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PALATKA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL U, 1885. VOLUME II. NUMBER 39, MICAXOPY. A Village of Homes and a Land "Flowing in Milk and Honey." MICANOPY, FLA., April 12, 1893. Dear News Micanopy, like most of the older Florida towns, has an Indian name, which it got from the fact that the chief of the tribe that occupied this point bore that name. This post was captured by the United States troops in 1834, and converted into a military fort, and it grew to nothing of more importance until 185;?, when a few adventurous settlers, attracted by its ad vantageous location and the richness of its soil, located here, made clearings und built homes for their families. A few of these first settlers are f.till "residents of the place, and even now lead bullets and coins are fonnd in the sand about where the one hotly contested battle was fought between the whites and the Indians. P.eftro the late civil war the section alvmt here was thickly settled by weal thy and refined people, and the old field") and plantations to be seen here ar.d there as one drives along the roads, which those people had in cultivation, but which now are grown over with scrub pine, tells the .story of the ante bellum prosperity and the change 1 condition of those people to make room for the new order of things the orange grove and the vegetable patch. Just soiiili of tho village lies Tnska vviUa lake, named for Chief Mieanopy's daughter, Tu-.kawilla. as beautiful body of water as the Indian maiden in whose honor it was named is said to have been lovely. The lake is al otit o:se mile square, surrounded ou three sides by rich ham mock land, which (covers an area of some fifty square miles, a large portion of which has been cleared, and is either dotted with orange groves or cultivated in vegetables. A short distance is the section known as Payne's Frairie, and Lake "Wau&hberg, said to be one of the most beautiful lakes in Florida, four by three miles in size, its limpia water ras clear as crystal, the white sand on the bottom glistening under the sun's rays, imkirg a picture of dazzling beauty. Manv orange groves and truck farms dot I the banks oT this lake. Through the kindness of Mr. J. C. Mathers, the clever and energetic agent of The Nk'.vs, I drove through the new settlement of Toeoma, some three miles r.orih'.vtst of Micanopy, the entire com munity composed of Northerners. V,'ith the thrift so characteristic of that peo ple, they have made the waste places glad with productive crops, premising groves, and comfortable homes. The places of Messrs. W. C. Smith, M. L. Wood and W. A. Smith are especially attractive and desirable, with young groves just coming into bearing. Levy and Ledwith lakec, large bodies of clear water, surrounded by hammock lands, are in this neighborhood, and their banks are being rapidly settled up with clever and enterprising people. The lands surrounding Micanopy are rolling, and noted for th ir productive ness In this section, too are snatch's of scenery unexcelled in Horida for beau ty. Perhaps more oranges and vegeta bles are shipped from here than any sim ilar community in the State. From Dr. A. II. Mathers, one of its oldest citizens, who is thoroughly posted on the orange and vegetable business, I learn that last season there were 23,'NH) boxes of oran ges shipped from this point, netting S:!7,."i00. For the same season about (50,00!) crates of vegetables were shipped to the Northern markets, netting the lucky truckers between !0,00t and $HH).0Oi). Besides the orange ami vege table crops, a large area is cultivated in corn, oats, cotton and other field crops, all of which are grown to such good ad vantage that these people are contented and happy in accumulating a good share of this world's goods. The Micanopy of to-day is a beautiful, home like, comfortable and easy-going village of (500 inhabitants. The homes of the citizens are embowered in luxuri ant orange groves and surrounded by neat gardens. Indeed, tlie place has the appearance of one large grove and gar den, divided only by the streets. The town differs from any other place in the United States, perhaps, in the fact that every home is self sustaining, i. e., the groves and