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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
APPRECIATION.

To the visitor who reaches Flori-
da at this season fresh from the
snow-tields of the north, the relief
must be too great for immediate
realization. For two hundred miles
the St. Johns winds its broad cur
rent through forests clothed in col
ors so tender and soft and intense
that it seems the rude wind even in
loving dalIiance would scatter their
beauties forever. But there is no
monotony in the richness spread be-
fore US as on canvas. While all are
soft with the bright green of early
spring, there is q diversity which is
the despair of painters but a rest to
tired eyes and a revelation to weary
souls From such coyerts one ex-
poets the sweet musicians of nature
to sing exactly the lays we hear
from q thousand threats, and the
hunter who appears occasionally is
an anachronism which makes ms
shudder Over all sails the eagle
on widespreading pinions which
mock at fatigue, and from Gods
own heaven pours flood of golden
sunshine on river and forest and
grove and field and peaceful cottages
and playful children who have for
gotten to roll snow balls except of
orange blossoms. Even the dark
water catches glory from the sur
rounding radiance, and on the long
swells left by passing steamers lin
ger rosy fushes and delicate tints
too lovely for inanimate nature and
too soft even for a maiden's cheek.
Is it not wonderful that any yet lin
ger in harsher lands when we have
only one life to live and Florida
sunshine is free to all /?
The fact that our steamers both
on the St. Johns and Ocklawaha are
crowded daily shows that Florida is
appreciated at its true value; the
large investments made here show
that our sudden prosperity IS no
dream based on the false Judgment
derived from imaginary figures, but
the wonder still grows on Floridians
that ne have no universal abandon
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
PALATKA FLA, MARCH 10, 1885. I
Our exchanges are earnestly at

Our exchanges are earnestly at
work on the proposition chow to Sc
cure the fttest delegates to the con-
stitutional convention. Judge Hill
ton of the Economist is in favor of
selecting delegates irrespective of
location, and thinks there is no OBJ
lection to this plan except the diff
Guilty Of putting it into practice.
But we believe under the law giving
the same representation in the con-
vention as in the legislature, the
delegate must be a citizen Of the
county be represents. There is no
better symptom of the earnest
thought inspired by this important
subject, than the general discussion
of it now observable in the state
press. We hope every possible re-
striction will be removed that the
people may freely select the best
men.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
OUR BIG HOTEL.

Palatka has felt the need of hotel
accommodations to fill the blank
left by the destruction of the Put
nam and Larkin too severely to
leave the same want unsupplied for
another season. The proprietors of
both had become gray in the service
of an appreciatiye public, but both
loved Palatka too well to snarl in q
manger filed with food for which
they had no love. Captain Larkin
promptly sold, and we have every
reason to believe that the new Lar
kin which will replace the old dur
ing next summer, will be as well
adapted to the new Palatka as its
predecessor was to the old, and
therefore much larger and more
commodious in all its appointments.
Mr.. Oryis has refused several ad-
vantageous offers from parties who
wished to use the property for other
purposes, but he recognizes the fact
that Palatka must have a Putnam
House, and he will not sell except
to some one who can fill the want
we feel so sorely now. For the site
of such hotel, we have the best
authority for saying that the old lot
can be purchased on favorable terms:
if no one will make the beautiful
grounds in the center of our city de-
serve the reputation they always
held when owned by Mr.. Orvis, then
that gentleman will build himself
There is no disposition on the part
of any TO desert the Gem City in the
hour of her need, but her citizens
one and all, are friends loyal and
true. The progress already made
in the work of rehabilitation is evi
dence enough of this.
If our city is crowded now what
will be our condition next winter
IF many on the steamers and rail
roads decline to stop IN Palatka be
cause of insufficient accommodation
even with our present large hotels
how can we convince the more nu
merous visitors who will come an
other season ?
But even with the rebuilding o
the Larkin and Putnam, the new
| Palatka will still need more than tn,
| old accommodations, and many site
in our neighborhood should be o
interest to those who seek invest
ments in Florida hotels. With bus
ness blocks to accommodate tel
times the trade possible in the old
we must have commensurate proyis
ion made for the travelling publ
which will be attracted to the cit,
we are destined to be in the nea
future. The Putnam and Larki
will occupy places in the public es
teen already won; there is room
outside of their regular patrons 70
at least one other mammoth hotel
and that we must have.
The present proprietors of til
Putnam lot viii do all in their pow
er to aid the growth of Palatka b,
assisting in meeting the need nov
felt by all. If there are parties, a
stated in metropolitan cotempora
ry, who wish to rebuild the old Put
nam, they will find Mr.. Orvis read
to meet them halfway in any rea
sonable plan looking to that end
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Banks.


