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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-11-28

10y virtue Of authority vested in me us Col
ID hector OF Tayc> for the list Collection Dis
ircl Of Charles county. will sell ut public
sale 10 the highest bidder for cash, on t. e
premises,
Wednesday, Dec. tho Sd,
between aud ; O'clock p m, the following
property II satisfy State and county taxes
due for the wears ss2 anu 1888. to wit:
4 'ract Of or parcel of land lying in the
Cole ton Di>tri't called
"Thornc's Gut"
containing
5 Acres; more or l-ss,
assessed in the name of Joseph BeAslev
Due for county tax, 1892 ........S3 80
Due for State tax. 1882 .......... -
Interest from Jan |, 1888.
Due for County Tax, 1888 SD rs
Due for State Tax. 1888 .......... IS
Interest from Jan. | 1884.
The above real property will he sold bv the
Collector MS authorized by the hct of 1914.
chapter 4s3, and the proceeds will he applied
to The payment of the taxes for the above
wears with the interest and all costs that NAV
accrue under this sale
UZZIAL WRIGHT,
nov l+-ct late Collector Bird District
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POWIIATAN HOUSE.

GEORGE ". BAUER................ProPrletor
Foot IN 81, Opposite Alex Ferry.
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MILLINERY
AT
l. A p L A Il A.

MISS BELLE DEMENT, invites the atten.
wi ton of the ladies to her new and well
selected assortment of Fall and Winter
Millinery. Hats aud Bonnets in all the most
fashionable cnlors and shapes, and at very
reasonable pri ,es. may 9-lm
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u. b. EARNSHAw wM. +. EARNSHAW
B. B, EARNSHAW { BRO,
Whol.,aI. : Retail Ds'ler'
+-IN -
Groceries, Flour, Feed, Liquors q C..
Cor II and NJ Sts. S. E.,
(Gaddis old Stand)
WASuTN atom no

WASHIN 1TON, ID "
MIR. WV E. EARNSHAw, late Of Prince
wi Georges Co. Md, has recently entered
INTO partnership with the Senior memher ef the
above firm They desire to ray to their
friends that they retain I'll the facilities OF the
OLD HOUSE in addition to the assistance
and capacity. the Junior Inemter brings H.
They will continue to make war against high
prices aud sell their friends the hest goods at
lower prices than NIL competitors
Agents for the following brands OF Hour
"TRYPIlENA"--M Minnesota Patert
"DRUSILl A"-St Louis
"OLD SECRET'-Choice
"SUN BEAM"-Choice family
Also large assortment Of other grades all
Of which will be sold from 5Octs TO Sl0c per
barrel less than you can buy s.me grades
elsew here.
Buyers of q ain and other Country produce
Agents for Walkers celebrated Cucumber
Pumps.
Small Hardware, Garden tools, Barb Wire
&c,
re- Goods packed and delivered TO trans
poriation lines free of charge.
B. b. EARNSHAW 4 BRO.
Cor. IL & NJ Streets S. f.
wAsHIHnToN y. o,
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NOTICE
III U Nj n u q

This entire space belongs to us; but not be-
levi * in lar,e glaring
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
PALATKA, FLA, APRIL q, 1884.
THAT JAIL AGAIN.

Now that our articles on the jail
have been thoroughly digested and
the opinions of the citizens who en-
endorsed our views have been re-
ceived in every home throughout
the county, we wish again to urge
early action upon the authorities.
IF the Board of County Commits
sioners do not feel that a new build
ing can be built at such short notice,
they can at least take some steps to
ensure a plentiful supply of water
and occasional changes of apparel
to the prisoner No matter if he
does belong to a class which lives
foully when at large, as soon as the
hand of the law is upon him proper
self respect should teach us to give
him every bodily comfort necessary
to health. Let his body be clean,
his cell made wholesome, and decent
clothing furnished him: So much
we owe to ourselves; less, argues, at
least, criminal carelessncss on the
part of us all, and public condemna-
tionwill visit the sin from voices most
worth of consideration.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
TEMPERANCE.

