The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07

sheriff, for an escaDed convicr and AZ
lalhed 1or a few hours, until he fully
prove himself clear. '''
Perry G. Wall has been annointad 70
ceiver for the affairs of T. D. Fitzgerald
-; Oh lampa, the firm having decided
10 make a separation. Its affairs are said
TO De all right, but the receiver was made
necessary by a disagreement.
Col. W.lN. Haldeman of Louisville. own
er OF the Courier-Journal and owner of
the town of Naples-on-the-GuIf and col
nehry Watterson. editor of the Courier
| journal arrived at st. Augustine Monday
| Leon. "e
for the past six weeks or two months
there has been gathered from the farms
Withih radius of six miles from Lake
lana on an average of 200 bushels of straw
| berries per day. The berries have aettad
| the growers on an average Is cents rer
| quart or s. per bushel, after express and
commission charges paid. making an in
come OF $1,000 per day or $1,000 per week
| The receipts for the internal revenue
office of Florida for the month of March
| are as follows: Penalties S96.77; beer
, stamps, $3.50; spirit stamps, Sl1A; cigars
| and cigarettes, $3S. 476.7S; tobacco stamps,
$l44D, and special tax stamps, $1S1.l7,
making total of $685. .O6 for the month.
| Since the beginning of the term of office
of George W. Wilson as collector, the to-
| tai collections of his office, to late,
amount to S1491, 73407
1t was announced a few days ago that
Mr. Flagler's plans for building a large
hotel at Nassau had been abandoned for
| this year. During the past twenty-four
| hours it is understood that negotiations
have been reopened, and that E. M. Ash
| ley and R. W. Parsons, Mr.. Flaglers rep
| resentatives, and j. A. Macdonald. his
| builder, have been invited to Nassau to
discuss the matter with those authorized
to act for the government.
A telegram was received at De Land
Sunday from Glenn Falls, N. Y, an
nouncing the death of Rev. John McKin-
ney, at the Bemis Sanitarium. Mr.. Nc
Kinney went there about month ago
for the purpose of having his eyes treat
ed. Immediately upon his arrival he
was taken seriously ill, and for a week
or two little hope had been entertained
| of his recovery. Mr.. Mckinney was pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of De
Land.
John B. Stetson of De Land has conclud-
ed to experiment with orange trees under
sheds He is making arrangements to
build a shed over five acres. His idea is
to test the intensive method of cultiva-
ton. The sheds will be piped so that irri-
cation can be used. AS the trees will be
independent of the weather, they can be
| fertilized and forced at all seasons of the
year. The orange grown under partial
| shelter, it is claimed, is superior in some
| particular to those grown in the open.
Active preparations are going on at
Idlewild Park by H. NJ. Pfaun and his
new ally, Herr Paschen, for extensive We
neering and other manufacturing. Mr..
Pfaun concluded to remain at Idlewild
Park with his mills A new 81, 900 veneer
ing machine, ordered ten days ago. is ex-
pected to arrive any day, while other eX-
pensive machinery for staining, rolling,
and pressing purposes has been received
by the company. Two new dwelling
houses near the depot were finished last
weeks and are already occupied, one by
Fred Paschen's family, and the other by
his married son and his family.
Jacksonville Times-Union: Macclenny,
the county seat of Baker county, was the
scene Tuesday night of two shooting af-
fairs, one growing out of the other, and
resulting in the killing of Sheriff ]. E. w
Driggers by F. j. Pons, ex-sheriff of the
county and the probably fatal wounding
of Lewis Davis, colored, by Henry Sweat
son of the proprietor of a store there
The killing of the sheriff was the outcome
of the DaVis-Sweat affair. Davis went
into the store of a man named Sweat
The latter asked Davis when he intended
to pay him bill and Davis said that he
would pay it soon. Sweat told Davis that
he was lying, and that he didn't intend
to pay it, and proceeded to curse him Wig
orously Davis persisted that he did in
tend TO pay, and Sweat jumped over the
counter at the negro. Henry Sweat son
of the proprietor, then took hand in it.
and hit the negro, who ran out of the
store. Young Sweat pulled his pistol, and
snapped 1t twice, but it failed to go off.
He chased the negro out into the street,
and just as Davis started to go into
doorway, fired, the bullet entering Davis
left side. A physician was called, and
probed the wound. which, it is thought
will prove fatal. Young Sweat was after
ward arrested by Sheriff Driggers, and
locked in jail, at the direction of Judge
Call. 1t is stated that Sheriff Driggers
hesitated about making the arrest, even
after directed to do so by State Attorney
Hartridge, and that Judge Cali then went
to SWeats store, and commanded the
sheriff to make the arrest which he did.
About 1890 Mr.. Hartridge received a tel
egram stating that Sheriff Driggers had
been shot by Pons. Owing to the lateness
Of the hour, it was impossible to secure
further information as to what led up to
the trouble, except that it was the out
growth of the first affair. 1t is believed
however, that it had sonnet thing to do with
the arrest of Sweat.