The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

a constructive mile Of improved road IS
completed, al this rate Il viii be thirty
years before We have fifteen miles. and
the orange trees viii be in fun bearing
again, and the bonds all paid.
In the criminal court at Jacksonville
SATURDAY Edward Smith and his wife
Mary smith colored, were tried and con-
Nicted. The husband Of assault with in
tent 10 mufder his little 12-year-0ld daug!l-
ter, Beuah Smith. and the wife OF as
sault and battery. March y last Beulah
was tied hands and feet together AMI
whipped with a leather whip with a. lash
Tour feet in length. The father beat fer
nhul soc was unable 20 beg, and then
ne ana his wife took lighted paper. while
tne child was stripped and Wrfthing in
agony and burned her body in spots This
an occurred at Smiths home In Hanson
town suburb. The court sent them 10
state prison for twenty years.
=, Inc Cathedral at ST. Augustine was
hgnted up Thursday night and everything
was In readiness for a marriage ceremony
that was TO have taken place there, but
the bride and groom did not appear The
bride and groom live somewhere out in
me COUNTY and the man came into town
lhursday and made all arrangements for
me happy event. paying the Organist for
the music. and asking Father Naher to be
ready at I'D O'Clock. Everything was in
peadiness, and the priest and organist
waited until $50. but the parties failed
10 appear, and the church was closed up.
At about $50 O'Clock word was sent in TO
uhe effect that the party had decided not
to come Thursday night, but would wait
until the 18th inst
Tavares Herald: The chancery suit of
Bishop Bros. VS.. Pendry was before the
special master at Tav-ares' on Wednesday
last for the purpose of taking the testi-
mOny. Messrs. Alex. St. dlair-A brams
and c. II. Edwards repre- scented the Bank
Of EustiS and W. l. Palmer, of Beggs &
Palmer, represented Mr.. Pendry. The suit
arose out of a foreclosure proceeding
brought a couple OF years ago by Bishop
Bros. against Pendry and involves the
validity of the transfer of the Ocklawaha
house and other property of A. 5. Pendry
TO his father, ". II. Pendry, the complain
ants averring in their bill that the trans
fer was made fraudulently TO prevent the
creditors of Pendry from obtaining the
balance due them on the mortgage of
another property that was sold under
foreclosure and failed to realize the sum
Of the mortgage with interest and costs.
Tavares Herald: The First National
Bank OF Orlando this week begun suit
against the Bank of TaVares for S234 de-
posited n, the bank by the Lake Region
Improvem ont Company, and which the
Bank of 1'aNarcs declined 10 pay except
its attorney. 1t seems that some three or
four years "a go the Lake Region Improve
mert Comp any took possession Of an
orange grov belonging TO George IA.
Woodward under color of "a tax title.
Woodward in,stituted proceedings for I'M
lawful entry, but subsequently the attor-
neys of both PARTIES entered into writ
ten agreement whereby the Lake Region
Improvement Company was to remain in
possession of the property and to deposit
the net proceeds of the orange crops in
the Bank of TaN'ares TO await the final
result Of an eiectment suit to be brought
by Woodward. TIE suit was accordingly
brought and tran sferred to the United
States court and IN December last was
decided in favor of woodward who secured
a Judgment for the recovery of his prop
erty and for 81, 500 damages. As soon as
attorneys promptly filed a notice of the
result with the bank, claiming the money
on deposit The attorney of the Lake Re
cured from his client an assignment OF
the certificates of Indebtedness and the
First National Bank of Orlando claims to
have bought them from him and demanded
pavment from the Bank of Tavares. The
latter bank having been notified OF the
result of the suit Of course declined TO
nav the money under legal advice, unless
authorized to do so by the COURT AL
though the sum involved is not very large
II is iikely4to cause much litigation.