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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

Gin this part of Florida no regard is
paid to the value of the grove. The pol
itics of the owner determines whether
the valuation shall remain at the old
figure or be reduced. as in the case of
the chairman of the board, 80 per cent.
or good round sum be added of from IS
to $50 per cent. In this precinct l can
refer to cases where, after fourteen years
steady work on groves, it took last year
from one-eight to one-tenth of the gross
income to pay taxes, and this year val
nation increased as before stated. The
assessors books will plainly show the
politics of nine-tenths of the taxpayers
here. understand your people are suf-
ferers by high charges by lines of trans
portation, while here we are cleaned out
by county commissioners.
HENRY r. LYLE.
''San Mateo, Putnam Co., Florida"
The above is copied by the Flori-
da Agriculturalist from the Los An
gelos Californian. Now, with all
due respect, we submit that the
only motives possible to be urged in
extenuation of this publication
would be love of pub &c justice,
or anxiety to shield the people from
the malpractice of such officials.
Neither Of these can be set up by
Ms. Lyle. So far as we can say, he
has made no attempt to punish these
parties, and the charge is made at
such long range that but for Col.
Codrington's thoughtful regard for
our good name, not one citizen of
the county would have known of
the accusation. A citizen deliber-
ately villifies the officials of his own
comfy, leaving them no opportuni-
ty for defense; he Injuries the repu-
tation and pocket of every one of
his fellow citizens by making such
charges, where they influence public
opinion concerning a section, de-
pendent on the continued influx of
immigrants and capital for its pros
perity. His duty to himself and 9th
ers, these things being true, should
have made him face jury of his
peers and see that no effort of his
was wanting to obtain justice for all
of whatever shade, naturally or po-
litically.
Such misrepresentation have been
often presented by irresponsible par
ties, but here prominent citizen
invokes contempt of others on the
head of his neighbors and the
country of his adoption. That ma
ny grievances may be rightfully
urged against our present system of
taxation we believe, but we know
whereof we speak when we say that
Mr.. Lyle's nsinuations as to the po-
litieal favoritism of our board, are,
in our opinion, wholly false.
Mr.. Lyle must prove his charges
by facts and figures, or be convicted
even by his own conscience of malice
and misrepresentation, and for this
purpose we tender him the full use
of our columns.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

Post L. NJ. Wheeler, G. A. r., of
Saratoga, N. Y, has contributed a
dozen silver knives and forks to the
proposed fair of r. E. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans, Richmond,
Va. Accompanying the gift was a
letter of compliments and friendly
salutations,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

Mr.. II. f. DeBardeleben, capt.
talist of Birmingham, Ala, has just
entered into contract with the
Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing
Company, of Nashville, Tenn, to
furnish it with 2,oOO,OO pounds of
PIC iron.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05
A Tagging Congress.

Washington Post.
The business of the session is not in a
hopeful or very creditable state of for
wardness. It lags-it almost languishes.
Where is the leader who can bring order
out of chaos and set the majority of the
house on the road to successful close
of the session?
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

BY sPEER & HARRISON.

THE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing, except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city, or mailed postage free, for 50 cents
month, Sl50 for three months, $3.50 for six
months or s. per annum.
THE WEEKLY NEWS is an SPACE 48-column
paper, 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 so 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
line. Reduced rates on continued advertise
ments.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Local advertisements due at
the expiration of the time for which they are
inserted.
All Femittances should be made by express,
money-order or registered letter.
Address PALATKA DAILY NEWS,
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

The editor of the Times-Union
appears to have chronic hatred of
fire arms. Probably this is why the
editor of the Times-Union never
got to be colonel"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05
FOR $ ALH1

A LARGE, COMFORTABLE TwO-STORY
LOG HOUSE, with wide yerandas on all sides,
the coolest place and healthiest situation in
the pine woods around Palatka. Only half an
hours drive from town. Kitchen and clubhouse
for servants separate. A good well with splen-
did and abundant water, fine garden, green
houses, orange, lemon and other fruit trees:
wagon shed and stables for horses and cows.
chicken yard with about fifty laying hens.
Address, q. H. Box 1 SD.
Post Office, Palatka Fla
Or, E. r. mexican,
Real Estate Agent
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

REGISTERED AT THE PALATKA POST OFFICE
AS SECOND-CLAsS NAIL MATTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05
TAXATION"

PALATKA, FLA, MARCH 5, 1894.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05

pig IRON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
HYDE Skinned of her Credit.

