The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-15
STATE PRESS.

T. A Bass, of Kissimmee, is erecting
a 4O-room hotel
Orange City holds municipal election
on the last Saturday of this month.
The weekly payments Of six cigar fac
tories at Key West amounts to $S,274.
B. W. Partridge. of Monticello, VIII
plant five acres Of land in Iigs next sea-
son.
lightning struck a zee on Jetmo
Browns farm, tn Hamilton county, and
killed eleven hogs.
The contract for erecting the new Jail
at Orlando has been awarded to q.
Lamoyne for $4,000.
Captain William Hope is, it is said,
the first white man who ever crossed the
Withlacoochee, with team, as an emil
Grant into fernando.
The anniversary of the establishment
of the Presbyterian church at Waldo
was commemorated by appropriate and
interesting services Sunday.
Mrs. Hawkins, whois in the Jail in Or
lando for thc murder Of Clark, at San
ford some time since, beguiles the tedi
GUS hours with her guitar.
1t is rumored that DIR. McIlvaine, w.
B. Mcuvaine, Frank MclIvaine, L. w.
Hamlin and E. j. Lutterloh have organ
lied stock company for the purpose of
starting another paper at Cedar Key.
The Levy Enterprise, at Bronson, will
perhaps be purchased and MIR. Mitchell,
the present proprietor, employed to do
the mechanical work.
DR.. Gaskins, Of Starke, has been fur
nished, by the state treasurer, with Il pro
rata statement of the railroad tax relief
/ fund, which shows the amount placed to
| the credit of Bradford county to be $5,
! 5G1 90 up to date This amount is ready
to be paid over to the county whenever
! that county surrenders for cancellation
/ like amount Of Bradford's bonds.
/ Frank Laurenson, contractor and
/ builder of Fort Mason, was found dead
in his room. An examination showed
that he came to his death from the effects
OF morphine administered by his own
hand. He had been almost constantly
under the effects of either Liquor or drugs
for several weeks, and it is not known
whether his death was deliberately de-
cided upon by himself, or whether it was
caused by an overdose Of morphine, the
use Of which drug he had been addicted
to-
Jasper Times On Monday night last
during sharp little storm our eyes We're
blinded by a bright fash Of lightning, and
ON inquiry next morning we found that
the house occupied by Mr. McCool, had
been s,ruck. Mr. McCook and his little
baby were sleeping ON bed at the win
dow, one Of the posts of whibh was jorn
all 10 pieces and The Notwithstanding all
torn off across the room from the bed.
Another post was also torn up. A third
post in the centre OF the house was
struck. the fluid in its descent upsetoing
table near it. The sheepsEin between
the sheet and the mattress on which the
little baby was lying next the window
was scorched all around the edges. Mr..
McCook's hat, hanging on the wall, was
torn up. and the fluid ran Under the
house and set fire to the siiIs. The bed
and floor OF the house were covered with
splinters.
: I.eesburg News: Last Saturday morn
ing. as our barber, irwin Powell, was
cutting the hair OF q young man, Thos,
Perry by name, and was putting the
finishing touches to the job. ne (the
young manl complained of feeling very
sick. and asked Irwin if he was almost
/ through Irwin replied that he would be
= done in a few minutes. when the young
f man exclaimed, My God I viii have
3 to stand up; il I sit here I viii die, aad
I walked few PAGES to the door,
; placed his hands to bis head,
{ staggered a few steps and fell
4 exelaiming, 80. Lordl ] am dead
, man. Mr. Mably was sitting in the
t shop and ran to him, raised his head
/ and bathed it with cold water until he
t came around. When nc rega5nel con
: sciousness he asked them if they knew
+ his name, saying. My name is Thomas
o Perry, and I am going to die. irwin
S came in with Dr. 1Iatthewson by this time
S who had him sufficiently restored in ;
= short while to stand up and TO wall
4 without assistance.
Barnun's Close Call on shakespeare
Homo.
{ Stratford-ou-Avou letter in Trenton Times
Il Phineas T. Barnum did more TO
d Shakespeares home than any liy ms
7 man. This sounds passing strange, bu
Y 1t Is true. II it had not been for Bar
c mum the birthplace of the great bar,
would not he in a state Of prescl vation
as it Is to-day When Barnum was il
England in 1874 in search OF cuuositie
i he learned that Shakespeare's birthplace