The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
TNPARAGnAP Apis.

The Central Railroad Getting Ready
for the Approaching Peach Sea-
son-A Florida Woman saves Her
Husband From Death by suicide.
Telephone Rates 60 to Smash at
jacksonville.
GEORGIA
Many thousands of peach trees nave been
planted in Macon county this winter.
An effort is being made to have the
annual meeting Of the Georgia Sunday
School Association held in Macon this
year.
Cuthbert has organized a board Of trade.
Most of the merchants and business men
are already members. J. w. Sanford is
president.
George NJ. Bronson Of Stillmore leased
the county chain-gang of Emanuel county
last week for the next twelve months,
paying $ per month each, it being the
highest and only bid made by any one.
He proposes working them on his farms
and railroad.
Otis Smith Thornton. son of the late
Rev Vincent Redmon Thornton, died at
his residence near Union Point Saturday,
OF Brights disease, aged nearly So years.
He was a prominent member Of Bethesda
Baptist church and was its clerk from
Dec. %, 1873 to the time of his death
Two small dwellings on Ashley street
at Americas, owned by J. P. Chapman,
were badly damaged by fire Saturday
night one being almost consumed. The
flames We're gotten under control as soon
as the department arrived. and much val
liable property near by saved. The loss
will hardly exceed 500.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: The Kickapoo Indian camp, which
has been here three weeks, received or
ders on Saturday to go at once TO New
Haven, Conn, and this morning the COM
pany left on the Plant system for SaVan-
nah. From Savannah they will go to New
Haven via New York and Savannah steam
er to New York, and thence by rail-The
city council few days ago gave permits
sion to r. NJ. Lanier and Others to num-
Der the houses Of the city, and in "A
short time they will have completed the
work.-Cel. S. w. Hitch is erecting hand
some dwelling house near the opera house.
The Central railroad has4 surveyors To-
eating side tracks into the large orchards
near Fort Valley and Marshallville. in an
ucipation of the approaching peach sea-
son. Fruit growers are expecting a crop
this year equal to that of 1898, and will
De IN better condition than ever to handle
the immense shipments from those points.
Hitherto, during the busy season, every
available conveyance has been In demand
night and day, either taking fruit to Fort
Valley or carrying IL to MarshallVilIe
from whence it could be shipped BY the
laying Of the side tracks, which will con-
meet with the Central proper the cars can
he lced and loaded in the fields. This will
save a great amount of trouble and ex-
pense to the growers.
FLORIDA.
Mary Henry. whose husband, Robert
Henry, split her head open with an ak at
Jacksonville last Tuesday morning while
she was in bed, died from the injuries in
nicted Saturday night.
Mrs. Dominica Hernandez. a native NJ
St Augustine. died Saturday at her home.
on Cuna street, aged SO years. Although
living within two squares Of the Ponce
DE Leon, she never saw that hotel.
James Noseley, a colored boy II years
of age, was drowned in Trout creek. near
Pickett's bridge. at Jacksonville. satur-
day. He was seized with a cramn affar
ne mad Jumped in the water to recover
q hat.
For the present the Owl Cigar Company
Of Quincy will transfer the business of
manufacturing cigars to its large factory
IN New YORK 1t Will increase its area in
planting tobacco; will continue its pack
ing house, and will continue on a large
scale its operations in Fuller's earth in
Gadsden county.
Mrs. Camp of New York. a guest of
the Hotel Royal Poinciana at Palm Beach
was robbed of a large amount of valua-
Bile Jewelry at that hotel a. few days ago
Inc Jewelry taken is valued at $1,000 The
robbers gained entrance to the room nv
skeleton key and then picked the loci
10 MRS. Camps trunk.
The fight between the state and tho
FLORIDA Central and PeninsuIar railroad
over $S6, 600 of back taxes still in on the
courts. The counties along the line Of
tne railroad will get amounts varying
n asanh T,, 81. -
case goes against the company The
state treasury VIII be the gamer by S43 600
Inc case ls almost certain to go to the
supreme court Of the United States
Daniel Anthony colored. was found
dead in bed at his home at JacksonvilIa
Sunday. He had evidently committed
suicide. He and his mother had a quar-
rel over his getting drunk, and a few hot
words followed about his being arrested
about two weeks ago. Anthony opened
box that he had in the house, and took
out a bottle from which he took a drink
The belief is that the bottle contained
poison.
The establishment of a new telephone
company at Jacksonville is the cause of
a big reduction in rates. B. F. Dillon.
the manager of the Jacksonville TeIe-
phone Exchange, the old company an
nounces that his company will furnish
telephones for $40 per month for private
residences, and 50 per month for Dlaces
of business, payable in advance The rate
has been SO per quarter for private resi-
dences and $12 per quarter for places of
business.
Business through the custom house al
Fernandina last month was not up to the
average, though the lumber shipments
were about as usual. Prospects are good
Tor an increase this month Only twelve
vessels entered coastwise and ten cleared
coastWlse during the month while three
entered from foreign ports and five clear
ed Tor foreign ports. The phosphate ship
ments were 400 tons; lumber 3,240 S4E
Ieet. miscellaneous shipments Were,
shingles, 1860; oysters, 800 eases; cot