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VOLUME I.
PALATKA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1884.
NUMBER 49.
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TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS BY AVI RE AND CABLE.
Reports from the interior of Egypt say
that the cotton worm nas reappeaieu
there.
The Spanish Cabinet will allow the in
troduction of measures for economic re
forms in Cuba.
The Pall Hall Gazette denounces the
statement of Sir William Harcourt of
the pretended withdrawal of England
from Egypt, and says that it will awaken
hopes in France for the seizing of Egypt,
and that the reported withdrawal will
bring on war with France.
Joe Flinn and Bill Hale, two despera
does, during a quarrel near Irving, Ky.,
last Saturday shot and killed each other.
The trial of Frank James, at flunts
ville, Ala., is postponed on account of
the illness of General Walker, his leading
counsel.
Hon. John C. New's resignation as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury has
been accepted to take effect April lGth,
the date of C. E. Coon's appointment.
Prof. Law, of the Treasury Cattle Com
m'ssion, says that the catsle disease in
Kansas cannot be communicated by in
oculation, thus proving that it is not the
foot and mouth disease.
Discontented printers had a meeting
and parade in New York Tuesday night.
The speeches were principally denuncia
tions of the papers which they could not
coerce to their terms.
The House of Bishops of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church of the United
States convened Tuesday morning at
Grace Church, New York, for the pur
pose, of electing a number of missionary
bishops to fill the vacancies that have re
cently occurred.
New York, April 22. The steamship
Alert, which was presented by the Brit
ish government to the United States for
the Greely relief expedition, arrived here
this morning after a stormy passage
of twenty-four days.
Paris, April 22. The two Austrian
Anarchists, who were induced to address
an Anarchist meeting, have been arrested
and conducted to the frontier. At the
meeting violent speeches were made ad
vocating an immediate uprising. A col
lection was made pour la dynamite.
London, April 22. The Times this
morning says: "Florida's turn has now
come for notice and the material devel
opments of fresh and exquisite phases
have been opened for the pleasure and
profit of the human race. The opportu
nities it affords any will not be slow to
embrace."
Galveston, April 22. A special to the
News from Laredo says: '"Costly clubs
and hotel buildings erected by the Con
struction Company of Gould's extension
of the International road into Mexico"
have been seized and appropriated by the
civil authorities of New Laredo because
of some alleged failure to comply with
the requirements of the general govern
ment. Washington, April 22. Hon. John
W. Foster, United States Minister to
Spain, who arrived in Washington yes
terday, has come here to confer with the
authorities in regard to the details of the
proposed commercial treaty between
Spain and the United States. It is said
on undisputed authority, that his visit
has nothing to do with an alleged plan
for the purchase of Cuba by the United
States, nor has it any bearing on the in
surrection in Cuba.
Nashville, Tenn., April 22. Myer
Moscovitz, Jr., and Beke White, a ne
have been arrested for assassinating
Meyer Friendman about a week ago in
order to obtain $2,000, for which Friend
man's wife was accessor- before the fact
and sent her husband to meeting his
death.
Montgomery, Ala.. April 22. On Sat
urday last a negro living near Loaehapo
ka beat his wife so badly that she gave
premature birth to two child reu and died.
Soon after this he made a criminal assault
upon a white lady, the wife of his em
ployer, but was frightened away lefore
accomplishing his object. He fled, but
was pursued by a large body of men and
this morning was arrested about ten
miles from here and lodged in jail.
Washington, April 22. The Senate
was in executive session to-day three
hours, having under consideration the
recommendation of the President that
Collector Wicker, of Key West, be re
moved. The issues were both of fact and
of methods. It was maintained bv Wick
er's friends that he had done nothing to
merit removal, while others contended
viim dis acts ot open sympatny wan me
Cubans insurgents were ample grounds
for dismissal. It was said also that the
President had full power to act as he saw
fit in the manner, and that the interfer
ence of the Senate was unprecedented
and uncalled for. To meet this; objection
an amendment was proposed to the com-
merce committee's report declaring that
the action of the Senate should not le
construeu as an expression of opinion in
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icfcaiu w. wie constitutional power of the
President to remove at vfll. Thereupon
the Senate adopted the report advising
the dismissal of W lcker.
FOOLED BY FIDDLERS.
How a Northern Tourist in Florida
was Frightened.
A Tampa letter of April 11th, to the
New York Times, narrates the following
npP(i0tP.
