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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
The Good Fortune of Governness.

The Good Fortune of Governness.
Mr.. James R. Randall, in writing from
Washington to the Augusta Chronicle,
says: A lady said to me recently: ''Of
course, wonders never cease and social
transformations are of too frequent Oc-
currence, especially since the war, to at
tract much attention or surprise; but I
had an adventure to-day that may be
worth telling. Twenty years ago, my
parents We're rich and lived in splendor
at the South. [ had a governess, a young,
pretty and most estimable girl, but poor
and dependent. During the war our
house was burned by Gen. Sheridan and
at the close of hOstilities, we were penni-
less. I married a rich man of a distin-
guished family; but he is worse than
dead now. My riches took wings and
flew away, and, worse than all, my
children are in the grave. Perhaps I
should say best of all, for they are surely
in heaven, because they were incapable
Of sin. have for long time supported
lily sell DN idIu ldDOI Will d pen. L nave
had to dutifully help others. There
came to-day a very handsome lady to
visit me- She alighted from a magnifi-
cent equipage. 1t was her own. She
was attired in one of Worth's miraculous
dresses. Diamonds glittered IN her ears
that cost thousands of dollars. She was
the wife of one Of the most eminent of
politicians and one too who possessed
millions of money. She was a princess,
so to speak, and a most happy one. For
tune had been kind to her every way. I
did did not recognize her at first but
soon discovered that it was my governess
Of old days She had hunted me up,
not to triumph over me or display her
grandeur, but because she loved me and
wished to serve me. She merited her
luck and was one of million who got
what she deserved. And so, pray that
God may bless her beyond this world as
He has blessed her in it. But little did l
dream twenty golden years ago that the
proud were to be humbled and the hum
ble exalted"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Gen. Israel Putnam's wedding ring is
owned and priced by a woman in Omaha,
Nebraska.
The oldest surgeon in the United States,
Dr. Samuel w. Gross, of Philadelphia, is
lying dangerously i'll.
George Jones. the owner of the New
York Times, denies the report that he is
to retire from the active management of
that journal.
John Bright's employment of hon.
oaopathic physician during his recent ill
nesss has been the cause of a fresh out
break among the London doctors of both
schools.
Miss Mary Anderson's equipage in Lon
don attracts much notice on the fashion
able thoroughfares. The coachmen and
footmen wear dark brown livery, with
silver buttons almost of soup-plate size.
The ex-Empress Eugene greatly APP
preciates any courtesy and attention paid
to her. She recently sent the railroad
s'ttNNAoiA VI NLiCIIN NIOSS. I-OllIlOll. q
silver tea service for some slight favors
done her
During the Forty-sixth Congress Con-
I gresham Finerty acted as the editorial
correspondent of the Chicago Times at
Washington, and in the Forty-eighth he
returned to the latter city as a Congress-
man.
According to the London World a duel
to the death is about to be fought between
the young Duke de Morny, of mumming
fame, and young Count, journalist by
profession. whose name does not trans
pire.
Mrs. Dubys, daughter of General
W. T. Sherman, owns a plantation
at Pass Christian. Mississippi, and
the place Is famous for having one Of the
richest rose gardens in the entire South,
exhibiting more then $50 varieties.
James E. Best has been appointed
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26

James E. Best has been appointed
treasurer of Lafayette county, vice
Thomas Peck, deceased.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
THE CUBAN TROUBLES.
4 Prediction that Spain Will Soon
Lose the Largest of the Antilles.

4 Prediction that Spain Will Soon
Lose the Largest of the Antilles.
Mr. L. c. Campbell, a young man
quite well known in st. Louis, says the
st. Louis Republican of the Goth instant,
writes from Jacksonville. Fla, stating
that the Cubans at Key West are having
quite a serious time over the Aguero ex-
pedition, He says he was on the island
at the time they landed, and he believes
the Cubans intend to make a good fight
for independence. They seemed very
determined to right their wrongs, and
the Americans at Key West strongly
sympathized with them. The cores
pondent was on the steamship Hutchin
son when she was hailed by the revenue
cutter Dix The Hutchinson's crew mis-
understood the signals of the revenue
cutter and was fired upon by her four
times. There were two Cubans on board
the Hutchinson, whom the Spanish Con
sui desired to have arrested. These men
were taken off. after which the Hutchin-
son was allowed to continue her voyage
in peace.
Mr.. Campbell predicts that in less than
thirty days the public will hear that the
Spanish Consul at Key West has been
killed. and that in two years Cuba will no
longer be subject to Spanish rule
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
Speaker CarlisIe's Modesty.

