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DAILY
NEWS.
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VOLUME I.
PALATKA. FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1884.
NUMBER 84.
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TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
Till! I j AT EST NEWS FJIOM Al.Ii
PARTS BY WIRE AND CAIU,K.
SIX CANDIDATES IX THE FIELD.
Chicago, Juno 2. The situation this
morning in the Presidential canvass is
very much simplified. All the delegates
are now on the ground, including New
York and Pennsylvania, whose coming
had lieen looked forward to with some
interest. Tho negotiations which were
carried forward in the interest of the re
spective candidates yesterday makes it
clear that the adherents of six candi
dates, namely: Arthur, Blaine, Ed
munds, Sherman, jVgan and Ilawley
have made a fair measure of their
strength, and deem that the present as
pect of the light warrgnts them in stand
ing hy their men. The most ardent Ar
thur and Blaine men do not claim for
them a majority of the convention. The
highest figure mentioned for Blaine is
3:W; the highest for Arthur is about IJ'J.j.
But the conservative advocates of each
put the figures for both under J'OO. This
is necessary, in view of the stand taken
by the Edmunds, Logan and Sherman
men. The friends of the Vermont Sena
tor to-day are in high feather over the
possibility of his nomination, and con
tend that lie has developed unexpected
strength.
HOW THE MATTER STANDS.
Horace White, of the New York Even
ing Post, sums up the situation as fol
lows: "It seems to me that Blaine and
Arthur are alotit evenly matched, at
about 300 to 320 votes each; that Ed
munds will havo about 100, Logan about
50, Sherman sO ami llawloy 12. The fol
lowing of the other candidates is some
what uncertain."
The Gresham men in the Indiana dele
gation have refused to allow the friends
of Senator Harrison to present his name
in the convention. The vote will be cast
about equally for Blaine and Arthur.
Fred Douglass arrived to-day. lie was
probably the most eagerly listened to
man of any among the crowds in the
Sherman house rotunda. More than one
attempt was made to worry him hy refer
ence to his recent marriage. He with
difficulty restrained his temper. Doug
lass said the colored delegates, being
mostly officeholders, felt lxmml to vote
for Arthur, but that when the break
came the bulk of their votes would un
doubtedly go to Logan.
The Maryland delegation took a vote
to-night to determine how they would
stand in the early balloting, with this
result: Blaine 12, Arthur 4.
Rhode Island will vote for Edmunds
and at a meeting to-morrow morning
will decide where they will go in e:ise
tli Edmund's campaign prove a fail
ure. Kentucky took a test vote to-night and
was found to stand, Arthur 17, Blaine 0,
IiOgan 2, Sherman 1.
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
London, June 3. A violent shock of
earthquake occurred on May l'Jtli, on the
Island or Kishm, near the mouth of the
Persian (Julf. Twelve villages were de
stroyed, 200 persons killed, and many
others injured.
GOULD ON THE WAR FATH.
New York, June 2. Gould is reported
to le in negotiation for the control of at
least one of the rival lines of the Western
Union Company, and haw a chance of
getting possession.
The stiff wind of Sunday caught a
party of eight New Orleans gentlemen
on Iike Boagne. Their loat win swamp
ed. Yellow fever h.is broken out against
(Juaymas, Mexico.
A band of young thieves has been
found at Sumpter, S. C. Cause, blood
and thunder literature.
Archibald Orme, who attempted sui
cide at Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, is very
low. He is $15,000 short in his accounts
at the Union passenger depot.
Never Meant to be Pious.
N. Y. Tribune'
Mr. Beecher preached yesterday in Ply
mouth Church from the parable of the
good Samaritan. In reading the lesson
he interpolated: "That was the Wall
street of that day." The sermon was a
contmst and a parallel of the generosity
and liberality. Mr. Beecher spoke of
"(he timeless God," and said, among
other things:
I recall as the most painful times in
my life, and the least profitable, those
when good folks, who meant well, talked
religion to me when I was a boy. Oh!
how I did dread a pious man, who was
always talking religion; and I made up
my mind that if I ever got pious, which
I really never expected would happen,
that I would never bore people with re
ligion. You are my witnesses that I
have kept my early vow. There isn't a
man, woman or child who can say that I
ever talked shop to them. I never push
religion on people when I have them
alone, and they can't get away. But you
can also witness that no one ever found
me unwilling to talk religion when they
wanted to talk with me.
