The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13

their fruit and Pit on vigorous growth.
Tho do tor IS W spraying trees with a
solu5iol Of whale oil and potash.
Eatonvile, Ora ge GU IT,, is little town
O q mi g 4ortl of u ,itland l. has ;,opu-
lation Of ebout 800, all Of wnom are negroes.
n t a white ma lives in TIE town. The
mavo-, j. E. Clark, is a negro, and 80 are
the five members of the co anon council.
Z town /, abOua six wears old, and il was
orgauizs to urv the experiment of negro
goverlmaut. Until recently 1t published a
Little paper called the EltoIvills Speaker.
This paper was published by company, OF
which tho mayor was president One %
the directors 20, vexsd because he was rot
allowed to run tli IgS. 50 10 went to the
ollic. MAY |, when all hancs had gone t.
dinner, pied the type and carried il and the
prs.s to his own house. 10 is now before
the courts, and * i'll be dealt With according
TO law. Pu licatlol of the paper will be
resumed in few days
7. r Kennedy of Rochelle has in his pos
session gun ;uads expressly for use at the
tine of the notification excitement in
South Carolina in 1895 There ware olly
few Of these gus manufactured, and the
one referred to was presented 10 a mtlitary
company in Charleston and was won by
MIR. Kennely's uncle, Audraw Kennedy, at
a target shooting. Since at dat the gun
has killed over 1000 wild turkeys aud a
vast amount Of other gams. A sister of
Mr.. Kennedy, 81 ling at Rochelle, Is thu
o Yner Of chair which was used by Lord
Rlwden OF the British army, while making
his hea Quarters at the house # her e and
mother Whe Gen. G -eene advanced Lord
Rlwden retreate1 and Gan. Greene 0ccl-
pied the sane house and the same chair.
Both gun aud the chair are now at r :
chelle and in an excellent state of preser-
walton.
At Daytona, about o'clock Sunday. the
handsome resi- lence Of William Jack
son, on Beach street, was Destroyed by fire
Toe fire broke out on the roof AID ragged
fur ously, owing to high wind preva Ii q.
and in few mi utes the whole structure
was g velopad in flames. MI n of the fur
nlture was hastily rem )ve1, I'd it was 500 q
eviie t t1at % building 1uld not be saved.
The danger to the store bull ling
some Is feet distant--.gaS imminent, and to
save that AMI the adiot1ing bui di z all
effjrt was directed A bucket brigad3 was
organized, and by hard wo K, ani favored
by a light clange 0f the wind the store
with its large and valuable stock Of mer-
cnaldi % was saved. Tho origi Of the fire
is no clearly known, but is attributed t. a
defective 6ue. The loss is rsti mated at
5000, on " ich there is only $500 insur-
a CO in the Hartford company Of Hartford,
Conn.
About four miles south of Interlachen,
Putnam county, on May 4, occurred
the NOS wonderful and startling phe1om-
ena that has ev II been witnessed by the
citizsus Of that neighb 1rhooi. Near the
grove Of Capt. Smitl some Of the citizaus
were started by a frightful noise, like the
rushing Of mighty cannon ball throuy n
the air. On looking uD they discovered
something that looked like a solid column
Of fire passing with tremendous veloci y
through the air, with whirri1g, Kissing
sound, s)mething like that of a
shell but may times louder Il
aopea ed to be from eight to
ten feet in length and from four to Ave feet
ii diameter, but it was passing with sucl
swiftn- IS that it may have been many times
larger than it appeared. Whel first dis
covered it seemed to be several hundred
fee. above the earth, and was inclining ia
its curse toward the ground, profusely
emitting great sparks of fire. About min
ute or two after it passed out Vt sight an
"ful explosion was beard that shook the
earth for miles arou d. and was heard for
a distance Of fifteen m les