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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

of railroad wars is an encouraging
one. The September and October
earnings of the great granger roads
the great grain-bearing roads ira
versing the west and northwest
are the best that they have ever had.
The good corn crop promises good
earnings for the more southern
roads. The iron and coal trades ex-
hibit increased activity. For all
sorts of wares there is an improved
demand. The prospects of good
earnings for the railroads are Obser-
we'd by Wall street which at once,
with its usual "previousness," pro-
ceeds to discount them.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
PUBLIC OPINION.

What Ohio needs is an election
law modelled on that of New York
state. A law which enables the ell
ection to be doubted and fought
over again, after the polls are closed
is a bad thiug.-BrookIyn Eagle,
Dem.
Why DO not the southern Episco-
palians invite Canon Farrar to this
section The majority of distin-
guished foreigners seem to regard
the south as not at all worth their
inspection. Have we such a bad
name at home and abroad.-Augus-
ia (Ga) Chronicle.
There is no person in the United
States today more disloyal than
this Senator Sherman. We call him
disloyal because he is plotting
against the welfare of the republic
in denouncing as traitors the major
~ If tbs american a,ouie. Con
-ras. hie position VIE. she's n r..
-cun!e,icrs;es, HON he donoun-
oes Ia peace, bat would never meet
in war. They desire the union of
hearts as well as of laws. They de-
sire that the whole country shall be
one in interest and feeling. They
are ready to defend republican in
situations with their lives.-CLarles-
ton News and Courier, Dem.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

Mr. Clcvolard'7 new appo'nt"e~
on tire ciFi! .cry.aa c9@u.=s:ca @rr
pos a ee. -.r 81. ...a" Ie+
that ne.,i,es ,sefiouaIi-u a"r Hart'-
sanship shall govern appointments
hereafter, but that the civil service
shall be really reformed from dem
ocratic standpoint In other words
the country is to have genuine reform
and the commission is not to be a
machine for keeping offensive par
tisans in Office under any and all cir
cumstanceS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
Spontaneous Combustion

N. y. sun.
some one mas estimated that the Tune
thrown away III tins world IN counting
the girl you want 10 marry ana VINO Is
ready 10 marry Nou' "ouiu puiiu All the
raiiroadS ana bridges ana tunheiS anu
factories ana puoilc oullaings. Inc "ilite
race Silouiu take ale7soh III THIS from 'iie
colored people. Inc other Gay hhely
young coiored man STOOD at a gate III
lIliliiis' lS'Li' Ala. y ilheiy young colo'
Gu Woman ea,iie ALONG Win d ooS
IT. o''i nc oa'ieu' ou' ihe0'' '''
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
So
IRRR
SCTOfuIa Of Lungs Relieved.

| am now ~ years old. and have suffered for
the last ID years with a lung trouble Sever
al members Of the family on my mothers
side of the house had died with consumption,
and the doctors were all agreed in their Opin-
ion that had consumption also had all
the distressing symptoms OF that terrible dis
ease. have spent thousands OF dollars to ar
rest the march of this disease; have employ
ed all of the usual methods, not only III my
own case, but in the treatment Of, other
members of my family, but temporary relIet
manual labor for several years BY chance
came into possession OF IA pamphlet on
Blood and Skin Diseases" from the office Of
Swift Specific Co, Atlanta. Ga. friend rec
cOmended the use of SwIitS SFCclhc. claim
ing that he himself had been greatly bcne-
fitted by its use III some lung troubles. | re
commenced to take :. ). :. according To di-
rcctiOns- | found it an inVigOratIng tonic,
and have used about fifty bottles. The re-
suits are most remarkable. My cough has
left me, my strength has returned, and ]
weigh sixty pounds more than ever did III
my life. 1t has been three years since stop
ped the use OF the medicine. but have had
no return of the disease. and there Is no pain
or weakness felt in my lungs DO the hard
est kind of mechanical work, and feel rs well
as | ever felt since | was boy. These,
know, are wonderful statements TO make but
| am honest when | say that owe my exist
ance and health to-day to SwiftS Specific. 1t
is the only medicine that brought me any
permanent relief. | do not say that Swift's
Specific will do this in every case, but most
positively affirm that it has done this much
for me, aud would be Fccrcant to the duty
owe TO suffering humanity If failed 10 bear
this cheerful testimony TO the merits Of TINS
wonderful medicine | am weII-knOwn III The
city of Montgomery, and can refer to some OF
the best citizens in the city. I. j. HOLT
Montgomery, A.a., June -, 1885,
Swift'S Specific is entirely vegetable
Treatise OF Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. Drawer ,, Attain
Ia, Ga: iD1 ". I'D St. n. Y.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

