The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-13

There will be 100000 fruit trees come
into bearing on the colony farm at Fitz-
gerald this year, it being their third season
since they were set out. Pensions are in
creasing considerably at the colony from
the new members constantly arriving.
There is bout $4,000 per month paid out
in federal pensions. Every factory In
Fitzgerald is now working over time: the
three sash and door factories are months
behind in their orders, the eleven riff mills
are not able to cut fast enough for the
brokers, and the timber mills are over
loaded With orders from the car compa-
fies.
interesting suit was filed by Mrs.
Belle Anthony in the Superior Court at
Macon Thursday, asking for a divorce
from her husband, E. n. Anthony. who is
a well known resident of the outskirts of
Macon and who has been famous for his
vineyard and his wines. The petition al
leges that they were married in the year
1888 and that in the year 1894 they were
separated Mrs. Anthony returning to
her former he me in Atlanta. No particu-
lar grounds for divorce are given except
that the husband forced her to leave his
home, but did so without using physical
force Mrs An thony asks for the restora-
tion Of her form Ter name, which wass Miss
Belle Williams, and asks that her hus-
Ddliu DC FGHtfdl1td lEOKU QlSDOSiIS OF any
of his property until settlement of the
divorce proceed ngs can be had, and he
has made the proper provision for her.
Atlanta Journal: very interesting
case which was ended in the Superior
Court Friday was that of Mrs. Josephine
FaTis VS.. Douglas & Dawson Mrs Far
ris sued the firm some months ago for
$4,000 damages for an alleged insult which
she claimed was offered her by one OF
their employees. In her bin of complaint
Mrs. Farris stated that while shopping In
the FIRMS store in December, 1896, she was
falsely charged with shoplifxing and great
ly Inundated before number of people
She alleged she was looking at some ar
ticles displayed on a counter when an
employee of the house came up to her ana
asked her what she had under her cape
She held up her cape and showed there
was nothing there. She claimed that he
said he saw her take something. After
the suit was filed Douglas & Dawson set
tied with Mrs. Farris for $50. Attorney J.
L. Key. who represented Mrs. Farris, con-
tinued the suit for the fee, which he
claimed he was entitled to under his con-
| tract with Mrs. Farris. The jury allowed
Mr.. Key a fee of $50.
FLORIDA.
| Hampton has Peeping Tom. He has
been notified to leave town.
Encouraged by the success Of last years
experience in growing cane, at Charlotte
Harbor, the acreage will be doubled the
present year.
Hon. William ]. Martin, member of the
| board of public instruction of Hflsborough
county, died at his home in the Alfalfa Sec
ton Friday of consumption.
| Wadsworth and Leinhart of Oviedo, who
are engaged in celery growing on quite an
extensive scale, hope to realize at the rate
/ of $1,000 per acre for their crop, which is
looking exceptionally fine.
In the County Criminal Court at Orlan-
do Friday. Judge Butt sentenced Peter
Williams, alias George Graham. to ten
years in the penitentiary for breaking into
| Darby's store in Apopka.
Seniors Jose Arrange and Jose villamil
two well-known and prominent Spaniards
of Tampa have purchased two blocks in
the Fourth ward of that city, and will
have thirty-seven dwelling houses erected
at once.
A son of John Mcdonald, of New Berlin,
is at st. Luke's Hospital, at Jacksonville,
being treated for wounded hand. A day
or two ago he was trying to open a large
his thumb and two first fingers on his right
hand off.
Several prominent turpentine operators
from South Georgia were at Tampa last
week making trips into the surrounding
country and negotiating for all the pine
timber lands to be found In bodies of suf-
ficient size TO make them desirable as tur-
pentne farms.
Great interest is manifested in Alachua
county in the coming meeting of the
school board, when text books will be
adopted for the next five years. The
Gainesville Sun says that the general, and
I in fact the almost universal opinion, is
that the text books now in use should not
he changed.
The property of the Albion Mining Phos-
phate Company was sold by Sheriff SUIT
ton Friday. Clarence Camp of Albion pur-
chased the property for 500. AT one time
this was considered to be the most valua-
BILE phosphate property in the county. 1t
has been sold at public sale several times
and has been abandoned for the past few
years.
The cattlemen of Charlotte Harbor
while on recent drive had one of their
horses bitten by a large rattlesnake The
fangs were deeply imbedded in the flesh
above the knee. The horse was thrown
down and a deep incision made across the
wound which was filled with salt. Aside
from the swelling that followed, no incon-
venience was manifested, and the horse is
now Well
Jacksonville Tlmes-Union and Citizen:
The officers Of the Jacksonville division of
the Florida Naval Militia were seen yester-
day afternoon by a Times Union and Citi-
zen reporter, and were asked about their
proposed trip down the east coast of the
state to locate suitable places for signal
stations, They said that they were await
Ing orders from the adjutant general, and
were expecting the same at any moment.
IL Is estimated that the tour Of investiga-
ton will consume ten days time which in
cludes q trip TO Nassau from Miami AT
: other points on the coast steam launches
and sail boats will be used to cruise about