The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13

in the nelghborhood OF ]. 800 feet deep and
stin no sign Of fresh water.
General Little. negro. was found guilty
at Fernamdina Thursday Of a criminal as
sault on a colored girl aged II years.
The penalty is death.
The big ditch now in progress Of dig
ging at Sarasota viii open 500 acres Of
saw grass TO cultivation. The Il. NJ. 4
!. Company. own 1900 acres Of saw-grass
in that section.
a movement is on foot to colonize
20 80 acres of land ih Alachua county
with immigrants from France. A. a.
Richie Of Paris is at the head of II. His
company owns the land.
Mayor Gore of Orlando has issued a
proclamation calling for an election on
saturday. the 18TH OF May, to decide
whether the city shall borrow about $500
for the purpose Of purchasing additional
fire equipments.
At ApalachicoIa considerable cypress
timber is In the market I'm consequence
Of the recent high water and the log
market is without bottom IL is very dis
couragiug TO log men, ana many have
determined 10 quit the business.
Deputy Customs officer Youngblood
caught John Balfour and jeremiah A.
Rogers smuggling brandy OFF Spanish
fishing smacks Tuesday at Anclote and
arrested them. They had received fifteen
gallons from one smack and five gallons
from anO ther, and had brought 1t ashore.
The truck farms in Alachua county
are looking exceedingly well. In North
NfdlutHNlllt the tomato pants nave an
excellent start and give every promise
Of an abundant crop. Green beans and
peas made rapid growth the past few
weeks, Notwithstanding the cool weather.
II. w. Kennedy of Terra Celia was at
Tampa Thursday for the purpose of in
terestlng the board of trade in an effort
to induce congress TO make an appro-
priation to omen the cut-On TO Terra Ceia
bay. The CUTOFF has no connection with
Manatee river but is opposite Palma
Sofa on the north side of the mouth
"a ha On and
but at a disadvantage, as 1t is some
three or four miles out of the way.
A deed from the Northrup heirs 10 Hen
~ NJ Flagler was signed on April 6, and
filed for record at ST Augustine Thurs
day, the consideration being $1,000. The
property Includes the depot site and all
the marsh lands extending west from the
west line OF Dr. Andrew Anderson's line
II includes the ball park. the lots on which
the states military encamped, and most
all the reclaimed lands bordering the
San Sebastian river
Wednesday, about 4 o'clock in the after
noon, a cOlOred man named Nelson was
running the edger In the mill of the Frank
lin County Lumber Company, at Cara
belle, when board few back and struck
him, cutting his throat almost from ear
to ear, but did not sever the windpipe.
He was at once taken to the Office of
DR. Boykin. When the doctor dressed
the wound he found that a splinter was
sticking i'm near the collar bone. When
he pulled 10 out the blood gushed forth,
for the jugular vein was slightly cut.
DR. Anderson was called in, and the two
physicians succeeded in tieing up the vein,
and the patient is resting easy.
Although II. M. Flagler's agent, j. r.
Ingraham, has denied the report that the
East Coast Line was to be extended to
Key West, the people of Key West are
confident that the rumor is true. Their
confidence is based on the fact that
u. r. Chapman. who Is known to be
a New York broker for Mr.. Flagler, pur-
chased forty-six lots on the keys between
Key West and Key Largo last February
amounting TO 1002 acres. for which the
consideration was 100000 Some of the
lots included a whole key. The largest,
section !, township g. covered SS91 acres
and the smallest was lot 1. section l,
township 50, of acres. Key Largo is
situated in townships 80 and 81. and this
property is the only route on which a.
railroad could be built from the east
coast These purchases have convinced
people at Key West that it is Mr. Flag
ler's intention to ultimately make Key
West the terminus of the East Coast
Line. Mr.. Flagler has been examining
the proposed route in that direction. Last
week he was at Ellotts Cay. which is
not far from Key Largo, and Wednes-
day his agent, lngraham, left Biscayne
Bay for Key West. lngraham will stop
at all the keys en- route, arriving at Key
West next week