NUMBER 16.
VOLUME II.
PALATKA, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1885.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
THK IjATKST NKAVS FliOM ALL
PARTS iVT AVIRF. AND CAULK.
bayard's successor in the senate.
Dover, Del., March 16. At the sena
torial caucus this evening to nominate a
successor to Senator Bayard. Attorney
General George Grey, of Washington,
was nominated on the second ballot, re
ceiving 15 votes to 9 for Congressman
Love and 5 for ex-Congressman Martin.
The nomination was made uananimous.
RINDERPEST IN ILLINOIS.
Chicago, March 16. A special from
Para, 111., this morning eays: "A dis
ease among a herd of cattlo belonging
to a wealthy farmer near Tower Hill,
nine miles east of here, has been pro
nounced to be genuine 'rinderpest' by a
romitablo vetinarv surereon, who has
been doctering the animals. Five have
died out of about thirty sick ones. The
doctor pronounces the others to be out
of danger."
THE RCN'S ECLIPSE.
Washington, March 16. The day was
cloudy during the greater part of the
time that the sun was in eclipse, and but
few photographs of the eclipse were se
cured at the Naval Observatory. Almost
everybody who exercised sufficient pa
tience and was equipped with a smoked
glass obtained occasional glimpses of the
obscured disk through occasional rifts in
the clouds. After the eclipse was over the
clouds passed away and later in the af
terno.ni it was perfectly clear. Very few
points report uninterrupted observations.
WATTERSON ON THOMIISON'S DEFEAT.
Louisville, March 16. Of the defeat
of Phil. Thompson and the appointment
of Miller for Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Yv'atterson will say in to-morrow
morning's Courier-Journal: "We
aro not prepared to accept the defeat of
Thompson as a declaration of war by the
President upon the friends of revenue
reform, nor the appointment of Miller,
of West Virginia, as evidence that it is
the purposo of the administration to set
itself against internal revenue taxes
which pay mere than a third of the ex
penses of the government and without
which there could be no adequate reac
tion of the custom house duties. Per
sonally and locally we very much re
gret the decision, but we trust that the
apprehensions of those who have a right
to a fair representation and execution
of the internal revenue laws, and have
rezarded the West Virginian as hostile
to them and their interests will be disap-
nointrd. The nuestionis economic, not
moral, and we shall bo slow to believe
that it will bo treated by the president
and his advisers in a narrow spirit."
GENERAL GRANT SLEEPING WELL
New York, March 16. Gen. Grant
slept moro last night than on the preced
ing night, lie fell into a sound slumber
about 4 o'clock this morning and did not
awaken until about 10 o'clock. His con
dition is alwut the same. The general
docs not suffer much pain, but com
plains of a little soreness. He takes food
more plentifully and consumed a chop
this morning. The damp weather has
had no injurious effect upou the patient.
The affected part of his throat is treated
withiodoformbut the use of coacoaine has
been discontinued. The General says
that his insomnia is not due to pain.
The cancer does not interfere with his
breathing and has not particularly im
r aired his voice or speech.
New York, March 16. Gen. Grant is
not quite so well this morning.
In regard to Gen. Grant's condition
Dr. Douglass said to-night: "Gen. Grant
did not sleep at all last night. He took
a pill at midnight. It lodged in his
throat, and irritated the patient and an
noyed him. Ha slept this afternoon.and
t-nifht he is bright and chatted with
his frieuds. The irritation of the throat
was allayed. I gave him a sedative to
night. He said he felt sleepy, retired
and slept at 10 30 p. m. His temperature
is 99.2.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Washington, March 15. Dorman B.
Eaton, President of the Civil Service
Commission, in response to an inquiry
to-day as to the enforcement of the Civ
il Service rules by the new administra
tion, said to an Associated Tress reporter
"Vacancies are being regularly filled
under the rules. There is not the least
sign of examinations being arrested or of
the rules being disregarded. When the
congressional session just closed made
the increased appropriation for carrj in
on the work of the commission from
July 1, 18S5, to July 1, 1886, it knew the
policy of the incoming president and
must have expected the work of the
commission to go on. That work does
go on regularly and I feel sure that it will
go on. Very many of the office-seekers
who lingered here some time after
March 4th seemed to have reached the
same conclusion and returned home.
