The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10

way, stated Friday that he was just in
receipt Of letters from parties in Kansas
stating that they We're preparing 20 start
for Florida Part of them viii come by
train, and the others Will come overland
lists at Green cove Springs are living In
tents, and others are living in rented
houses. Many Of them are preparing to
build upon their property Engineers are
busily engaged surveying the property.
Mr.. Ackerly reports that steps are now
being taken to incorporate the canning
factory that was promised TO the colon
lists, and this will soon be under operation.
The steamer Gopher which has been tied
up at the foot of Main street at Jackson
Vile for several days, left yesterday morn
ing for trip along several rivers in Geor-
gla. The boat Will be I'm command Of
Capt. ROssignol, and will take the inside
passage TO Fernandina, whore he will be-
gin an exploration of the St Alarys, Sa-
tia, and a number of other rivers in
the southern part of Georgia. from which
PROF. Moore expects to secure some very
valuable data Besides the regular crew
OF SIX picked men, n. q. Miller DR. Henry
and DR.. Walker will accompany the party
on the trip.
Rhodes Saxon. eldest son of Hon.
Frank +. Saxon, was accidentally shot
by Lesley Mott, his cousin, at the lat
ter's home, at Brooksyille Friday. ne
gro on the place had a gun. which Saxon
asked to see Saxon was on the Veranda
and the other boys of the hunting party
Lesley nanU-
ed the gun to Rhodes, the hammer struck
post which stood between them, dis
charging the gun, the load entering the
right side of Rhodes Saxons chest Sax
mother of Lesley that It Was-an accident.
and that Lesley was not TO blame He
bled to death before medical aid could be
summoned.
G. T. Butler, the surveyor for the Green
Cove Springs colony, evidently knows his
business. A few days ago he was search
ing for the corner post of grant that
mad been surveyed IN $50. lie came 10
but there were no marks upon any trees
described as having been blazed. Motto
ing a lump of unnatural growth on pine
three feet in diameter, he cut around the
lump and into the tree. Eight inches deep
on a smooth heart surface, he found the
marks of the ak OF the survey Of 1926
as plain as they We're on the day they
were made.
The women on board the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular train from the north,
due at Jacksonville at II o'clock Thurs
day night, almost had Mysteries, and the
men felt week in the knees, because OF
the announcement made by a constable
and the conductor, just the other side of
Everett, that negro riot was in progress
at Harrington. a small station which the
train was nearing. The conductor and the
constable pulled down all the blinds, eX-
planning that the negroes We're drunk, and
might shoot into the car ii they saw any
body in II. The passengers all crouched
as close TO the floor as they could get.
while the engineer pulled the throttle
open. and went by the station at high
speed.
The terms of agreement between the
Duval county authorities in the tax case
that was decided against the former by
the supreme court of the state were car
! ried out at Jacksonville Friday by the
| payment of $5746.l4 to City Treasurer
| Holmes. This represents the amount or
taxes that were collected for the roads
| sioners on property within the city limits
| for the years 1891, 1892, 1898 and 1894 In ac-
cordance with the terms of the agreement,
the taxes that are to be collected by the
| same property for the year 1885, will be
| applied to the building of a road from the
end Of the shell road in Springfield 70
| Panama Park.
Capt E. II. Dimick has returned to
| West Palm Beach from Lemon City,
where he appeared at the land contest
| case of J. H. Peden VS.. f. H. Dimick.
| The case was to have been tried before
! Justice c. i. TYLER Wednesday, but the
| attorney for Peden appeared and with
/ drew his claim w. /. Metcalf. attorney for
| Dimick, submitted his testimony and will
| demand a copyright to the land. The land
| involved Is a 160-acre homestead on Snake
| creek that was settled by r. l.. Cook
| in January, 1892 Mr. Cook committed and
| received a final receipt. on the strength of
| which the claim was purchased by Mr..
| Dimick for s. per acre in September 1893
| The patent to the land has never been
| issued, therefore Peden or anyone else
| had a perfect right to contest. The prop
| erty is high pine land. 1t is an island be-
| tween Big and Little Snake creeks. 1t has
| become very valuable by the extension of
the Florida East Coast railway.
]. T. Hughes of Crestview said in an in
| terview Friday IT. regard to the Yellow
| River railroad, that the completion of the
! road from Crestview to Florala was a GER
/ tainty. He thought that by Feb. /, trains
| would be running to the town site, former
| ~ known as McDavid's Pond. This is a
| fine lake, about seven miles around In
| 1865 J. T. Hughes settled on the north side
/ and with small capital began business, and
/ now he Is one of the first farmers in the
country and Is doing a large business as
| a merchant. His capital now is estimated
| at $780, 600. He has two sons who are mer-
/ chants and one who is engaged in the
| sheep business. This son owns over three
| thousand head of sheep. FlOrala is to be
| city in the near future. The state line
! between Florida and Alabama runs about
centrally through the lake The lands are
| fertile and water as good as anywhere
! in West Florida. Next comes the road
! leading direct from Montgomery Ala. to
| FlOrala now completed as far as Luz
verne, fifty miles from Montgomery.
A special from Tampa to the Jackson
| vile T1mes-Union says: The romantic
| and somewhat scandalous story of an
| Ocala couples marital troubles, recently
outlined in the Times-Union. by no
means covers the debatable ground occu-
| pied by the unfortunate couple. The
| husband is still in Tampa, the wife Is sup
| posed to be still in Atlanta, and the young
| and reckless lover is still attending to
his business and inditing letters breath
| ing love and romance in small town in
| a remote quarter of the state. The ex-
pose that has recently been made, how
/ ever, is likely to stir up trouble for this
| gentleman, whose wife has by this time
probably heard of his perfidy. Her faith
| er, who Is one of Ocala's solid men-was
| long ago shown some of the letters dis
| covered by the irate husband, who, after
| tearing things up in the Brick City, hur-
| ried on to an adjoining city, where he
| hunted up his erTing wife's olives, who
were Immediately put in possession of the
| facts in the case. He succeeded in STIR
| ring up one of the liveliest hornets nests
| recently seen in Florida. The Wifes big
| brother vows vengeance on the man VINO
| came between her and her husband and
| when last heard from, the Ocala father
| in-law was preparing a bitter pill for the
high-roller who married his daughter,
| and who has certainly abused the conf
| dence put in him by her relatives, who
| are known to have done a good deal for
| him in a business way, but who are now
| likely to leave him to stew in his own
! Juice" Those who are on the inside look
| for an explosion that viii be heard all
| over the state before the matter is set
| tied and the outcome of the scandal will
| be awaited with interest by a wide circle