We print to-day the letter of a
gifted lady in our midst in support
and commentator of the ection ia
ken a few days ago, by the Woman's
Temperance Association. 1t is from
the mothers and sisters that the true
influence of reform in this direction
must come. No law can reach the
moral nature of a people. Society
and the atmosphere of home can
alone restrain that desire for excite
ment lying at the basis of the in
temperance which has wrecked so
many valuable lives The man who
knows the habits of society attach
10 stigma to the practice, will in
dnIge in atrong drink whenever in
clined; the lady who frowns on the
drundard is power stronger than
any influence of the lecturer. We
have left behind us the idea that
the capacity for unlimited indul-
gence in liquor was proof of men
tai and bodily strength, but the
practice of society is not yet free
from the remains of that idea, and
it is generally acted upon. While
this is so, the voice of warning will
be like that of the prophet in a
waste wilderness, utterly void and
of no effect.
No legislation should restrict the
rights of man until he becomes,
from whatever cause, a nuisance OF
threat to others. The law must
look on gluttony in drink exactly as
it does on gluttony in food; and can
have no more right to say what an
adult shall not drink, than what he
shall eat, or wear, or where he shall
worship. And it seems to us that
the advocates of temperance strange,
ly weaken their cause by being
in effect, advocates of total
abstinence and urging Legislative
enforcement of their views. The
one is practical, and the whole ma
chinery of the law can be used in its
support, the other interferes imme.
diately with the liberty of the citi
zens, and can only be sustained by
moral agencies.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
The Philadelphia Times.
l SS4.


THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES, 1884.
THE TINES will enter upon the new year
stronger and more prosperous than ever be-
fore in its histOry-mOre widely read and
quoted, more heartily commended, and more
hercely criticized, with a more complete or
ganIZatiOn, and an able SSOff of contributors
and with the same independence and fearless
ness that has made it successful and powerful
in the past.
THE TINES has no party to follow, no candi-
dates to advance, but will meet every issue as
it has ever done. with consistent devotion to
the right, to honest government, and the pub
nc welfare. And, While maintaining its posi-
ton as the leading journal of Philadelphia, it
viii aim to be continually in the advance in all
that can add value to a newspaper.
The value of newspaper is not in its size or
display, but in the intelligence and care, the
c0nclSeness and freshness with which it is
edited. THE TINES spends laViShy for news
from all parts of the world, but all its dis
patches are carefully edited and condensed in
order to give the complete news Of the day in
the most concise and attn ctiVe shape, and with
it a large variety of entertain and inStruc-
tive reading. The best writers at home and
abroad are employed 10 enrich its columns,
and to make it a journal adapted both to the
busy man and to the leisure Of the home cir
Gle. a welcome visitor to intelligent and honest
citizens of every political, religious and social
taste.
THE WEEKLY TINES is altogether different
from the weekly newspapers of twenty years
ago. The day of those papers have gone by.
The telegraph and better local newspapers
everywhere, especially in the thriving centres
of rural population, have made the Old weekly
metropolitan newspaper unSatlSfylng- Those
that cling to their ancient uSageS have lost
their hold on our fOrward-mOving people; they
are but shadows of their former greatness, and
they have but a shadow of their former power
Those papers have had their usefulness but it
is gone: and, with it, they going, too. 1t
was not the fault of the papers: it was the i'm
prOYement of the country that brought about
the change. Men and women, wherever they
live. now require fresher news; and they re-
quirc more than news
THE WEEKLY TIMES gathers of the types of
n
terest to the people at large, and sets it before
them in such generosity of paper and print as
would have astOnished US all twenty yeors ago
DAILY-Twelve cents a week fifty cents a
month, Sc year. two cents copy
SUNDAY-FOur cents copy, Sc year
WEEKLY-One copy. 81 a year; five copies
IS a year ten copies, SIS year: twenty cop
les SO a year, with one copy free TO the getter-
up of every club.
THE TIMES,
PHILADELPHIA
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
OUR SCHOOL HOUSE.

