The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-04

money. which he invested IN building
n nc ana several cottages. a pavilion. etc
e. e., SdIh0, very picturesque spot on the
Eau Gallie river Ii is not long since no
saw that he had spent nearly S50g1O on his
SarnO property. '''4
John Hart, the pilot on the steamer
-ldhdtee Was arrested by Sheriff Bow
e az las as me steamer arrived at its wharf
a. JdchsonNillr. The arrest was made at
lne request OF Sheriff Weeks. of CLAW
county, who said that Hart was wanted
10, I1 rape; The warrant was sworn out by
lame montgomery, alias Mamie Daw-
Inns; She is bright mulattO girl. who
mas hung around the steamer a great deal
aLter man named Dawkins. whose wife
sue Claims 10 be. Dawkins, who held the
position Of cook. was discharged bv the
sseWard on account OF her being around
the boat 50 much
A very sad accident occurred on Loeb
I9oSa lake near Hawthorn on Thursday
night about O'clock 1t seems that illegal
SEEMING for fish is carried on in the lake at
nIsnI, ana on Thursday evening a party
secured a jug Of whisky and after filling
up on the stuff they entered their boat and
went out To the SEEMING ground to FISH. BY
me time they arrived they were all too
IN OF WHISKY TO do any. work, and one
OF inc party Lawrence Adkins, got out or
zen our or the boat. After struggling
around in the water for while he either
ueslgnedly or accidentally drowned him
sell IN water about feet deep.
The total amount of phosphate rock ship
pea from Fernandina during the month
was 1915 tons. the greater part of which
was shipped by the French Phosphate
company. The shipments of lumber for
elgn and cOastwise. amounted to (. 63l O96
feet, of which S,057 .5J6 went coastwiSe and
2i55lO teet We're shipped to foreign ports.
lne miscellaneous shipments north were:
6l6 cases of cedar $4,000 shingles 6Sf bar
rels of rOsin, 491 barrels of spirits 115
packages of merchandise 800 barrels of
cotton seed oil and 1900 sacks of cotton
seed meal. The inward shipments con-
sisted of 1900 packages Of merchandise
The new quarantine law fixing the fees
70 be charged at the port of Fernandina
Tor the inspection and fumica ton of YES
sells, makes the following reductions: The
inspection fee for steamships and sail
ing vessels from foreign countries is TO
be $40, instead of SIS, and the inspection
fee for cOastwisc and domestic vessels
Is to be 81. instead of 80. For disinfect-
ing steamships and ships the charges are
TO be A5, instead of $50. For disinfecting
barks and four-masted schooners, the
charge is to be SS5, instead of $50 For
tugs. briggs and two-masted schooners,
the charge is to be S25. instead OF $40:
the disinfecting fee shall be 500 instead
of $50. The act takes effect on its APP
prevail by the governor.
On the occasion of the nuptias of n H.
Perkins and Miss Mamie Gates, at the
residence of the groom at Palatka last
Thursday night, a number of boys armed
themselves with noise-producing instru-
ments, consisting of tin cans
COW bells, horse-fddles and the
like, and proceeded to the
abode of the newly married couple. after
the matrimonial knot had been tied and
the guests had departed. A signal was
given and a most terrible din rent the air
The gray-beardcd groom appeared i'm the
door and demonstrated with the rude mu-
sicians and ordered them to dc sist, but
the more he pleaded with them the noisier
they became. until pandemonium, such as
has never had parallel in the history Of
Palatka. reigned. In vain did the aged
benedict entreat the noisy crowd 70 leave.
Not until he had closed all the
doors and windows sound-tight. discharg-
ed "A blank cartridge in the air and re-
moved the lantern from the veranda and
promised the crowd A s. bill. did the tu-
multi abate When the shouters had OK
hausted themselves and the groom had in
formed them in tones not unmiXed with
anger and determination that they would
not receive another red" cent, they dis
persed, giving three cheers and a tiger
for Capt. Perkins and his newly welded
wife. The boys invested their earnings in
keg of beer and the health of the parties
they had serenaded was drunk. Capt.
Perkins is many years the senior of his
bride.