The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-11


dina, having been brought before the
United States officers on a charge of mutiny,
were told that their demand for a survey Of
the vessel would be granted If they were
prepared TO pay for the same. The demand
was Withdrawn and the crew resumed their
places on the bark The Ormus sailed yes
terday, her officer having given bond in the
libel suit
The monthly report OF the Florida depart
ment Of agriculture for September has Just
been completed. 1t includes all the princi-
pal farm products OF the state, and it may
be taken as sure indication that crops
| generally throughout the state will exceed
last years to considerable degree, not.
outstanding the fears that have prevailed
to the contrary on account of drought and
excessive rains.
Mr.. Eldridge got out a warrant at De
Land. Saturday night, against Benjamin
Prevatt OF the Orange City Times for libel.
| Sheriff Stevenson served it, and Prevatt
counted out $500 in hard cash for his ap-
pearance for examination. The first war
rant did not hold, and upon another being
issued Prevatt waived examination and
gave bond for $500, the case to come up
before next term of court.
Apalachicola Times: John NJ Withrow
is back from trip to st. Andrews. He
leaves In few days for Chipley, where
the Alabama and West Florida Railroad
| Company will establish their headquarters
Mr.. Withrow is confident that work will be
commenced on this road in a few days, and
pushed rapidly through to completion. He
says the company has secured ample means
TO build the road, and that they do not in
tend to be slow about building it.
Sunday night as the passenger train
from River junction, due at Pensacola at
10 O'Clock, rounded the curve at Magnolia
Blum tiange on one OF the engine wheels
broke. Engineer Barclay Immediately re-
versed his engine, but was unable to pre-
vent the engine from leaving the track.
| The engine fell toward the bay, the express
car was thrown against the embankment,
and the other cars remained on the track.
The engineer and fireman escaped without
serious injury. Nail Clerk Phelps, as his
car left the track, made a leap, and was
considerably shaken up. Several others re-
ceived slight injuries. The accident caused
an hours delay in the trains.
Fernandina NetOS: IAN informal meet
ing Of the city council was held Monday
| night to consider a petition presented bv
adjoining property owners praying that
| Maj. Duryee be forbidden to use other than
! coal for fuel, alleging danger to property
The council instructed the acting mayor to
notify Maj Duryee in accordance with the
| petition, and the mill is not running. Mai.
Duryee is filling contracts for lumber for
ten cottages, and considers it a hardship
and injustice to be stopped SO suddenly
without time to change He saws he has
more than complied with the Requirements
OF his permit. He will apply for permits
sion to burn cord wood, and says it is an
unjust discrimination to require him to use
coal while two other mills, one newspaper
Office, and all the locomotives are allowed
| to burn wood.
DeLand Record: There was considerable
fun IN court last week over the stealing and
| killing of steer. The case was the state
VS.. Peter Stone and Asa Wingate. The in-
| dictment read larceny of cow" and the
testimony brought before the court was that
COW had been stolen, killed and eaten BY
the accused. The hide was also produced
in court. Messrs. Price and Miller were
for the defense, and while admitting that a
beast had been stolen ana killed by the
accused claimed that the Indictment
charged the offenders with stealing COW.
but IN reality the animal stolen was steer
This being proven, the jury could do moth
lug but say mot guilty, as charged in the
| indie ment.n In the statutes OF the state
heiferS are classed under six heads-calf.
cattle, COW, bull, steer, ox-but should an.
other such case come up, it is not probable
| that the guilty parties will escape through
a technicality. The probable costs of the
case will be $500, and the law failed to do Its
work.
After the United States court had been
opened at Jacksonville, Wednesday, in due
order by Deputy Marshal Moody, Judge
G. NJ. Cooper made the following motion
Now comes o. K. Patton, aforesaid, and
assigns, as an additional ground of his
challenge OF the array of grand jurors
spread upon the motion docket of Oct. Z,
that said grand jurors were not selected
without regard to party affiliations as re-
quired by the act Of congress, but that the
act of congress was violated therein, as
manifested from the fact that nearly all of
said grand jurors are republicans, to-wit:
that Of twenty-three drawn from the box
and included in the said venire, twenty
two are republicans and only one
is member of the Democratic
party, as the said Paxton is informed
and believes, and offers to prove as the
court may direct" Affidavits were also
filed by J. d. Tuten and T. Albert Jennings
of Hamilton county, and by j. NJ. F1lch
and NJ f. Brown of Columbia county to
the same effect, and NJ. Hearn of jackson
Vile filed one relative to the republicanism
Of Philip Walter, clerk of the court. After
argument the motion was overruled.
Judge Cooper noted an exception to the
ruling of the court. To fill the vacancies
caused by some jurors who had been ex-
cused, Marshal Mizell presented the names
of several men, all but one OF whom are
|
A few days ago DIR. r. P. Daniel of Jack.
sonville, president of the state board of
health, was no flied that there were some
suspicious cases of fever at Key West, anG
Monday last he dispatched d.. j. Y. Porter
state health officer, to investigate the mat
ter. Wednesday he received telegram
from DIR. Porter, stating that it was I'm.
doubtedly yellow fever, but that the
authorizes hoped to be able to control and
stamp it out. DR.. Daniel thereupon wired
the different health officers at all exposed
places as follows: "Dr. Porter reports
cases of yellow fever at Key West, but
there is no need of apprehension, and pre-
cautions have been taken to prevent unac
climated persons leaving the island" "Un.
accimatedn in this connection applies
to those who have not had yellow fever:
'acclimated" is meant to include those who
have had it. The policy of the state board
of health in preventing unacclimated peo-
pie leaving the island is a wise precaution
for after exposure to the iufe ton an unac.
climated person might develop the disease
even at long distance from the place OF
exposure; while in the case of an accli
mated person the chances of this would be
Enthusiastically small, according to the
, theories OF quarantine in recent years
; There is every reason to believe that there
will be no spread of the disease in this in.
, stance, but that the next news will be that
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