Cremation is making rapid pro-
gress i'll Europe The Gotha ere
matory in Germany was opened
seven years ago, ana it has received
200 bodies. There are 362 cremato-
ries in Italy. In Milan there are
5000 members of single society.
In France the topic has been dis
cussed, but the practice is stilliileg-
al. A committee of the Belgian
chamber has reported favorably up
on petition for law making ere
nation optional, and in Austria opin-
ion is about evenly divided for and
against this method Of di.posing of
the bodies OF the dead.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
W. IGARGROVE, PROP,
PALATkA. FLDNInA
EPLTHELIOMA!
OR SKIN CANCER.

For seven years | suifcre with ii cancer On
my fac. All the simple remedies were appli-
ci to alleviate the pain, but the place COntin-
ncd To grow, finally extending into my nose
from which ca me IL yellOWiSh discharge very
offensive in character. It was also iHfamcd
and annoyed me great deal About eight
months ago | was i'll Atlanta, at the house OF
Il friend, who so strongly recommended the
use of Swft's Specific that determined TO
make an effort to procure ii. In this was
successful and began its use The influence of
the medicine at first was to somewhat uggTa-
waite the sore: but soon the inflammation was
allaNed, ana began 10 improve after the
irst few bottles. Ny general health has great
ly improved. am stronger, ana am able to
do any kind of work. The cancer on my face
began to decrease and the ulcer to heal. until
there is not Il VeStige of il left-Only little
scar marks the place where IL had been. / am
ready to answer all questions relative to this
cure. Mrs. JOICE A. MCDOSALD.
Atlanta, Ga, August IL, 1885,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

The Great Eastern, the largest
steamship i'll the world, was sold at
pubic auction the other day for f26-
900. The obstruction of the Great
Eastern was begun May l, 1854,
and the work of launching her,
which lasted from Nov.3, 1857, to
Jan. 81, 1858, cost eco, 200, hydraul-
ic pressure being employed. Herex-
IRENE length is $50 feet; breadth
50 IL feet, and including paddle
boxes lis feet, height IS feet, or 70
to top of bulwarks. she has eight en-
gincs capable in actual work of H.
900 horse power, and besides has 30
auxiliary engines. She was sold in
1864 for $4,000, and was employ
ed on several occasions with success
as cable-laying vessel.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

President Cleveland is the second
president since Buchanan who left
the capital and journeyed home to
vote Buchanan returned to Ian
caster to vote while president, but
after him no president voted while
in office until Arthur, who voted
regularly in New York city.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

The present advance in stocks
and bonds of railwsy properties is
probably due, to a large extent, to
the growth of belief that the I'M
mediate future will witness a large
revival OF business. The amount of
capital that has been boarded up
during the long period of inactivity
has been enormous, and its holders
are anxious to find some use to put
it to. The prospect of a cessation
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

The Charleston News and Cour-
Ter says there is deplorable condi
tion of morals among the colorcd
people of the sea islands. If left to
themselves they will will sink to the
lowest level of degradation III few
generations. Here is wide field
for missionary effort.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

cooking purposes, and has been quoted
recently in New York very nearly as
high as the Messina and other foreign
lemons Many of the citizens of Allan
Ia are interested in Florida soil, and it
stands US hand in hand to encourage the
enterprise of lemon growing in Florida.
The wonderful capacity of Florida for
lemon growing will enable her TO supply
the United States. Ladies will find eat
ing a lemon every morning beneficial to
their health and the identifying of their
complexion. These reflections have been
drawn out by seeing SO many fine lem
ons at the store of W. F. Stokes & Co.,
81 East Alabama street, who with their
many years in the fruit business are COM
petent to give an opinion, and from
whom we derive much valuable infor-
nation on the subject of the lemon and
its uses.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS.