gardens produce a revenue sufficient to support the families occupy ing them in comfort, and many of the places are making tteir owners wealthy. Dr. Mathers showed me through his grove in the heart of the town, consist ing of one hundred as fine trees as can lie found in the State, and this grove is only one of many similar ones about here. From these trees, this season, 700 boxes of fruit has been shipped, which netted a handsome sum on account of the superiority of the fruit and the luck in shipping to gojd markets. The trees are fourteen vears old. verv l.ir-e. and produce god crops each season. V The doctor has two remarkable trees in , his grove, one a Tangerine from which f eight lioxes of fruit were gathered this I season the other a sweet orange, now thirty-two years old, being one of the oldest as "we'd as the most profitable trees in this section. A record was kept of the oranges and seedling trees sold from forgotten the exact time, but the sum total was 900. He also has one of the best and most convenient packing-houses in Florida, and his fruit is packed and handled with as much care as. eggs would be. Micanopy is so healthy that a doctor cannot make a living herefrom his prac tice, and there is not a regular practition er in the neighborhood. There is no lawyer here either, there lieing no litiga tion and the people at peace with each other. Messrs. S. H. Benjamin fc Co., J. L. Patten & Co.,.D. Nathan, J.Cooper Mathers, 13. W. Fontane, John A. Simon, ton, W. II. Canter, and M. Shiretzki compose the mercantile firms, all of them carrying well-selected stocks. The Knox House is the principal hotel, a neat, home-like place, whern the sojourner can grow fat on good food well cocked, and an abundance of rich milk and country butter. "With all the other good things about Micanopy, a large portion of its inhabi tants will hereafter be regular readers of The News. W. W. R. A RELIC OF TIIK IIKBKLLIOX. The Original of the Confederate Con stitiition in the Possession of an Editor'd Widow. Nashville Union. A gentleman of this city remarked to a Union representative yesterday that the gift by Mrs. Vanderbilt to Vander biit University of a photograph of Mie "Constitution for the Provisional Gov ernment of the Confederate States of America" should be followed by a gift of the original document say to the Ten nessee Historical Society. "This docu menj," he said, "is for sale, and some one of our Southern societies should fall heir to it. It is valuable as being the or ganic law of the now defunct Confed eracy." " Who has the original ?" "Mrs. W. F. de Fontaine, now of New York city, who has had it in her posses sion ever since the fall of the Confed ercy. At that time her husband, Felix Gregory de Fontane, n well-known jour nalist and war correspondent, was the editor and publisher of a paper in Colum bia, S. C. After the evacuation of Rich mond a train-load of boxes, containing public documents, etc., was shipped to Co'umbia. De Fontane needed paper on which to print his journal, but where to get it was a puzzling problem. George A. Trenholm happened to be in Colum bia at the time, and to him the journal ist explained the situation. 'Go down,' said Trenholm, 'to the depot and help yourself t, some of the Confederate boxes in which something may turn up that wilt answer your purpose.' De Fon tane acted upon this, and one of the boxes contained the Confederate Consti tution. Mrs. De Fontane laid claim to this relic, and has sacredly protected it ever since. In 183J," remarked the re porter's informant, "I went abroad and was commissioned to negotiate its sale to the British Museum. As the custodian of such papers was absent from England at the time, my mission failed. The price asked was $10,000, but I believe half that sum would secure it now. "Have you seen the facsimile referred to in the Union?" "One of the first copies was sent to me, and it tells a mournful story. Of the forty-nine signers over one-half have joined the silent army, and of tho living, only one, John II. Reagan, of Texas, is in public life." Discovery of Cofl'eo. Toward the middle of the fifteenth century a poor Arab was traveling through Abyssinia, and finding himself very weak and weary from fatigue, lie stopped near a grove. Then