Referring to a remark by the Turner
anil Mechanic that Hyde county could
supply the State with corn, Wilmington
Star says
THE county of Forsyth produces more
corn than Hyde does. We have not ex-
amined but we would not be surprised to
find that there were several counties that
grew more corn than the talked of
Egypt" in North Carolina. There are
several counties in New York that pro
duce four times more corn tina Hyde
produces. We are not sure that there
are not counties that produce even SIX
times as much. This is curious and cor
reefs some errors that prevail"
Its unfortunate that such errors should
arise and prevail and refuse to cease to
prevail Notwithstanding Go rrections.
We made no comparison of Hyde county
with any other, but merely stated a we'll
known fact that the county is peculiarly
favored in richness of land, and adaptable
ity for corn culture. We said it could sup
ply nearly the whole State with corn, and
this will be sustained by every grain deal
er in Newbern, Washington. or perhaps
Norfolk. Raleigh herself draws a large
portion of her corn supply from hat
county, and whole train loads pass US
from Newbern going West whenever the
W. Railroads adopt fair freight charges.
We have no data Of comparisOn at hand,
but we know hat 10 bushels of corn per
acre is not uncomm in Hyde, and as
corn is the chief product, We doubt not
the title of Egypt" or the Creamery
of the State is we'll merited.
Forsythe does in some years show as
great a yield; but the white population
of that county exceeds Hyde three t. one;
aud the exporting facilities of the latter
are so meagre hat there is no induce
ment to produce at full capacity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
The Best Act Of a Worthless Life
Was It's Last.

A rare case of suicide occurred at
Granville, Ca, on Friday. y young
man OF well-known family, a descendant
of Governor Turner, and a kinsman OF
Congressman Harris, was under SEN
tence of death FOR killing a drinking
companion named Shuttles. As the
day for the execution approached, Tur-
ner. whose first name was Pleasant
promised his father, mother and wife
that he would SAVE them the disgrace Of
his being publicly hanged. He there
made several attempts at suicide; and
the day before the last, he succeeded IN
taking poison, but was resuscitated after
four hou.s work by the doctors. He
was then so closely watched that nc one
believed he could escape the gallows.
About an hour before the time for the
execution. he asked the Sheriff, and the
preacher. to leave his cell for a moment
or two. and they could not refuse his dy-
Ing request. When they had gone Iur-
ner took his silk handkerchief, and en-
circled it about his neck. lie then COM
menced twisting it until his breathing
was cut off. Holding on the instrument
that was robbing him Of his life he threw
himself on his bed and pulled a blanket
over his head. In this position he died
holding on to the twisted handkerchief.
thereby forcing the life from his body.
When found by the returning Sherii1,
efforts were made to restore circulation
without success.
DISAPPOINTMENT OF TIE CROWD.
When these facts were communicated
to those on the outside of the building
great excitement and disorder prevail
The hanging was to have been IN pub
lie, and about the newly erected Sallows
several thousand people had gathered to
witness the execution. The father,
mother and wife of Turner were overloy-
ed at learning that Turner had Killed
himself.
His mother fell across his body eX-
claiming: Have you really gone to
Jesus. They have not had a chance to
put a rope around that dear neck. You
have beat them at last" She had TO
be removed from the body by force.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
Rates For 1884.

BE5~Business men are invited 10 eX-
anime the subIoIned Schedule oI Au-
vertising Rates. which will stand untl
December /, 1854. These Rates are
lower than any other published in the
State press, and are exceedingly cheap
for a paper having the circulation, the
standing, and the valuable class OF
Readers, OF the FARMER an" -"se"""t.i
49, co. 49, ,crns 70 save answering
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23

