The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-07

| sion the saw TO q sWord-fish which Ine0 =
ured six feet two inches A gentleman who
came over on the same train says that the
| lucky man who caught the fish was Mr..
Calhoun himself, and that il weighed / ,0S6
pounds, and length of fish ten feet SIX
inches.
Lake City Reporter: Another great and
pressing need Of Lake City just now is a
| tannery to work up tue thousands Of
pounds of dry hides that are being shipped
away We are told by one of the local
dealers that at present prices for raw hides
IT requires an ext a large one to bring over
20 or 80 cent?, while the same hide, worked
up into leather. will bring 50 so to So
Not dwelling to rent in Lake City.
Capt. Mcdonnell has informed the Fer
nandina Neacs that the rumor to the effect
that the railroad company had given up all
idea OF building their shops there, aud had
notified the Town Improvement Company
that they were ready to surrender the deed
to lands made over to them for that pur-
pose, had no truth in it, and that, on the
c)ntrary, he thought the company would
begin work on the shops in very short
! time.
kissimIiee Leader: While a boy and
girl of Mrs J. p. Wilson were fooling with
a pistol last Saturday, the girlin some man
ner accidentally made it 90 off, the ball
blowing ridge 10 the boys forehead broad
and wide enough to lay ones finger in and
about 214 inches long. Dr. Given was
called, who sewed and fixed up the wound,
and the young fellow can thank his LUCKY
stars that it is no worse. IL doesn't pay for
| 10 or l2-year-old children to be fooling with
firearms.
The Palatka train, due at st. Augustine
at OLD O'Clock Friday evening, met with an
accident near Merriheld, resulting in the
wrecking of two coaches. Engineers and
hrenen are constantly on the lookout for
cattle along this route, but now and then
the engines knock one or two into the
dltches. Friday the engine struck four at
once. The engine passed by in safety, but
the two coaches We're derailed and the track
| badly damaged. Fortunately there were
but few passengers on the train and no one
was hurt.
Orange City Times: William jackson.
who was indicted by the grand jury at the
spring term of court for false swearing In
prese ting bill to the county for expenses
incurred In the distribution of ballot boxes
| Tor use at the last election, had a hearing
last Tuesday. His.attorney, ST. Clair
Abrams, had the indictment quashed for
| the reason that Mr.. jackson had never
| sworn to any such bill, merely presenting
one for such service. 1t was also shown
that there Is no law regulating a schedule
price to be paid for such service.
Special Deputy United States Marshal
Bralnerd OF Eau Gallie, Brevard county.
arrived at Jacksonville, Saturday, with the
Hoa. William Evan, an ex-member Of the
Florida legislature aud prominent demo-
| crat OF Dade county, under arrest. Accom-
panyl & them were five white men, citizens
OF Dade county, three brought as
witnesses for the government The
affidavit fled, and upon which the
warrant of arrest was issued, is
as follows: "United States of America.
Northern district of Florida. Before me.
| Philip Wal or, a commissioned of the circuit
court of the United States, in aad for said
district, personally came j. N. Stripping,
VINO being duly sworn, on his oath says,
that he has good reason to believe
that j. William Evan, on or alb Jut
Nov 3, A. D., 1886, at and in the
| county of Dade, within said district, the
said J. w. Evan being then and there dep-
uty clerk OF thescircuit court Of said county
or Dade, did secure and take into his GUS
tody and charge for safe keeping, as such
deputy clerk, the certificate of the result of
an election held in said county on Nov.
2, 1855, at precinct No. 3, Elliots Kew.
for representative in congress, and that
the said j. w. Evan, with intent to
| affect the result of said election, did
fraudulently and falsely alter and change
| said certificate by making it appear
theron that twenty-eight votes were polled
at said precinct for such representative,
| whereas in truth and in fact ONLY 10 votes
we're cast &C said election at said precinct,
which is in violation of the laws of the
| United States, and contrary to the peace
| and dignity thereof. J. N STRIPPING. Sub
| scribed and sw RI to before me this 81 day
Of July. A. ID. 1899. Philip Walter, u. S.
commissioner. district Florida A re-
porter asked Mr.. Evan who
gave the information upon which the
| charge was based. He said he opposed
James Wood Davidson of Dade county.
District Attorney STRIPPING also said that
Davidson furnished the information. Mr..
| Davidson is claimed to be also a democrat,
and was Evans competitor for leg islativo
honors, and brought a contest in the last
| legislature and succeeded in ousting Evan.
Mr. STRIPPING also said that he had been
directed by Attorney General Miller to pro-
coed with the case. Ex-Attorney General
| Garland had also directed Mr. Call, ex-dis-
trlct attorney, to prosecute the case, but
owing TO want of funds to 1procure wit
nesse5, the case had to be postponed from
term to term Of the United States court
Hon. c. M. Cooper, attorney for defendant,
moved, as material witness for the prose-
/ cution had not arrived, to discharge the
prisoner. This Commissioner Walter over
ruled, and said that he would issue an at
tachment for said witness, adjourn the
case over to Oct II, and place Mr.. Evan
under $500 bail until t at date The bail
was promptly given by Mr.. Evan, Messrs.
Charles Peacock and William NJ Mattais
| of Dade county becoming sureties Marshal
| Mizell said the reason the witness was not
present was because he did not have money
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