being in want of fuel to cook his rice, he cut down a tree coverad with dead berries. The meal being cooked and eaten, the traveller discovered that the half-burned berries were very fragrant. He col lected a mimlier of these, and on crush ing them with a stone, he found their aroma increased to a great extent. While wondering at this he accidentally let fall the substance in a can which contained a small supply of water. Lo, what a mi racle f The almost putrid liquid was in stantly purified. He brought it to his lips; it was agreeable, and in a few mo ments after the traveller had so far re covered his strength and energy as to be al le to resume his journey. The lucky Arab gathered as many of the berries as ho could carry, and having arrived at Aiden, in Arabia, he informed the Mufti of his discovery- The worthy divine was an inve-iterate opium smoker, who had been suffering for years from the influence of the poisjnous drug. He tried an infusion of the berries, and was so delighted with the recovery of his own vigor, that in gratitude to the tree he called it calnah, which means force. And this is the way co'Jee was discov ered. Daring the month of March the United States New York sub-treasury paid 1S4, 800 checks drawn upon the government. The total amount of money called for by them was $390,03(5.05, and the checks themselves, if piled up on top of another, would make a column seventy-seven feet high. They weighed 616 pound. A QUEER PIT IX A PLAIN. What Puzzles the Folks of Ask Fork, Where Water is a Half Dollar a Barrel. From the Tucson Citizen. In some sections of the northern portion of Arizona the question of water supply, even for domestic purposes, is a very se rious one. This is particularly the case at Ash Fork, a station on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. A series of very lovely and fertile valleys surrounded the place and plenty of grass grows for the support of large herds of cattle, but no water can be had except from an occa sional "tank" during the winter seasou. At Ash Fork the railroad company at tempted to sink an artesian well, but af reaching a depth of some nine hundred feet the drill became fastened and could not be removed. Many futile attempts were made to extract it, but at last it was abandoned in despair. All water now used at that station and by the resi dents of tho town is brought by rail from Peach Springs, sixty-five miles to the westward, and is sold at fifty cents per barrel. A short time ago a prospector, ttitnu lated by the inquiry for water, reported that he had discovered a huge well, about eight miles from Ash Fork, sunk in a level plain. Parties at once repaired thither with ropes and other parapher nalia to explore the wondrous discovery. They found the locality, but to this day j any record wasthat of the Chinese pocket they do not know the exact, nature of j dial mounted upon the head of a cane or the curious cavern that met their gaze, i carried by a chain round the neck- Queen It is located on a level plain and cannot j Elizabeth had a watch in shape like a be seen until it is approached very near, j duck, with chased feather, the lower part There is no evidence of earth or rock ()f winch opened, and the face or dial of having been removed from the pit, which i silver ornamented wills a gilt design, was found to be loO in diameter and 320 i The outer case was of brass, and thai in feet deep, with perpendicular walls. No i t irn was covered with black leather or one in the party was brave enough to j namented with silver studs. Mary Queen descend and explore the "well" when : the rope had been lowered, and the ex plorers returned to Ash Fork scarcely wiser than they were before their trip. It is certainly a great curiosity and there possible exists a supply of water somewhere in its depths or in the numer ous caverns or tunnels that apparently etrerge into the dark earth below from this curious threshold of sunlight. He Likes a Good Fighter. Indianapolis Journal. "Cleveland 13 a very strange man a very strange man, indeed, to le Presi dent," observed a Southeastern represen tative, who had had several conversa tions with the Chief Executive. "Ho doesn't look at things the way other Presidents have been used to looking at