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VOLUME I.
PALATKA, FLORIDA, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1884.
NUMBER 40.
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TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
THE LATEST NEWS FKOS AIjIj
PARTS IJY AVI HE AM) CABLE.
The Confederate Home A Dynami
ter Arrested Postal Revenue He
crease. General Adam Badeau Las tendered his
resignation as United States Consul-General
at Havana.
The business failures for last week
were 175 in the United States and 39 in
Canada; total 214 as compared with a to
tal of 212 the week previous.
Fifteen hundred miners of the West
moreland and Pennsylvania Gas Coal
Cbmpany at Irwin's Station, Fa., are on
a strike. They are willing to accept a
reduction of ten per cent, in wages, but
object to a change of one-quarter of an
inch in the screen, which would be equal
to a twenty per cent, reduction.
London, April 11. The name of the
Fenian arrested in London yesterday is
P. N. Fitzgerald. He is from Cork and
is ostensibly a commercial traveler. He
had immediate charge of the details of a
murder conspiracy m the west of Ireland
and is understood to be a very prominent
Fenian.
Washington, April 11. Information
has been received here of the arrest by
the United State authorities at Key West,
Fla., of a Cuban named Aurelio Mayall,
who arrived at that port yesterday morn
ing on the steamer Hutchinson. The ar
rest was based on a telegram from the
Governor-General of Canada to the Span
ish consul at Key West, saying that May
all was coming to America to kill him.
Mayall was taken before a magistrate and
held to answer.
Boston, April 11. Captain E. A. Spit
zer, of Richmond, Va., Adjutant of the
R. E. Lee camp No. 1, of Confederate
veterans, arrived in this city yesterday
with General James R. O'Beirne, a prom
inent grand army man of New York.
Their object in visiting Boston, to secure
the co-operation of Union soldiers and
sailors in raising funds for the building
of the Home for ex-Confederate soldiers
in Richmond. Last evening about twen
ty grand army men met and held a con
sultation with the visitors. Captain Spit
zer stated the object fo his visit, and it
was finally decided to call a public meet
ing of all soldiers, sailors and others in
terested, at which addresses would lie
made and contributions received. The
arrangement of the date of the meeting
and other details were placed in charge
f a committee of the grand army men.
"UIINUTON, April 11. The Third As
sistant Postmaster-General has prepared
the folkwjng statement of the revenue
of the Pistoffice department for the pres
ent fiscal year: The returns for the first
and secjnd quarters are complete. The
figure? for the third quarter are based
uPn the returns from offices returning
aDcut half of the total postage revenue
and the estimate for last ' quarter is based
pon the returns of preceding quarters.
."The gross postal receipts for the quarter
ending September 31st, 18S3, as ascer
tained were $10,595,867. The gross pos
tal receipts for the quarter ending De
mber 31st, 1883, as ascertained were
Al, 159,616, The gross postal revenue for
tue quarter ending March 31st, 1883, as
raJ!nated from special returns received
Jltim one hundred and thirty-seven letter
carrier offices, including all large cities,
$10,769,614. The estimated gross revenue
to arise during the quarter ending June
30th, 1884, is $10,737,349. The total es
timated revenue for the is $43,202,446.
The total revenue for the year ending
June 30th, 1883, $45,508,692,"a falling off
in the revenue for the present year of
$2,246,246.
Gordon Interviewed.
N. Y. Telegram.
General John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
was interviewed yesterday as to the con
dition of the South. In the course of an
interestng conversation he said that a
complete change of commercial and so
cial life had come over the South during
the war. Manufacture and diversified
agriculture were being introduced, and
the South was approaching a comforta
ble financial condition. The negro labo
rers were better paid, and lived tetter
. than any laborers in other parts of the
world, were alive to their advantages and
improving in education and ambi
tion. The bitterness of sectional
feeling had nearly disappeared. In
ducements were now offered to
Northern capital for safe investment
in Southern enterprises, and there was
a sturdy, healthy tone to the "new
South."
A Famous Man Asks Four Questions.
Cassius M. Clay in Cinn. Commercial Gazette.
Will any man deny that with rare ex
ceptions the press of America will wink
at and circulate a known calumnv for
the sake of party success ?
I ask a hard question. Has not the
press come to be the ruling power in
Christendom, and is it not more cor
rupt in America than in any other civi
lized nation?
Is not our whole judicial, pohtical and
religious systems based upon the false
idea that education will of itself make
men better, showing the fallacy of such
teaching ?
If the salt has lost its savor, where
withal -shall it be salted ?
PROJIIXEXT PEOPLE.
Baron Nordenskiold is getting ready to
go seek the south pole.