EIRsT NATIONAL BANK OF PALATKA,
Il successors to VIM. J. Vinegar i Co. A
general banking business transacted. Front
Street.
Dry Goods.
DEVEREUX, ROGER0 & SON, CORNER
DLemUn and Water Streets, carry at all
times full stock Of Dry Goods, Clothing.
Hats, Shoes, etc. Also deal extensively in
Groceries of every description.
r JACOBSON, LEMON STREET, DEALS
i .exelusively in staple and fancy Dry Goods,
Hats Caps.
Books and stationery.
u C. COCHRANE, AT MASONIC BUILD
II sing on Lemon Street. wholesale and re-
tail dealer in Books, Stationery. Florida Curl
osities, Maps, etc.
u FRANK, CURTIS. BOOKS, STATION
Ds cry confectionery, etc.
Groceries and Comm ission.
d r. REID, WATER STREET, DEALER
hsin Groceries Vegetables, Fruits, etc.
yTERTREES & co, WATER STREET, COM
' mission merchants, and wholesale dealers
III Hay. Grain, Fertilizers, etc.
NJ. HAUGHTON & BRO, GRIFFIN'S
IA Block, Water street, wholesale and re-
tail dealers in groceries.
THREW. II. E., & GARDNER, NEAR FLORI-
Ida Southern depot, wholesale and retail
dealers in Hay, Grain. Fertilizers, etc.
Hardware Etc.
II Il. LANE, WATER STREET, DEALER
II sin Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, house fur
uishing goods, building material; plumbing,
tlnnlng. etc.
Architects.
II j. CAMPBELL, GRIFFLN's BLOCK,
IL sarchitect and civil engineer.
Musical Instruments and
Sowing Machines.
n F. SULZNER, LEMON STREET. DEAL
| Osef in Musical instruments and Sewing
Machines.
Drugs and Medicines.
DUTNAM PHARMACY, CORNER REID s
V7ssxaVn Tly1F Nod +FaJrR FRT|a
! ticles, etc.
4 CKERMAN s JACKSON, CORNER LEM
| f1on and Front Streets. Full line Drugs and
| Medicines.
! THE MORAGNE PHARMACY. CORNER
Il Lemon and Front Streets. Established 1866.
| Prescriptions carefully compounded day or
night,
Beef, fish, Etc.
4 W. MANN, LEMON STREET, OLDEST
| LAsbeef market in the city. Orders filled
promptly.
w B. CROSS, WATER STREET BEEF,
| w Mutton, Fish, etc.
Furniture, Etc.
y L. LILIENTHAL, CORNER WATEI! &
| ID sReid Streets. Wholesale and retail dealer
| in furniture, house furnishing goods, etc
A UGUST HALL, LAUREL AND KIRK
| "A land Streets, Manufacturing Upholstere1
and Dealer in Furniture.
Bakers.
d J. GROOMs, LEMON STREET, NEXT TC
| sOptIS IIOlSSs Luilty anu Il tLLAlI5 0iOGSA
| les, and Bakery.
Und ertaixcrS.
D s. MOONEY, LAUREL STREET, UN
1Gs dertaker and embalmer.
NIsceI3ne
/ THE PALATKA INSURANCE AGENCY
L over three hundred millions capital, repre-.
sented and correspondent with I. Harkins Hill
lard, Manager.
| John RAMSAUR, FRONT STREET, ONLY
- stables in the city: prices moderate.
d CUNNEELY, WATER STREET, FINE
Wines, Liquors, etc. Billiard and Bowling
Parl0rs.
HARRY HEATH, LEMON STREET
11watchmalzer and engrayer
T H. MERRYDAY, CORNER OAK AMI
~ Fourth Streets. House and Sign Painter.
T T. CONOvER, ARTEsIAN WELLS. Pc
- Box, 20T
WEBB s. NICHOLS, real estate agents
w Harris building, Water Street.
CALHOUN, GILLIS s. CALHOUN, LEMON
| OStreet, Insurance agents; represent only
/ frst-class companies.
T MEYER, WATER STREET, DEALER II
APaints. Oil, Ladders, etc.
II L. GREEN & CO., ROOTS AND SHOES
lie 81 Lemon Street.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
Social Charms of President CIeve-
land.

