The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27

I from April 70 r. This state society has
Z increased over 90 per cent. the past year,
aud triumphently carried of the banner
awarded 70 the southern state making the
I greatest gain in membership at the national
convention held in Atlanta last November.
At Ocala George and Robert Sanders Of
Reddick, who were indicted for killing Tom
Williams at Redd.ck last December, and
who were out on bail, have been remanded
to Jail TO await their trial, which, il is
/ thought, will occur at the term Of court
now in session. Policeman Clawpitt hast
also been remanded to Jail for shooting
Wallace Dawkins (colored). He also had
been out on bail after a preliminary hear
ing, but the grand jury found a true bill
against all the parties named, and hence
they are again behind the bars.
A month ago 7. S. Cobb and his brother,
s. S. Cobb, both elderly gentlemen, Of
Kalamazoo. Mich, stopped at the Hotel
Indian River at Rock Ledge for a couple Of
weeks. The former was very feeble, hav-
ing heart trouble, but improved so much
that the two brothers went on to Lake
Worth and spent two pleasant weeks there,
and returned TO the Hotel Indian River
much encouraged at the continued i'm
provement OF the invalid. Sunday morning,
as T. ). Cobb did not leave his room az tie
accustomed time, his brother entered, and
found that he had died in the night with
every indication Of having peacefully
crossed the great river while asleep.
At Orlando some time ago, George r. Al
len packed one hundred boxes of oranges in
day and, therefore, claimed to be cham
pton packer OF the state, and issued chal-
lenge TO any one to pack against him.
Thomas l.. Hardiman makes no claim Of be-
ing champion OF the state, but at once Of
fered to pack against him day for any
thing from $25 to $500, and the prospects
are that such a match will shortly be ar
ranged, and will attract considerable atten-
ton. There are a number OF packers at
Oviedo. on Lake JesuD, who can pack more
than 100 boxes, and several years ago a man
named Young packed $50 boxes of oranges
in ten hours. but did not do as good work as
is required at Orlando. In all the above
wrapping is included in packing.
The quarantine station on Mullet Key,
near Key West, which the United States
government is erecting for the purpose Of
guarantining and disinfecting vessels ar
irving from ports infected by yellow fever,
will, it is said, cost $4,000 and be COM
pleted by May l, at which time all vessels
from infected or Observation-Disclosures
ports must nchor and be put through
thorough disinfecting, microbe exterminat-
ing process. The fumigating will be done
by machinery. In the building on the
wharf sheltering the engine which
supplies the power, is an immense iron
so feet in circumference, arranged
within for the reception of all kinds Of mer-
chandise on trays The immense doors are
suspended on upright pivoted posts, SO they
are easily opened and closed. Coiled pipes
almost line the interior OF the boiler, and
are supplied by dry air heated to a degree
that is certain death and destruction to all
disease germs. Extending over the dock
are zinc pipes ten inches in diameter, to
which are attached rubber hose, which is
carried into the hold of the vessel, the
matches closed, and dry, hot air forced in by
the machinery already referred to.
Wednesday, the second day Of the special
term OF court called to try n. c. Adams for
the mui der Of John Moore, some six miles
from Lake City, last January, brought
forth gallant fight on the part of the att
torneys for the defense. Their first move
was to withdraw their plea of not guilty
and plead an abatement, alleging that the
time allowed them between the finding of
the indictment and the arraignment was not
sufficient in which to prepare the defense.
The plea in abatement set forth the fact that
two members Of the grand jury which
found the indictment were not legally
registered voters. This was purely a legal
question and elected considerable sparring
between the attorneys, but the court,
in its usual clear way, overruled the
motion. The defense then read an affidavit
III support OF moLlon Tor a change OF
venue, which alleged that there was an or
gained body of men in the community
where the crime was committed whose pur-
pose IL was TO lynch the prisoner in the
event be was cleared by the Jury It was
also alleged that public sentiment was SO
enraged against the prisoner that it would
be impossible to get an impartial jury, and
long extracts were read from the local
papers to show the state of the public mind,
but Judge White again overruled them,
saying that under a recent decision of the
supreme court such latitude was given the
attorneys in the examination Of Jurors on
the venire, that an impartial jury could
be easily secured. Up to Wednesday night
the regular panel had been exhausted and
six jurors secured.