The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-01

Z hauled 70 this hill, and are set up READY loF
work.
Joseph F. McClendsn Of Leesburg me.
with painful accident Monday. While
out surveying near Lisbon, in walking back
ward with the chain his feet became En-
tangled, and ne fell upon q peg standing
/ six inches ont Of the ground. The peg
I entered beneath the right shoulder. ranging
! upward and made a wound four inches
/ deep. DR.. Butter dressed the cicstrix sni
said the arm would be disabled for some
time
! Prof. O. ". Crosby has given an option
I 20 English capitalists Of eli his Florida in
/ te.esrs. including Avon park lands and
hotel II De Soto county. together WITH
. Marion county lands IN tie vicinity Of
I Beueview. The deal includes about 3o,OO
! acres Of some OF the best lands in Florida.
I Phosphate aud other valuable property are
20 be purchased aud added 10 tie above,
and n company with 81 OF, 900 capital or
Eanized. Of w hich Mt Crosor will % gen
eral manager. de Will have large H.
teEest Ia the new company. Headquarters
Wiz Dc II London, with branch Offices in
New York s1d Florida.
Capt. John Gully OF the stesm-tug Hsvi.
land. which put II A. Jacksonville Tues
Gay fo- coal and water. on her wsy north
from Greyt0 VT. Nicaragua. rep07-s a seri-
Gus shooting ARRAY, which occurred on the
way ont - Nicaragua from Charleston, ;.
c. The victim vas John Stevenson, a ma
tive Of England, bug citizen Of the Ii ted
States, who hai ship ped IS hand or. one
Cf the scows Wdils the tug was IN the
hareo- o. GLbs-a az alteration occurred
On one q TIE scho7leTs bet Teen Stevenson
and one Of his ship mates. the latter draw
l. : bis plsto. and shooting the E1glishman
II the bress- Whe.hsr he mas died from
his wound : unknown.
SATURDAY night, about 10 o'clock, Walter
Faulkner shot lis brother Thomas, ABOUT
Two miles from Perry. with a thirty-.wo
calIbeT pistol. ire ball entering the pit Of
me stomach. Both are young men well
thought Of II the c0mmu1 ity. They had
oeen % 4 sugar boiling, and Tom was try
ing u get y alter. who was very drunk,
back home, and they were within two miles
OF their fathers when the shooting &C.
cured Tee wound Is not dangerous. Wal
ter refuses % be seen. He now STAYS in an
Old outlousa IL his fathers field and when
any one starts 70 the house he leaves. He
was talked with By a friend Of your CORES
poadent, but refused to say anything or
answer any questions concerning the shoot
ing OF his brother. Tom has sent for Wal
ter 70 come and see him several times, but
be refuses 10 do so.
The Lake Worth correspondence Of the
Melbour NeIcS says: Government land
is being looked after in our vicinity. We
hear of six homestead entries b-ing made in
the last month or two, ell west of the lake.
The time is close az hand when broad sec
ton Of land lying west through the Ever
giades and on to Lake Okeechobee will
doubtless be explored and opened up for set
tlament. There is a general desire among
our people TO know more about this vast
peninsula, supposed to consist Of @
general mixture of sand, water. aud
sswgrass, Astounding in alhgators. rat
tlesnakes bears, deer and other wild ami
mails, with fair sprinking Of insects. The
Seminole Indians, doubtless, have trails all
through the vast tract, and vague reports
come to US OF Indian villages orange groves
and fertile spots, on which the remnants of
the old Iudi1n tribes raise vegetables and
fruit in abundance. But to the white man
a vast tract of many thousands OF square
miles IS unknown. reaching from where we
now write westward to the great Okeecho-
bee lake, and north aud south from the
head waters of the st. Johns TO Cape Sable
on the extreme south"
Ttusville Star: W. r. Knox and Wade
Harris we're out duck hunting across the
river one day this week While walking
through the tall saw grass on the banks OF
Alligator creek, about one mile or SO back
from Indian river, they had a rather thrill
ing experience with very large alligator.
hno4 was IN the lean, ana while cropping his
way through the tall grass suddenly stepped
upon something that made his hair stand.
up straight, for before he knew it he was
thrown about four feet up into the air-hat
one way and gun another. He Immediately
cried out murder, and informed us that
he never was half so badly scared in his life
before. After regaining his breath he sue
ceeded In calling and waving to Harris to
come up to him, and they both cautiously
advanced toward the saurian, which, after
he had pitched Knox up in the air, crawled
off few steps and remained quietly wait
lug for him to come up AMI step on him
again, but Knox was not in the stepping
business about that time. They both cooked
their guns, which were only loaded with
duck shot, and, creeping toward Mr..
gator, one load was placed under the tore
left paw and the other charge given him
right in the face. He measured ten feet in
length.