Ilerschel V. Johnson is to have a gran
ite shaft, twenty-six feet in the air, at
Louisville.
Mr. Zukertort, the conquering hero of
the chess world, is winning victories in
Cincinnati.
Christine Nilsson will sail for Europe
on July 2d.
General Wallace assures Mr. Freling
huysen by cable that the Porte has not
asked for his recall.
Miss Maude Howe, the daughter of
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, has written a
novel, "The San Rosario Ranch," that
tells of California life.
Rose Coghlan, the actress, smokes ci
garettes and Is said to be the only woman
in America who can puff rings of smoke
from her mouth. Rose is undoubtedly a
very accomplished woman.
Among this year's graduating class at
the Naval Academy, Annapolis, wiil he
Chas. M. Fahs, Alabama; John R. Har
rell, William Johnston and Douglas F.
Terrell, Mississippi, and Henry F. Mc
Kay, Georgia.
Premier Gladstone overtaxed his physi
cal powers during his speech in the com
mons on Thursday night last, and when
he had finished his face was ghastly pale
and he staggered from the house like a
worn-out actor.
The Texas Courier-Record of Medicine
says that certain elderly colored women
have "a habit of chewing pins as a so
lace for trouble." The occasional swal
lowing of one of them does not appear to
be attended with danger.
President Arthur pays his White House
cook $1,850 a year and found. College
graduates who are engaged in journalism
at $500 a year must regret that cooking,
as well as teat racing, was not included
in the curriculum.
General Meredith read: "I once asked
Charles Reade what he thought of the
American system of interviewing. He
declared himself strongly in its favor.
Just think,' said he, 'what a fine thing
an interview with Shakespeare would
have been!'"
Mine. Piccolomini, the once celebrated
prima donna, whose name the boys of
twenty years ago used to try to pro
nounce seven times in quick succession
and yet keep straight faces, is to be given
a testimonial benefit in London, where
she lives in poor circumstances.
Dr. Isaiah S. Tuppins, the first negro
to te gradudated from a medical college
in Columbus, O.. wTas recently presented
by the negroes of that city with a fine set
of medical instruments and books in ap
preciation of the difficulties with which
he has had to contend in acquiring his
education.
Dr. Gross is quoted in the Philadelphia
Clinical Record as saying that if the brain
is penetated by a ball, the rule to let it
alone is an exceedingly bad one; investi
gation has shown that the brain can be
handled to a considerable extent with
impunity, and there is a great future for
operations within the cranial cavity.
A Cure For Consumption.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
An enthusiastic young surgeon of New
York feels absolutely sure that transfu
sion of blood from the arterial system of
a healthy young person into that of one
suffering from pulmonary consumption
or tuberculosis, will, if persisted in, com
plete a cure. He says: "Of course, the
idea is not new, but I firmly believe that
transfusion of blood is the true remedy
for consumption an the diseases allied to
it." He intends, if he has the opportu
nity, to test it in leprosy. His first ex
periment was undertaken four months
ago, in the case of a young man of
twenty-three, the only son of a wealthy
dry goods dealer, who was so far gone
with the disease, that medical consulta
tion had pronounced recovery hopeless,
md death only a question of a few
weeks. The patient was so exceedingly
feeble when the first transfer was under
taken that only four ounces were trans
fused, in consequence of the disturbance
of the action of the heart that immedi
ately ensued. The recrudescence of the
vital energies was, however, extraordi
nary. From the date, almost from the
moment, of the experiment the patient
began to improve. The tendency to
emaciation disappeared, and the pulmo
nary symptoms were greatiy reduced in
severity. Relish for food returned, and
the nervous prostration was greatly re
lieved. Three weeks later the operation
was repeated with six ounces of blood,
the method employed being that of Prof.
Joseph W. Howe, the leading advocate
of transfusion in the United States. The
results of the second experiment were
more encouraging than those of the
fii-st. Three transfusions have leeu un
dertaken, and the young man is now-
improving so rapidly, both in general
health and local symptoms, that the
young surgeon is confident of success
without another resort to the transfusion
syringe.
A Good Showing.
Journal of Commerce.
Twelve years ago a barrel of rosin or
spirits was seldom seen in our city, but
to-day Savannah is the largest naval store
market in the world. We call that a
pretty good showing.
STATE PRESS.
Alec Slater, a negro, shot and killed
Bertha Twine, at Sanford last Monday
night. Bertha was recently from Jack
sonville, and after the killing Slatter
went to an officer and reported it, amid
tears of grief, as being an accident, after
which he disappeared and has not since
been heard from.
