The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-12
FLORIDA.

An effort is being made to secure for
Miami government experimental station.
The Florida Baptist convention at St.
Augustine adjourned Saturday night The
next convention will be held in Tampa.
The citizens of Modelo have sent pc
tition to the Postmaster General in favor
of the establishment of postoffice at that
point
The petition for the establishment of a
United States signal service station at
Miami has been sent to Washington. 1t
had large number of signers
The cypress numbering business along
the ocklawaha river is increasing. 1t is
thought that it will take ten years to ex-
haust the vast cypress swamps of that
region.
The Consumers Electric Company of
Tampa has offered reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the parties who
attempted to blow Up their dam up the
river from Tampa.
The forest fires in the storm-swept dis
trict of Alachua county have been sub
dued. While much property was in dan
ger, no damage was done beyond the burn
ing of fences and a negro church. The fire
spread over an area of ten miles square.
Louis Funk of Fruitland, while burning
a brush heap in his grove at Welaka the
other day, tainted and fell face downward
into the fire. He was rescued, but lies in
a very precarious condition. One eye, one
ear. and one side of his face. neck, and
shoulder were burned to a crisp.
The Bradford County Teachers Associ-
alton was reorganized at Starke Saturday
and the following officers were elected :
President, I. b. Hartig; vice president. T.
ID. Gunter; secretary and treasurer Miss
Olive Ray; executive committee, A. Hercu-
les, Miss Ellen Davis and Luther Ray.
An experiment was made recently in
the shipment from Green Cove Springs to
Philadelphia of 200 stalks of sugar cane.
One hundred and ninety of these canes ar
rived at their destination, ten having been
lost on the way The net proceeds from
the shipment were Ss.75, which shows that
II does pay to ship cane.
The court house question is again being
agitated among the voters of Baker
county The ten years having expired
since the removal of the county site from
Sanderson 20 Macclenny a great many
voters throughout the county are desir-
Gus OF a change back TO SanderSon. Pc
titiops for removal will probably soon be
circulated.
In some localities in Hillsboro county
the frost did some damage to the tender
vegetables Saturday and the day before,
and Monday morning there was another
very heavy frost The three of them will
probably do considerable damage to all
OF the tender plants in that section. Many
fine vegetable crops have been destroyed.
Around Lake Thonotosassa the frost did
much damage.
Walter r. Dingee. who was convicted on
Friday of embezzling mail matter In his
possession, as an employe OF the post.
Office, was not brought up for sentence al
Jacksonville Saturday, and will not be for
two or three days to come. His attorneys
Messrs. Hartrldge and Bryan, will make
an effort TO secure a bond Of $1,000 for his
release, pending an application to Presi.
dent Cleveland for pardon.
As Dwight Pendleton was driving tC
Eustis on Thursday morning. he tried to
remove sandspur from his coat. one
hand being engaged, he used the other e
get the sandspur, which chung TO his fin.
gers. He then tried to extract the spur
with his teeth, and as he did so, a joll
OF the vehicle caused the spur to fly into
Mnhis windpipe. Mr. Pendleton has gone tc