The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09


The rostomce Amarura. which was es-
tablished several months ago about six
miles north of Monticello. has been dis
continued, and hereafter mail intended
for hat place should be directed 10 MOl-
tceilo.
The railroad agent ~ Melbourne has
been removed. as the result OF q quarrel
with a conductor. A petition was circu-
lated. ana signed by every business man
in the town. asking for HIS reinstatement
OF the removal Of the conductor.
The orange growers of Citra are trying
hard TO extermnate the white ny which
has been injurious TO the trees in that see
ton. These flies have been discovered
On cape jessamine bushes. and they. TOO.
have been dug up by owners 10 save the
. dies from securing life.
j. 3. Armstrong and Charles Wood Of
Calhoun county and John Hillard of
Washington county had preliminary hear
ings before United States Commissioner
W. ". Potter 90 Pensacola Wednesday
on the charge OF cutting timber on gov
eminent lands Each OF them was re-
quired 10 give bond in the sum Of 500 for
his appearance at the next term of the
United States court.
The board OF county commits
sioners of Escamhia county held
special me ct ng on Tuesday night and &C
cepfed the plans and specifications OF the
architect, J.. -. Kendall Tor the annex
that is to be built 20 the county court
house, and the chairman was instructed
TO advertise for bids for the work In
add ton 70 providing more room for the
county officers, q splendid armory viii
be fitted up in this annex for the local
military companies.
The executive committee OF the Florida
fruit exchange at Jacksonville held an
important business meeting at the office
Of the exchange at Jacksonville Wednes-
day. The meeting was for the purpose
Of completing ARRANGEMENTS which have
been under way for some time. for FURNISH
ing ORANGE growers with fertilizers. The
committee agreed 70 the following PROPOSE
ton: In view Of the severe losses to the
fruit growers by the recent freeze, making
il difficult for many OF them to obtain the
necessary fertilizers for their groves. the
Florida fruit exchange viii furnish fertil-
izer where needed 70 limited amount on
time"
chambers AZ Jacksonville Thursday. pc
tition was fled by Myerson & Bucky. set
ting forth hat they were the owners Of
the stock of goods In their shoe store on
Bay street, that was recently attached by
northern creditors of the firm of ID. p
MyersOn & Co, on the ground that
proper transfer Of the stock had not been
made to Myer5on & Bucky. A motion was
then made by Myerson & Co. 10 dissolve
the attachments. This was objected to BY
counsel for the shoe firms who moved to
postpone bearing on this point until the
question of the ownership of the goods
was decided. After argument. the court
took the matter under advtsemeut
Jacksonville Citizen: "Wednesday morn
fnE at about ~ O CLOCK, r.. j. r.. Nc l4aurln,
supervisor Of registration, was the victim
Of an accident. which may disable him for
eons time to come. On reaching his office
he discovered q strong DOOR OF gas. and on
opening the vault he found il fun Of ras,
which had been escaping from the burner
inside Mr.. McLaurin waited some time
to allow the air to become cleared but il
seems that he did not wait long enough.
Needing some papers from the vault he
went TO IT,, and as he entered, he lighted
a match to aid him in his search, and a
severe explosion followed. He was thrown
fully ten feet across the room against a
deck and was considerably bruised about
body and head His hair a"d mvsta che
were badly Sit and was bur ed b. t
the face and arms. His eyebrows and eve
Iashes were also burned Off. He wore a
palr OF celiuloid cuffs, which quickly
caught fire, and his wrists and forearms
were badly scorched I'm consequence. He
rushed into the sberlffs office, ad aiming
his own and called for help He was taken
Immediately TO the drug store Of DR.. Ir-
win. ln the Law Exchange building. who
promptly applied remedies and dressed the
burns. The doctor said the burns, while
severe. were rot serious, but that Mr. Nc
LaUrin would not be able to attend to his
business for some time.