Since that date the examinations have
lx?en held at Cincinnati, Nashville, Mem
phis, Brooklyn, New York and Wash
ington. Applicants have been notified
of examinations soon to be held in the
southern and Western states."
The examinations and appointments
go on as heretofore in the customs ser
vice and for clerical positions in the post
offices. Excessive numbers are applying
to be employed, under the belief that ar
bitrary and partisan removals are being
made, or are soon to be made. I have
heard of no case of such removals, and
do not believe that any such removals
will be made. There will doubtless be
some removals for good cause, but not
enough to give places to half those seek
ing to be examined. The old-time
partisan prescription is not, in my
opinion, to be renewed. Our politics are
now more civilized, and sound public
opinion is more formidable. Within the
past ten days the commission has made
certifications for filling eleven vacancies
in the Departments at Washington,
which is about the usual rate, and five
promotions and four permanent appoint
ments after probation have been made
from among these selected under the
rules. Several of these cases were
in the treasury department.
The
THE WHITE HOUSE EARLY BIRD
Littlo
SUCKED IN ON ORANGES-
of
President Cleveland's Habits
Sleep and Much Work,
Letter to the New York Sun.
Albany, March 11. The Sun's Wash
ington correspondence about the new
family in the White House is eagerly
sought here every morning. Albany is
very much wrapped up in the president
and regards him as its own product,
while Mr. Cleveland admitted before he
left here that he had grown to love Al
bany.
'When I first came here as governor,
said he, "my friends used to inquire how
I liked mv new home. To which I re
plied: 'This is no home of mine. I be
long to Buffalo.' But long ago I ceased
to feel that way, and for more than
year I have enjoyed every day of my
life in Albany."
The news that "the governor," as he
will ever be called here, has ordered
breakfast at 8 o'clock at the White House
suggests to his friends and those of Col
Laniont a good story about Cleveland's
first days in Albany. He gave Lol. La
mont a list of his appointments to be
nublished in the Arirus, and the first
i - v.- .
name on the list was that of Daniel S
Lamont. The astute Colonel was then
a nensonwr man. accustomed to turn
ing night into day.
"What time will you be at the Capitol
to morrow ?" he inquired of the gover
nor.
"Oh. about half-nast 8 o'clock," Mr,
Cleveland replied.
The Colonel's eyes were distended
Never, perhaps, had a governor begun
his work at such an early hour. He told
Mrs. Lamont what the new order of
things were to be, and managed to reac
his desk at the Capitol a few minutes be
fore 8 o'clock. He had just taken his
seat, after having hung his hat and oat
up, when the governor came in, half an
hour earlier than the time he had ap
pointed. After that the Colonel felt him
self taking part in a race to be the earl
est at work, and seldom or never was he
distanced by the governor.
Unlike most men of his build Mr. Cleve
land requires very little sleep. The sto
ries are very plenty here of visitors to
the executive mansion who have stayed
up until 1 o'clock or 2 o'clock in the
morning' with the governor, and then at
6 o'clock in the morning have been awak
ened from a half -completed rest by sounds
of heavy footsteps and of whistling, to
peep out of their rooms and see the gov
ernor before his looking-glass shaving
himself and whistling as cheerfully as a
schoolboy. Once shaved and fully dress
ed, "the governor would then let himself
quietly out of the front door and stride
away beyond the city's outskirts for his
daily constitutional, in the company of
the rattling milk carts and belated truck
farmers on their way to the city market.
In a small circle of intimates he was
known as "the break-o'-day governor,
Four or five hours' 6leep and three light
and entirely plain meals a day fill out
the programme requisite with him for
good health and buoyant spirits, and in
pursuing the course he has begun in
Washington he will be following his nat
ural bent, lie will miss the walk to and
from the Caditol six times a day, to which
he has been accustomed, and lie may
miss it so greatly as to make a new de
parture in Washington. In former times
before Lincoln was president, the chief
magistrate had the entire White House
to himself and his household, and his
work and that of his secretary were per
formed ia rooms set apart for the pur
pose in the Capitol. President Cleveland
may return to that practice, not only l
cause it will afford him exercise, and
more important still, enable him to use
the White House as a resting place and
a retreat, but also because under the pre
sent arrangement there is not sufficient
room for an ordinary houseqold there.