Sanford Journal: Mr. John M. Lord,
one of our most enterprising, industrious
and respected citizens, living about five
miles from Sanford, killed recently, a hog
that weighed 337 pounds nett, and yield
ed, including lard, $34,20. It was two
fat, much of it, for food, although it had
never eaten a quart of corn in its life,
and had to be dried up into lard. Mr.
Lord has killed a number of hogs, raised
by himself, during the winter, for mark
et, and has others yet to kill. He promi
ses us, when he winds up for the season,
to give us the results for publication.
They will excite surpise.
Green Cove Spring; The St. Clair
Hotel closed its doors for the season on
Monday, and the lessee, Mr. Moon, has
returned to Saratoga. The "Riverside"
closed on Thursday of this week. Mrs.
Gerard, who had the lease of the hotel
during the season, has purchased Mrs.
Duncan's house, which she will open
next season as a boarding house.
St. Augustine Press: The number of
visitors is slowly diminishing, and by the
first of May we will te taking a rest after
the fatigues of the winter season. On
Sunday afternoon, while Freddie, eldest
son of Mr. F- E. Witsel, Collector of
Port, was handling a small single-barrel
pistol, the weapon was by some means
accidentally discharged and the ball (22
calibre) entered the palm of his left hand,
slightly injuring the bone of the little
finger.
"The Palatka Daily News is jubilant
over the result of its late city election,
and feels confident that the abuses, both
of omission and commission, which have
characterized the administration of her
municipal affairs, will not again occur.
We congratulate our beautiful and pros
Ierous sister, upon her promising pros
pects for the future, and hope, at an early
day, to te even more intimately allied
with her than we are now." Sanford
Journal: Thanks Brother Harris. Out
side the desire of our citizens for a better
city Government, the rapid and substan
tial growth of the "Gem City" made it
absolutely necessary to put the "right
men in the right place" in our municipal
affairs.
A Generous Senator.
"Washington Letter.
"While talking with Senator Wade
Hampton last evening a daughter of the
late Reverdy Johnson came up with an
autograph album in her hand. This book
was for the names only of United States
Senators. The purpose of this lady is to
raise a little contribution towards the
founding of a hospital for helpless South
ern soldiers at Richmond, a work so
laudable that it would be like an offense
to argue the duty and glory of it. This
book is to te sold when filled to any one
w ho will pay the most for it. Each Sen
ator has subscribed $5. But the one
thing which the beautiful lady with ra
diant face came in haste to tell Hampton
was this: One United States Senator
was he from the North? was he from the
South? the East or the West? it was a se
cret, and a precious one and sacred this
Senator modestly set down the little $5,
not willing as to te known as giving more
than some of his fellow Senators who are
not rich, and then slyly handed her a
check large enough to set two decimals
to the right. Ah! there is heart in this
world after all, and don't you despair for
humanity.
Frank Ilurd.
'"Gath" in New York Tribune.
Frank Ilurd, of the Toledo district, O.,
is more referred to than recognized. He
is a bachelor, I think, of a somewhat
boyish countenance and address, and a
little resembles the late Oliver P. Mor
ton, having dark hair, eyes rather wide
apart, a somewhat heavy face and a
rather large body; he is permanently
lame, and this may have fretted his seri
ous nature and given him some of that
combativeness which we saw in Thad
deus Stevens. He is a large man, weigh
ing quite 200 pounds. His sister married
John Delano, the son of ex-Secretary De
lano, who, despite a good deal of conten
tion at Washington, is regarded by many
of his Democratic neighbors as an excel
lent man. Hurd comes from a strong
opinionated family; his father was a
jurist and author, and the son is in the
same line. He is rather self-indulgent,
but has periods of study, while his com
bativeness is unintermittent. He attracts
respect for the steadiness of his opinions,
and in intercourse is often found quite
kind and reciprocal.
Bismarck a Reader of the "Congres
sional Record."
Berlin Letter.
Piince Bismarck is no admirer of elo
quence. "It is with these eloquent gen
tlemen," he says, "as with ladies who
have small feet. They wear boots which
are much too tight and always try to
show their feet. So if anybody has the
misfortune to be eloquent, his speeches
are too long and too frequent.
Furniture.Carpets.Ranges
Etc, of the
ST. JOHNS HOTEL
ALSO jFOIS HAlXTS:
The building-s on the St. Johns Lots, which
must be removed soon. Apply to
i ii. oitvis;.
Putnam House.
SELECT SCHOOL
Opsns fprii 7th, in Cch:e! House
oil Third Surest.
