The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-08

ford, near Cottage HILL Saturday night,
was captured by the sheriff's officers near
the Alabama line at Flomaton Monday.
The sale of lands for unpaid taxes, ad-
vertised TO take place at Ocala Monday,
had 10 be postponed, owing to the non
appearance of the tax collector, Mr. Poo
ser, who has resigned and was out of the
city.
The Carleton hotel at Jacksonville has
been sold to Bolts G Partridge, a promi-
nent real estate firm of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The consideration is placed at $4,000 and
other property an Brooklyn, an exchange
having been effected.
City Treasurer Spratt of Jacksonville has
paid out $40. 100 in interest on the city bonds
since Nov. Is. at which date the semi-an-
nual interest became due. The interest
on the outstanding bonds now amounts to
something over $4,000 per annum.
Smell Donaldson and Henry Jacobs quar-
relied at Pensacola Sunday night over a
quarter of a dollar which one owed the
other They became very abusive and
Hhally donaldson drew a pistol and shot
Jacobs dead. The murderer escaped.
United States Marshal Mckay sold the
steamer Red Wing at public outcry on the
steps of the government building at
Jacksonville Monday, in the case of the
Merrill-Stevens Engineering Company VS..
the steamer Red Wing. The complainant
was the purchaser for $500.
At Mariana Sunday Wilbur Cobb of
Cypress arrived to get Judge Watson to
hold an inquest at negro festival at Cy-
press. John and Pool Ashley and Sumter
Lowry nf A Pal inc
hands, got into row. in which the Ash
leys drew knives on Lowry, when the
latter drew his pistol and killed Pool Ash
ley and seriously wounded John Ashley.
Sumter Lowry is still at large.
Gerard Frese accidentally shot himself
at San Antonio Monday and died in TWEEN
ty minutes. He was the fourth son of
John F. Frese, and was about II years old.
In company with his older brother, he
was hunting for birds in the woods. The
older boy had gone up a tree to pick per-
simmons He heard the gun go off, and
found that the boy was shot through the
right lung. The older boy cannot explain
how the accident happened.
The board of aldermen of Key West, at
their last meeting, passed a resolution
levying a ten-min tax thus disposing of
the mandamus in the celebrated Baer case
against the city OF Key West for DANA geS.
The matter was fully discussed by the
board, and the action taken was done for
the best interest of the city. There was
prejudice throughout the city against the
payment of this suit, but the order of the
United States court to the board of alder
men compelled them to take some action.
The levying of a ten-mill tax on the as
sessed value of both personal and real
property was concluded to be the best way
of getting out of the difficulty.
The declaration was filed with the clerk
of the United States court at Jacksonville
Monday in the case of the L. Bucki Lum-
Der Company vs.. the Atlantic Lumber
Company laying the damages at $500 600.
The claim was based on the alleged breach
of contract, by which the defendant agreed
to furnish the complainant each month
100000 feet of merchantable logs, meas
ured by PTeston's rules, said logs TO av-
erage three and one-half logs to the thous-
and feet, broad measure. This breach of
contract was alleged to have occurred in
the months Of June, July, August and Sep
TENDER, 1897, and in the fact that on Oct.
l. 1897, the defendant notified the com
planant that it could no longer make such
deliveries.