The morning news., 1888-07-11


Williams found the prisoner at Boardman.
Forgery Is the charge against him
Clay county's immigration fund seems 10
have had but one growth. TIE first week
that Judge Greer mad an effort toward
getting mp the amount assigned as Clay's
share, sl30 was subscribed. Several weeks
have since passed by and not an additional
dollar has been subscribed TO the fund.
Bronson Times. We were shown a few
days age a notice from the interior depart
ment calling upon party to pay cents for
an excess Of two hundredths Of an acre Of
land included in his homestead entry. As
the notice was sent by registered mail, cost
ing l2 cents, Uncle Sam is out on this collec-
| ton.
The Tampa delegates, joined by the Nc
Kay faction, withdrew from the Hillsbor-
ough county convention, Saturday on
account of an adverse ruling OF the chair,
and two delegations will apply for adns-
sion to the congressional convention at Bar
tow as representatives Of Hillsborough
! county
s. B. Parker, from the great Okefenokee
swamp, was i'll Lake City trading last week
and selling honey. Mr.. Parker says the
! first time that he ever came to Lake City
! then Alligator was just few weeks after
the whites had routed the Indian Chief AL
ligator and that but a few houses then
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1t is reported that three men were
drowned last Sunday in Lake Kissimmee.
There were four men in the party, engaged
] in hunting alligators, and they were cross
! ing the lake in salboat when a squall
struck them, capSizing the boat. They are
thought to be from Pine Castle Just below
Orlando, on the South Florida railroad
On Saturday last freight car, No. So, of
the jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway, made its appearance in Oakland.
| and was cOurier-avant of more to come.
The arrival of the car is an indication that
the "car hoist Mt Monroe is finished. and
that freight cars will now pass from one
road to the other, Notwithstanding the
difference of gauge.
On the nor; b bound express train on the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail
road, Thursday evening, just north of
Enterprise junction, n fight took place be
tween two negroe', in which Adam Wright
cut BIZ Bowman with an ak, inflicting a
dangerous wound. Wright was released on
bond. 1t is not yet known whether Bow
man will recover or not.
Between ? and o'clock Friday morning
the st0re building, owned by T. w. Kirk
patrick a. Green Cove Springs, was discov-
cred to be on fire. J. l.. Kirkpatrick and
his clerk, j. w. Long. were sleeping in the
dwelling house of Mr.. Kirkpatrick, adjoin-
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also burne !. The loss is estimated at IS, 900
covered only by $4,250 insurance.
At Kissmmee David Freeman and Ma
riah Mitchell tcolored) one night last week
robbed j. &. Cook of something over 500
Suspicion was cast on Freeman and his
Mariah. and they were arrested as they
were about to take the midnight train. On
searching them part of the money and some
letters and papers belonging to Cook were
recovered Both were bound over
Daytona Messenger: A correspondent in
the SAVANNAH NEWS says, in speaking of
the county seat question: The town de
Land has donated $50 toward building
a court house, the remainder I be raised by
the sale of county bonds" We protest
against the sale Of county bonds. The De-
Land people promised to build a suitable
court house w thout any cost to the county.
The Runnymede company propose build
ing a large pavilion, of Octagon shape,
about 800 feet ont in the lake in ont of
the Runnymede hotel, and have it ready for
the accommodation of guests and visitors
this coming season. The company also pro
pose erecting twenty-five or thirty bath
houses, more If necessary, on the shore of
tho lake; and they are also considering
other schemes for the entertainment Of an
immense crowd this winter.
Capt. S. J. Fox, manager of the ST. A. &
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between that city and Moultrie are all out
the bridges, except the Moultrie creek
bridge all finished, and that the embank-
meut aC osS MOutrIo creek marsh is com
pleted, and all is ready for the laying of the
iron. Mr. II. Baya has received the contract
t. build strong bridge at Moultrie, and is
now driving spiles. Capt. Fox will leave
on July Is for the north to purchase rails.
switches, etc.
A negro man named Thompson was cir
culating amo g the colored population of
Palatka few days ago, whose object. as
st ted by him, was the formation of a secret
society. As soon as he got sufficient num-
Der he was to initiate them. Collecting
from each fee Of $l3, and securing the
sum of $40 i'll all, he left the city, but was
shortly afterward captured in Gainesville.
He is no doubt the same individual who
some time ago swindled the co,ored people
of Orlando with a similar hocus-pocus
game.
John King has just returned to Kissim-
mee from three weeks surveying tour in
the lshtokpoga country, where he has been
establishing the corners of lands recently
purchased by Col. Wicker There is a
prospect that Col. Wickers purchase in
that section may amount TO over 5000
acres. in addition to the 3, 100 already
bought, giving him a nice little plantation
of over 5000 acres While Mr. King was
in the lshtokpoga country he caught pair
of white hcrons which he will try and
accus o n toa civilized mode Of living.
A mean looking colored man about 25
} years old was brought before Judge Cooper
at ST: Augustine Saturday, upon the afiida-
, Wit Of J. A. Churchouse. James Pincaney
/, is suspected of burglarizing tho store OF
, Mr.. Churchouse, ana being a member Of
gang OF robbers who have entered several
places in st. Augustine recently, il is
thought that he had something to do with
the breaking Of glass in one Of Mr.. Geno-
vars opera house stores. Some witnesses
were sworn and testified. Tho evidence
was not sufficient TO hold him over to await
the action of the circuit court, so his case
was postp ned unit yesterday.
John King of Kissimmee recently CAP
tured an insect known in that section as the
; deadly poisonous mule killer, "
''scroncher' or "grampus,n and sent it to
the Smithsonian institute at Washington
for official informal ON as TO their poisonous
nature. The reply received by Mr.. King OK
plode' another falacv about the de div rep
} tiles to be encountered in Florida The letter
is from q. b. Goode, asst ,tant secretary
and /, as follows: "rhe insect which vou
forwarded on May % has been identifiel by
our curator Of Insects aS IhclyphOnitS al
gdlteuS. From all the evidence which has
uoen gathered 1t appears that this species is
not poisonous. | am informed that Dr.
, Marx. of this city. has handled them freely.
aud has dlsseCtel them He has hOweye,.