GEO. O. HOPKINS, A., sr.,
rpiIO ROUGH INtf'UXTION GIVFN IX
1 all unaler, frwiu pumaiy to colkve pre
paratory. Drawing, Loth free hand an.,1 mechanical,
taught if desired.
Sessions from !a. r.t. to 2 u. ro.
For rates of tuition, etc., apt. !v to the prin- i
cipal. I
MRS. C. M. SMiTH,
city uivi i :i c rr i i i : it
Embaling Caskets, Mttalic and
Burial Caskets, Wooden Coffins
TELEGRAPHIC ORDERS PROMPTLY AT
X tended to. Price;' low raid satisfaction
guaranteed. At the old stand. Laurel street,
opposite Presbyterian parsonage.
NURSERYMEN
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
A LL FRUITS GROWN SUITED TO THIS
xV climate. Catalogue free.
0'KEEFE & M'KINLAY,
Machinists, Boilermakers and
Blacksmiths.
T EPATRIXG SPECIALLLY ATTENDED
lj to. New and second hand machinery
bought and sold. Engineers supplies cheap.
Corner Reid and Second streets.
PRACTICAL TAILOR.
T HAVE MOVED MY TAILORING SHOP
A up-stairs over Mr. Gus Mann's Butcher
Shop, on Lemon street. Repairing neatly
done. A share of public patronatre solicited.
JOHN HEWS0N.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
BENJ. PUTNAM CALHOUN.
IRVING GII.LIS.
" WM. LOWNDES CALHOUN.
Calhoun, Gillis fc Calhoun,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Special attention paid to Insurance, Real Es
tate and Collection of Claims. Will practice in
State and Federal courts.
v. av. koyhdon,
ATT O I t IV 13 Y-VT-L.VW
Office opposite St. John's Hotel,
Lemon Street,
Palatka, Fla.
13. IX. 3IeIvI:.V
.A.T TORN EY-AT-LAAV
Agent for Sale and Purchase of
FLORIDA LANDS
Palatka, Florida.
Notary Public State of Florida.
AV. II. WIGG,
AT TORNE Y-AT-LAAV
Office Lemon st., Mann's Building, Upstairs.
Talatka, Florida.
PALATKA HOTELS.
QIIAIIAM'S HOTEL.
S. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
Corner Lemon and Water streets,
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
II
OTI1L, PALATKA.
COH. LEMON AND WATER ST3.,
Overlooking St. John's River.
$2.50 per day. PALATKA, FLORIDA.
MIDDLE KAUTF & BONN, of Baltimore.
'J'lIE WEWTJIOIlL O'D.
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
White Sulphur Water, Hot and Cold
Sulphur Baths.
Bus meets all trains and steamers.
OPEN ALL THE TEAR.
gT. JOIIN'H IIOTKL.
(Established 16.5.)
P. & H. PETERMANX, Proprietors.
PALATKA, FLORIDA
Orders for rooms by telegraph and mail
promptly attended to. Accommodations first-
class. Terms moderate.
JAlllvIIV HOUSE,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Addition built last summer of forty-five rooms.
Accommodations for 3"j0 guests.
Open December 15. 1883.
LARKIN & ALLEN', Proprietors.
Pttt:va3I house,
December to May. PALATKA, FLA.
TI'IIl HOTEL.
Dec. to May. JACKSON VILLE, FLA,
17QUIXOX HOUSE.
Hi J une to Oct., MAX CH ESTER, VT,
No Dogrs Taken. F. H. OB.YI3.
To make room for New Summer Goods, I offer all Fall and Winter Clothing
and Piece Goods at
STRICTLY COST PRICES
A large stock of
MISFITS AND ORDERED CLOTHING
Left on hand after deposits were made, will be sold at a sacrifice. Before
buying elsewhere call and see. H. VV. KL1CKER,
The Tailor, Corner Lemon and Fourth Street.
ONE PRICE ST0R
DRESS GOODS OF
NEW LINEN LAWNS, PIQUES,
LftDiES HATS AND TRIMMINGS IN
A FULL LINE OF
Gent's Furnishing Goods, Clothing and Hats.
FINE PHILADELPHIA MADE SHOES FOR GENTS AND LADIE,
EVERY PAIR
OTOJ-IRST-CLASS GOODS KEPT AT THIS STORE
A. & G. C. ft, and Okeechobee Land Co,
S. II. GREY, President. J. M. KREAMER.
W, H. WRIGHT, Vice-President. Engineer.
LANDS FOR SALE JN LOTS OF FR031 JO TO 10.000 ACRES
IX THE COUNTIES OF BREVARD, POLK, MAX ATE E AM) MONROE.