Louisville Commercial
President Cleveland has perfectly
lovely eyes, remarked a Louisville soci-
ETY. belle, yesterday, who is just back
from Washington.
Indeed p said the listener.
Yes; and the prettiest teeth you ever
saw. They glisten like pearls, and he
knows how to show them, for he is al
ways smiling in the most fascinating
manner imaginable. His cheeks are
rosy, too, and he has a beautiful dim
pie in his chin, to say nothing of a SUI
perb moustache and hand as soft and
white as woman's. All in all. he is a
very handsome man, and just the sort of
fellow to keep the women at his feet.
He knows his powers of fascination well
and IS as vain as a peacock. | don't
mean that he Is vain in the ordinary way
just the opposite. His vanity is of the
autocratic, dignified sort that is some
times called self-respect, and it pleases
rather than offends."
rs he easily impressed by womenE'
mot bit of it; tried him desperate
~ at the ball, but he wouldn't fiirt atall. )"
But if he should ever come to Louis
vile, added the most charming young
lady, soto voce. well bring him
down"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19

ment of other lands. Tennyson
saw Florida Gin his minds eye"
when he described the land of the
Lotus Eaters, and we have always
felt that Ulysses would have linger-
ed had he landed OH the coast of
Florida
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
THE DAILY NEW S.
BENZ. HARRISON. Editor.


THE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing, except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city, or mailed postage free, for 50 cents
q month, $3.50 for three months, $3.50 for six
months, or s. per annum.
THE WEEKLY NEWS is an SPACE 4s-eo!umn
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 viii be mailed post
age free for 81 a year, or 80 cents TOR SIX
months. Specimen copies free 70 any address.
Loc..4 advertisements 20 cents per line for
arst insertion and 10 cents per line for each ad-
ditional insertion. Special notices 20 cents per
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 reInittauces should II made rs express,
money-order or registere 4etter.
Address.
W. W. RANDALL.
BUSINESS MANAGER,
PAL.ATKA, FLORIDA.
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Fer Marshal.

l offer myself as candidate fer City Mar
shall at the coming municipal election. subject
to the decision of my friends and the voters
generally. PHILIP J. NANUCY.
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REGISTERED AT THE PALATKA Posi- OFFICE
As SECOND-CLAss MAIL MATTER.
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Aims to cover the whole field of prcercsssj ve
journalism. No subject is too great for it to
discuss intelligently and without bias, and
none so insignificant as to escape its notice.
1t lays the world tributary to its wants. and
everywhere its agents may be found, alert
to gather the particulars of all passing events
and send them by telegraph up 70 the last mo
ment of going to press. It is brief ana abb
stract chronicle of the time and contains all
that is worth knowing in the history Of the
world for the past tWenty-fOUr years.
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Florida & Western ny
waycross short Line.

All trains Of this road are run by Central
GOTH Meridian time, which is s. minute
slower than Jacksonville time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
FAGTS VS. FANCY.

Facts are, that Harry Heath makes a spcci-
atty of difficult repairing of fine watches
cleans jewelry, chronometers, all kinds of
nautical, surgical, electrical and medical in
struments, and understands all complicated
mechanical combinations and how to repair
them. As to fancy, the ladies fancy the way
he finishes his jewelry repairs, which come
out new every time. For fine work always
take it to Harry Heath, in the Calhoun block
on Lemon street, PaIatka, Fla
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NEW 0RLEA1gs EXPRESS.

