The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-07

the nature Of quo warranto instituted by
the attorney general upon a relation by
JOseph wilkins The chef is expected TO
show why jud gment Of custer should no
be rendered against him as az usurper of
the powers, ETC., belonging to the sheriff
and marshal.
At Pensacola Wednesday, at tie sale Of
money belonging 70 the "Wo rkingmen's'
and the Mutual building assOci atoms,
the former disposed of 800 at from 81 to
40 per cent. premium. Phe latter sold
/ $4,000 at from II to II per cent. The first
mentioned is one of the new associations,
the Mutual being an ''old time rho sale
was the largest of the kind ever known in
Pensacola.
Mrs. Caroline Beaver, saloon passenger
on the Clyde line steamer Seminole, died at
sea of remittel It fever during the steamers
last voyage from Jacksonville to New York
Her husband, William Beaver, ce - to
Florida two years ago and started an or
ange grove at Chattahosehee. About two
weeks ago he died of bilious fsver. The
widow and her only child, boy Of years.
! took passage for New York city. She was
taken sick the second day out. Her body
was sent TO Brooklyn upon the arrival OF
the steamship in New York, Monday.
Fort White Observer: On Friday night.
last, Charles Moore, one of Capt. Bardin's
! turpontine hands, while sittil & at home
reading, was shot by an assassin at heart,
and his face and neck filled with No bird
shot. The wounded man is doing as well
as could be expected uader the clrcun
stances, but il is feared that he will lose
the sight of both eyes woman, and
hard-favored one atthat, is at the bottom OF
the ATTEMPTED assassination. The per0e-
TRAITOR of the foul deed is spotted and evil
| dence is looming up against him, and he
will no doubt be in the clutches of the law
before these lines appea In the Observer.
A reporter of the Palatka Herald found
in that city Tuesday one Of the u1fortunateS
of this cold world. who was so years of
age, paralyzed, hungry and ragged. lie
said: Il was in TAMPA two years ago and
had the yellow fever. That same year l
lost my brother, his wife and five small
chillreH. all within week. AS soon as |
could, came to Pllatka, and have been
| living on a small farm in the country rails
| ing vegetables for livelihood, but the rains
and SUI have ruined what little crop | had,
and now do not know what to do. Aloue,
friendless and penniless, am on the world
to seek an existence.
Monticello Constitution: About twelve
| years ago q negro by the name of Jim Will
Jams committed murder in Leon county
and made his escape to Georgia. where he
remained several years. 1t seems that
| few days ago the sheriff of Leon arrested
negro on some minor charge, and he told
| him if he would release him he would tell
him the sheriff) where he could find Jim
| Williams, who was going by the
name of Jack Jones. OF course the
sheriff did not release his prisoner,
but succeeded in learning from him
that Williams was in this county. SO
Thursday, Deputy Sheriff Hopkins came
| over and informed Sheriff Simkins of the
facts. and it was not many hours before
our sheriff the best one in the state) mad
the murderer wearing pair of steel brace
lets. lie wa delivered over to Deputy
Hopkins, who took him to Tallahassee by
first train. Williams alias Jones, had been
living on Junius Turnbull's planta ton
| for several yea s, and was considered an in
| dustrious and peaceful citizen.
The heaviest and most destructive rain
that ever fell in that part of Spalding
county fell about four miles southwest of
| Woodbury. LASS Saturday morning. d. s.
| MUSES. mill and dam were washed COM
pletely away. 1t was situated on a branch
near where 1t empties into Cane creek, and
| by eye witness and actual me- surement the
water rose more than eight feet in
one hour. 1t was something like
water spout All of the grain was
saved from the mill house except about fifty
bushels of wheat. Every piece OF the ma
chinery was moved by the waves. The
heavy iron turbine water wheel was moved
over 200 yards and the three heavy mill
stones were moved over 400 yards down the
creek swamp. The boiling machine was
found a full half mile down the creek,
| lodged in some trees The miller
saved most of the betting. What
little has been picked up since
| the flood doesn't amount to anything and
is 50 badly damaged that it can never be
| I1C rrpln 'ha 10
Where there was pond Friday morning
that covered fifteen ceres of land, and was
| from to IS feet deep, nothing but a Doggy
marsh with a small branch running through
IT remains The crops below the mill pond
were greatly damaged by the breaking of
| the pond.
By instructions from the general la nd of
| flee at Washington hearing has recently
been ordered in the Fort Brooke military
reservation land case to begin at the United
States land Office in Gainesville on Monday,
Oct. Il. next, at 10 o'clock a. III. Ostensi-
bly,, this hearing is ordered for the purpose
of determining whether the lands embraced
| within the reservation are included within
the Limits of an Incorporated town, or occu-
pied for the purpose of trade and business;
and also to determine the character of the
settlement of Daniel Mather, presumption
claimant; but, as matter of fact it is
claimants to this valuable slice of Uncle
Sans domain, nineteen in number, will
have an opportunity Of being heard in
joint proceeding, and it insures an early
adjudication Of complicated matter which
has been veritable white elephant on the
hands of the interior departme ut for many
years. The land involved, which is now
claimed 20 be within the corporate limits of
the growing city of Tampa under its state
charter of 1855, and is asked for by that
city for town site purp )ses, stretches out
south and east of the city proper in the
shape of a gigantic boot, and contains
las. II acres, with about one-haIf a mile
frontage on the waters Of the magnificent
Tampa bay. 1t commands one of the most
beautiful and picturesque views in Florida.
In round numbers, the reservation is worth
the snug sum of 100000, though it
is possible that some of the claimants
to it would sell out for a great
deal less money. The original Fort Brooke
reservation was established by order of
President jackson, at the instance of Gen.
Brooke Whose name it now perpetuates),
in the year 1880, and covered an area of
sixteen miles square; and after various
notifications and reductions, the remainder,
or last reduced reservation. being deemed
no longer necessary for use as a military
station, was relinquished by Secretary of