The ranks of the Nassau Light Infan
try, of Fernandina, are increasing in
numbers rapidly.
STATI PRESS.
Watermelons can lx? eaten for 20 cents
each at Tallahassee.
The manufacture of brick has been
added to the industries of Jasper.
It is said that the addition of fifty
more rooms to the Leon Hotel at Talla
hassee has been reduced to almost a cer
tainty. Andreas Gluckstadt, of Pensaeola, who
was so unfortunate as to have his leg
crushed while boarding an engine in mo
tion, died of his injuries.
The Board of Trustees of East Florida
Seminary will meet at Gainesville on the
21th of June to elect the teachers for the
coming scholastic year for that institute,
and to transact other important busi
ness. It is said that new evidence has been
brought to light that fixes the murder
of Mrs. Crum, which occurred recently
on the line of Wakulla and Franklin
counties, upon Ike Yon. He has been
arrested and placed in jail.
Last Thursday three buildings, situated
at the Marine Barracks, on the Naval
Reserve, at Pensaeola, were destroyed by
fire. These buildings were burnt by or
ders from the Department at Washing
ton, D. ('., received some time since, as
they were the ones used for the sick
soldiers during the epidemic of yellow
fever in l.vS3.
Tallahassee Land of Flowers: From
the best information we can gather the
corn crop of this county, although a lit
tle backward, has a good color and
promises a fair yield, an average crop, if
not more. Cotton looks well: the dry
weather has been favorable to it. Tobac
co is reported very good in some places,
but in others it is said to be greatly dam
aged by worms ami inclined to sucker
and run up to seed. The vegetable crop
is about over. The dry weather ruined
it.
On Sunday afternoon, during a heavv
thunder storm, the hotel at Astor was
struck by lightning. A number of ladies
and gentleman were in the hotel office
and on the piazza, when a teritic clap of
thunder, accompanied by a vivid Hash
of lightning, shocked them. Investiga
tion showed that the thunderbolt struck
the main part of the house, immediately
over the roof of the kitchen, where it
joins the main part. Aside from the
damage done, as no one was injured,
though several of the inmates felt the
shock.
Pensaeola Advance-Gazette: Last Mon
day, about 12:30 o'clock, during the hour
of recess at the public school on the hill,
a young boy by the name of James Odom
was struck dead by lightning. We learn
that the young boy was sitting under u
low tree eating his lunch, while several
of the other scholars were standing or
playing near by, when a terrible flash of
lightning, accompanied by terrific peal
of thunder, came, and young James was
seen to fall. Efforts at restoration were
resorted to immediately, but with no
avail, ami he was pronounced dead, the
only evidence that he was killed by the
lightning being a small wound on the
forehead and a large hole in the ground
where he was standing. Several other
pupils were shocked by the electric cur
rent. How a Sous heritor Asks You to Drink
From the Detroit Free Press,
I don't say that a true Southernor
would ho mortally otfended if you re
fused to drink with him, yet when he in
vites you you somehow feel that the in
vitation conies right from his heart, and
you feel mean not to accept it. Don't
imagine that he walks around hunting
for somelxxly to swallow liquid in cho
rus with him. His invitation comes
only after you have sat down with him
and had a chat on old times and future
prospects. He is shy of you at first.
You can feel that he is sounding you
and trying to make an estimate of
whether you will be to tie to. By and
by he varns up. and does two-thirds of
the talking. Further on he hitches his
chair a little closer. Then he grows
more confidential, and first you know he
taps your arm or your leg with his finger
to emphasize his remarks. An invitation
to drink is not far off. I have watched
it in a hundred eases, and I never knew
it to fail once.
"Yes. sir," he says "yes. sir, I was
in that fight you speak of, and my brig
ade was on our left flank. I tel' you, it
was hot. You Yanks were down behind
a ridge, and it seemed as if every one of
you had a sixteen shooter. Along alwut
four Say, let's have something."
