The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-24

OF the house OF the danger. The house had
I been vacated scarcely five minutes when
Z the entire side. with about eight feet Of the
I front, fell into the excavation Of the Equi-
table building, leaving the interior Of both
Z floors exposed 70 VIE y from the stree. ).
D. Rautau, a tailor, with hIs wife, lived in
tie house, which was 81 old one. Besides
Mr.. Rautau's family, rooms we're rented %
Mr.. Hughes and wife aud 10 I. VI. Mercer,
bailfff in Justice Laudrum's court. None
Of the tenants lost any valUsoles IN the
wreck except Bailiff Mercer, who lost q
mortgage drawn by 7. y Meyer II his
favor
Brunswick Times: Here is something
very peculiar. The Times 81. Simou's Co
respondent writes: ''ST. SIM0S'S ISLAND.
Ga. April -, 1S9l.-To The Brunswick
Times: Did you ever hear Of an eye snail!
have one in my possession, given me by
Capt John F. Lodge, OF the schooner
Minnie A BonsalL TIE captain told me
that they are found on the coast Of some Of
the Sout Pacific islands. product Of the
Sea, aud in appaara c. not unlike the ha
of dry English pea. The fat de is eighty
conceived, and by close inspection the num-
eroUs snaaA legs can Be seen in reaiiEess for
business, closely folded toge her. Now
comes the most singular part Of the story:
Place tleliJtle animal under the lid Of the
eye, and he springs of, ruuuilg al ABOUT
and arJul ID the bail apparently
in search of any thing of foreign nature,
which, should he fad, be viii seize and
come out Of the eve, evidently satisfied with
having performed his duty. Stranger still,
the thing remains hfeess IN my pocket
until | immerSe it il little vinegar, which
was instructed TO do before using, where
upon it begins jumping about. Simplifying
its Will ngness to work. Although the
thing is as large, and, as I say, resembles
the half of an English pea, there is nothing
irritating about IL TO the eye. OF whicl
have sat SIZED myself by placing it in my
made acquainted with its use by the
natives, who, he says, frequently get grains
OF sand in their eyes while diving.
Islander"
Augusta EUening Herald: Mr.. Tom
Bryant, who has just arrived from a fishing
trip to the Looks, tells of the narrow escape
there Of bOatload Of people. Ga the dag
in question, he said, the water was flowing
over the dam about foot deep. He saw a
party of negroes come down to the bank on
the Carolina side, above the dam, evidently
intending to cross over to Georgia. There
were three women, a man and boy in the
group, and all Of them crowded into a ba.-
teau. They then started across, but TO Mr..
Bryants utter astonishment he saw that
the man handling the paddle knew nothing
whatever about managing a boat. Mr.
Bryant was near the Georgia side but yelled
to them to keep the bow up stream. This
the man could 1T accomplish, however, and
the boat wss carried rapidly down stream
by the fast flowing current To go over tie
dam into deep portion Of the river meant
death by drowning, and TO strike on the
rocks meant broken limbs or uecks. But
over they went anyhow, all screaming and
frantically waving their arms. AS the boat
neared the dam it seemed TO almost leap in
the air, and then shot out from the brink
into space. The fall is at least fifteen feet.
The gentleman says he felt sure death |
was in store for some Of the occupants and
turned away his head so as to avoid seeing
the struggles. A moment or two afterward |
he looked out again, aud was not only sur
prised but delighted 20 see all five standing
on the rocks just below the dam, the water
reaching only TO their knees. They had |
fortunately gone over into shallow part,
and although the boat was smashed, mono |
were killed All Of them, however. were
more or less bruised and scratched. They
were afterward rescued from their perilous
position.