Waiting outside of the side door of the
Riggs House any week day morning be-
fore 10 o'clock, says a Washington letter,
one may see a wide roomy brougham,
drawn by a single horse. The carriage
is the Speakers, and it is different from
any other coupe in the city-wider and
hung lower 1t is a modest equipage.
perfectly in keeping with the unassum-
ing man who rides in it every day and
with the unassuming fifth floor apart
ments which he has occupied ever since
he first came to Washington. Very few
people appreciate the modesty of this
man, hut the truth is that when he first
came here he W as so extraordinarily quiet
that Mr.. Randall, who was then Speaker,
did not know of his existence and failed
to put him on a single standing commit
tee of the House. That was only six
years ago, too, and yet the quiet man
who was not deemed worthy Of recogni-
ton, although he has been Lieutenant
Governor of the State, is now Speaker,
aand he has returned Mr.. Randalrs COM
pliment by making the ex-Speaker Chair
man Of the Committee on Appropriations
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26

Matthew Arnolds style is OF great lu-
cidity and polish, and in this he shows
his affinity to the French, whose acade-
mic standards he deeply respects. It is
said that the care and labor bestowed by
the French authors upon their work,
to attain finish of style, is of a degree un-
knownNto the average English writer.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS BY WIRE AND CABLE.

Subscriptions sent to the London Times
for the rescue of General Gordon have
been returned to the donors.
The English society for the promotion
of State-aided emigration will ask the
Government for an increase Of funds.
There was heavy frost and ice at
Memphis Wednesday night. It is feared
that the cotton will have to be replanted.
The Massachusetts, Senate has engrossed
bill prohibiting discrimination on ac-
count of color in giving life insurance
policies.
J. c.. Burrows, of Michigan. recently
nominated and confirmed as solicitor of
the treasury, but who had not qualified,
has formally declined the Office.
The mail service from Galveston, Key
West and New Orleans to Havana and
Vera Cruz has been suspended on ac-
count of the quarantine against yellow
fever.
All the money realized from liquida-
ton of the bank of Montreal at present
is $17O, 1000, to pay $2,2O5, 900, Of which
1926, 900 must be paid before the deposi-
tors receive anything.
The secretary of the treasury to-day
notified Mr.. Wicker, collector Of Gus
toms at Key West, Of his removal from
office and instructed Special Agent
Hubbs, now at Key West, to perform the
duties of collector until an appointment
is made.
LONDON, April 24.-The Times says:
"The friends of technical education in
England will read with unmitigated
envy the accounts of the development of
industrial education in America. The
English are only just beginning to realize
the vast importance Of organized techni-
cal instruction. The Americans are far
ahead of us in institutions for giving
their sons and daughters that practical
training which fits them for industrial
pursuits"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
MAHONE'S CONVENTION.