But 1 started out to tell you how a
Southern man drinks. Almost invaria-
J bly he takes a straight whiskey. Your
leer is waiting while he pours out his
hair lifter. He raises his glass, survevs
the contents for five seconds, and then
i with a nod and a mumble in which you
j catch the word luck, he seems to throw
the whiskey down his throat in a lump.
He never stops to taste, nor smack, nor
j dilute, but clown it goes as if he hadn't a
minute to spare, .and you are left with
two-thirds of a glass of beer in your
hand. He'll settle the score, wipe off
his mouth, chew up three or four ker
nels of coffee, and consult his watch lie
lore the last of your glass is gone, and
you can't help but feel that you are tres
passing upon his valuable time.
A liusy Journalist.
) it. n jrel u r g De m oc rat.
Mr. F. G. de Fontaine, better known
as "Personne," whose vivid illustrations
of the poetry and humor of Confederate
camp life from 161 to 105, have recent
ly attracted so much attention in South
Carolina, evidently comes from a "brainy"
stock. Two of his uncles, Felix and
Gregory, after whom he was named,
were celebrated Italian professors, one
being a member of the court of Austria,
the other a member o"f the court of the
first Napoleon, and the early encyclopae
dias devote not a little space to the re
cord of their litterary productions. His
father, the Chevalier de Fontaine, was a
class mate of the late Cardinal Antonel
li. the Pontifical Secretary of the State of
Pope, Pius IX. and was attached to the
court of Charles X. When the latter was
compelled to flee from Paris by the revo
lution of 1S:',(), the Chevalier accompanied
the French King in his exile in Edin
burgh, Scotland, and subsequently came
to the United States. He spoke many
languages and was distinguished for his
literary accomplishments. During the
late war. his son. F. (!. de Fontaine, be
came known as "Personne," the war cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier, and
proprietor of the Daily South Carolinian,
published in Columbia. In 1801) James
Gordon Bennett made him the managing
editor of the Evening Telegram, and sub
sequently appointed him to the responsi
ble position of financial editor, and later
that of musical and dramatic editor of
the New York Herald, in each of which
he served for several years. During this
active journalistic career, he has found
time to publish besides his voluminous
correspondence, "A History of Abolition
1787 to 1801," "Marginalia, or Gleanings
from an Army Note Book," "A History
of Yachting in the Old World and the
New," "A Cyclopaedia of the Best
Thoughts of Charles Dickens," 000 pages
now in its ninth edition; "Birds of a
Feather, or the Life and Doings of Lord
Dundreary," and a system of "( 'oiidensed
Long Hand," whereby, with but little
study, one is enabled to increase the
rapidity of his handwriting from twenty
to sixty words in a minute. As a short
hand writer, Mr. de Fontaine is said to
be one of the oldest and fastest in the
United States, two of his important works
as a mere lad being the official reports
of the trial of Prof. Webster for the mur
der of Dr. Parkman, and Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles for killing Barton Key in Wash
ington before the war. It will be ob
served from this record that "Personne"
has been an indusfious worker; and is
even now, while in the enjoyment of a
period of rest, making himself useful by
public illustrations of the poetry and fun
of the late war.
A Famous (Gambling House.
Pendleton's gambling house, says Ben.
Pereley Pooro, was one of the sights of
Washington before the war. The en
trance was through a narrow, lighted
liallway, opening from the avenue near
the National hotel. A pair of stairs at
the further end of the hall were closed
half way up by a door fastened on the
inside. A lattice was opened on the
ringing of a bell, and a colored man scru
tinized the new-comers to see if all was
right. If there was no apparent objec
tion, the door was opened, and the visi
tors proceeded up stairs, where there
was a large front parlor, elegantly fur
nished, with a centre-table, on which
were leading newspapers and magazines
of the country. Around it one generally
found several gentlemen, some of them
members of Congress, reading and dis
cussing the news of the day. The back
parlor was more luxuriously furnished,
and at one end. in a massive gilt frame,'
was a life-like picture of a huge, crouch
ing tiger, with fiery eyes and open
mouth, apparently ready for a spring
upon his unsuspecting victim. Beneath
this picture was a table, on which was
the lay-out of a faro bank. In a box
w ere piles of bank bills and gold pieces of
different denominations, and in another
box were the "chips," circular pieces of
ivory, inscribed "1," "5," "25," and
"250," which were purchased by play
ers as a matter of convenience, and re
deemed by the banker at the end of each
game. There was a supper-room, where
a free supper was served every night.