I was jnst about to return to my boat
to continue my voyage when I was
startled by a rustling in the creeping
plants through which I was walking.
One hears so many snake stories in Hori
da my first thought was of them; but
there was no snake in sight. The rush
ing, however, continued and grew loud
er. It was like a flock of frighteded birds
trying to make their way through a
thicket, but there were no birds in sight.
The noise came nearer to me, and I ran
out to the strip of sand that lay between
the bushes and the mangrove trees. I
was hardly there lefore the cause of the
racket came along too, crossed the sand,
and made far the mangroves. It was an
army of black bugs, each from an inch
to two inches long and half as wide.
The were so thick that the ground was
black with them, for they were black, or
nearly black, with thick legs, and trav
eled over the ground about as fast as a
man could run. There were millions and
millions of them; I might say billions and
then not come within a few millions of
the true number. But there were so
many at any rate that they shook all the
bushes, and made a noise like a rushing
wind. I was freshly out of Arkansaw,
where I had spent a considerable portion
of my time in dodging the deadly taran
tulas, and these beasts looked very much
like them, so I thought of tarantulas. I
was barefooted, and they were crawling
over my feet. With great deliberation I
concluded to leave that part of the coun
try. Under the circumstances I consider
half a second "great deliberation," and
at the end of that time I made my first
deliberate and dignified move, which was
a jump of about 15 feet, and then calmly
walked the rest of the way down to the
beach, 7 or 8 feet to the step, walking
over and crushing a few thousand of the
little wretches every time I took a step.
The black space covered by the beasts
was at least a quarter of an acre in extent
and I fooled away no time in getting out
of it and reaching the beach. The bugs
were frightened to death by the noise I
had been making in the bushes, and were
trying their level lest to reach their holes
and I was scared by the bugs; so with
mutually tiying to get away from each
other we had a lively time. If I had had
shoes on I think I might possibly have
staid and made a fight of it. But being
barefooted in the bushes makes a man
timid here among the spiders and snakes
and 'gators.
STATE PRESS.
C. W. Stevens has resumed the editor
ship of the Madison Recorder, after an
absence of two years.
Change of venue from Nassau to Duval
county has been granted in the Epps
Suhrer murder case.
The Florida State Medical Association
will hold its annual meeting in Jackson
ville, June 4th.
Apalachicola Tribune: "Within two
months there have been seventeen ves
sels loaded at East Pass with square and
hewn timler. There are now ten vessels
at that point loading with square and
hewn timber."
The Pensacola fire department has be
gun to take steps for a grand celebration
on May 1st. It is predicted that it will
le one of the largest processions of fire
men ever seen in the city, and New Or
leans fire companies and the navy yard
boys will participate in it.
Dr. J. II. Etheridge has been reap-
j pointed as port physician of Apalachico
j la for the ensuing season. John Miller
! has been reappointed boatman. J. G.
Ruge has given notice he will in a few
days tender his resignation as a member
I of the board. Dr. A. W. Chapman has
i .11 --
ueen cunmnMoneu uy rne uovernor as a
member of the board.
Lake City correspondent of the Savan
nah News: "An attempt was made to
burn the Borum House Saturday morning
at 4 o'clock. It was done by an ingeni
ously constructed ball of paper and splin
ters saturated with kerosene and de
posited on the porch of the second floor.
Its light aroused the inmates and was put
out before any damage was done."
Saturday Miss Mamie Whitner, of Fer
nandina. started out to take her usual
afternoon stroll, and was conveniently
near the depot as the train was leaving
for Jacksonville. Capt. S. D. Reid, the
conductor, invited her on board his train
and she went to Jacksonville, where sh e
was married to
j residence of E. J
him that night at the
Triav.
New Orleans. April 22. The formal
opening of the Supreme Lodge of the
Knights af Pythias took place to-day at
Odd Fellows Hall. The building was de
corated with banners and other insignia
of the order. The supreme representa-
I tives wcre escorted from the St. Charles
'i Hotel to Canal street and thence to Camp
'i street and up Camp street to Odd Fel-
i lows Ilall the Uuard ot lienor being the
I t " . e i T- . ' i. i
Uniformed Ranks of Crescent and Or
leans lodges. It is predicted that the
amount of business to be transacted vrill
last nearly ten days.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Dr. John Lord, having lectured 6,000
times, quit the rostrum on Friday.
Senator Anthony owns half of the
Providence Journal. His share of the
profits amounts to about .$35,000 a year.