THE NoMINEEs.-Al6ermanic offices
have not been considered very ''hefty"
with either honors OF profits in the gen.
erality of towns but it begins to look as
if RaleigA's City Fathers Tor City
Pap" for short were position of ex-
ceedingIy succulent richness and dignity.
Year after year the struggle wakes
waxie,. The canvass which closed on
Monday night was very intense. The
''Ins'worked like house carpenters to tack
their breeches to their chair seats. The
Gusts showed similar zeal in claw
hammering the tacks, and putting them
where they would give pointed uneasl-
ness. Jews and Gentiles became bond
and free" 10 the fray; Greeks and
Mess-o'-pot-amians'' worked night and
day Even church influences, report
says. were exerted, and prayers prayed to
soften the stff-neckedness of certain
Brethren who had bumped their backs
politically. All day Monday runner beat
the bushes in search of sulking sover-
eigns. On Monday evening carriages ran
hither and thither collecting the lame and
halt even the Doctor bills being guaran-
teed in case of too much dampness. Many
heavy bets were offered and taken.
The result was a large turn out of the
friends of both ms and ''outs," and
the former rolled the Persimmon.
LIST Ward:-Alfred Upchurch 134, F.
o. Moring l32; Thos. Harris l29; Phil
II. Andrews SO; A. S. Lee 76; Len II.
Adams &c. The three first nominated.
Sd. Ward:-Edgar Leach IS; P. F.
Falson a; j. B. Martin 70: Wesley n.
Jones 81: G. Dial Rand &c; D. B. Avera
65 DR.. Sexton e.; j. F. Redford 60;
Col. Clarke so; w. Ford Taylor 40.
The five first nominated.
5h Ward::-Julius Lewis $50; c. B.
Edwards AS; P. c. Fleming 143; Ro.
Dobbin los. Ii. Jack Hamill 90; L. S.
Ellison 90, The three first nominated.
The Republicans who control the 2nd
and 4th wards nominated as follows:
End Ward:-John r Ray. in Den
ton, G w Hoover, colored.
4h Ward:-James Doyle, Jas II Jones.
COL, Nelson Taylor, col.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23

Gen. Cox is always attentive to such
wishes of his constituents as can be COM
piled with.
Col. W. f. Beasley is in the city.
Hon. Geo. Davis also. Hon. John
Manning also.
Out of 800 delegates thus far appoin-
ted to the National Republican Convex
ton, Arthur has at least 200.
Maj. r. +. Petty's card tells one lit
tie fact which buyers will appreciate. His
goods are fresh, and bought with cash,
hence at the lowest notch, and selected
with twenty years experience.
An earthquake which cannot pos
sibly be attributed to Irish dynamite.
shook up England yesterday, doing
worst damage at Colchester where the
church steeples were shaken down.
If you desire a quiet stopping-place
in Raleigh,-or regular boarding, or to
have your meals Sent to your business
office Gas do we,)--the Cooke Hotel,
now kept by Mrs. S A. Steadman, can
supply you. Mrs. Steadman is an in
telligent lady, and anxious to SUIT her
patrons, and this is much merit.
Tobacco Farmers, accept the card of
Mr.. Chas G. Taylor, of Durham, at your
service! He keeps a large stock of To-
bacco barn fixtures, and can make any size
in short order. Tobacco hates a ''hy."
but is bound to have a ''fue." and Tay-
lor knows how to fit them iu style.
The new Guion Line steamship.
Oregon, has scored a great triumph by
crossing the ocean in seven hours less
time than was ever done before, making
46l miles per day for six days! That
is equal to railroading. She brought
GOO passengers. The total number of
emigrants who landed in New York on
Saturday was 10000.
Trinity College Commencement will
begin July 18th. Senior presentation
May 2nd Trinity will turn out ii grad
yates this year, all from the Old North
State. Mr.. w. J. Exum, Jr., of STAN
tonsburg. is chief manager, and Mr.. J.
NJ. Downum, of Concord, the chief mar
shall. Rev. W. H.. Milburn, ID. D.. will
preach the Baccalaurate sermon of COM
mencement. Rev. 4. W. Mangum. D.
D., will deliver the literary address be-
fore the societies. The Salem band will
furnish music.
Prof Pauli's Euterpean (string band)
made Easter Sunday melody in tie
church of the Good Shepherd. The
Bass Viol and Cornet hass long been
in use in Northern churches of all de
nominations. A Baptist church in
Philadelphia has just put up an $500
organ with SO pipes. The cost of that
instrument would build four hundred
country churches in the South.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
The Latest wonder Of Warfare

