The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-07

a canning factory Is being erected at
Parker, near st. Andrews Bay
During the month of December the res
ceipts at the Key West custom house, Capt
Johu f. Horn collector, aggregated only
500. 507 so.
Less than q year ago small house on San
Marco avenue near Locust street at st.
Augustine was bought for 5000. A few
hundred dollars was spent in fixing it up
and it has just been sold for 81, 100
+. B. Fishers house at Ponce Park in
Volusia county was destroyed by fire Sun
day night OF last week. The loss Is estimated
at So, 900, upon which there was an insur-
ance of 81 900 only. The fire originated in
the roof near the fiue in which there had
been no fire for several hours aud when dis
covered was entirely beyond control.
The post OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
public, which was organized at Palatka
about year ago, was disbanded on Tues
day. Death and removal of members to
other sections made this course unavoidable.
The commander. T. T. L. Queen, will set
tie up the affairs of the post and grant
honorable discharges to members upon
payment Of 81.
Bud Montgomery, a young negro notori-
Gus in police circles for his crimes, was
lodged in the county jail at Pensacola
"Wednesday. Last Friday he went to Can't
Saunders place near Bayon Texar, and
made desperate assault on a negro named
Broxtop who was employed there Broxton
fled and Montgomery then approached a
half witted negro woman who was at work
in the garden. The woman claims that he
made an assault upon her and succeeded in
outraging her person despite her resistance
AS the Florida Central and Peninsulaf
train was pulling out from Silver Springs
Wednesday afternoon, some miscreant
threw heavy missile at Conductor Odds
who fell upon the platform, stunned. As
the train had moved some distance from tt @
depot before the conductor recovered him
self, no attempt could be made to apprehend
the person who committed the assault. He
is, however. supposed to be a negro with
whom Capt. Olds some time ago had
trouble and who has been heard to threaten
him.
The libel suit of H. +. Dewey, Trabue &
Stafford, attorneys, VS.. the schooner Chit
tagon, which went ashore in Charlotte Har-
Dor bay several weeks ago, for 500. 600 sal
wage. and which has been pending in the
United States court at Key West, Judge j.
| W. Locke presiding, was withdrawn by
mutual consent Tuesday upon the strength
of telegram which was received by Col
! g. Browne Patterson, attorney for the
ships owners and under writers, stating that
| the agent for the ship and under writer's
now at Punta Gorda had succeeding in
compromising the case with the attorneys
Tor the wreckers for $4,000.
| Palatka Advertiser: We we're shown on
| yesterday by Fl. w. Mabry a unique curl
osity 10 the shape of watch chain that
name over from England in the Puritan
ship M8yhower and was worn by Calet
Carr, first governor of the colony of Rhode
Island, who was the great-great- grand
| father OF Mrs. Mabry. The Carr family
are in possession of 9 quaint old clock that
reaches from the floor to the ceiling and i.
run by means of huge iron weights. The
| pendulum rod to this mammoth time.
| piece runs up through the case, attached &c
which is q full-rigged ship which oscillates
to and fro with the motion of the pendu.
J lum, An old-fashioned, strAig t-ba cked
rocking chair also enters the list of relics
owned by this family, the rockers OF whict
are worn down so thin that the weight OF
any ordinary person would break them
! Fabulous amounts have been offered BY
various institutions in the United States for
these aged keepsakes, but none were ae-
cepted.
At Jacksonville Thursday Mathew hayes
laid two crossings for the board OF public
works Of asphalt blocks-one acroes Bay at
Ocean and the other across Bay at Main.
Parallel crossings will DO laid Of vitrifed
brick and an object lesson on the respective
merits OF each as spaTing material viii be