Ernest Dore, who died in Paris last
week, was a brother of the famous Gus
tave Dore. The former was a musician
of note.
" I don't believe Mr. Beecher lias any
theology,' " said President McCosh, of
Princeton, to a Louisville interviewer,
and what little he has I don't believe in."
The good doctors logic appears to need
a crutch.
Mr. Barrett, the actor, is making some
thing of a social spread in London. He
has a furnished house for which he pays
$3o0 a week rent, and he holds many
large and small entertainments there in
the off hours of his time.
The Rev. Dr. Edward P. Terhune, of
the Springfield Congregational of Spring
field, Mass., has accepted a call from the
Bedford Avenue Reformed Church in
Brooklyn. Dr. Terhune's wife is the au
thoress who writes under the name of
"Marion Harland."
Henry Grafton Dulany, of Loudon
county, Virginia, whose fortune is said
to amount to two millions of dollars, is
thinking of making his home in Wash
ington and opening a banking office with
a house also in New York. Mr. Dulany
is a young man, a bachelor, and goes
into the business because he is anxious
for an occupation. His fortune came
through his mother, who was of English
descent. His father lived on an old
estate in Loudon county.
John Parrott, the pioneer banker of
San Francisco, who died last week,
leaves a curious will. His estate, valued
at five millions, is not to be divided until
the death of his widow. She will act
as trustee of the property devised to her
and her children. Even one son, who is
over age, is willed the profits of a large
ranche "as long as his mother approves
of his conduct ; " in contrary events she
has power to divide the income among
the other children.
Following the ScriputuroH.
Atlanta Constitution.
"Hello, Mose," cried a white man to a
darkey, "got back from campmeeting, I
see."
"Yes, sah," answered the negro.
"Have a good time?"
"You kin bet we did boss; I nebber
seed so much Mefidis 'ligion 'splayed afo,
sense I bin bo'n."
"In what way did you enjoy the ser
vices most ?"
"Well, sah, de ting what tuck my eye,
was de true way dat de preecher follered
de teachin ob de scripters."
"How so?"
"Yo' see, boss, grub wuzgittin' pow'ful
skace, 'bout de preecher's tent, an' de
good man wuz 'comin' oneazy, w'an up
toots er yaller moke wid de sickis' lookin'
rooster I ebber seed."
"Sick, was he?"
"'Yss, sah; sick wa'n't no name for ?im,
an' po'. good gracious ! But de man ob
God tuck 'im, fell all ober, an' seed how
tony he wuz; den turnin' roun' to de
folks, he sed:
"Brederin' an' sistern' ain't rite fer to
kill dis t'ing, 'kase de Bible sez dat hit
waz a rooster what crowed, an' fotch old
Peter ter 'pentence, an' takin' dis fac' in
'sideration does yer want ter mudder a
fowell, whose forepa called de 'tention of
a man ter his sins ?"
'Dis speech got 'way wid 'em an' dey
tuck dat chickun, what wuz mos' ded,
an' carried 'im ter a roos not fur off, an'
lef 'im in place ob three nice, fat pullits.
"Sech ackshun as dat, sar, speaks well
fer de 'vancement ob 'ligion."
Principle vs. Expediency.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina, a
vigorous and old-time tariff reformer,
sent the subjoined letter to the Iroquois
club:
Washington, April 7, 1884. It is Avith
great regret that I find myself unable to
accept your invitation to attend and ad
dress the Iroquois club on the loth. I
had greatly desired to do so, but failed to
so arrange my duties here as to permit
of my absence. The Democratic party
is passing through an important crisis
just now. It is preparing to determine
whether it is a party of principle or of ex
pediency; whether it will try to do right
or simply try '"to get in." If it is only
distinguished from its adversaries by the
fact that it is '"out, let us sav so like
honest men. But if we really profess
certain great beliefs in reference to the
constitutional policy of the government,
which are supposed to embrace the high
est wisdom of the founders of our liber
ties, in Heaven's name let us set them
forth and stand by them, regardless of
whether Ave are "in" or "out."
Very sincerely,
Z. B. Vance.
One of the Stock Party Amenities.
Kansas City Times.
Having stolen one Presidency and pur
chased another the Republican party
seems to be pretty hard pressed for an is
sue. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Coon has been directed to act as Secre
tary in the absencee of Secretary Folger
and Assistant Secretary French.
But Not Extenuate.
Detroit Free Press.
