The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-12

ready to strike a match to it. He had pre-
liminarv hearing before JUDGE BrockWay ana
Pniggross had bought a lot from the firm two
years ago, and being unable to pay for Il. he
lost 10. This Is the cause OF his attempted
crime. Had Arnau been few minutes later
in appearing one Of the largest cigar factories
in the city would have been burned 10 the
ground
A large number Of eXcursi0nists. probably
goo. went down TO MaypOrt from Jacksonville
sunday on the Manatee. and the catching Of
a huge man-eating shark was part OF the ex-
oitement Of the trip. About the time that the
excursionists reached MaypOrt some Of the
fishermen Of that place went out on the dock
and began ishing for sharks They did not
have to wait long, however,
for with a swish ana whirl
the long line suddenly Strengthened out
and the fishermen had all they could do to
prevent their big catch from dragging them
in For half an hour they played the shark
and a right lively time they had Of ii too
Finally the big fellow got tired and they
warped him up TO the dock and with the aid
I OF ropes got him up on the hoorfngF He was
found TO be big one and ABOUT ten to twelve
feet long, He had a wicked smile when he
opened his mouth and those present con
graduated themselves that they did not have
TO encounter such an antagonist in the water
while tathng-
The fae that the heirs Of Isaac Hendricks
have laid claim TO portions OF the Isaac Hen
bricks east grant in Law lila has caused many
OF the owners OF property in that section no
end OF trouble. THE latest attempt in this d.
reCUOn is the effort that IS being made Dy the
descendants Of Isaac Hendricks, who make
claim to a grant of about 500 acres in the
western part OF Jacksonville The grant in
question is what IS known as the east Hen
bricks grant, and the boundary is shown on
the map to ran from McCOy's creek, on the
south. in anOrtherly direction to the north
west corner of Smfthville. thence west TO the
west line OF LaVilla, and thence south IN
sGutheasterly direction to MCCoys creek,
which forms the southern boundary of the
grant. This tract of lend was originally made
nv the Spanish government to one John
Jones. A certificate OF concession of the tract
o. land was afterWard made to Issac Hen
pointed by the United States government to
Investigate Spanish grants confirmed this
grant 10 Isaac Hendricks on Dec. %, 1873.
There were several other grants confirmed to
Isaac Hendricks at the same time. One was
a grant of zoe acres on Pottsburg creek, near
the ST Johns river, and another of POO acres
on the south side Of the st. Johns river, near
TO what was called the cow ford" In ad-
ditiOn TO these there was another grant of $50
acres, which is known in the plat of Jackson
vile as the West Hendricks grant, and
which lies directly west Of the other grant
| There IS no question in regard
to the title Of these grants, with the eX-
ception OF the eastern grant of
500 acres There has never been any
cloud to the title of this tract of land until re-
Gently, when the descendants Of Isaac Hen
bricks discovered that there is break in the
deeds Of conveyance in 1897. and that there is
no deed on record conveying the land from
| Hendricks That, it is understood, Is the basis
on which the descendants will base their
claim for title to the property. There was
never any letters patent from the United
States government taken out upon this grant
until 1893. when the heirs had the land sur
veyed, and were then granted the necessary
papers from the government This is done, t
is supposed. in order to establish the original
ownership by Hendricks.