pursuits"
MAHONEs CONVENTION.
RICHMOND, April 24.-After the an
nouncement of the stste committee last
evening speech-making became the order
of the night and continued long after
midnight. The work of the convention,
although at times quite boisterously, was
attended with a surprising degree of har-
mony Dissenters from the Arthur boom
were not in sufficient strength to make
anything more than feeble effort.
MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENT.
WASHINGTON, April 24-General Com
stock, of the Mississippi River Commits
sion, was before the House committee on
the levees and improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river to-day. He says it would
pay the government in a commercial
sense to invest seventy-fve or hundred
million dollars in improving the Missis-
sippi. He did not offer the above sum
as an estimate, however, saying he was
not prepared to make an estimate. He
said the commission was prepared to car
ry on the work of improving the river as
rapidly as Congress appropriated money.
HARD WORK TO GET A QUORUM
New YORK, April 24.-The House Of
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
Church obtained quorum to-day, and
their deliberations beganin Grace Chapel.
The bishops who arrived this morning
were Watson, of East Carolina; Niles, of
New Hampshire, and Smith, of Ken
bishops. Thirty-two were necessary TO
constitute quorum. Bishop Potter, of
New York, being unable to leave the
house, the thirty-one bishops went there
in body this morning and thus secured
quorum. The session Of the House is
entirely private one.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY SCARCE.
WASHINGTON, April 24-Representa-
tions having been made that there is a
- scarcity of fractional silver coin in some
business quarters, it has been ascertained
that the Treasury has on hand over $29,-
100000, which can be had on apphca-
ton and payment therefor, made with
other funds since October 1st, when the
appropriation for the transportation by
the Government was exhausted. The
amount of fractional silver held by the
Treasury has increased s., 500, 600 or from
$26, 500, 600 to $29, 600, 0OO
The urgent deficiency bill contains an
appropriation in accordance with the
Treasury estimate, to defray the eX-
penses Of transportation of this silver,
but the bill, which was reported to and
passed by the House on the 18th OF
March, and by the Senate with amend,
ments on the 21st of March. is yet hung
up between the two houses in conference
and the appropriation has not yet been
made available.
In the meantime the Treasury is pre-
pared to supply all applicants for frac-
tional coins, but in the absence of an ap
preparation for the express charges, the
latter must be at the expense of those aP
plying for the coins.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

Congressman Rosecrans has in- troduced the Goloid Coinage bill, which was the pet of the late Alex. 1T. Stephens, but the scheme does not seem to possess many features to recommend it.. For. first, it would not be worth while to coin money made of a mixture of gold and silver unless the present coinage of gold and silver should be suspended, inas- much as three kinds of metallic money would merely create need- less confusion. The latter, how : ever. is what the bill proposes to do. On the other hand, if our whole coinage were on the goIoid basis, the metals would have to be introduced in such proportions as would favor the use of all the precious metals mined in the United States, and that would give us q coinage very unhandy for use in large sums.- Alta.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

Some definite steps are at last being taken towards segregating the Deer Creek coal fields from the San Carlos Reservation, Sen ator Miller, of California, has in- troduced bill cutting off a nar- row strip of the western side Of the San Carlos Reservation, so as to leave out McMillan and these coal fields, and providing that they be sold to the original dis coverers in the area they have i located at S5 per acre. Mr.. Oury has introduced 8 similar bill in the House. These lands have been a bone of contention with the Indian Bureau for a long time, and a strong effort has hetn i made to place the coal fields in such a position as to produce a revenue directly to the depart ment or the reservation. Com missioner Price is now urging 1 that the lands be leased, but it is to De hoped he will not he success ful. By every principle of right and justice these lands should be at the disposal of the diScoverers. Not only should this be done, but it should be done at once. The locators have been put already tc great deal of trouble, and now vexatious delays should not oc cur. We sincerely hope the bills will pass, and we urge upon oul Delegate the necessity of yigi' lance and active work.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08
HCOd-fish aristOcracy"