"How mildly they talk of swidkrs and ;
frauds nowadays." said a Republican po- ;
litician to a Democratic friend. "Thcv
don't sav 'steal;' thev sav "speculate.' and
- ,
'defalcate.' and "appropriate." " "Yes,"
added the Democrat, '"and sometimes,
after a Presidential election, they say
seven-to-eight!" "Ah, yes. ahem!" said
the other. Something about the famous
fifteen puzzle wasn't it? Yes, that had
quite a run at one time."
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
BEN.. PUTNAM C'AI.HOI'X. IRVING C1M.IS.
WM. UHV.MitS I ALMOI N.
Callioun, fiilli A; "ill lou n,
ATTOl S IV I'TVf-. VIVIVW
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Special attention paid to Insurance, ileal Es
tate ami Colleetioii of Claims. Will pruel iee in
State anil Federal courts.
A. AV. ISOYSDOX,
AJXT OUN 13 Y-AT-LAW
Office opposite St. John's Hotel,
Lemon Street,
n:. it.
PAI.ATKA, Ff.A.
3roKEAX,
-VrF TOIi A EY-AT-LAW
Agent for Sale and Purchase of
FLOIMD L .V TV 1
Palatka, Fi.okida.
Notary Public State of Florida.
AV. IT. AVICiti,
a t r o i? tv is Y-A r-LAW
Office Lemon st.,
Mann's Building, Upstairs.
Palatka
El.OlUDA.
PALATKA HOTELS.
G
ItAIIAAIV
HOTEL
S. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
Corner Lemon and Water (streets,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
rpi ie 3VT:sroroi i:lam).
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
"White Sulpiiuh Watek, Hot and foi.n
Scxphur Baths.
Bus meets all trains and steamers.
OPEN At. I. THE VEAli.
j AUKIX HOUSE,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Addition built last summer of forty-live rooms.
Accommodations for 300 quests.
Open December 15. Isxi.
LARKIN & ALLEN", Proprietors.
TJTJTIN Vr HOUSE.
1 December to May. PALATKA, FLA.
1VEVDSOK
T Dec. to May.
HOTEL.
JACKSONVILLE,
FLA.
i7QTTi:vox.
L J une to Oct.,
No Dogs Taken.
HOUSE.
MANCHESTER, VT.
F. H. OR VIS.
pOUXTY COURT,
J PUTNAM CUUXTV, FLORIDA.
Office hours, 1(1 a. in. to :j p. m.
Justice (,'orwT First Monday in each
month. Bex.j. Hakkisox,
Couutv Judife.
LEGAL!
J EOAL BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIP-
tion and of the most approved forms printed
and sold by the undersigned.
Stationers and members of the lepil profes
sion furnished at reasonable rates.
AVAR REN, THAYER & CO.,
Reid street, Palatka, Florida.
A. a. REACH As SON,
NURSERYMEN
PA LATKA , FLO R I DA .
FRUITS GROWN SUITED TO THIS
LL
A cii
mate. Catalogue free.
PRACTICAL TAILOR.
I HAVE MOVED MY TAILORING SHOP
up-stairs over Mr. Gus Mann's Duteher
Shop, on Lemon street. Repairinsr neatly
done. A share of public patronage solicited.
JOHN HEWS0N.
CIIAS. i:. S3IITII,
Fresh Meats and Poultry
Always 011 I In ml at
SMITH'S ST A fa
Oil Water Street.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BOOKS
JEPT BALANCED OR ADJUSTED,
strict confidence, by
AV3I. CJ. 3IOATES,
IN
Expert accountant.
Rookkeepintf. liest
this office.
Practical instruct ion
of references. Apply
in
at
ICE CREAM AND
LEMONADE
BY
H. A. Meyer & Go
A full ami complete line of
GROCERIES
Will be kept on hand.
IB BEAD
will be served twice a day with Wagons, and
H. A. MEYER will do his own baking in fu
ture. Palatka, FU., March 24, 1S64.
Tn mako room for Nl
iu inurvv, iuuih ivji n vjuimiii uuuus,
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. W. KLICKER,
The Tailor. Corner Lemon and Fourth Street.
-AJT JA-COBSOIT'S
ONE PRICE STORF
DRESS GOODS OF ALL DES CHIPTIC : ,
NEW LINEN LAWNS, PIQUES, SATEENS W. 'MER SILKS.
LADIES HATS AND TRIMMINGS IN GREAT VARlt .