Repeated experiments seem to leave
no doubt of the success of the Air Can
non. Harper's Weekly pictures it as
something resembling a telescope or a
stove pipe, mounted or a tripod, so that
it can be swung around to point in any
direction, front or rear, high or low.
New York Sun saws
Three shots, with a proiectile weigh
inc nineteen pounds. were fred across
the Narrows yesterday from Fort Ham
ilton to Fort Wadsworth with the new
dynamite air gun. The gun is merely a
seamless brass tube a quarter of an inch
thick and forty feet long, with a four
inch smooth bore. The ~propelling pow
er is simply an air compressor, supply
ing about five hundred pounds pressure
to the square inch. The projectiles
used were four feet long. They were
loaded with lead instead of dynamite.
This gun is the invention of d. M.
Mefford, w. A. Bartlett, and George
II. Reynolds. The patent is owned bv
H. d. Windsor of the American Torpe-
do Company. The experiments yester-
day were part OF an elaborate series or
dered by Secretary Lincoln. and carried
out under the direction of Col. Hamil
ton by Lieut.. +. l.. Zalinskl of the Fifth
Artillery.
The same gun, at a previous test,
sent a 24-pound shot across the Narrows
with 500 pounds air pressure.
The advantages claimed for the new
gun, and now partly demonstrated, are
simply ~stupenuous. In the first place.
the ammunition is much cheaper than
powder. In forts and on board ship
the steam power to compress air is east
ly available, and for field work the COM
pressed air can be transported in TASKS.
The gun is not made dirty, and need
not be cleaned. There is no smoke to
reveal the location of the gun to the
enemy, SO that masked batteries NAV
be planted with immunity. There is no
more noise than is made by one puff Of
a starting locomotive. The propelliDg
force can be measured as accurately as
a gauge can measure, and the force Of
the ammunition does not vary with the
dampness ofthe weather.
The gun costs only about one-twen-
tieth as much as other guns of its range.
and can be built in almost any machine
shop. The Delamater Iron Works,
which built the one used Yesterday.
could turn out n like it every day in
the year. In an emergency the entire
coast could be studded with such guns
in a few weeks. The propelling force
used yesterday was only about one
fiftieth of the explosive force of gun
powder. But the gun can be adapted
to an air pressure of 1000 pounds to the
square inch. The projectile is a torpedo
in the air, much more dangerous than a
torpedo in the water, because it can be
sent more accurately and more swiftly.
The next dynamite air gun to be tried
will he a six-inch bore, and will throw
a dynamite shot weighing 10 pounds.
Such a she'll thus calculated would des-
troy any ship afioat and dismantle any
FORT"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
Neither the Day nor the Hour
knoweth my Man!
And don't you forget it

Moses Leveston, a young lawyer from
Ohio, died suddenly in an Asheville no
tel.
In Wake county, Panther b. town
ship, VIM. Reeves, aged 80 was found in
the fence corner dead, Of apoplexy.
John Il. Logan, one OF the oldest,
wealthiest, and best known citizens of
Cleveland county dropped dead while at
work in the field last week.
Ell Paxton, one of the prominent
citizens of Pennsylvania county was
gored to death by his Jersey Bull.
Joshua Boon, of Guilford, put a
lath under the saw Of his mill. 4 splia-
ter shot into his brains, causing death
in a few hours.
Peter Lall, aged "a, near Catawba
White Sulphur Spring, was found in a
stable, where he had been grooming a
horse.
-Lucius Beebe, a well known Boston
merchant, dropped dead 10 his office, af-
ter hearing a telegram saying that Col.
Hammond, a wealthy resident of Chicago,
had dropped dead an hour before.
Mrs. John W. Thompson. wife of
the President of the National Metropoli-
tan Bank OF Washington, was stricken
with apoplexy during service in the
First Presbyterian Church in that city.
and died while being taken to her home.
The old clown of Sells circus fell
dead in the ring at Gainesville, Ohio.
on Friday. The audience, seeing him
fall and kick up his heels, supposed it
was one of his jokes. But when he
continued to lie ~motionless, there was a
cry of alarm. and sudden stampede
The clown vas 90 years old--a CHASTITY
joker.
The town Of Salinesville Is situated
over very extensive coal mines. The
props gave way. and many buildings
were wrecked. One or two men killed.
This, with the circus incident, made
things lively t%hereabout
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
Railroad Items.