,AE and after Sunday. N0vembc~ 2, 1881,
~ Passenger Trains will leave and arrive as
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THE ANNALS OF THE WAR have been
one Of the distinguishing features Of THE
WEEKLY TIMES" ana Is now initiated in
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and periodicals OF the country. The best writ
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JOnnectIng at ChattahOOchee with PensacO-
Mobile, New Orleans, Texas and all trans Mis-
sissippi points Passengers for Brunswick take
this train, arriving at Brunswick via B. i w.
Railway at 1915 p. m.
Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars Waycross
to Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19
Florida Southern Railway
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE
PALATkA, FLA. January 18th, 1886.

PALATkA, FLA, January 18th, 1850.
Begi ming Thursday, January 22d, trains
and will run daily between Gainesville and
Leesburg as follows:
Leave Gainesville. o.. .........-..... $50 q m
Arrive 0cala. .........- ...........- LOS q m
Leesburg, ........... e.. go. 12.40 p II
Leave Leesburg, .-.... .....--..., . .. i.40 p N
Arrive Oeala, ........ ........... &c.. 3.1T p N
=" Gainesville, e.. .-............. SIS p N
This train connects both ways with trains on
S. T. & W. Railway.
Trains leaving Palatka at 600 a. m, and ar
irving at s. p. m, every week day, connect
with trains 3 and at Grueue
Trains IS and IL will run between PaIatEa
and Gainesville, on Sundays only, leaving
Palatka at 100 a. m.
Arriving at Gruele, ........,. .-..... $3.50 n. N.
= Gainesville ,......... 1000 -
Leaving Gainesville ...... ,..-........ 400 p IN
Arriving at Gruelie, ...,-..... ...-... 4:30 -
Arriving at Palatka.... ............... $50 -
These trains connect with trains and ut
Gruele.s
J. D. HOLLISTEB,
Superinteudent
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

We have now reopened with
an entirely new stock Of goods,
and are constantIyreceiyings ship
ments from the North, No old
or stale drugs on hand, every
thing new and fresh. Our prices
will be lower than ever. We
have not the largest store, but
the best and largest stock of
goods, also the most complete
and most select variety ofChrist-
mas goods. Ifyou wish TO make
your friends a Christmas gift
call and examine them.
bi0RAGHE & kEASTIHG,
On Lemon St., one door above
Fry's 2YiGk Block.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19

AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING CONFORM
IrH TO CITY SURVEYS. AND REQUIR-
ING CITY SURVEYORS TO FURNISH
CERTIFICATE
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IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS !
Lumber and Lati1s
In Small Or Large Quantities
From the New Mil at
DEVILS Elbow, Opposite Palatka.

Headquarters and yard at Palatka. Office
corner Water and Madison Streets. Having
liver lumber up or down the river most advan.
tageously to purchasers. We challenge al
vectitiOus trade. Promptness and dispatch
considered. Guaranteeing satisfaction spc-
cialty.
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But more especially on the following /;
Al SO

Our entire stock of White Goods, Hamburgs, Laces
and Trimmings generally In these goods our
stock is large and varied. Heavy, deep Embroid-
cry worth $500 Fer yard marked down to 1925,
and all the above goods mentioned in the same
proportion.
I'VE must have room for our New
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AN ORDINANCES.

4. N. IVES. Agent.
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Dry Goods.

EIRsT NATIONAL BANK OF PALATKA
Il successors to VIM. J. Vinegar x Co. 4
general banking business transacted. Front
Street
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ATLANTIC COAST LISELxPREss.
FAST NAIL

7 ULIilttI IdIIUI JtlT5 JdUkSOlNlIIe 10 odNdI-
nah, This train stops at all local stations be-
| tween Jacksonville and Savannah.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-19

COLLECTED. WILL REPACK AND PUT
- Fruit in good merchantable condition
which gives us excellent advantages in hand
ling fruit.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
BORAx.
Where This Commodity Ii Produeed-Aa
InexhzustibIe Supply.