them. Now, there is in my district a newspaper proprietor who ho'ds a very prominent Federal office. He is onejof the strongest republicans I ever saw. During the recent campaign, his paper, which has a very large circulation, printed the most fierce attacks upon Cleveland of any paper in the country. They were telling blows, and had great influence. When Cleveland was inaugurated we all sup posed, of course, that this officeholder would be removed on the ground of be ing offensively partisan, and that the civil service law would be referred to in substantiation of his removal. Well, copies of these articles attacking Cleve land were taken to him soon after the 4th of March. They were bitter, and in clined to arouse him. A week ago I called upon the President, and inquired if he had read these clippings. 'Yes,' was the reply. 'I have read them with great interest.' 'What do you think of them?" I asked, expecting to see an ex plosion. 'Well,' said the President, 'they are the most effective articles I have seen I should think must have carried a good deal of influence' not seeming to be af fected. 'Can you keep a man in such a prominent place after he had turned such a heavy battery upon you V The President looked me hard in the face, then replied. 'I admire a good fighter, and would much prefer keeping this man until his term expires, after reading these clippings, than before. I have much more respect for him than if he had given his party a weak support. I think hia paper did me more harm than any other that did not go into the scandal. I especially like a man who is decent in making a good fight.'" The Kind of an Alarm Clock the Old Woman Needed. Detroit Free I'ress. nave you goiwnat uey cans alarm j clocks?"' lie was asking of a Woodward j avenue jeweler the other day. "Yes, sir." "How does it alarm?" "Rings a bell." "Am dat all?" "Isn't that enough ? Few people can sleep with that bell ringing away like a burglar alarm." "Sorry, boss, but no sich trifle as dat will do fur my cabin. I wanted a clock dat would pull ha'r, yell like an Injun, i yank de bedclothes off an' frow down j de bedstead. When my ole woman gits ter sleep she ain't gwine to let go fur no I hell ringin'. Ehen when I frow ice .va- j ter ober her she simply changes off frcm dreamm' about white bosses an goes to dreamin" of black cats." Copt. Dickon, a son of Charles Dick ens, the novelist, is in eouimanl of one j of the Canadian post threatened by I Riel. STATE PRESS. It is reported that an alligator thirteen feet in length was seen in Lako Holden last week. ' Alligator steak has been added to the bill of fare at the Sanford house, Sanford. It proves very acceptable to the North ern palate. Orlando will make a spirited effort to secure the Congregational College for that place. Orlando is one of the most enterprising towns in Florida and never does anything by halves. Scott, of Sylvan Lake, sold last week 150 quarts of fine strawberries, and this week will sell probably an equal quantity. He has about one-quarter acre in straw berries, and has made them profitable this season. Edgar Harrison, of Paola, also, has sold a large quantity of fine fruit from his strawberry patch. Watches. Edward VI. appears to have been the first Englishman to wear a watch, and this consisted of "onne larum gi'.t, with two plummets of lead," that is to say, it was driven by weights. This is supposed to have lee:i received by the king as a present from Nuremburg, and was play fully called a Nuremburg animated egg. 1 The word "watch"' was derived from an Anglo Saxon word, meaning wake. The first portable timepiece of which we have Scots gave a curious token of ail'ec t on to her faithful maid of-of-honor, Mary Seaton, in the shape of a watch in the form of a skull, the dial occupying the place of the palate and the works that of the brains. The hours were markod in Roman letters. A bell in the hollow of the snu'd received the works, and a hammer struck the hours. Making Cows Give Milk. A writer in the Southern Farmer says that his cow gives all the milk that is wanted in a family of eight, and that from it, after all that is required for other purposes, 2G0 pounds of butter were made this year. This is in' part his treatment of the cow : "If you de sire to