When President Arthur desired to enter
tain friends, he wa3 obliged tosend them
to a hotel at night; and it is understood,
and is probably true, that not all the ser
vants could be accommodated under the
White House roof. In Mr. Lincoln's
Old Man's" First Sensation
Life in Florida.
Peck's Sun.
George W. Peck, the inventor of the
'Bad Boy," is just now sojourning in
Florida, in search of health and strength.
"When I threw up the curtain my
first morning in Jacksonville," he writes,
'and looked out in the park in front of
the hotel nd saw green trees of all kinds
orange trees filled with ripe, yellow
fruit, shade trees outside the walks with
oranges on, and ladies with parasols, I
began to look around for the South Pole.
It was an enchanting sight to a man
right fresh from a sleigh ride in Milwau
kee, and I got out into a couple of pants
pretty quick and went out to wallow in
all this verdue. I wanted to go and roll
in the grass. I went down stairs with
out waiting for an elevator, rushed
through the office, forgetting all about
breakfast, and began to walk about the
park and the town. The oranges didn't
look right to me. I couldn't see how
they could grow there in the streets,
right within the reach of every little nig
ger coon in town, without being stolen.
In the North, the sourest crab apple that
ever broke a man's jaw or puckered up a
pretty mouth would not be safe a mo
ment as exposed as those oranges were,
and I could not believe that boy3 in the
South were more honest than boys in the
North. Then I got to thinking, and
made up my mind that the oranges were
tied on trees with pieces of wire, and
were intended to deceive Northern peo
ple. I thought it was a mean deception,
and I made up my mind to expose it to
the world. I asked a colored man if
there was any objection to a man pick
ing an orange, and he said he reckoned
not. So I reached ud and erot hold of
one and picked it. I looked for the wire
string, but it was actually a growing or
ange, and I had more faith in Florida
than ever. I shall always believe , that
the colored man smiled when he saw me
take out my knife and cut a piece out of
that orange. Any way, he turned his
back when I started the piece of orange
towards my mouth. Many of my read
ers will remember my mouth as it was
when I lived North. It was a pretty de
cent sort of mouth to stub around home
with. A plain, every -day sort of a hole
with teeth and tongue and- lips, when I
took that piece of orange in. Ye gods !
The oranse was as much sourer than
vinegar as vinegar is sourer than honey.
And bitter! Aloca and rhubarb and
quinine combined would be molasses be
side that orange. My lips began to curl
up and draw around under my left ear,
my teeth became loose and rattled around
like dice in a dice box, and my tongue
clove to the roof my mouth. One eye
opened so wide that the eyeball looked
like the face of a six-shilling bull's eye
watch, and the other closed spasmodical
ly and winked so a colored nurse girl
who thought I was winking at her got off
of a bench and hauled the baby wagon
away, and the baby cried as though a
pin was sticking it, on account of the
expression on my face. I reached around
to my pistol-pocket for a handkerchief to
cover my face until I could unscrew my
mouth and get it back in front of me,
and the colored man thought I was going
to draw a pistol, and started off on a run.
Well, if I had a picture of my face when
I took a mouthful of that orange, they
could sell them by the thousand in dime
museums as the wild man of Borneo,
And that is the reason oranges are safe
growing in the streets, iney are too
sour to eat, and a boy will not steal any
thing he cannot eat.
Consolation That Didn't Console.
My friend, A. C. Beeson, of Winches
ter, Ind., was, a few years ago, director
of the state prison at Michigan City, Ind.
To him, among many others, came a
convict, not once, but often, complain
ing that he was an innocent man most
unjustly held in confinement. To all
these complainings Beeson had one un
varying consolation. "Oh, yes," he
would say, in his good-natured way, "I
know you are all right; you are an hon
est man; you should not be in here. But
then just think of all the fellows outside
who ought to be in here and ain't." And
you know this used to. comfort the poor,
innocent convict, and he'd go back to
his cell, contented as a martyr, and
think over it all night and wonder in the
morning why it didn't seem so satisfacto
ry to him as it did the night before.
