The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-05

by one shooting the other with gun loaded
with buckshot, fatally wounding him The
party who did the shooting has escaped.
The bell Of the Zion Baptist Church ct
Fernandina was rung Sunday morning by
practical jokers, waking all the inhabitants
course, that there must be a fire in the city,
as there is an ordinance against such ring
ing except IN cases OF fire.
The Merrimack correspondent Of the
ApOpka advertiser states that John Frank
of UmRtilla, picked 2, 900 quarts of strawber-
ries from one-fourth OF an acre, selling 500
worth of berries, beside using all he wanted
in his family for five months. This is at
the rate Of 5000 quarts per acre.
PaIatka has five large saw mills-the Pal
atka Lumber and company,
East Palatka, Boyd's mills, the mammoth
mills of " }. Tllghman Sons & Co, the
Vincent Milling Company and Buffers
mills. The combined capacity of these
mills is probably 100000 feet per day.
st. Augustine Democrat: There is an
old half-breed pointer dog who hangs about
the Cathedral always insisting on getting
inside The dog is sick and hardly able to
move, and it would be an act of charity for
some one Of the police force to put him out
Of his misery, even though he is religiously
inclined.
A young colored girl about IL years old
recently applied for the position OF a dis
charged servant in Orlando, states the
Record, stating that "she wanted 81 so per
week and her mother said she must be sup
piled with plenty of butter, milk and SUI
gar, and that the other servants must tie
educated" The lord of the house told her
that she had better bring COW along with
her.
At Fort Myers, day or two ago, f. A.
Brewer was tried for illegally selling
whisky, and while the jury went out at the
one door Brewer slipped out at the other and
gave leg bail He has not been heard from
since. The jury brought in a verdict of
guilty, and the judge imposed fine of
81, 200 and cost Of court, to be worked out
at hard labor at so cents per day in default
| OF payment. Brewer has been moon
sinner for several years, aud he is wanted in
a United States court as soon as this court
is through with him.
At Fernandina, Monday, during storm,
]. g. Suhrer was sitting intent upon his
work in n. G.. Ben jaruin q Co.'S store,
about o'clock, when tremendous crash
and racket caused him to go to the door to
see if some place near by had not been
struck by lightning. A little heap OF debris
on the sidewalk showed him that the build
| ing he was in was the one the bolt had
fallen upon, and glancing upward he saw
that the brick work of the northeast corner
was gone. 1t lay in heap at his feet and
in its descent 1t had knocked down the
sign and demolished the fence adjacent.
At Fairbanks little Harry Furman, aged
Is years, came very near killing his brother
some days ago. The children, with their
mother. were visiting Mrs. Erwin, neigh
| Dor. As Mrs Furman and Mrs. Erwin were
sitting on the front piazza they heard the
report of a gun, and in minute Charley,
aged Z, came out saying, 81 am shot" For
tunately one small shot just above the eye
was all. Harry found the gun, loaded with
bird shot, behind the door, and turned 1t
down, so that all the shot ran out but one,
thus saving his brothers life, then pulled
the trigger. Chef, larger brother, was
up magnolia tree in the front yard, and
was so frightened at the report that he fell
out of the tree.
A Lowell Mass paper says: Erred C.
Thompson of Water street, Concord, N. II.
committed suicide on the bank of the Mer-
rimac river by shooting himself in the head
with a revolver On bis person were found
letters and kilograms and a small amount OF
money. The last letter received by the de-
ceased was from his brother, John ..
| Thompson, in st. Augustine, asking him tc
ascertain II his pension check had been sent,
and, II not, requesting loan OF $50. A
telegram dated June IS, from the brother
Ia Florida, asked that $50 be sent at once
Thompson resided in st. Augustine up to @
month or SO ago, when be went north. II,
was in the real estate business aud had'des
room In the Long building.
Feruaudina NelDs: The clouds tina
looked SO threaueningly upon church-goer
and other pedestrians Sunday evening grew
in density and anger as the night advanced
Soon after midnight, peal after peal o
thunder rolled overhead, and the lightning
kept up almost continual illumination
A copious shower fell and broughta refresh
ing GOODNESS Over some parts of the sur
rounding country the storm broke wit
extraordinary fury. AT Chester it wa
very severe, and at the beach the defean
ing peals created momentary CONSERVATION
among the guests at the Strathmore
Reused suddenly from deep sleep they
thought they must be in denger, aud man,
of them rushed out TO see what the matter
was. No injury was done, but when morn
ing broke it was found that bolt ha'
struck a sand hill just in the rear of tn
house, and one of the bathing houses.