get a largo yield of rich milk, give your cow every day water slightly warmed and slightly salted, in which bran has been stirred at the rate of one quart to two gallons of water. You will find, if you try this daily practice, that your cow will give 23 per cent, more milk immediately under the effects of it, and will become so attached to the diet as to refuse to drink clear water unless very thirsty. But this mess she will drink almost any time and ask for more. The amount of tliia drink necessary is an ordinary water pail at a time morn ing noon and night. A Stubborn Princess. WThen John Brown first entered the service of Prince Albert, the little prin cess hearing their father address him as "Brown," used the same form in speak ing to him. The Quten corrected them, and they r!1 addressed him as "Mr. Brown," excepting the Princess Louise, who, imperious in childhood, persisted in her right to use the name as her father did. One morning the Queen heard her and informed her that if she again addressed Mr. Brown without a handle to his name she would be sent to bed. The next day when Brown ap peared, the future marchioness said: "Good morning, Brown," and then she added, "Good night, Brown, for I am going to bed." The Duke of Westminister makes wel come any one who wishes to see his pa latial residence near Chester; but those who go are expected to contribute some thing to the Chester Infirmary. A year's receipts amounted to 500, representing 10,000 visitors at one shilling ahead. Eaton, as a private residence, is described as one of the wonders of the world. The chapel for the family and 200 ser- i vants would not accommodate all if thev j attended at the same -time. The head gardener has fifty-six assistants. i "I have not yet decided whether I will j take a trip to Europe or not this sum- j mer," said Vice President Hendricks the j other night, "although I have been eon- j sidering it. I have been across twice ; and enjoy the ocean trip so much that I ' thought it would be a pleasant change, I shall, however, certainly visit my home in Indiana." ! t There is about $4,000,000 invested in wild animals in the United States, not j including elephants. There are sixty j elephants in the United States, ranging j in price from $3000 to $20,000. If an j elephant is trained and acclimated it will ! bring $20,000. But those that are stupid j and cannot be trained never bring over j $3000 or $4000. Rev. i De"Witt Talma ere and his fami- j ly, of Brooklyn, are to pass the summer j ia Europe. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. BK.Nj. Putnam Calhoun. irviso gillis. WM. LOWNDES CALHOUN. Calhoun, Glllis & Calhoun, ATTORNEYS-AT-IIW PALATKA, FLORIDA. Special attention paid to Insurance, Real Es tate and Collection of Claims. Will practice in State and Federal courts. 1A XI 1 MOUNT, Attorney and Couiisstrlloi At Liuv, OPERA HOUSE BUILDING, PALATKA. W3I. TIIOMr!-iO', Lawyer fc Notary I?iillic Has moved his office to Hait'9 wurehouse, on the wharf, up stairs. Commissioner of deeds for New York. Special attention given to conveyancing, buying and sellin lands and examination of titles. E. M Randall, Jno. T. Walker, Jacksonville. Jacksonville. E. M. Vast, Palatka. RANDALL, WALKER & VARY, Attorneys & Counsellors, PALATKA. FLORIDA. Office in the Moragne Brick Block. IS OUT. AV. A.Vl!rS, ATTORN EY-AT - LAW, PALATKA FLORIDA. Office in Moragne Block. Al. AV. ltOYSDON, ATT O 11 N 13 Y-AT.LA XV Office opposite St. John's Hotel. Lemon Street, Palatka, Fi.a. JZ. It. aicKKAN, AT TORN ICY-AT-I.AW Agent for Sale and Purchase of FLORIDA LANDS Palatka, Florida. Notary Public State of Florida. AV. II. AVIOG, AT TOllNE Y-AT-LAW Office In Opera Ilouso Building, opposite Court House. 