We hope no citizen of Putnam
county will fail to read carefully the
able and exhaustive letter of Hon.
A j. Russell published elsewhere in
our columns on a question of para
mount Importance to the people of
our whole State. His citations of
law are full and convincing; his
opinion should carry with it the
weight of long experience and care
full thought, while his position as
State Superintendent lends some
thing of official character to his ut
terance The movement in Palatka
was so urgent and liberal that we
wrote to the gentleman, asking for
publication, his views as to whether
the school boards of the counties
were clothed with authority to use
revenue remaining to their credit to
build school-houses. The ruling of
our board was so firm and the mem
bers, by virtue of their public and
private character, had such comman-
ding influence on the popular
thought, that we sought for support
in our opinions on the matter, and
this Maj. Russell has most kindly
and conyincingly furnished. There
was no lack of liberality on the part
of the members; they avowed their
anxiety to contribute as private ciCi-
zens, but doubted their authority to
take official action. These doubts
we think Mai. Russell's letter will
remove and for expression of such
sentiments SO frankly and kindly
made he will receive the thanks of
the friends of education everywhere.
The Importance of giving every
support to the cause of public in
structiOn cannot be over-estimated.
We cannot have pure government if
we have ignorant voters, and every
political issue wakes feeble and faint
IN Importance compared with the alb
solute necessity of popular educa-
ton. Ignorance fills the Jail, nurses
corruption and gives the control of
our government to demagogues. No
permanent reform is possible with
out education; it is the only stream
powerful and pure enough to cleanse
the Augean stables of our political
life. 1t will not answer to displace
only the herd which already makes
foul the abiding places of the gov
eminent; cleansing flood must be
ioosed and the people must know
their own duty to themselves well
enough to give assurance that these
are not succeeded by new creatures
OF the same nature. And the river
OF knowledge is the only power Ca
pable OF doing the work Of purifca-
ton to any permanent purpose; to
1T only can we confidently look to
hoat the ship of our destinies, State
and National, over the deadly rocks
which now threaten disaster to crew
and vessel.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
All Birds of a Feather.
New York World

New York World.
Not support Blaine, indeed! Why,
Blaine is certainly as clean as Hayes or
Garfield, and more capable and popular
than either. From George w. Curtis
down, every political independent and
reformer in the Republican ranks will
throw up his cap for Blaine the day after
the convention, if he should be the nomi-
nee, as enthusiastically as a village boy
when welcoming the arrival of a cir
Gus.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
Good Name to Coniure With.

Detroit Free Pree Press.
Secretary Lincoln may get the nomin-
alton for vice President, indeed he will
get it if he wants it. He may even get
the Presidential nomination if the fight
between the prominent candidates gets
too hot. But if he gets either it will not
be because of the manifest worthiness, -
but because of a belief on the part of
the Republican leaders that his name is
a good one to conjure with.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
N0TICE OLE SALE.

Tn. ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDER OF
the County Court in and for Putnam cOun-
~, Florida, bearing date April 1, 1884, I will
sell at public cutlery on May 5th. 1884, being
the first Monday of said month, within the le-
gal hours of sale, at the Court House in Palat-
ka, Tor cash, the following real estate, belong
ing TO the minors Mabel L. Webb and Clara l.
Webb, being in said county and state, and
comprising so much Of lots No. Is. private sur
Yey, in Sec. II, 7. ID, Range % east, as remain
ed unsold after deed February 9, 1876, of
Thompson and Webb to George E. Marvin
Also part of Section Al. 7. I3. 6 r. 26 F.
bought at sheriff sale in July, 1874, a portion
having been sold TO George E. Marvin, being
the remnants of the said two lots of land and
containing about nine acres of land, more or
less. Dated this, April 4. 1884.
E. S. GRILL, Commissioners.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
The Dynamite Girl.

Philadelphia Times,
If anything was still needed to make
the frightened Londoners ridiculous in
their dynamite scare, yesterdays Paris
dispatch to a London paper supplied the
need. It is not exactly discovered that
there is a woman at the bottom of it, but
it is seriously asserted that during the
last three weeks a girl has carried two
hundred and fifty pounds Of dynamite
across the English Channel from France
to England
1t has long been felt that the girl of
the period would come to something
dreadful sooner or later. Some people
thought she would get into the ballot
box, others feared she would end in the
pulpit, but nobody ever suspected she
would turn freight agent for the Irish
nation, making the carrying of dynamite
a speciality. But you never can tell.
This girl might have been a Sunday
school scholar some time; or more than
likely she had been reading cheap nov
els. The dispatch does not say whether
the wicked girl has carried the dynamite
in her mouth or in her pocket, or in an
umbrella or a handbook. The dreadful
mystery is that a girl could stand up
morally under two hundred and fifty
pounds of dynamite and still live. But
the girl of the period is strong-minded
of course, and now all England may well
jump into the sea.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27

BENZ. HARRISON, Editor.