Bob Burdette.
Cassinole of Pineapple. Three quart
ers of a box of gelatine soaked in a lialf
pint of water till dissolved. To this put
a can of pineapple finely cut with the
juice. Stir till it is hot, then cool and
set on ice. Eat with cream.
Potato Cakes. Take mashed potatoes;
add beaten egg and enough flour to roll,
mix well with the potatoes; make into
cakes with the hands; fry brown in hot
lard.
The bust of Robert Burns in marble by
Sir John Steel, to be placed in Westmin
ster Abbey, is finished. It is the out
come of a shilling subscription among
Scotchmen in all parts of the world.
Fbr the Constitutional Convention.
To the Voters of Pctxam County:
Knowing, as we do, the necessity of having
competent and experienced men to serve as
delegates for the revision of the Constitution
of the State of Florida, and recognizing the
service of Maj. Geo. P. Fowler in this respect,
we wonld suggest his name as delegate to the
convention to be held for that purpose in
June.
Major Fowler has served a number of years
In the Illinois legislature, and was member of
the Illinois constitutional convention held
some years ago, in which he acquitted himself
with honor and distinction. In view of these
facts we would invite all citizens of Putnam
county. Irrespective of party affiliations, to
give Major Fowler their earnest support at
the coming election for delegates.
Many Citizens of Putnam County.
Palatka, March, 1885. .
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
BEN J. PUTNAM CALHOUN. IRVING OIIXI8.
V.M. LOWNDES CALHOUN.
Calhoun, Gil lis fc Calhoun,
ATTORNEYS.AT-L.1W
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
Special attention paid to Insurance, Real Es
tate and Collection of Claims. Will practice in
ciaie ana eaerui courts.
J A C 0
At
B S 0
N 1 S
First
IAUL SV. MOUNT,
Attorney and Counsellor
At Iaivr,
OPERA HOUSE BUILDING, PALATKA.
WM. TIIOSXPSOIV,
Lawyer & Notary Public
Has moved his office to Hart's
warehouse, on the wharf, up stairs.
Commissioner of deeds for New York.
Special attention given to conveyancing.
buying and selling lands and examination of
titles.
irst
SPRING
CALICOES
First
E. M Randall, Jno. T. Walker,
Jacksonville, Jacksonville.
E. M. Vary, Palatka.
RANDALL, WALKER & VARY,
Attorneys Counsellors,
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
Office in Opera House Building, opposite
uourt House.
N E W
A. AV. HOYHDON,
A.TT 0 1 i TV I : Y-AT-LA W
Office opposite St. John's Hotel,
First
NEW EMBROIDERIES
it
Lemon Street,
Palatka, Fla.
E. II. McKEAN,
AT TORN EY-AT-LAW
Agent for Sale and Purchase of
FL.OUIDA LANDS
Palatka, Florida.
Notary Public State of Florida.
W. II. WIGG,
ATTORNE Y-AT-LAW
Office in Opera
Court House.
HIGLEY & SMITH
GOMftllSSION
g3EROHA TS
CONSIGNMENTS OF
Oranges & Lemons
SOLICITED. WILL REPACK AND PUT
Fruit in irood merchantable condition.
Wn ran load cars at our doors for all markets.
which gives us excellent advantages in hand
ling lruit.
Intellect and Manner.
Lillian Writing.
There is less danger that the intelligent
country boy or girl, with a taste for
books and some opportunities for study
and reading there is less danger that
such a one will not be fitted to meet the
college-bred youth on equal intellecual
grouuds than there is that they will feel
themselves at a disadvantage in the subt
ler ways which may be somewhat nebu
louslv designated as manners, r or it is
manner more than learning that pre-de
termites Facial grade3 and castes. "Give
a boy address and accomplishments,"
says Emerson "and you give him the
mastery of palaces and fortunes where-
ever he goes. He has not the trouble of
earning or owning them; they solicit him
to enter and possess."