t.sl.44i tI4ll,-. -4~g 45li-,- t.I- :, sS
and Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars via Jesup.
Jacksonville to Cincinnati Connections ar
Atlanta with Western and Atlantic and East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroads
for all points West and Northwest,
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars Jacksonville
to Louisville via ThOmasVilic.
Pullman Buffet and Sleeping Cars Jackson
vile TO Washington, ID. g. Connections at
Montgomery with Louisville and Nashville
railroad for New Orleans and lie Xas
points ana the West and the Northwest. At
Savannah with Central Railroad Of Georgia
for all points West and Northwest. Charleston
and Savannah hallway for all points North,
with steamships tor New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Baltimore. At Charleston with
steamships for New York, Philadelphia and
Baltim ore,
Through tickets sold to all points by Rail
and Steamship connections, and Baggag
,hecked through Also Sleeping Car bcrths
ami sections secured at Compdny'S Office in
Astor's Building. 81 Bay street, and at Depot
Ticket Office, and ON board Peoples Line
Steamers II. Il. Plant, ChattahOOcEee and
Jennie Lane.
JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent
a. NJ. IVES. Agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
Knoxville, Iowa, Sept. 8, 1885.

For many years | was a sufferer with can
Ger OF the nose. ard having been cured by
of = :. =. feel constrained Toy sense of du-
~ 10 suffering humanity to make TINS state
ment Of my case. With the fourteenth
bottle the cancer began to heal rap
idly and soon disappeared. ana tor
several months there has been no appearance
of of any kind on my nose or face,
neither is my nose at all tender to the touch
! have taken two dozen bottles OF ;. :. =, and
am soundIy cured. and know that :. >. :. eff
fectcd the cure after every known remedy
was tried and had failed.
ROBERT SMEDLEY,
Fort Gaines Ga Nav L ISS5
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
IAtJULItI ; y I'd ID
Fort Gaines. Ga. May l, 1885.

Ihad heard of the wonderful cures Of SWitt's
Specific and resolve q to try il. | commenced
in April 1881. Ny general health was much
improved. yet the cancer which was in my
breast continued TO grow slowly, but surely.
The bunch grew and became quite heavy. |
felt that | must either have il cut or die. But
il commenced diScharging quantities Of al
most black. thick blood. 1t continued heal
ing around the edges until February, when il
was entirely healed up and well.
BETSY WOOD.
Cochesett Plymouth Co. Mass.
-iFgIs- l.. $3.50.
-.-rft-- .-a.ciii, t. rely vegetable. auG
-t-, ..~ $50 .-,. A-gi.e.- 10y fsrcIul out the ilII
yuIItI. : fIDm The u OOd.
Treatise on Blood and skin disease mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer ,, Atlanta,
Ga. y, Y, Ij7 W. sd 1t.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

/ have had Il cancer on my face for some
years, extending from one cheek bone across
the nose to the other. 1t has given me Il great
deal OF pain, at times burning and itching 70
snCh an extent that it was almost unbcarablc.
| commenced using Switt's specific in May,
1855, and have used eight bottles. 1t has Civ
en- the greatest relief by removing the intlam-
nation and restoring my general health.
". BARNES.
Knoxville Iowa Sent 3 1885,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
Florida LemonSin Atlanta.

Atlanta Journal.
The lemon is one of the most valuable
of fruits, and its use cannot be dispensed
with. 1t is fortunate, with the increas
ed and increasing demand for lemons,
that we are not confined to the tropics
to obtain a supply. Florida, the Land
of Flowers" comes to the front now
with lemons grown on her soil, that n
Iav0~. size. anal thin skin are considered
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
Savannah. Florida & Western *,
waycross short Line.

All trains of this road are run by Central
(90th Meridian time, which is 50 minutes
slower than Jacksonville time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
Do You Want Them.

Revised Rules of Practice 81; Fee Bill, %
cents; New Constitution. 10 cents all in book
formal THE FLORIDIAN OFFI6a
Tallahassee, Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
THE FOLLY NURSERIES,
k'aIatICa. Heights, EIorIda.