TIE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing. except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city, or mailed postage free, for 80 cents
month $50 for three months, S2.5O for SIX
months, or 95 per annum.
THE WEEKLY NEWS is an SPACE 48-coumn
,aDer. published every Saturday, containing
all the news of the week, local and general. 1t
is the largest and handsomest weekly paper
published in Florida, and will be mailed post
age free for 81 a year, or 80 cents for six
months Specimen copies free to any address.
Local advertisements 20 cents per line for
first insertion and 10 cents per line for each adj
ditional insertion. Special notices ~ cents per
line Reduced rates on continued advertise
ments.
An advertising bills become due pro rata
every month Local advertisements due at
the expiration of the time for which they are
inserted.
An rernittances should be made by express,
rnoney-order or registered letter.
Address,
w. w. RANDALL.
BUSINESS MANAGER,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
PEOPLES LINE STEAMERS
ST. Johns River, Florida
S. B. PLANT, CHATTAHOOCHEE
y e n n I e L y n Il.

- L =
FORMING On CONNECTION WITH THE
L DeBary-Baya MerchantsO a DOUBLE
DAILY LINE for Aston, Sanford, ENTERPRISE
and intermediate landings, connecting at As
tor with the st. Johns and Lake EuStiS Rail
way; at Sanford with the SOUTH FLORIDA
Rallr0ad Tor Maitland, Orlando, kissimmee
and TAMPA, and from this point with Steam
ships for Cedar Key, Key West and interme-
date landings on the west coast of Florida.
Steamer H. B. PLANT leaves Palatka from
Florida Southern Railway wharf at $50 O'cl'k,
p. m, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
DeB8ry- Baya Merchants Line Steamer
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, leaves Palatka from
Florida Southern Railway wharf at s o'clock
p. m, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Returning, leaves Sanford daily on arrival
of the train of the South Florida Railroad,
from Tampa at p, m, arriving at Jackson
vile in time to connect with the fast mail
train at $50 a. m, of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway
Steamer CHATTAHOOCHEE leaves Palatka
from Florida Southern Railway wharf at II
O'Clock, p. m, on Tuesdays and SATURDAYS.
Returning, leaves Sanford on Mondays at
O'Clock p, m, on arrival of train on South
Florida Railroad from Tampa.
Returning on Thursdays, leaves Sanford at
9:35 a. m, on arrival of train on South Florida
Railroad.
Steamer JENNIE LANE leaves Palatka from
Florida Southern Railway wharf at II o'clock
p. M. on Mondays and Thursdays
Returning leaves Sanford on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
Tickets on sale at w. O. VOLTS Drug Store,
Palatka, Fla, and on board of the steamers.
Merchants Line will be honored until further
orders.
Steam Barge Uncle Sam, suitable for carry
ing unusual and heavy freights, open for
charter,
For further particulars, inquire of
r. 5. DOWD, Agent,
Peoples Line st. Johns River
Office WaycrOss Steamboat Wharf,
do
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
Dupicity of the Protectionists.

Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
1--WE favor a tariff for revenue, limited
to the necessities of the government" is
the first clause of the Ohio Democratic
platform. And yet those Democrats in
Congress who are loudest in their support
of the Ohio platform refuse to vote for a
reduction of $50, 200, 600, when the tariff
taxes are S1OO,OOO,OOO a year over that
standard.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
Our Patriotic President.

chicago Times.
The interviews with the Presidents
bosom friends prove him to be a good
and great man, who is not seeking the
Presidency, but is willing to take it again
rather than see it go into the hands of a
man who is not entirely good and
great.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE AT PA
i latka Election District, No. $ on Monday,
May 9Th and remain during the week ending
on Saturday the 10TH. for the purpose as of as
sessing the State and County Tax for the year
A. d. 1854. All tax payers wishing tax blanks
will please call at either the office of clerk of
Circuit Court or Tax Collector. where they
viii find them. J. ". WOODS.
Tax Assessor Putnam County
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27

AT THE PALATKA POST OFFICE
AS SECOED-CLAss NAIL MATTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-27
PreSbreV'S DravtOn Island MarI,
ADMINISTRATORS NOTTCF,

4 Ii CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF
n :. II. Demont must be presented as pre-
scribed by law or this notice viii be pleaded
notice that six months from the date hereof
l viii ask for my final discharge from such
administration before the county judge .oT
Putnam county, Florida.
{. A. KNOWLTON
Ap Administrat r
New-York tribune., 1884-12-14

IL the hushel aurt of that midnight hour with
the books that Miss Mostyn hai usc, and the oria
u.rts she had chosen. plIniv is,hlr around us If
We looked mp from the diving fire II hal been cisy
lor Miss Bence. HS Tor mys H. 10 hciirtr ~ the
mvstriiuus appearances to say tj each other nrrt-
ously " it may he possibir to snve the nnoccnt to
mint u,t the iAl criminal WHO knows i' here
was 80 dse ise between 80. J told her ny zeal
mann and nv iAsUn ior rUnine t0 luuiis llou-,
,,h hrf tAth thr ,0un~ Alatup rpnlled to ~ the
snstr,NN Whih 90 trt shr htA scarcely dated
Vtlsiu.t tn hr,stlE ~ aF,tpi Us watch aNi US ari
~ D'heptt ihrni Win g kindly seul-nishi Nr
Mss MasifA was hlNg 10 ihp iepm aa ihe Rsi
iiepy, NheN vas eAlwl ihH eNrpihipnpil .
study" iNFns ihe day IWa iliiiW4s, thp mah
hy ilpl NNn request, hrpi watch Ahl Ndih ihpln
Al eight N'cinGh each evening iNp MNNeh lelaNrh
hes aud remained iIll y The neat mnihins No uhe
slept un that iuor nov. AN pNH room lei Out oi
tho side hall. hss hence escorted me 90 the dOoI.
Us stuod Watching her GA hei way back, saw
tho gean at red shaw inside the door OF a small
closet GA the landing where pais and hrOOms were
kept. Ensconced III that retreat, Julla billings
also watched and listened tll my door closed
On Tie morrow me inquest took place As a sup
posed stranger 10 all parties. who had only arrived
at Fouls House after the murder, WAS not sum
lnoned before the Coroner. Julld Billings the
first witness. She stated that there only
three servants kept at Fouls House. One had leave
OF absence on that fatal saturday evening. The
other two being unusually busy in CONSEQUENCE
had begged Julla To wait upon Miss Most yn's
visitor; She, therefore had prepared his room,
had admitted HIM to the house, and served him
with "a high tea in her mstresss room. He had
chosen that meal instead of dinner Oh finding that
his aunt was ILL.,
And did your mistress take tea with him r.
asked the Coroner.
"Sbe did not, sir" said Julia. "she had not been
well all that day; and directly after breakfast she
sent me to the telegraph office to summon Mr
Frank MOstyn from London. She did not rise TIL
two o'clock. After she was dressed she turned
giddy She lay down again upon her bed with the
coyerlet thrown over her. After Mr. Mosyn's tea
was cleared away, she ordered me 10 place writing
materials on the table beside the bed. | did so
MIR Mostyn drew an easy chair up beside the table
When came In a little later To look at the fire
there was gold on the tabe-a great deal II looked
TO me. They were talking eagerly. thought Mr..
Mostyn seemed vexed ut something my mistress
had Heen saving to him. In about half an hour he
came ont. was in the lower hall as he came down
the stars He told me that Miss Mostyn wished to
sleep that was not to 90 III till she rang. Then he
went away"
The Coroner's questions ELECTED nothing more
than had already been told of the fatal ending of
that night. MISS Bence left the room. after giving
her testimony III tears.