacles. Mr.. fleetwood says the RAPID
| growth Of ovs. ers in these waters IS mar
| yelous, and they grow as much here in SIX
| weeks as oysters on the Jersey coast do in
an entire season. Tbs plantations Will not
| be used solely for fatteHing plants, but also
| AS breeding pac,s for young oysters, the
| spawn or "5pat" quickly covering all empty
| shells ami reaching marketable SIZE in two
| seasons at fUrthe-t; the writer saw a bunch
| OF shells recently taken fr IN the bed where
| they mai been thrown but little more than
| a month ago, vet they were literally covered
| with young oys'ers from the size Of nickel
| to a two-bit piece. All empty SHELLS are
| scrdpulously taken ire # and Distribute d
| in the plantat,o S for bre eding purposes.
| Oca'a Press: On last Sabbath afternoon
| while a party Of gentlemen from this place
were engaged in looking over grove on an
| island, resting in the bosom OF the quiet
waters on Lake Weir, the gentleman vino
| has the grove in charge called the attention
| of the party to a very curious discovery
| that he had accidentally made few months
ago. Two very large oak trees that had
stood sentinel watch upon the island for
centuries perhaps, had so grown together
at he ground as to become almost one tree.
This dual tree had previ usly beel dead
elei and later on, a few months ago, was
fired a burned, and then it was in the
ashes tina, remained that strange discOv-
cry was mads-the alS Teton of a man, and
pair Of silver riding spurs lay on the
ground The bones had been so burned
by the intense heat that, on attempting
their removal, ma v Of them crunbled
and fell to pieces, and only the
finger bones and portions or the
arms remained unbroSen: the spurs re-
manned as bright and perfect as when worn
by this unknoHn wearer; and indicating by
their quality that he was at leas, a person
of some means. How long his remains had
lain within this sepulchre, and how and by
what circumstances he got in there, is what
forms the mystery. 1t Is suruised by the
owner of he island, W. =. Bullock, aud by
his msn-in charge, Mr.. Briggs, that at one
time there must nave been cavity where
the two trunks are joined together, and in
course of year, tins has baen gradually
closed by the growth Of the trees. Who
the ma1 was, however, and whether he
crept in this cavity TO shelter himself for
night, as Is the wont of huntSmen. and be
coming fast as unable 10 eCtricate HIM
self, or whether in the far gone past, some
foul murder was lNro committed. aud the
murd escaped detection, are conjecJures
that must end with human fniteleSS