The price of commercial borax has
greatly decreased during the past three
years. 1t can be bought now for half
what it cost in 1882. Then the market
rate was eleven cents a pound, and at
the present time il is five and half
ceuts q pound. This falling off in
prices has continued Notwithstanding
the imposition of tariff which virtually
prohibits the importation of borax and
bOracic acid. 1t has been due, there
fore, TO the consumption not keeping
up with the supply. The production of
boraX on the Pacific coast, which Is the
only part of this country where it is
found, has been steadily very large.
Last year four thousand five hundred
tons were extracted by the various
mining companies in this State and
Nevada. Its Use has not grown more
limited. but il has not kept pace with
the production. 1t is employed in
welding. glazing, pottery and cleans
ing. The iron trade consumes the
largest quantity of bOrax. and with the
increase of that industry the business
of borax-mining will be benefited.
New uses are being found for this min
eral. AZ first it was thought tit only
for irOn-wOrkers and black>miths. It's
datar~ivo qualities were revealed after
ward. The manufacture OF glazed
iron and earthenware was begun
after other virtues were discovered in
bOrax, and now it is employed in
packing meats in Chicago. Notwith-
standing the supply from Italy, large
quantities of bOrax are exported to Eu-
rope from the Pacific coast. Last
week seven hundred and seventy-tive
thousand pounds were shipped from
this port to Liverpool. Some of the
London illustrated papers contained
flaming advertisements, in true Ameri-
can style. lauding the virtues of soaps
made from California bOrax. Boracic
soaps and borax in the shape it comes
from the mines are admirable clean
sers. A piece of borax dropped into
water renders it pleasant to wash in.
The supply on this coast is practically
lnexhaustlble, as when crude borax is
removed from the fields where it is
found q renewal of it ensues. So i'm
portant 10 this industry here that Sack
vile West. the English Minister, re-
Gently made it the subject of a commu-
nication TO Earl Granville. Most of
the mineral deposits of this region car
~ borax in q crude form. and conse-
quently there are many borates from
which the pure borax is obtained. The
crude borax of this coast is of a high
quality. The largest supply comes
from Teel Marsh, in the Candelaria dis
trict, Nevada. This field has been
worked the longest and has given the
greatest yield of any on the coast
There is big marsh, twelve miles long,
in San Bernsrdino, and several In
Mono. lake and other counties. The
depression now existing in the borax
trade will, 1T is. thought. gradually be
removed. San Francisco Chronicle
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
A DIRTY DUDE
Mauled and Kicked from a Train
by Conductor Merritt.
Nrddd Mail.

NtrdClG Mail.
Conductor W. w. Merritt, of the l.. & s.
o'd, did righteous act Friday night,
viii shou'd lmmortalizs him with re-
spectacle people for all time to come.
Hi tr iin left on time, between 4 and II
O'Clock, and among the paSseng-rS from
here were two ladies going to Lamar, and
a species OF man, who gave his name as j.
l. Criit nden, and cal rel To be travelling
Tor the simmons Hardw re company OF ST.
Louis. Criit-nden took set near the
ladies' mention ed and on after The train
started exposed his PRISON III a most
shameful and indecent manner. His in
human act shocked the ladies, and seeing
their disgust he gloated over it.
Conductor Merritt passed through the
car Just as IT Was nearing Sheldon, and his
aiten ION was called ID the young mans
lndecency. lie went to CrItteaden and
ktd Tor and explanation OF his conduct,
aud was met with an in>olent reply This
m de COnduc or Mrrri Is slreqdy hot
blood boil, and wit ut taking time 10 con-
>lder he Knocked the insoient young man
d wn ard as he scrambled up he was az ain
fiOOred. BY this time the train hal stopped
at sheldon and Conductor Merritt kept up
IA ghteous work until he had Knocked
,nd kicked the dirty cur from his train.
As the train pulled out the young man
a,ked fer his sample cases, but Mr.. Merritt
refused to stop his rr in to give them to
him. He says he will sen1 the cases to the
young mans bou-e with an account OF his
indecency.
Conductor Merritt is we'll known to our
p opie sni the news of his act brou -ht
fourth the warmest expressions of COM
mendation. In fact MS numerous friends
here talk Of presenting him with an elegant
gold headed cane as token OF apprecia-
tlon OF the protection given by him to his
lady passengers 1t might also be well to
give him hickory CLUB. with which he
could be enabled to maui such dirty
scamps as this travelling dude off of the
face of the earth