And again: "There are certain man
ners which are learned in good society
of that force that if a person have them
he or she must be considered, and is
everywhere welcome, though withou
beauty or wealth or genius." Now there
is no reason why this subtle, all-prevad
ing power of manner should not be just
as much a part of the country as of the
city home. It is something not acquired
on the street nor on the market place,
and it is very largely in the hands of the
mother. Essential refinement in her
nature must work outward and shape
the lives of the household. "I polite
Calhoun, Gillis & Calhoun
INSURANCE AGENTS.
REPRESENT THE
HOME INSURANCE CO MP AN Y,of New York,
THE "SUN," of London,
THE NEW YORK UNDERWRITERS,
THE GF.RMANIA,
THE FACTORS & TRADERS, of New Orleans
TIIE ACCIDENT, of North America,
THE EQUITABLE (Life.)
FOR CATALOGUES OF
NURSERY STOCK,
SEND TO
AAliON AVAlMf,
Georjretowii, ITloricln.
J. H. MERRYDAY,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
Corner Oak and Fourth Streets.
WANTED.
SAW LOGS
PINE AND CYPRESS,
VINCEST& 3ii:ricx:ii.
Cor. Lemon St. and Tampa R. R.
House. Bui'.din;?, opposite
CEESPHARP$ACY
W. O. "Wol-tz,
JEVy'ts Block, Front St., l?nlitlcji, Florida.
Drugs and Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy Articles,
ZPabem-13 MedicixLes3 &o
Pi-CHeriptioiiK Carol'ully Compounded si t nil Hours.
Country Orders Filled wit Ii Neatness and Dispatch.
Palatka, Florida.
I 1 1 . jV. L. COLE.
HOMOEOPATHIST.
G U ADD ATE OF THE NEW YOKK HOMOEOPATHIC
Medical College.
Special attention given to the diseases of
women, diseases oi tne lungs, ana surgery.
Electricity scientifically applied.
Uince on tiomou sareet,
Palatka, Fla.
IB. :FIRAi-IK: CTJBTIS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
B00KS,STATI0NERY,N0TI0NS,C0NFECTI0NERY&C,
DIRECT MANUFACTURERS' AGENT NEW YORK STORE.
Goods sold for spot cash at bottom prices. Country orders solicited and filial nt
New York prices. Two doors east of P, O., Lemon st Palatka, Fla.
DENTAL CARD.
J. M. YOUNG, JR.,
DIAIjIH izv
AT CH ES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
SILVERWARE, OPTICAL GOODS, POCKET CUTLERY, RAZORS
DRS. H. R. & W. VV. ESTES STATIONERY, GOLD PENS. STYLOGPAPHIC PENS, ROLLER SKATES, FISHING TACKLE.
Have opened their office in the Merryday Buil-
dintr. over Farrar's Carriage bhop, corner
Lemon and Second streets, and are in readi-
iness to wait on their old patrons and the pub-
lie generally. Remember the place neurly
opposite the Opera House.
31Y REPAI1JING
S IN CHARGE OF MR. A. E. STUIJUS, OF MASSACHUSETTS
A years experience. All work thoroughly and scientiticallv done.
inp. Front street, Palatka, Florida.
l- K I. li,rX,3 1 13 i T
A WORKMAN OF TEN
(Store in Fry's new build-
C. J. Joseph, C. E.
City Engineer.
Wm. M. Hcsson, C. E.
josepii & iiussors,
CIVIL ENGINEERS,
Surverors fc .roliit.ccts,
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALL
KINDS OF BUILDINGS.
Office:
Fry's Crick Building,
Ialatl r, Fla.
H. J. CAMPBELL,
ARCHITECT & CIVIL ENGINEER
Plans, Specifications,
Superintendence and Estimates
For all Kinds of Buildings.
Surveys, plans and estimates made for all
kinds of civil engineering, canals, docks, ter
minal facilities for railroads, water works,
sewerage, irrigation, drainage, river and har
bor improvements, and landscape gardening.
Land surveying, examination, laying out and
mapping off town sites. Barometric levels and
tivinar reeonnoisance taken. Properties and
proposed work examined and reported on for
non-residents. Office in Griffin's Brick Block,
Palatka. Fla.