1 Palatka, Florida. IIt. .V. X. COLE. HOMOF.OPATHIST. GkaduateoktiieXew Yoi:k Homoeopathic Medical College. Special attention piven to the diseases of women, diseases of the luncrs. and surgery. Electricity scientifically applied. Office ou Lemon Street, Palatka, Fla. "DENTAL card. DRS. H. R. & VV. W. ESTES Have opened their office in the Merry day Building-, over Farrar's Carriage Shop, corner Lemon and Second streets, and are in readi iness to wait on their old patrons and the pub lic generally. Remember the place nearly opposite the Opera House. C. J. Joseph. C. E. Wm. M. Hrssois, C. E. City Eng-'r & Co. Surv'r. Architect. josepii & nussorsT, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors ,$ Ax-eliiteets, PLANS AND SPECIFICATION'S FOR ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS. Rooms 3 and 4, I Moragne Block, f Ialiitlin, lfl. PALATKA HOTELS. QAHLETON HOU8E, A. SHELLEY,Pkoprietor. Finest location in the city. Newly remodel ed and refurnished, making the finest home accommodations. Table unsurpassed. Electric lells in every room. 3.V) feet of piazza prom enade. Accommodations for 200 quests. Om nibus at all depots and landings. rplIE WESTMORELAND. PALATKA, FLORIDA. This house with its addition, put up last spring-, has accommodations for 200 guests. Wiley & Mann. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BOOKS JEPT BALANCED OR ADJUSTED, IN strict confidence, by AV3i. o. 3iovrri:s, Expert accountant. Practical instruction iu Bookkeeping-. Best of references. Apply at this office. HEWSOHTHE PRACTICAL TAILOR Has reopened his Shop opposite The Old St. Johns Hotel, in the Miller Building. He does Good Work at Fair Prices. Dissolution Notice. The co-partnership heretofore existing- be tween II. L. Green and Martin Griffin. Jr., un der ttie name of Green & CchasthmdHytwen dissolved by mutual consent, Martin Griffin, Jr.. retiring. The business will hereafter be conducted by H. L. Green. whoumes the li abilities of the late concern and will receipt for outstanding accounts. H. L. Grees. M r.TiN Gki fits', Jr. i In retiring I beg- leive to thank the customers of the late concern for their penerous patron ajre ami respectfully solicit for Mr. Green a continuance of saraa. - Very respeetfullr. Martin griffix, Jh. For Sale. TWO CONE rriXEYS, (one a split pulleT three inch face, four steps, from ten to fif teen inches diameter. Apply at; this orrici. -D4 Phoenix I shall receive during Summer Goods, as good so a Dig nne o? bents and Ladies Shoes, also a great variety of Millinery Goods. I- J" aCOlDSCXL. 23 H "SE M. P H I j ITry's Iiloelt, Front St., Pulntkn, Xnoriilu. Drugs and Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy Articles, Proseriptioiis Osiro fully CoiispotiiMled nt nil Hour. Country Orders Filled with Xeatnevs and Dispatch. JOHN T. DUNN.- "The Cheapest Man under the Sun," IILST HABT'S BLOCKS Corner of Lemon and Water Streets, Palatka, Florida. "His Same Old Stand," W holesalc an d K o t a i 11) o ajl o ri u Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Feed k, also Wood and Willow-ware, Crockery and House Furnishing Goods. Makes a Specialty of Fine Teas and Coffees and Clioicest Bixtter . Having larger facilit ies nnd 11 years experience in eateting to rraiits of this trade he flatters himself in saying "he knows just what you want" and will always furnish the "Ilest." GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. IB. FBA1STK CUBTIS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN BOOKS.STATIONERY.NQTIONS.CONFECTIONERY&C. DIRECT MANUFACTURERS' AGENT. NEW YORK STORE. Gool3 sold for spot cash at bottom prices. Country orders solicited and filled at New York prices. Two doors east of P, O., Lemon st,, Palatka, Fla. LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE X3sttilli!limcut Soutli. 6. S. Hackep & Son MAN C FACT ITRElif OK Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings BUILDING MTER I AL Established in Office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non street. E. M. II ACKER. Proprietor. Charleston, ft. C. Buy direct from the Factory and save deal ers' profit. Si3oxe I Block. next week a full line nf as ever but Cheaper, al- 11 W YfnfiHHRJBa gal WATCHES. CLOCKS, JEWELRY, Silverware, Optical Goods, Cutlery, Razors, STATIONERY, GOLD PENS, STYLOCRAPRIC PENS, Ifollei Skates, lisliing- Tnelclo. A "R M A C Y O. "Wol"tz. j KEUKfl & ORANGE SP'GS TRANSFER COMPANY. Covered W ag on s WILL LEAVE KEUKA TWrCS IlAILY " for Orange Hpritijrs and return, connect ing at Keuka with a!i trains on Florida South ern Knilwjy for the purjxe of conveying px-scngers aiiu Krcitjht. Apply to 3. a. aEipasss. JAS.H.SHELLEY&CO. COMMISSION H4 . Wuter sf CHICAGO, ILL. Consignments Wollolted of Fruits & Vegetables Fur Fttneil, address JAS. H SHELLEY & CO., PALATKA, FLA. 1 hi