! The cook was the best in Washington,
and at Pendleton's those who did not
fancy the poor fare at the hotels and the
worse eating at the private boarding-
houses, could feast on turtle soups, oy
I sters, terrapin, canvas-back clucks and
1 venison. The lest of wines and liquors
! were also supplied. Mr. Pendleton be
; longed to an old Virginia family, and
h;s wife, who lived on Capitol hill, went
in the best society. After his death.
President Buchanan attended his funeral.
Lanilseer's great picture. "The Mon
arch of the Glen." everywhere familiar
hy the engraving his brother made of it,
was sold "recently in London for the
large sum of o."10 to Mr. Eaton. M. P.
GEM CITY HAIR DRESSING ROOMS
LEMON ST., PALATKA. FLA.
FRESH, SALT& SULPHUR BATHS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
liENJ. PUTNAM CALHOfX. IRVING GII.LIS.
WM. LOWNDES CALHOUN.
Ctillioiin, G1I11 fc Calhoun,
ATTOIINEY SAT-LAW
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Special attention paid to Insurance, Ileal Es
tate ami Collection of Claims. Will practice in
State and Federal courts.
A.. AV. KOYSDON,
,YTT OKN 1Z Y-AT-LAW
Olfice opposite St. John's Hotel,
Lemon Sthekt,
Palatka, Fla.
i:. it. zr'iciv:v,
AT TOU TV lilY-AT-LAW
Agent for Sale and Purchase of
I? I- O I? IDA L ,V IV 1) S
Palatka, Florida.
Notary Public State of Florida.
W. II. WIfi,
AT TOli IN KY-AT-LvVW
OUice Lemon st., Mann's Building, Upstairs.
Palatka, Florida.
PALATKA HOTELS.
yOI'.SI'JY HrtUSK.
FIKST-CLASS PIUVATK HOARD
liy the Day or Week, cor. Orange and 3rd St.,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
New house newly furnished.
It. B. Brvan, Proprietor.
QllAIIAI'W HOTEL.
S. (ill A II AM, Proprietor.
Corner tcniun and Water streets,
PA LATKA, FL RIDA.
rjM 1 IS AVIST.AlOHllIiANI).
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
Wiiitk Scli-hcr Water, Hot and Cold
Scli'iu'r Baths.
Hits meets all trains and steamers.
OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
aukix noiTsi:,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Add it ion built last summer of forty-live rooms.
Accommodations for ;!ii0 guests.
Open December 15. I.Hj.
LARK IN & ALLEN, Proprietors.
l)UT'Ar 1IOUSK
1. December to May.
PALATKA, FLA.
tVINDWOU HOTEL,
V Dec. to May. J ACKSt N V 1 LLE, FLA.
"TQITITVOX. HOTTf-iTS.
VJ June to ( ct., MANCHESTER, VT.
No Dogs Taken.
F. H. ORVIS.
riou:srr cornrr,
V lM'TNAM Col"NTY, FLORIDA.
OHiee hours, 10 a. in. to :i p. m.
Justice Court First Monday in each
month. Henj. Harrison,
County Judge.
J. H. MERRYDAY,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
Corner Oak and Fourth Streets.
A. ,T. ItEACIl . HON,
NURSERYMEN
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
LL FRUITS GROWN SUITED TO THIS
1 V climate. Catalogue free.
CIIAH. 1-:. H3I1TII,
Fresh Meats and Poultry
Always on Hand at
SMITH'S STAND
On WaterStreet.
READY FOR THE
MOSQUITOES
I have just received a" largslot;of
MOSQUITO NETS
DIFFERENT STYLE. ALSO
FIFTY PIECES NEW PATTERNS
OF-
AT LOW PRICES.