PALATKA HOTELS.
c
HEWSONTHE PRACTIC ALTAILOR
Has reopened his Shop opposite
The Old St. Johns Hotel, in the Miller
Building.
He does Good "Work at Fair Prices.
ARLETON HOUSE,
A. SHELLEY, Proprietor.
JOHN T. DUNN,
The Cheapest Man under the Sun,"
IILsT ZHZ-A-IRT'S BLOCK
Corner of Lemon and Water Streets. Palatka. Florida.
"His Same Old Stand,"
AV holcssilo si ii d I? e tail 13 e a 1 o v i it
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Feed &cM also Wood
and Willow-ware, Crockery and House Furnishing Goods.
Makes a Specialty of Fine Teas and Coffees and
CIJol oces"b Bixtter.
Having larger facilities and tii years experience in cateiinir to wants of
this trade he flatters himself in saying "he knows just what you want" and
will always furnish the "Best."
GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES.
Finest location in the city. Newly remodel
ed and refurnished, making the finest home
accommodations. Table unsurpassed. Electric
bells in every room. 350 feet of piazza prom
enade. Accommodations for 200 guests. Om
nibus at all depots and landings.
- LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE ! FURNITURE!
E.sta ili!slimeiit South.
G. S. Hacker & Son
negative.
society polite ?" is a question asked by
time the great apartment into which cal- j Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, and it is one
lera were ushered and the smaller one j that must be too often answered in the
now used by the private secretary were
taken from' the household either to free
the resident from daily and frequent ex
posure to hostile persons in the streets or I
for some reason that is probably non-ex-1 '
istent now. j
Good Lands Cheap.
.30 acres 2 miles from Keuka $10
80 acres 1 mile from Keuka $15
80 acres 3-4 mile from Keuka, $18
40 acres H mile from Keuka, i 'Q
10 ten ore lota in town each g:t00
5 two acre lots in town each $VX)
29 town lots, all that's left,.. $35 to $100
Will divide to suit. Come and see for your
self. Ed. Rcmley, Keuke. Fla.
For Sale.
I have for sale about 1500 orange trees, buds
and seedlings. Stocks live years old, buds two
years old. Address
h. It. WOOLFOLK, Welaka. Fla,
For Sale.
q-UVO COXE PULLEYS, (one a split puller
X throe inch face, four steps, from ten to nf- s I
teen inches diameter. Appiy at! !
THI3 OFF
TROPICALHOTEL&RESTAURANT
SITUATED OX THE DOCK.
Qonvcnient to all railroads and 6teamboats.
Meals and lunches served to order on Euro
pean plan. Terms moderate. Regular meals
35 and 40 cents each. E. C. Post, Prop'r.
G
KAIIAM'8 HOTEL.
8. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
Open December 1st, 1834.
Corner Oak and Second Streets.
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
ma i 'i . Hvtrii
(T7 SjTAfcyt a c
5 -
! Selling Out At Cost !
I Having Decided to Discontinue the
FURNITURE BUSINESS,
j I Offer the Entire Stock at Cost.
; All Goods Marked
! In Plain Figures.
j-ONE CASH PRICE ONLY!
! AUGUST HALL,
i Corner laurel and Kirkiand Streets.
ORANGE
HE WESTMORELAND.
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
Kennedy & Co. keep oa hand at all
imea a full line of hardware, etc., which
13 offered at prices that mate sales.
For Marshal.
I offer myself as a candidate for City Mar
shal at the cominsr municipal election, subject
to the decision of my friends and the voters
g-enerally. Philip J. Manucy.3
This house with its addition, put up last
spring-, has accommodations for 200 guests.
TREES,
From I to 5 Years Old,
Doors, Sash, Blinds, MonldingsjRiif r M nr Sfififl ind
, wwwvw'"0
At The
! Buffalo Bluff Nurseries.
MAX C FACTUIl 1K8 OF
AND
BUILDING MATERIAL
Established in
Office and AVarerooms, Kinfr, opposite Can
non street.
E. M. HACKEK. Proprietor.
Charleston, S. C.
Buy direct from the Factory and save deal
ers' profits,
IJ. 1. MoGItAW fc !--,
It ii Halo ISlum I'lu,