The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-23
PERSONALS.

MIR. Eli Sauble. OF Sauble station on the
J. T. & K. w, was in town yesterday
and reports his garden as fourishing
amazingly.
Capt. G. S. Schoonmaker of the good
steamer Astatula, was in the city yester-
day, as gallant tar and genial soul as
ever blessed a stevedore or tied up his
craft in a cane brake.
We are glad to see the Hon. Judson c.
Strickland, superintendent of public in
struction, was in the city on Saturday.
His office at the Court House was full of
business during the forenoon.
Among the arrivals at the Putnam on
yesterday was Mrs. Tourgee, the wife of
Judge Albion Vinegar Tourgee, the well
known author and journalist. We are
sorry to add that the lady left almOstim-
mediately our little city where her hus-
band and his journal have many admir-
ers.
Our sanctum was illumined yesterday
by the presence of that prince of news
paper men, Colonel W. S. Wagstaff, of
the Tropical Paradise. Probably no man
of his age and inches in the state has
been SO comfortably fed and cared for as
this peripatetic knight of the quill. 1t
can never be charged up to his score that
he ever mistook a beafsteak for a wet
umbrella. The colonel is waxing obese.
We were pleased to meet on the streets
yesterday an old acquaintance and friend,
Mr.. VIM. G. Chase, formerly the editor
and publisher of the Oil and Drug Jour
nal, Of New York. Mr.. Chase has come
to Palatka to settle and we are happy to
be able to state that he will settle in our
map out the future of such a town as
this when each succeeding day adds to
her citizenship such men as VIM. Chase.
Mr.. David Young and the alligator
brigade returned to-day in the chartered
steamer Marion. These gentlemen. as
our readers know, have been to the head
waters of the st. Johns in vain attempt
to push their way into lake Washington.
What they did and when they did it:
how these hardy navigators boldly sailed
up the winding river and surnounted
the manifold dangers of such an expedi-
ton, behold it is written in the chroni-
Giles of the alligator brigade and publish
ed in The NEWS to the special delecta-
ton Of all parties concerned. Welcome
the famous warriors to peaceful haunts
again.
Our visitors come from all over Ou
broad land, and are all welcome, but we
We're especially gratified to see Mr.. Fl. B.
Bailey, of San MateO. and his friend, Mr..
Chris Barrow, of Lowell, Mass. Mr.
Bailey is one Of those citizens, who hay
| ing made a fortune amidst the ice and
snow of another cline, comes to Florida,
and cannot leave. He has invested large
ly in Putnam, and is already numbered
among those solid men who exercise
so mighty an influence in bring
ing about the good time already upon us.
And then he comes and brings a friend
as good as himself Putnam welcomes all
SUCH
Mr.. w. II. Cook, of Pomona, called to
see us yesterday. Mr. Cook is a lawyer
now of Pomona, Fla, but formerly of
Central New York. He came to Florida
some years ago for his health. While
regaining his strength he has made a
beautiful orange grove, and is a most val
liable citizens as well as a consistent,
earnest democrat. His experience in
public affairs as we'll as his ripe know
ledge of men and parties, entitIe his views
to careful study and the attention always
paid to enlightened thought on impor-
tant questions. We We're glad tosee that
he endorsed our ideas as expressed in the
criticisms ON the letters of Mr.. Lyle and
of Mr.. Hind, but he has given US many
suggestions on the subject of taxation
which we shall be glad to elaborate and
submit to the consideration of our read
erS