The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-17
BRIEF MENTION.

The body Of Gen. James Shields. the
hero of two wars and senator from three
states, who;.in life received the freedom
of cities fdhonors from commonwealth
3" fills am unmarked grave in a neglected
burying ground two miles outside of
Carollton, Mo.
The latest case of faith cure is report
ed at ParIersburg, w. Va, where Miss
Mary E. Hudson, who had been confined
TO her bed for two years, rose up and
walked into the parlor, where the family
were gathered, and seating herself at
the piano sang as loud and clear as ever.
Recently, while some blasting was be-
ing done in the vicinity of lola, Kan,
piece Of rock weighing 200 pounds was
thrown to a height Of sixty feet and in
coming down it struck Che roof Of a two
story house and fell through into the Gel
lar, passing through three stories and
demolishing everything in its down
ward course with which it came in con-
tact
s"There is a decided belief in New York
among all classes who have travelled,
says Gath, '.that Chicago viii pass this
CITY in population It is said that this
year, for the first time, that interior
cities have been almost entirely able to
carry the crops of the country without
sending to New York and getting huge
sums of money temporarily for that pur-
pose.
Justice William d. Kelly, of New
York, being asked if lie thought Gen.
Buffers candidacy would injuro the
democratic ticket, answered: No! I
think it will tend to draw the dynamiters,
soreheads and labooring men from Blaine
and thus aid Cleveland. think Cleve-
land win carry New York by a larger
majority than any presidential candi-
date had ever had"
Nicholas Anchorena, who died two
months since at Buenos Ayres, was
probably the richest farmer in the world.
His executors resort his rural estates rs
follows: Land, 1910 square miles; COWS,
1872, 600; sheep 100000 He also owned
much house property in Buenos Ayres,
and his assets have been valued at 60,
100000 He inherited 5000, 900 from his
father thirty years ago.
An Irish-American Cleveland club has
been organized at Port Jervis, N. Y,
with nearly 300 members. The princi-
pal speakers ut the organization were
Hon. Daniel Bradley, of Brooklyn, late
orator of the Catholic Benevolent Legion,
and Father Flyn, who paid high tribute
TO Gov Cleveland for his official charac-
ter, hisindependonce and fairness in deal
ing with all classes of citizens.
NJ de Viel-castel has left very
characteristic story Of Cambronne, told
him by the famous general himself, who
gave him an account of the celebrated
charge Mt Waterlo0: Each time that
the proposition to surrender was made
to us, [ raised my sabre and shouted in
my biggest voice, Forward! grenadiersr
And l was presently wounded. faint
ed from loss Of blood, and at the end OF
half an hour the grenadiers could not
charge forward they were all deadv
Freeman's Journal, replying to a CORE
spondent's query about Gov. Clevoland's
veto OF the Catholic Protectory item,
says: Had Gov Cleveland shown a
disposition of bigotry or Of hostility to
the Catholic religion in that veto we
could point our correspondent TO the
files of The Freeman's Journal-ncXt
after that veto-setting fourth his mis-
doing. There is no such record. We
think the corporation Of the Catholic
Protectory had weak and ill-advised le-
gal counsel in asking for the subsidy.
We think Gov Cleveland did right in
vetOng the begging bill p"
A gr,oo;,I e,.,,,, T10l-cI-iH co,--.