The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08

with headquarters at Tampa, is now nego-
tiating with the agent of a Japanese colo
ny for tract of 10000 acres of land, upon
which the colonists desire to settle.
w. L. Palmer of Orlando has received
letter from Congressman sparkman
asking for information concerning Indian
war veterans and their widows in Orange
county. The object is to secure infor-
nation to be used in efforts to secure PEN
sion legislation for them.
w. A. Mahoney will reopen the Amelia
River Packing Company's works at Fer
nandina within few days, and will give
employment to forty men, women and
children around the factory to open and
cook the oysters, and about fifty men and
boys to gather the oysters.
The farmers around GAINESVILLE have COM
pleted the grinding of cane, and thousands
of barrels of syrup are now in store houses.
Owing to the storm damaging the cane
and necessitating the early grinding be-
fore the cane was fully matured, the
syrup on the whole will not be of as high
grade as it was last year, though there
will be many gallons as good as ever.
Phoebe Polite, a colored girl, aged about
10 years, was horribly burned Saturday
on Spring Hill, near Gainesville. She was
at play near the fire, when her clothes
caught, and her entire body was envel-
oped in flames. No one was near to help
her, but with rare presence of mind the
girl ran to a branch near by and threw
herself into the water. Her breast ana
waist are horribly burned, but the doc
tor thinks that she will recover.
AT Wrights phosphate mine, five miles
west of Newberry, Saturday. Tom Mad
dox, one of the most prominent young men
in Alachua county, met a horrible death.
The Wright Phosphate Company operate
a sawmill in connection with their mines,
and Maddox was engineer While endeav-
oring to get piece of timber from under
the cutoff saw a large block fell from
above and struck him on the back of the
neck, severing the spinal column and Kill
ing him instantly.
Union Academy, the colored public
school Of Gainesville, was closed Friday
afternoon, on the ground that the board
of trustees of the school refused to deed
the property to the county board of public
instruction, and consequently the board
had no authority to make an appropria-
ton for teachers. The board at t1rst rad
refused to open the school, but upon tae
promise that the patrons would purchase
d
upon the same, corps of teachers was
employed. The board of trustees threat
ems to mandamus the board of public in
struction, and force it to make the neces'
sary appropriation.
The schooner Nathan F. Cobb of Rock
land, Me-, which cleared from Brunswick,
Ga. Nov. %, with a cargo of lumber for
New York, went ashore Saturday morn
ing mile south of Almond. The Sin
members of the crew were saved, but ~
the heroic work of rescue N. L. wafer
house of Cape Elizabeth, Me, the chlel
bookkeeper of the Hotel Ormond' was
drowned. The schooner sprung leak
when off the Frying Pan shoals on Mon
dav night. and went upon her beam ends
in a gale. and Fred Beale, mate, and
Thomas Beale, cook, were swept away
and lost. The remainder of the crew cu'
away the rigging and the ship righted.
Following is a complete list of officers
of the Florida state troops recommended
TO the war department by Capt Thomas
M woodruff, inspector of the state troops.
as eligible for commissions in the Uhlteu
States army: Maj. Charles Z. LoVeL, sec
ond Battalion; First Lieutenant Alper'
Wright, adjutant, Second Battauoh' 80
ond Lieutenant j. w. Lancaster Soliipa y
4 second Battalion; First Lieutenant II.
p Izear. surgeon. Second Battalion; First
lieutenant James Y. Wilson, adJutaht
TTirst battalion; Second Lieutenant j. .
NTaweI- Company A, First Battalion
Cant James L. Davidson, Company ~
third battalion; First Lieutenant J.
Knowles Hyer, Company A, Third Battal-
ion. and Capt F. w. Krouse, Company
B. Fifth Battalion.