"COd- fish aristOcracy" Is a phrase which will live as long as there is particle of American individuality left. It is as sugS gestive as it is repulsive, and while all are liable to make use of it, none like to be made the subject of it's sarcasm. A new meaning has lately been added to the expression from a recent suit for damages growing out of very clever novel entitled "Cape Cod Folks" Of course there is nothing in the novel to indicate the shoddy except the name; but Americans are SO apt | to associate similar sounds sand ideas that this will hardly escape, The suit growing out of this book is so unique that it will bear repetition. Discarding the foil of fictitious names the authOress, for the book was written by d woman-used the actual names of the characters she described. One of these, a very ungall ant 1 Cape Cod gentleman. felt aggrie- we'd that his patronymic should be put to such use. and instituted a suit for damages against the fair dame who gave away the proclivities of his earlier years. The following is the fragment ot the book which caused his sensi- tive nature pain, and created his cause of complaint before the courts. The scene IS laid in chiIdhoOd's or early youths suppositIOusly happy hours: "He put up his arm with an extremely boyish, inofiensive gesture, al most with a sob, l thought, to draw me closer. I would have had that kiss as passiOnless as though it had been given to a child. The cradle bows breath was pure upon my cheek, and l was compelled to feel the an- swering flame creep slowly in my own blood. Never ask me to do that again. I exclaimed in my righteous eXculpation of the act, never And upon this the seriOus-minded son of Cape Cod sued the authOress, and the rigidly righteous jury have just rendered a verdict of one thou sand dollars damages in his favor. And all this was done in MasSa- chusetts, the seat of all that is worthy of emulation in America. In the Westsprices are high, and men have been known to offer 8 pretty good sack of dust for just one little kiss. But 10 KISS @ girl and then charge her thousand dollars is d piece of eXtortiOn nc western man would think of fer moment.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, 4% by virtue of an order of sale made and entered Tn the Probate Court Of Yuma County, Arizona Territory, Febru- ary 29th, A. D. 1884, in the said estate, and ordering a private sale thereof. l hereby offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, in gold coin, the following mining property, belonging to said es- tate, and situated in Silver Mining dis trict, Yuma County, AT: Being one half interest in that certain ledge, mine and loGe known as the Rooster" or Peacock" mine, and owned jointly with John Donahue Bids for the purchase of the same will be received by me at my residence at the Colorado Hotel, Yuma A. T., until March 18th, 1884, o'clock P. NJ.
 DOLORES JOHNsoN \, EXecutrix.
 Yuma, March s, 1881.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

The suggestion that Benjamin F. Rutle: be appointed Governor of Utah is a good one. and the President ought to act upon it. Ben would make a lively GOrver- nor, and while he would make the DOlygamous fellows skip the official rope, he would have his best eye on the Gentle, and we agree with the San Francisco Exchange, that while the Gen eral was notoriously firm in the punishment of secessions during the war, his kindness 10 women
 and child!eu was proverbial-if he was title harsh on the Wo-
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

The Court of Claims has recent ly decided that the cadet service at West Point counts in comput- ing longevity pay; in other words that the years of the cadets at tendance at school are to be con- sidered years of service. The decision is not just toward the public. Years should not Oe paid for as years of service unless they are years of service. The boys at West Point are not at the service of the country, but are only being fitted for it's service. The hand- some education and fine training they receive at the expense of the country ought to be consid- cred; and is ample recompense for their four years time.-[ Ex.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08
Board of Supervisors.
OFFICE OF THE BoARD OF SUPERVISORS l
 Yuma County, A. T.

OFFICE OF THE Bo&RD OF SUPERVISORS l
 Yuma County, A. T. ]
 YUMA, 4. T.. Jan. p, 1884. hereby certify that have examined the claims for per diem and mileage as Supervisors of said county, and find each of them entitled to the several sums set opposite their respective names, as fol- lows. G NJ Thurlow, 7 d. S35 m. $O,2O, S35.2O. c Baker, 5 |" D 6Oss12 $S7OO CHI Hutohins. T [35 {" GO s13 $47OO Approved this Ist day of March, A. D.. 1884.
 ISAAC LEVY,
 Probate Judge. F. AvILA,
 Clerk.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

men in Lew Orleans that had a disposition to spit in his face. As Ben is good judge of tanned human skins, he is just the man to tan the back of the polygamist who would dare disoby an order of the Governor; it would be cu- riuus and interesting to watch Ben's movements. The world would hear of him, and so would polygamy.-CitiZen.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08

Travels in Mexico ard Life Among the Mexicans," by Frederick A. Ober The most fully illustrated and the largest popular work on Mexico ever published. A stirring rative of a most interest ing journey from Yucatan to the Rio Grande in one large octave volume oi nearly TOO pages Agents wanted. Alp ply to J. DENYING & Co.,, 420 Bush street San Francisco, Cal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08
DRIFT-W00D.

