The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-23

went ashore on Greciau shOal, came into port
al Key West Friday. She has cargo OF coal
taken al Newport News and bound for Tam
pico Mexico She went ashore on n above
reef on Aug. IA and was rOated on Aug TO,
after ietsam Of 5Oi tons OF coal and the as
sistance OF The tug Clyde and other vessels
The captain. F.. G. LeverlCk. hopes there Is
not much harm done and that he may be able
TO get away in a few days
Reporter: For several evenings at Orlando
recently the eastern and northern horizons
have been rendered piCuOusly beautiful
with brilliant electrical demonstrations. For
hovrs. almost without intermission. the light
ming quiyered and flashed in an unusual man
ner that attracted the admlrl1g attention OF
many persons in this city Last night the
moon rose from huge, Jagged thunder head
that seemed 70 be Great store house OF cleo
trio fluid which kept up constant lllumina-
ton. The uneven outlines OF the cloud we're
softened and beaUttued by the silvery light
OF the moon. all which formed picture worth
half a life TO see.
The recent fire in jacksonville is said to
have been the most remarkable one ever wit
messed there. on the northwest corner OF
the brick warehouse was small wooden
shed, and although the nre was all around 1t.
it did not burn. on the southwest corner Of
the same building a large oak tree Overhung
the walls. 4 his tree was not even scOrched.
The fence on either side did not burn, and
neither did small wooden shed that is sit
Uated on the south side OF the burned build
ing within ten feet OF the walls. On the river
front the ground Is all made ground, and.
the barrels on this piece OF ground burned,
some boards that the barrels rested upon
were not even scorched
The san Mateo Item makes itself respOn-
siDle for the following statement Alfred
Bailey. finding his eggs were being eaten. as
he supposed ny the hens, cut their bills 10
stop it. On further Investigation he discov-
cred that IL was WOOdpecker that was doing
the work; so he lOaIed the old musket, and
with VENGEANCE in his eve started out early
one morning TO kill the woodpecker lie
Il IA Of wrn1
trees. He took ann and fired. After getting
up and picking he sand out OF his eyes he
discovered that he had missed Mr. Wood.
peCNer, but had shot a limb OF his tree con
tanning fifteen nice, fine oranges. When last
heard from ne was rubbing his shoulder with
oil, and viii try poison now for egg thieves.
The death Of the aged colored woman at Six
Mile creek near iampa was the result of an
accident, which was followed by another. The
old woman was subject to IS caused by a
rush Of blood TO the head. Not far from her
home was pond where the people we're &C
cuStOmed 10 50 for water. Saturday about /
clock She went down to the pond after
water. About an hour elapsed before any I'M
easiness was excited. Search was then insti-
tuted. ana the woman was found face down
ward in about four inches OF water where she
had fallen when at acked by the tit She had
drowned with her face only immersed. Mr..
LOVeugreeu. the undertaken, took two ColOred
assistants with him on the hearse Saturday
night. When they started to return the hearse
creaked and grOaned under the weight Of the
IuIte men anu the neaNN corpse. lually the
vehicle collapsed. From that point to GbOr
city the 20 rney was an ordeal tpOn their
arrival at NbOr another hearse was obtained
but not until the night was far spent
AZ Tampa the crews OF the Spanish yes
sells recently seized by a United States rev
enue cutter claim that the cutters capturing
them where they were was an unwarranted
act, and threatened TO disturb and destroy
the commerce OF a nation with which peace
aule relation existed. They state that they
were Ii no harbor OF the United States, that
they were on the high seas, and the more n
telligent ones claim that the evidence that
will be produced against them viii be insult
hcient. and that 1t will cause the department
TO severely censure Lieut.. Wiley of the cut
ter They charge that while at quarantine
there was a guard appointed. one night dur
ing heavy wind the lights on the Don Juan
Capdebol were blown out; the guards sent a
yolley OF rife balls into the boat. twelve Of
them piercing the furled foresail, arousing
the sailors. who were sleeping on the deck
They speedily lighted the lamps and while
so doing one Of them barely escaped being
shot down by a whlstling rife ball They
avow that they were firmly at anchor at the
time and that the guards were all intoxi-
Gated from the aguardiente and wine taken
from the deponents.