The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-10

stopped. Selling his gun, which stood
near Dy. ne fred at 30. and the second shot
sook out both the creatures eyes. The
aq5niInal ran away, but next morning Mr..
beynel found II in q briar patch some
Instance away. It measured AZ feet
long and % feet high; had short forelegs
ana very long hind ones; long. bushy
tau; head like a bulldog; very long teeth.
Inc body was yellow with blue freckles
on the sides
Green Hodge was tried at Ocala Mon
uay on the charge of assault with intent
70 XIII Myer Crown, the railway agent al
Dunnellon Judge Hill bound him over FOR
tIlal before the circuit court in the sum
OF 500. He gave bond. Hodge killed his
brother-in-law, NARROW. near Ocala about
SIX years ago, and served several years in
the state penitentiary.
a Shaker colony is established cast Of
Runnymede, near Kfssimmee. At present
they have only provided temporary guar
ters, but when their permanent location is
decided upon the railroad will build
spur to them, thus placing them in rail
communication with the outside world. In
time the whole colony from Lebanon, n.
Y, nearly l50, will be moved here.
The New smyrna Breeze reports that
Messrs. Clark and Henry johnson of St
Louis, Mo, captured a mammoth shark
Thursday afternoon at the Jacksonville.
ST. Augustine and Indian River pier. The
shark measured eight feet ten inches,
ana IT'S BODY was very large Mr. G {.
Moore, at whose home the Messrs. John
son were stopping, took from the liver
over seven gallons OF oil
There is every prospect for St. Augustine
having real Venice annexed 10 it. A
proposition was made during the past
winter by New York parties to George ).
chaplin, real estate man, for him to
purchase for them all that part of the bay
lying north of capO's bath house TO the
fort reservation, and fronting the burned
district. Their purpose is TO erect an ell
egant natatorium, eNcelling the Casino,
both as to size of swimming pool, baths
and auditorium.
The boss" of the Chinese laundry on
ST. George street, at St. Augustine, called
at the Office of Judge Cooper on Saturday
last TO procure a marriage license but the
permit was not granted him, as he could
not tell whether his fiancee was white or
colored. After great deal of talk he left
the Office saying that the bride-elect
would soon arrive from Jacksonville,
when he would bring her around and let
whoever issued the license decide what
color she was. The law does not allow a
Chinaman to marry a colored woman.
Secretary Smith of the Jacksonville
Board of Trade has a new scheme which
he viii present for the consideration of
the members Of that body The scheme
has been found to work very successfully
at Los Angeles, San FranciscO, and san
Diego, Cal The scheme is no more nor
less than law department OF the board
Of trade. The object Of the department is
solely for the collection Of debts and set
tlement of accounts in which the members
OF the board of trade may be interested.
l. OF instance. IN case OF Il 4dlluIEt LAe dc-
counts of the creditors are pooled through
the law department, and settled without
the expensive litigation which would re-
suit if each creditor fought his own case
separately.
H Van Petten. a gentleman verging
upon three score and ten, citizen and
orange grower of fernando, who was a
few years ago respected county commits
sioner, and the Rev. A. NJ. {. Russell
superintendent of public instruction for
fernando county, who is about a quarter
e
and vigorous health, while the former is
somewhat feeble, both of whom are mem
bers of the same church, the former an
elder, the latter a local preacher, were
the principals in a personal encounter at
BrooksVille Saturday, with Prof. Etherly
and George Niles, of the firm of Temple x
Niles. as seconds. Mr.. Van Petten punched
Mr. Russell In the stomach with an UNI
brella. but no other damage was dope
Jacksonville Times-Union: A principe
for summons ad respondendum was filed
in the clerk S office Of the United States
court yesterday by John Kirk for the use
of Kirby II. Smith, surviving partner Of
Whlddon & smith vs. the LouiSville ana
Nashville Railroad Company. The suit is
for assumpsit damages in the sum of
$1,000. The summons is returnable at
Tampa on August 5, the next rule day of
the court. The declaration filed alleges
that the defendant, the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, on Oct 9, 1894, con-
tracted with the plaintiffs, Whddon &
Smith, of Arcadia, Fla, and undertook,
in consideration of SPA to be paid at
place of destination, to safely carry for
plaintiffs twenty-four horses and one
mule, one carload of the value of $1,000,
from ST. Louis, Mo, to Arcadia, Fla.
The defendant did not carry and deliver
the carload of stock as instructed, but
lost the same in transit, and notwith-
standing the plaintiff has made repeated
demands since oct. 9, 1894, upon defendant
for delivery of the property, defendant
has failed to deliver the same, whereby
plaintiff is damaged by the said nonfea-
sapce of said defendant carrier TO the eX-
tent of $1,000, besides costs and interest.