A negro named Wilson Adams fell
from Engineer Rosemond's gravel train
near Haw River, and was killed. says
Orange Observer.
AT an high embankment near the
Miami river, Ohio, a train was wrecked
by some miscreant, and several passen-
gers were killed. The Cincinnati Com
mercidl Gazette says 1.-THE most Sc.
rious injured was DR.. d. A. Long, Presi-
and of Antioch College, Yellow Springs.
He went down in the passenger coach,
dent was badly jammed between seats.
sustaining internal bruises of the bowels
and left lung. His case is regarded as
critical by the physicians"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23
Cotton quoted at IL cents for best,
in Raleigh yesterday.

lotion quoted at II cents for best,
in Raleigh yesterday.
Washington IN. O. Ga=ette details
several forgeries by Sam. J. Jones, and
his flight to other scenes.
Col. Rybt. l.. Steele has been sug-
gested for Governor. C~hiefJustice Smith
also. Both would have public confidence
-Au ex->peaker Of the n. G. House
CT Representatives has had two t~isticuff
campaigns Of late.
Mrs. Stillson Hutchins died in Wash.
ington On Sunday, one year from her
wedding day.
The "Monogra II" ticket for State
Officers printed last week appears to meet
with popular favor. Quite a shower OF
suggestions for LIEUT. Governor have
been sent in the majority favoring a
young citizen of Court House square.
Democrats who aspire to fat Offices
ought to be able to raise a years sub,crip.
ton for a paper which has fought 50 long
Us years. to build up the party which
they wish to profit by. The price of the
Farmer and Mechanic is 81 a year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23

WEDDINGs.-I Greensboro Catholic
church, Mr.. Jos. II. Neal of Maryland,
and Miss Sophie Mccormick, daughter
of the publisher of the North State
Mr.. Chas. e. Benbow Of the same town
married Miss Lizzie Perry of Rhode Is
land. - In Raleigh, Mr.. O. p. Talley
and Miss Annie r. Lamb; the Rev. j.
z. Barrett officiating.-Fe5ruary 10th,
Walter w. Williams, of Va, to Annie
Estrella, the daughter of Albert Ball,
Esq, of Richmond. At the residence of
Miss NJ. A. McIver ia Moore county, on
the 10 inst, by D. B. McIver, Esq, Mr.
j. L. Wicker to Miss Cattle Sinclair. -
In Norfolk, by Rev. Chas. +. Deems,
Mr.. E. NJ. Deems of New York and Miss
Virginia Price..-In Graham, Nh. j.
r. Kernodle and Miss Cora Hardin.-
April 10th. 1884, Mr.. Joseph Coates
and Miss Ida f. Smith.-At the resi-
dence of the brides father. near Neuse,
April 18th. by Rev. G.. j. Dowell, as
sisted by Rev. c. f. Cover, Mr.. Romu-
lus II. Cover and Miss Arrie G.. Har-
desty. Good wishes!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-23

DEATHs.-At the residence of Senator
David Davis, Bloomington, Ill, April
10Th, Mrs. Adeline +. Green. widow of
Gen Thomas Green, of Warren, a man
of note in his day. Mrs. Green was a
lady OF uncommon character and up to
the 10th OF March last when she was
stricken by paralysis) she retained the
brightness of mind which captivated her
husband fifty years or more ago. From
an article in Bloomington ILL BuUet;;n
we take this. Mrs. Green was eighty odd
years old but was a remarkably spright-
ly lady for one Of her age. She was higb-
ly cultured, and extremely atfable and
entertaining, and was beloved by all who
were fortunate enough to meet her. She
was the aunt OF Mrs. Judge Davis. She
was stricken with paralysis about a month
ago. since which time she has frequently
peer unconscious, and never, we believe.
able to leave her bed. She was the moth
er Congressman Green. of North Caro-
Ina, a very able and excellent gen
tleman whom many of our prominent
people had the pleasure of meeting here
a short time ago. The remains will be
taken to Fayetteville, North Carolina
to-day, and will be accompanied by Mrs.
Judge Davis and Miss Green, who has
also been here guest Of Mrs Davis."--
La Durham. Mrs. Dennis TiIley.-
The Duke of Buccleuch, and the Bishop
of Rlpon, followed Charles Reade over
the dark Border last week.-In Phil
adelphia, April 10th, Julian Carr Nc
Dowell, aged 4 months, son of N. E. Nc
Dowell, Esq, one of the owners ofBlack-
well Durham Factory. In Lincolntop.
Mrs. julius Alexander, widow Of prom.
lnent lawyer who died some 20 years ago.
and mother of Miss Laura Alexander, the
lameDted actress. In Wake comfy |
Partin. father of Mr.. B. K. Partin
WAYNE, Mrs. Louisa Andrews !
Raleigh, Mrs. Stone, m2ther crl
Alr z D Srnre "