PRICES:
For average Pine Lands l or) per acre
For average Prairie and Pasture Lands j L,r u,.re
For Lake and River Fronts .'.'.'.'.$.V.(')6 to KUill per acre
i or Sugrar Lands 10 m jKJ. mTe
The Lands of this Company are specially ada it ed to the Culture of Tropical Fruits. Rice
Sugar Cane, etc., and are generally accessible bv si cam navigation.
"W r - lO It Itl?!-.. Land Commissioner, Jacksonville, Fla.
S SSI MM EE
T. H. ASRURY, Paosident.
HAMILTON DISSTOX, N ice-President.
QAA Afin ACRES CHOICEST LOCATIONS FOR RESIDENCE AN D CULTIVATION OF
CJhJJ) Oranges, Lemons, Pineapples, Rananuas, Coeoanuts, etc., in the counties of
Orange, Brevard, Sumter, Polk, Hillsborough, Manatee and Monroe.
i-9oll iii Qii:tiilitiK . Snif 1Jiiv'rs.
Prices $2.50 to $10.00 per acre, according to location and quality.
i.-Tciiun7 rrrrv ! Rusiness Lots
-" v-iil t Five-Acre Lots
W. T.
B. F. McGRAW & SON,
Buffalo Bluff Nurs'y
4
ALL ORANGE STOCK
From Sour to the Best Varieties
ONE VARIETY OF
STRAWBERHIEH, VIZ:
FEDERAL POINT, OR
FLORIDA FOUNDLING
F. C. COCHRANE
5
"WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER
1XD DEALER IX
FISHING TACKLE, FINE CIGARS
ITloritla. CvirloItlen,
Florida Maps, Books, Canes, &c
Post-office Building, Front Street and next
door south,
PALATKA, - - . FLORIDA.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
HAVING BEEN DULY QUALIFIED AS
Administrator of the estate of Joseph H.
Mann, I hereby require all claims and demands
against said estate to be presented as pre
scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded
n bar; and all debtors are warned to make
m mediate settlement to the undersijrned.
A. W. MANN, Administrator.
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ALL DESC ?TIO
SATEENS AND I. .-R SILKS,
GREAT VARIET'i .
HOSIERY, GLOVES AND GGRSET
GUARANTEED.
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1 1 A M II ,T( X I ) I SSTO X , Treas.
11. fAi.iM.KK, Secretary.
LAND COMPANY.
L. W. KLAHR, Treasurer.
T. W. PALMER. Secretary.
?200 to $500
S.'iW) to $"iW
IOItlSIf-i, Manager, Jacksonville, Fla.
LARGEST PUBLISHING HOUSE
rx THE HTATE,
"RED CROSS PRESS."
Warren, Thayer & Co.,
Steam Book & Job
PRINTERS
REID STREET, FALATKA, FL0R .
HAVING FI'J
new ollice. x
of ltook and Job
tereotypinsr, Erin-:
Our facilities are
in the state. We
Press in Florida, pi .
ors at one impresv
Ticket Pros' uml
P AN FNT'
pared to do n'
inj?. Hook T
tc.
I'ussed by fit,
' e only Clw .
ii,- ''.v numlx'v e.
!, ai.-c the only RuL
up.i, -uif? Attache
tirintinu- U lam ticket.; n h..i r.
OH and see us. Hs. -mates on all clap of
work cheerfully furn; tied. A trial order
satisfy all that we can lo the best work d
in the state.
WARREN, THAYER & CO.,
lieid street, near Putnam Hoihc
FLORIST & LANDSCAPE GARDENE
A LAKGE VARIETY OF PALMS, IMI.E
1 V Roses and Semi-Tropieal Ptants in general
constantly on hand. (Wrespondencesolicitcd
Front street, next to Bank, Palatka, Fla.
WILLIAM F. FORWARD"
PIONEEIl ICE HOUSE
A'D DEPOT TOR
Hay, Grain, Feed, Lime, PJaster,
BRICK, CEMENT, LATH, Etc,
Established in lso. Reid's Prick Block, front
ing wharf, PALATKA, FLA.
Statement of anEye Witness!
FULL PARTICULARS IN NEXT ISSUE
O0 BUSHELS OF GRAIN. ALSO A FINE
lot of Hay, Bran and Ground Feed U-rns
received this week, fresh and in jrood order
to be sold at prices as low as such goods caa be
boujrht anvwhere.
W.M. F. FOIlWAItl).'
-VI.V3I II. FINLEY,
GEM CITY HAIR DRESSING ROOMS
LEMON ST., PALATKA. FLA.
FRESH, SALT & SULPHUR BATHI
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