The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-04

elected without opposition.
Judge George F. Gober, at Marietta
Saturday, awarded Mrs. Bertha b. IFby
S25 a month almony and $50 attorneys fees
In her suit against George II. lrby. Irby
desires his wife to live alone with him.
but she prefers to remain with her family
Mrs Irby did not sue for divorce but
only for alimony. She charged that on
June q, 1898, he left her without cause
and had refused 10 support her. She stat
ed that he is an expert horseshoer, who
earns a good living. In his answer Irby
said he had no fault to find with his Wife
She had always been faithful affectionate
and loving. He claimed he never failed
TO send money except while he was ILL.,
FLORIDA.
Tony Hepp, caterer of Tampa, formerly
of Georgia, died Tuesday.
The effort recently made by committee
of citizens of St. Augustine to secure an
encampmont of troops has proved fruitless
The surveyors of the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad are at Fernan-
dina and ground has been broken for the
new commodous and elegant passenger
depot.
Cards are out for the marriage OF Mrs.
Lena Harrridge of Orlando, formerly a res
ideut of Jacksonville. and Capt Benjamin
Cotton, retired English officer. The cere-
mony will take place at ST. Luke's Episco-
pal Church on the 10th inst
The cypress mill of H. A. Bachelor &
Co, at Panasonkce. has been running on
full time all summer, and the yard is
again filed with huge piles of lumber.
They are making a large quantity of shin
giles; and shipments of these are made al
most as fast as they are manufactured.
warner had shooting affray last Sat
urday night Richard Johnson shot and
Instantly killed Richard Argrett, while he
was lying asleep in the porch of his house
He claims chat the shooting was accl-
dental Argrctt voluntarily went TO Sum
tervile and surrendered himself TO the
sheriff. Both are negroes.
During the hot months the birds flock
TO the artesian wells at Banyon for drink
and bathing; great numbers of purple
graekle, starlines. doves, cardinals, jays,
woodpeckers, and warbers, being among
them. But for the pools around the wells
the birds would have to go miles across a
salt river TO get drinking water.
At Miami Monday night at about 6
O'Clock a heavy wind from the southwest
passed just cast of the Royal Palm Hotel.
Brig. Gen. Gordon, who has his head
quarters in the large cocoanut grove just
north of the hotel. had two or three tents
demolished. The First Texas, who are
campod nearest the bay, also had several
tents blown down.
The appeal of the Board of Public In
struction of Duval county to the Supreme
Court of the state. against a recent de-
cison of the Circuit Court, has resulted
no a rnO n nf no
lower court, and the hopes of the board TO
give Duval county the privilege of bonding
itself TO secure better schools have re-
ceived a final quetus.
The large wo.story residence of Mrs.
Levy Alvarez at Starke, was destroyed by
fire about 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. 4
large part of the furniture was saved, but
the building was a total loss and was val
ued at 5000. Unfortunately, there was nc
Insurance. The fire originated by some one
dropping a burning paper on a can of kero.
sene oil, which exploded.
Orders were entered by Judge Locke al
Jacksonville Tuesday appointing Charlie.
S. Adams special master 10 make ac
counting and ascertain the amounts due
the complainant in the cases of J. A. An.
derson and NJ. A. o Byrne. as receivers OF
the Southern Mutual Building and Loar
Association of Atlanta against T. G.
Gardner and others, and the same agains
Earl High and others.
Several of Fernandlnas citizens hav.
formed an association for the purpose o
having better restaurant facilities, The,
have leased the lot at the corner of Cen
ter and Fourth streets, and have com
menced the erection of a building in which
they propose 10 open a restaurant tina
cannot be eXcelled in the service by am
- aIf
c. II. Leggett viii have the management
Persons in a position to know declar
that the soldiers in the hospital at Egmon
Key are suffering more from the effects O
hunger and exposure than anything else
The men arc also half-naked. aud sa,
that all during their stay in Cuba the
never had more than half rations This
with the exposure, made them so weal
that they were especially susceptible to tn
slow fevers which are so bad on new arri
walls In Cuba.
Private Dodge of Company b, FRS
Wisconsin, now al Jacksonville met wit
a serious accident Monday afternoon, an
may lose his right leg. Early in the morn
ing he took his rife and several cartridge
and started TO the river to shoot crane
and alligators While walking along Ga
river bank, he stumbled in some manner
and the cartridge in the gun exploded, en-
tering his right leg just above the ankle
and shattering the bone.
West Tampa suffered one of the most di:
astrous fires in its history, Monday nigh
The fire started in the upper story of PEI
leo Perez's cigar factory and four two
story business houses we're consumed wit
IT, The damage amounted TO over so ,O0
The amount of insurance carried has nj
been learned, but il Is supposed TO hay
been small. owing to the fact that lnsul
ance IN that place is very high. No on
knows how the fire originated.
A negro, named A. ]. Thomas. and
white woman, the wife Of Charles +