Dected.
 Mcdowell, murderer, escaped from the jail of San Bernardino county, California. during a re- cent fire, which, it is thought, was started in order to give him a chance to get away.
 John J. O'Brien, the detaulting assistant Secretary of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners has been sentenced by Judge Toohy to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case will be appealed.
 It is announced that tie Pope has conferred on Edmund Dunn, formerly Chief Justice of Arl- zona, and now at the head of the San Antonio colony in Florida, the title of Count, with reversion 
 10 his male descendants.
 The gallows for the execution of the Bisbee murderers are now being erected at Tombstone. The drop is sufficiently large to accom- modate the whole crowd. and they will all be launched into the great unknown at the same in~ stant.
 A bill has been introduced in Congress for an appropriation for monument to the mother Of George Washington. The object is good one, as Mrs. Washing ton Was the grandmother 0f her country. If she waits for a mOn- ument as long as her son has, she wilt be looking flor it with an electric light when the millennium comes.
 Business in Oregon is suffering great depression consequent upon the collapse of the Willard stocks, in which Portland capitalists were greatly interested. As the com ing season promises to be one Oi great prosperity, our northern neigh bors will soon recover their wonted elas ticity in trade. The depression arises from temporary y causes.
 A dispatch from Washington dated March 3d says: "TOwn- shend moved 10 suspend the rules and pass the bill penSiOning the survivors of the Mexican war. (The bill does not apply, like that pending before the house, to soldiers of the Black Hawk and other Indian wars After debate, the rules were sus- pended and the bill passed by a vote of 227 to 46.
 Petitions are flowing in upon Congress from Indiana, Illinois, New York and other States. ask ing for the restriction of Chinese immigration. IhIs question is becoming one of national impor. tance. While it was confined tC the Pacific coast it was treated as local issue, but the Chin ase having begun to swarm eastward it has become an economic anC social issue for the entire country
 Dynamite is again at work ir London, the Victoria railroad sta tion being wrecked by an eXplo' sion in the cloak room. Sever persons have been severely in jured. We shall probably heal that O'DonOvan ROs6a claims t( have planned this outrage. Dt this as it may, it will certainly operate ipjuriously to the Irisl national cause. Every explosion of thIs nature is immediately credited to the Fenians.
 Nearly all of the leading cigar manufacturers of San Francisco representing several million dol lars of capital, have closed iheil doors upon over 5000 of theiI Chinese laborers. This course was adopted in pursuance of al agreement entered into between them as members of the Pacific Coast Cigar Manufacturers Asso- citation. All ths white hands have been retained. It is learned that the Chinese packers have struck on hearing that their eountrymen had been locked out.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08
PROBATE NOTICE.
In inc Probate Court of Yuma County
 Arizona Territory.

In the matter of the estate of Nei Johnson, deceased.
The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-08
NEW TO-DAY.
J.A. .JAN0N'SXs, 
 WITH GEO. MARTIN.
WITH GEO. MARTIN |.

THIS JEWELER WILL REMAIN IN
 \ Yuma few weeks. Patti having anything in his line will do well to give him a cali.
, 1884-02-21

matter worthy of note i that Of
street corners and lines. There
seems to be discrepancy between
the different surveys that have been
made, and as business men are erect
ing costly and substantial stone build
ings. II IS 4 matter Of very great i'm
portance that their corners and lines
be accurately defined CSce for all. To
be sure Mr. Fortman, our city sur.
veyor. and Mr.. Smith who is sssoci-
atc3 with INN, arc making surveys
At present, I.y which builders are be
ing guided in locating improvements;
hut these gentlemen arc not acting
officially under the city government.
and. as discrepancies have existed
heretofore. how are property owners
to he assured that the surveys now
being made will be permanently es-
tabli~hed? Half dozen years hence
the city government may take the
matter in hand and order a survey
that will disagree with the lines as at
present established. 1t would not
cost much to survey at least the bus
mess part of town and establish in
tersections, corners and lines per
manently notc; and by so doing end
less confusion and enormous private
expense may be saved hereafter.