A FULL LINE OF HOSIERY, GLOl ,::0 COiU
Gent's Furnishing Goods, Clothing and Hats.
E PHILADELPHIA MADE SHOES FOR GENTS AND LADIt
EVERY; PAIR
ONLY FIRST-CLASS GOODS
A, k G. C. ft, and
S. II. CI REV, President.
W, II. WRIGHT, Vice-President.
.1. M. KREAMER,
Ensrinecr.
LANDS FOR SALE IX LOTS OF FROM 10 TO 10.000 ACRE
IN THE COUNTIES OF 15REVARD, POLK, MANATEE AND MONROE.
PRICES :
For average Pine Lands $ 1.25 per a
For averaK'e Prairie and Pasture Lands .:r jkt av
For Lake and River Fronts $5.00 to 10.00 per a
For Snfrar Lands 10.U0 per a.
The Lands ol this Company are specially adapted to the Culture of Tropical Fruits, Ri
Sufrar Cane, etc., and are jrenerallv accessible bv steam na iwution.
W. M UOlt Ii!:-i, Land Commissioner, Jiu-ksonvf.le, F:
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T. II. ASHURV, Paesident. L. W. KLAHR, Treasurer.
HAMILTON DISSTON, Vice-President. T. W. PALMER, Secretary.
lfi ACRES CHOICEST; LOCATIONS FOR RESIDENCE AND CULTIVATION
iUUfUUU Oranges, Lemons, Pineapples, Rananiuis, Cocoanuts, etc., in the counties of
Orange, Brevard, Sumter, Polk, Hillsborough, Manatee and Mon.;.
J-olil iii Jiuiiit it ies fSnit Huyr.s.
Trices $.'i0 to $10.00 per acre, according- to location and quality.
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( Five-Acre Lots.
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AV.
B. F. McGRAW & SON,
Buffalo Bluff Nurs'y
ALL ORANGE STOCK
From Sour to the Best Varieties
ONEIVARIETV OF
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AND UEAI.EU IN
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Florida Curlorsltle?,
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Florida Maps, Books, Canes, &c
Post-o Bee
Building, Front Street
door south.
and next
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 te presented as pre
scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded
n bar: and all debtors are warned to make
mmediate settlement to the undersigned.
A. W. MANN, Administrator.
I unci an i an auu yviiiici vioinm
GUARANTEED.
KEPT AT THIS STOR
Okeechobee Land Co
HAMILTON DISSTON, Treas.
R. SALINGER, Secretary.
LAND CQMPAU
V U VVIflr Mil I
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1 1 1 1 1"f-J, Manager, Jacksonville, Fli
LARGEST PUBLISHING Ml,
.t:v tp i its statk.
RED GROSS PRESS."
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PRINTERS
REID STREET,' PALATKA, Fi.c
I I A J.Mr FITTED UP AN EN ,H
x new oiriee
we .ire preparen rrci
T'. nrintinur, Rook Hi
t, etc.
irpassei by an."
of Rook an
Stereotyping,
Our facilities
in the st;ite.
Press in Florida,
ors at one impr.
Ticket Press tp
printing 14.000 tic.
Call anil see us.
work cheerfully fi
satisfy all that we
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WARREN, '
Rei'l Bin
HA', ZR k CO.,
i, near Putnam Hoi
w. C(. rsi;.vi,
FLORIST & LANDSCAPE GARDEN
1 LARGE VARIETY OF PALMS, R
i J. Y Roses and smi-Tropical Plants in (few
j constantly on hand. Correspondence sol ici
! Front street, next to Rank. Palatka, Fla
WILU
PIONEEIt ICE IIOXJH
; AND DEPOT FOft
Hay, Grain, Feed, Lime, Plastc
j BRICK, CEMENT, LATH, Etc.
' Established in law.
Reid's Rriek JSloek, fro
PALATKA. FLA.
ing wharf.
Statement of anEye Witne?
FULL PARTICULARS IN NEXT ISS
O'jOO BUSHELS OF GRAIN. ALSO A Pi
) lot of Hay, Bran and Ground Feed Ix
received this week, fresh and in good or
to be 8o)d at prices as low as such gooda ca
bought anywhere.
"AV3r. f. T-oiiAvii:
II. FINLITT,
GEM CITY HAIR DRESSING R00.
LEMON ST., PALATKA. FLA.
FRESH, SALT & SULPHUR BAY' a