The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-28

Y ana utllizes lie place for poultry farm.
. II is secure from depredau0ns OF the fox
and 'possums. He feeds principally on
[ catfish, which he catches in large quanti-
I ties.
Recently a Chicago hotel man was at
Kissimmee looking over the Tropical ho-
tel and expressed himself as delighted with
the beautiful location, and has gone back
TO make all arrangements 70 put the no
tel and grounds in first-class order for
the winter travel
The latest developments al Kissimmes
Is the purchase Of more than 1900 acres
Of land, about eight miles from kissim-
NEE by the Florida Home and Plantation
Company of Washington. d. G. This COM
pany has laid out their land into small
tracts and are actively engaged in tm-
proving the same and locating settlers
thereon.
Soon after daylight Thursday morning.
Mr. Scrobel, agent at Eustis Of the Flor
ida Southern railroad. drove out In COM
pany with Mr. Young Of the same rail-
road 20 Lake Saunders TO kill some birds
While driving Mr.. ScrobeFs gun was &C
cidentaliy discharged, infiicting a severe
flesh wound in Mr.. Houng's right arm ana
shoulder.
The members of the Shaker colony. To-
Gated about ten miles southeast of Kis-
simmee City, are at work in earnest. They
purchased an entire township and have
IL now fenced, and are going to stock IL
with sheep and cattle They are building
houses and clearing land and will soon
show the world what industry ard man
agement can do in that part Of Florida
are now busily engaged in harvesting
hay. Some land is being prepared for
a small fan crop Of peas. beans, etc.
Some hammock lands are also being
cleared for cabbage. The acreage of veg
etables will be small compared to last
year. few OF the farmers in that
vicinity are sowing cabbage seed in the
beds.
At a meeting Of the directors of the
Citizens Telephone Company Of Pensa-
cola, held Thursday, contract was closed
"a he Pal Tel rahn
pany by which the latter company agrees
TO maintain a first-class exchange and
hold the rate at not more than $50 year
Ior resldences, and $40 year for business
stations, with a discount of 10 per cent
where u Is agreed not to use any other
phone for period Of five years.
A few days ago, at a place called Pine
Log Creek, near Carrabelle, w. A. Odom
and Bryant Langsford had "A misunder-
standing, which finally resulted in Mr.
causing a flesh wound Thursday the
parties were arraigned for trial before A.
J. Afford, Justice of the peace. Mr.. Langs-
under $500 bond, which was readily
given. The general opinion is that whis-
Ky had great deal to do with the trou-
The evidence in the sumpter Jones muir
der case before the coroners jury at De-
Land Is all in. and the jury has al
lourned, subject to the call of the fore
man. As soon as the voluminous testi-
mony Is Transcribed the jury will assem-
bic and render its verdict 1t Is claimed
that sufficient evidence has been obtained
to Justify the detention of and probablv
convict the men accused OF the crime
Ihose who have the states case in charge
say that the conspiracy to murder Jones
Is proven beyond a doubt but there has
been some difficulty In finding the CHIEF
actor in the tragedy-the man who way
laid ana shot Jones. Thursday a warrant
was issued for John Walker, and he was
arrested and placed in jail II Is said that
evidence developed during the last sit
hot
70 Walker as the man who fired the fatal
shot.
St. Augustine Herald: A singular suit
was MED in the county clerks office
thursday, which had the oddness and
surroundings of a romance. 1t appears
that In the year 1881, Margaret Hickey
snen II years OF age, was apprenticed to
Mrs Sallie Crosby, mother of #. c. s.
crosby. 1t was agreed that on the first
day OF December, 1886, when the girl be-
came 10 years of age, she was to receive
$50 In money and two suits of clothing.
Just about this time Mrs Salie Crosby
died, and her son, T. G. S. Crosby. as
ssumed the responsibility of Margaret
mickey future; Time wore on and Mar
garet continued to toll without receiv-
ing the $50 or the two suits of clothes.
In her declaration she says that she
continued to work for T. c. s. Crosby
until 1895, when she married Gassen-
bauer. She alleges that her duties were to
cook. do the housework, build fires, split
wood, fire the steam engine at the saw
mill, haul slabs, and such other work as
might be thrown in the way about a we'll
regulated saw-m.ll. She says that for all of
the work Mr.. Crosby agreed to deed her
a piece of land, which he has neglected
TO do, and she consequently brings the
suit. She itemizeS nine years work since
1886 at 800 per year, besides $50 earned
before that, and she thinks that the two
suits of clothes which she never got
ought 70 be worth $40 In all $1,000. The
case will be tried at the next term of the
circuit court.
Jacksonville Citizen: dispatch to the
Citizen from Cleveland, o., says that the
annual meeting of the Jacksonville and
Tampa Bay Improved Railway Company
was held there Thursday and that it was
decided to lay tracks at once from this
city to st. Augustine. The company was
Incorporated under an act Of the last leg
islature, and IL has obtained also from the
city council of ST. Augustine the right to
lay tracks through the streets of that
city. The incorpOrators We're: Charles c.
Thompson. Martin Dodge, A. f. Aikens,
o. c. Ringle, e. w. Doty, John Mercy
nolds, David A. Wager, T. ]. Appleyard
George =. Dickinson, E. NJ. Hammond,
Forest Lake and George II. Packwood
Sr. With the exception of f. NJ Ham
mond, who resides at Orlando, the last
five persons on the list live at Sanford
The others are residents of Cleveland
The act authorizes the company to con-
struct a railway, beginning on the south
side of the ST. Johns river. opposite this
city. and running thence to Palatka, San
ford Kissimmee and Tampa Bay with
branches. The capital stock of the COM
pany is placed at 100000 The act pro
vides for a donation from the lands In
charge of the trustees of the internal inn
provement fund of 5000 acres for every
mile of road that is constructed Al
though the act does not so specify il is
understood that electricity is to be the mo-
tive power, If the road, or any part of 1t,
is actually built.