The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-15
STATE PRESS.


pie, and we'uns gwine ter rule" is the
language of the Gainesville Convention.
The imposing walls of the Agricultural
College building are rapidly rising in
strength and beauty.-The grand jury of
Baker county Were only in session a
of this week, and failed to find a single
bill of Indictment, and in their general
presentment congratulated their county
that not a single case of violation of law
had been brought before them-Property
is rapidly appreciating in value in this
county that is, lands are finding pur-
chasers at prices asked, which indicates
a solid basis of values and prosperity.
One by one the drawbacks to the settle
ment of the interior counties by a dense
population are being removed. and when
it becomes generally known that there is
a ready market for everything that can
be grown, quick and convenient trans
portation, productive soil, capable of pro-
ducing farm crops, as well as fruits, etc,
and that living is cheap, the county
healthful, and no greater obstacles here
than elsewhere, the tide of immigration,
composed of well-tO-do farmers, will
pour in upon us, who know how to work,
and are willing to help develop the
State.
Kissimmee Ritter-Sweet: Just as we
crO 40 ,,roCc Ir-o Ioorr +bo+ +oo Rartbo 7 90
has been purchased from the Kissimmee,
Okeechobee and Gulf Navigation Com
pany by Mr.. G.. P. Budd, for $4,000, who
will at once put her on the st. Johns
the city that the mills running find it
utterly impossible to fill the orders for
lumber.
Pioneer in Madison Recorder Kind
reader, you are hardly old enough to
have taste of those Old-fashioned oaky
woods chills and fevers that used to
creep about the hammOcks of Hicks
town upon the first settlement, forty or
fifty years ago. If you are, and have
y
prised that a man to escape them would
be willing to brave any danger short of
certain death. They began by mean
feeling, growing meaner every day, until
too mean to walk, appetite increasing all
the time then swelling of body and
limb Iengthwise and erosswise, up and
down, neck veins humping hard enough
to jar the whole structure until at length
a feebleness of mind sets in, rendering
the subject worthless and hopeless, with
nothing left put to lay himself down and
make up his mind to endure misery as
best he could indefinitely
Tallahassee Economist Married, on
8th inst, Mr.. F. G. Gilmore to Mrs
Emily Tatum. Both of this city.-Talla-
hassee's great want next to a railroad
to Thomasville or Bainbridge, Of which
we by no means yet despair), is hotel
such as is now in process of construction
at st. Augustine, fitted to accommodate
700 guests. If possible, its construction
should be secured before next winter.
The citizens of Gainesville had lively
pow-wow last week in endeav oring to
put out citizens ticket for the munich
pal offices. The Bee gives full details
of how pistols and razors ruled the hour,
and sums up the whole story in these
notes We'll, sir, when I struck the
ground, said one of the young men who
jumped out of the court house window
last night, I ran out into the street;
didn't see any fence expect I went
over it. What Justice was that dropped
into the jury room? A youthful Semi
nary professor started to jump out of the
window, but was caught and the win
dow closed. He got out of the room as
quietly as possible. 1t is said that the
coat tails of certain Ex-Governor stood
out straight in the retreat down stairs.
One of the candidates for Marshal, it is
said, dropped out of the window. Two
Western visitors, Dragging about what
THEY would do if row broke out, sud-
denly changed their minds when pistols
and razors flew up, and dropped quickly
out of the window"
Key West News: B. G. Albury, a
blind old man, was robbed by his son-in-
law, Manuel Benitez, of 1925 last Friday,
and the thief got away on the Dauntless
to Havana the same night, leaving his
wife and child behind on the hands of
his poor blind victim. A disprtch was
sent for his arrest.-The Cuban testimo-
NAL to Mr.. L. w. Bethel, who was coun-
sci of Gen. G. Aguero, was received last
Saturday from New York by Mr.. Es-
cassi, Chairman of the committee. The
present is a fine gold watch and chain
price about $3.50. The case is of the
Louis XIV. style, beautifully engraved
with Mr.. Bethel's monogram. The fol-
lowing inscription is on the inside of the
case Presented to Hon. l.. w. Bethel,
Lieutenant Governor of the State of