WALNUT, ASH PAINTED
I M1M
! A FULL ASSORTMENT.
1
IB. L. LILIENTHAL
Moor
Slatting
-AT JACOBSOTST'S
ONE PRICE STORE
o
DRESS GOODS JF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
NEW LINEN LAWNS, PIQUES, SATEENS AND SUMMER SILKS.
LADIES HATS AND TRIMMINGS IN GREAT VARIETY.
A FULL LINE OF HOSIERY, GLOVES AND CORSETS.
Gent's Furnishing Goods, Clothing and Hats.
o
FINE PHILADELPHIA MADE SHOES FOR GENTS AND LADIES
EVEUV PAIR GUARANTEED.
ONLY FIRST-CLASS GOODS
15. Gwinnktt Lassetek.
LASSETER
Cor. Loiiion :ml
and
We have opi ned at the
ZFZMULr GEOCEEIES.
And will keep on han.l at all time everything in the way ol eatables ami customer may
want, which will tie sol'I at the lowest possible figures.
We will run in connection with our store a
arc'repared to supply anything that can be
satisfaction. All we want is a t rial.
B. F. McGRAW & SON,
Buffalo Bluff Hurs'y
ALL ORANGE STOCK
From Sour to the Best Varieties
ONETVARIETY OF
STRAWBERRIES, VIZ:
FEDERAL POINT, OR
FLORIDA FOUNDLING
ICE CREAM AND
LEMONADE
IHERVEl) 1.YITW
BY
H. A. Meyer & Co
A full and complete line of
GROCERIES
Will be kept on hand.
IB IR, IEC A 3D
will be served twice a day with Wagons, and
II. A. MEYER will do his own baking in fu
ture. Palatka, Fla., March 24. 184.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BOOKS
JEPT BALANCED OR ADJUSTED, IN
strict confidence, by
W3I. O. MOATES,
Expert accountant. Practical instructionain
Bookkeeping. Best of references. Apply at
this office.
KEPT AT THIS STORE
joun h S .iki.osky.
SCHELOSKY.
IToiii'tli -rt
Si.
above stand a Full Line of
Bakery, thai -class in all its a..inDnenN im.l wc
baked, and guaianlee that our go.., Is will give
LASSETER & SCHELOSKY,
Corner Lemon and Fourth Streets.
LARGEST PUBLISHING HOUSE
I IV I'll 11 STAT i :
"RED CRDSc PRESS. '
Warren, Thayer & Co.,
Steam Book & Job
PRINTERS
REID STREET, PALATKA, FLORIDA.
KAVIX(i FITTED UP AM ENTIRELY
new oflicc we urv prepared to do all kinds
ot Book and Job printing. Book Binding
stereotyping. Engraving, etc.
Our facilities are un.surpaM.sed by any of k-6
in the Ptate. we have the only Chrometio
Press in Honda, printing any number of t ri
ors at one impreHsion, also the only Bailroi d
Ticket Presx and Numbering Attachmei t
printing H,tju tickets an hour.
Call and see us. Estimates on all classes t
work cheerfully furnished. A trial order ,!!
satiHfy all that we can do the t work d us
in the state.
WARREN, THAYER & CO,,
Iteiil stree t, near Putnam House.
PIANOS I ORGANS!
3IiiKieal IiiKt l-itiiient m uimI
SEWING MACHINES,
01ieai for Canh und on.XTaHy
terms of payment when sold on install-
ment plan. I buy direct from manufacturers
and give my customers benefits of commissi. ..j
paid to "Agents."
$5.00 to $25.00 Saved ! I J
Machines and Organs shipped to any railn d
dejot or steamboat landing within fifty n.iies
of Palatka, with privilege of examination . d
return at my expense free of cost, if not De fect!-
satisfactory.
C. F. SULZNER,
"Gem OIty"3rtslo Htore,
CALHOUN BLOCK. Lemon Street.
MEAT AND FISH MARKET !
W. 1$. CROSS,
(At Smith's old Stand.)
Water Street, - - Palatka, Florida.
Fresh Meats and Fish always on band. .