The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-14

for next tuesday. sheriff Spencer is up 10
his eyes in business getting out subpoenas
for the veuire Of seventy 1--WE men from
which a Jury IS to be selected. Considera-
BILE interest centers in this case They
were convicted at the spring court but
got new trial
Key West Equator Democrat; our Tor
mer tOwnsman, r. J. Moreno, Esq, Is
now engaged in translating the title aD-
stracts Of property az pensacola from me
l Spanish TO the English A more painstaN-
I ing, accurate translation could not be
found. Mr.. Moreno learned In his re-
I searches that his grandfather. a Spanish
I surgeon, had a grant 10 plant a colony
/ in the vicinity Of Pensacola, which led to
/ his settlement in early times at Pensacola
The Lawton Brothers have finished their
/ new packing house. near the depot az
l Eustls. This Is the sixth large and well
! appointed orange and vegetable packing
l house in Eustis Immediately on the rail-
I road line. The railroad agent Mr.. Taylor,
. says that at least 1900 more boxes OF
] oranges will be sent from the Eusts depot
] this season than last season Oranges are
| ripening rapidly, and they are Of delicious
/ favor There will be a preponderance Of
russets this season.
At Tampa the trial of the parties i'm
! plicated in the Whitehurst murder case
/ was to have come before the court at this
/ session, but as il now stands the case Is
| shelved for a few days at least. The pros
/ ecuting attorney, Hugh c. Macfarlane,
I having been retained as defendants cOun-
] ell before his appointment as prosecuting
Z attorney, was therefore disqualified. Hon.
/ Thomas Palmer, ex-State's Attorney, de-
/ clined TO act in such capacity; consequent
/ ~, the governor has been notified to APP
/ point a special prosecutor for the case.
r. II. Notes =. W. Butler, r. =. Bur-
ton, j. G.. Lenning. G. p Lowell. NJ. w.
/ Lowell and Capt. George Z. Lowell have
/ purchased all Of the personal property
/ and real estate belonging to the Bank of
/ Leesburg, and will continue the business,
with DR.. =. W. Butler as manager, and
\ John A. Hansbrough as cashier. These
| gentlemen are successful business men
and the bank will be one of the safest in
situations in the country. 1t is presumed
/ that the company will be Incorporated at
/ an early date and select its president,
cashier and directors.
| Benjamin Hilton, whose name was sent
/ to the Senate by President Cleveland
! Wednesday as postmaster at East Orange,
| n. j.. is the representative of large prop
/ erty interests at Pensacola. and annually
| spends a large part Of the winter there.
! A telegram was received by relatives
/ at Gainesville Wednesday conveying the
| intelligence of the death of Judge Alexan-
/ der Lynch, ex-register of the United States
] land office in that city, and one of the most
/ prominent men of Florida. His death oc-
/ CURED at his home in San Antonio, and
was not unexpected, as he had been an in
valid for years.
Jasper News: Cummings Bros, mention
| of whom were made in last weeks News,
/ have purchased from Mrs. Hately forty
| acres of land covering the crossing of the
| railroads, and they viii begin at once the
! erectin of an immense lumber mill. They
are now engaged in securing the right of
]
/ Suwannee river. With the improvements
the Cummings will make the new railroad
! from Jacksonville to Atlanta and the rail-
road OF Carter q Co, from here down the
/ vile, Jasper will continue to flourish and
improve and crow.
Ed Band met with an almost fatal acct
dent Tuesday night at his orange-boX
! mill at Highland Park, a few miles north
of DeLand. A large vat is used for soak
ing the logs before they are put in the
in 81 md Oh five foot of
! boiling hot water is kept in the vat. Mr..
| Band was attempting to push a log under
the water with his foot, when he lost his
| balance and plunged in. Fortunately the
vat was nearly full of logs, and to this
fact he owes his life, as only one leg and
an arm touched the water. These limbs,
! however, We're badly scalded, and Mr..
Band will be laid up for several weeks.
The Jacksonville Race Track and State
| Fair Association Is progressing faVorably.
| The projectors state that $500 in shares
was subscribed up TO Wednesday. The
plan Of the association is to have a capital
stock of 100000, divided into 10000 shares
of $40 each. 1t is payable 81 per share on
the signing and publication of the charter
of Incorporation, 81 per share on allotment,
and the balance in installments of 81 as
required. No call is to be made within
less than thirty days from the payment
preceding it, and no payment Will be re-
quired until $1,000 has been expended on
permanent improvements of the track by
]. f. Stephens, the contractor
At Jacksonville German by the name of
Fred Dukek nearly lost his life for a key
of beer on Tuesday night He bet Victor
to South Jacksopville and return. The men
went down to Jones boat yard at o'clock
and Dukek jumped in. He started to swim
on his journey, but he had not gone more
than half way across when his trousers
became loosened and began to come off.
He commenced to swim back, and when
near the dock he cried for help. Sergt.
Williams and Chief Phillips were at the
station at the time. The sergeant ran to
1 he hon orI ar7A until he ai1 Of mo
they pulled Dukek from the water in a
very weak condition.
c. A. w Thomas of Windsor who was
in Gainesville Wednesday, relates an inter
esting experience he had recently while
! visiting his orange grove, about three
miles south of Windsor. He was in search
of the finest fruit, and when he had found
his favorite tree he was astOnished to find
that IL had been stripped of its fruit. He
at once began to search for tracks, and in
doing so observed that several trees had
been served in the same way. He then
made a circuit of the grove to find a wagon
track, and instead found huge pile OF
oranges in an old field bordering the grove
He sent home for his shotgun and stood
guard at the place all night in the hope OF
capturing the thief, but no one showed up
He left his son doing sentry duty, and
! if the thief comes for the fruit he will in
all probability be arrested
Capt. J. F. Andrews arrived at Lees
burg Wednesday night off the line of the
= Leesburg, Esmerelda and Northern rail.
' road, and reports that the first cars were
put on the new road at Lisbon Wednesday
1t is expected to haul oranges from the
, island by the first of the new year. The
work of construction will Immediately be-
, gin between Lisbon and Leesburg. Wher
the road is completed to Palatka it will be
/ of great benefit to that section of Florida
Robert McNamee is pushing the enter.
prise for all it is worth, being tireless in
his efforts for its early completion. Lee
4 Hogan, who shot sgd Howard at Leesbure
: Saturday night, broke jail Sunday night
and has not been retaken. 1t is quite
7 likely that he will not be retaken soon as
S he is one of the few colored men easily
described. Howard is getting along very
well. The ball did not enter his lung as
= at first supposed.
r The proprietors of the Brock house al
e Enterprise are fixing up their hotel anC
s getting ready to open on the beginning OF
n next month. There are about twenty il
e the party that arrived last week from New
Jersey. They own naptha launch anC
p | a number came over Sunday to attend
: services at the Congrega tional church
a The outlook is good for a full house thi.
: winter. Many of their best rooms arr
r engaged already. The Sanford house a
a Sanford is being put in order for the win
! faV ton cfNF raVrn ef.,,