The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-17
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, OCTOBER II. 1895

I Port Tampa The fire was located aft
Of the cabin, in the boatswain's locker,
and was under furious Roadway when
first discovered After three hours Of hard
fighting by the crew Of the vessel ana
the employees Of the dock. the FIRE was
[ put out. but not before damage amounting
10 more than 5000 had been done.
A deed was filed for record in the Of
[ fee of the county clerk at Jacksonyille
Tuesday from W. S. Wightman and Julia
I F.. Wightman TO A. G. Hartridge. as trus-
tee for Francis G. Marshal, conveying
TO the latter lot 3. in block 2, Riverside.
! The consideration was 5000. A peculiar
feature Of the deed is a clause prohibit
ing the erection Of buildings for manu-
featuring purposes, or Of sanitarium,
or any other building that may become
a nuisance TO the public.
a writ of attachment was filed in the
ONCE Of the county clerk at Jackson
Vile Tuesday for record in the case of
the Mcclure Coke Company VS.. Robert
II. Coleman. The suit has been Instituted
/ by the above company to recover dam
erty belonging TO the defendant in the
case viii be attached to satisfy the claim.
The lands upon which the attachment
will be made are situated in Nolusia
county. The writ is made returnabie
on the rule day i'm November.
The supreme court has handed down its
decision in the case Of John d. Shepherd,
convicted in the circuit court al Orlando
on Nov. g. 1884, of murder in the first de-
gree. After a careful review of the testi-
mony in the case, the supreme court could
lower court, and unless eXecu-
tive clemency interferes, the
prisoner must expate his crime on the
galloWs In May, 1894. Shepherd Killed his
brOther-in-aw, Luther Walker, in cold
blood. At the trial his attorneys entered a
plea of insanity, which was not sustained.
Gainesville Sun: From a gentleman
who lives at Yular the reporter learned
Tuesday that new men are settling on
the naval reservation land in the western
portion of the county daily, and that
Nnf ri Ina no tat "a rFfaff
as several other states, are represented
there. The gentleman from Hular also said
that the people in that section were LOOK
ing for serious trouble there when the
matter Of homestead entries came up
There are many who Will have to leave
the tracts they have selected. and who
viii not do so only after stubborn resist
ance.
A clash has occurred at Chattahoochee
between Contractor S. S. Leonard and Su-
perintendent J. w. Trammen about the
building of the addition to the asylum,
which is In progress They have been be-
fore the state board Of public institutions
several times, and no settlement has g
yet been reached One point of dispute is
said to be the mortar being used The SUI
perintendent claims that it does not come
up to the requirements of the contract and
specifications. Experts have been employ
ed, and are now al Chattahoochee investi-
eating the matter, under the direction of
the board.
At Jacksonville Tuesday J. r. Challen.
win, presented a petition to Judge
call. on her behalf, asking that
Mr.. Baldwin, her husband, be or
dered TO show cause why he should not be
punished for contempt Of court in molest-
ing her by walking under her windows,
locking up her rooms. and IN other ways
annoying her. The order was granted. A
suit for divorce between these parties is
now pending. Some months ago Baldwin
found a young man in Mrs Baldwins
room and shot him, from the effects of
which he died.
The cigar manufacturing business in
Ocala shows renewed activity, and all the
factories are making extensive prepara-
tons for their fall business. Santana, Sor-
Ondo & Co, who operate a big factory.
have just determined to make full and ex
tensiVe experiments in Marion county In
the culture of Cuban tobacco. Their first
experiments will be superintended by a
competent and experienced grower, whom
they have secured direct from Cuba. A
half dozen varieties of seeds will be plant
ed, and the grade and variety of tobacco
of the Cuban varieties best suited TO this
climate will be grown extensively in Ma
rion provided the experiments shall be sat
isfactory.
Roscoe Perry of the United States er;-
gineers office at St. Augustine was bit
ten by a poisonous spider on Sunday last
last, from the effects of which he was
nearly paralyzed and still suffers. He was
watering his garden, when spider alight-
ed on his hand. 1t was as large as his
thumb nail and of a blush hue. He hit
at IL and 1t got upon his palm, where he
killed it. He then experienced burning
sensation up his right arm and down his
right side. Later his arm began to swell
and Dr. Worley was summoned. Monday
Mr. Perry was kept under opiates, and
meanwhile the effects of the bite were
worked out of the system. He is able
to be about now, but is partially be-
numbed
A letter received at Tampa from Capt
John Fitzgerald, master of the steamer
Margaret. which was wrecked in Chesa-
peake bay, near Cape Henry two weeks
ago. says that the vessel is a total loss,
except her engines and boilers, which may
be saved. The hull is breaking up, ana
is past all saving. Capt. Fitzgerald says
the vessel was lying at anchor in almost
perfect calm, when all al once ana
without warning, she was struck by u
terrific squat. The records of the weather
bureau show, that the wind jumped from
breeze of three miles and hour to a gale
of fifty miles in three minutes. The YES
sci was thrown on the breakers and moth
ing could be done to save her. Capt. Fftz-
gerald and the engineers are at work on
the wreck now. In all probability the
machinery will be saved.
Judge w. B. Lamar of Tallahassee re-
ceived a telegram from Washington a few
days ago, stating that he need not go on
there until about January as the Flor
ida cases before the supreme court of the
United States would not be taken up be-
fore that time. A few days ago an err
ror was made in stating that one of these
cases was the Florida Central and Penin-
sular railroad tax case, recently decided
of the state. This case has been re-
manded to the circuit court for further
proceedings before Judge White at Live
Oak. The tax case now in the supreme
court Of the United States from Florida
is one generally known as the Osborn case
In 1894 Osborn was acting as agent of the
Southern Express Company, and was ar
rested under state laws because his com
pany refused to pay license tax Habeas
corpus proceedings We're taken before
the circuit court, when the decision was
in favor Of the state. An appeal was
taken to the supreme court, and the
case was decided at the January term. 1881.
sustaining the lower court. Chief Justice
George p. Rainey, preparing the decision
of the court. An appeal to the supreme
court of the United States was then en-.
tered, and there the matter rests. Intr,-
cate constitutional questions are inyOIv-
ed in the case, which. it is said, have never
been passed upon by this body, and the
court does not care to so into it while
there is vacancy on the bench The
/ case means a good many dollars to Flor
ida, hence much interest is felt in the out
come.
An exciting event of the last city cleo
ton, held at Pensacola on June T. was the
serving of subpoenas duces tecum on the
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