The largest and finest nursery of orange
trees in Putnam county. These trees have
been grown on high pine land, and buds Splcc-
ted from the chOI-c-t fruit On the st. Johns
river, Stocks sour,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

! on and after Sunday, May 8. l->5, Pas
! ~ senger Trains viii leave and arrive as
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

Mr.. Blaine's Washington house is
leased at S11, 900 year.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

yIIz n
Ia and Atlantic Railroad daily tor Pensacola.
Mobile New Orleans, Texas and all TRANSMITS
sIssIppi points Passengers for Brunswick take
this train, arriving at Brunswick VIA b. 81 W.
Railway at Ito p. M
Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars Jacksonville
TO Pensacola. Mobile and New Orleans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

Is paid out, and the balloon allowed
to rise high enough TO make the ca
bic between it and the next balloon
an inclined plane, down which the
car coasts at great speed. At the
next balloon station the operation is
repeated, so that the line becomes a
succession of inclined planes.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

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 ~ cents
q month, Sl.50 for three months, $3.50 for six
months. or s. per annum.
THE WEEKLY NEWS is aa SPACE 4S-cOlumn
paper, published every saturday. containing
AL the news 81 the wtr -, local ana general IL
Z the iarre~t eTa hs1f-rfue-f Tv'r!.5y paper
pubtlsncu ~ FiugluH- ana VIII Da mItICi post
age free tor ;! year, or - cents Tor SIX
months. Specimen copies free TO any address
Loo. advertisements 70 cents per line Ter
first insertion ana 10 cents per line Tor each d.-
ditionai insertion. Special notices 10 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 remittttices should h mt.je by express.
IN Dney -ordcT TegistcTe <etter-
Address.
". ". RANDALL.
BUSINESS MANAGER,
pALATRA, FLORIDA
RgGlsTERED AT THE PALATKA Posi- OFFICE
AS SECOND-CLAsS MAIL MATTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
SPECIFIC !!

Send for Treatise on Health and Happiness
of Woman" mailed free.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co., Atlanta, Ga
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

Mr.. Andrew J. Morrison, of Buff
falo, n. Y, has invented a system
for rapid transit in the air. 1t con
looms, anchored to the ground, adj
Unstable as to height, with a wire
cable stretched from one to the
other. Along this cable cars are
made to travel by the always relia-
bic motor-grayitatjon The cour-
ageoaS passenger enters tj,c ear from
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

REG ISTERED AT THE PALATKA Posi- OFFICE
AS SECOND-CIAsS MAIL MATTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10

NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
~CAUTION.7
BradfeId's Female Regulator

* a purely vegetable compound. and is Onl
intended for the E'e male sex. j.,
rhnir naemliar diseases IL is an absOlmte
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-10
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Banks.
EIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PALATKA.
Il successors to VIM. j. Vinegar X Co. y
general banking business transacted. Front
Street.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14

Our usual rounds have been made
during the past week about town
and we have to report most graf
flying progress in all directions.
Out around the depot a much better
state of affairs prevail than hereto.
fore, as quiet reigns, and Constable
Rigmaiden has had a number Of
drains cleaned out in the neighbor'
hood. Ne feel satisfied that if the
owners of real estate in that locality
were TO have their lands properly laid
out, aud sell it on easy terms, it
would not be long before all the va
cant property there would be built
upon. Indeed this same idea might
be advantageously put into practice IN
several other parts Of our town.
1t Is all q mistaken idea that prop
,erty on streets that only happen by
force Of circumstances to be the basi-
ness streets Of q town are the only
properties that 60 70 make mp . town
OF city. It requires neat, handsome
little homes on quiet streets
as well, and without them much, if
not all, that goes towards constituting
atown amounts to nothing. All our
clerks and laborers need happy homes
and should be permitted to enjoy the
right to own them. How can this be
arrived At by all who own npwield-
IL, large sized tracts cutting them up
into smaller parcels and selling them
81 easy terms, thus permitting these
people chance ii this world for 2
home.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14
CRRfEdrem'E Hats.

We call special attention to the
advertisement of Mrs. J. Muller, Lake
Charles fasorite milliner, which ap.
pears at the head of the double column
advertisements on our second page.
announcing that SIC has Just received
lot Of school chiIdren's hats, for both
boys and girls, which she is selling
cheap in order to make room for her
mammoth stock of Spring and Sum-
mer Goods Mrs. Muller leaves to.
night for the Crescent City to purchase
her new stock, and will be absent a
week or ten days.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14

Our correspondents in the country
will please bear in mind that we So
licit their favors when they copfne
themselves to the happenings of their
neighborhoods, and such things as will
interest the general reader and advance
the interest of their localities, but we
do not wish long dissertations on sub
jects which are of no interest to any but
a few interested parties, or perhaps to
none but the writer. We want gen.
eral information, and that too in a
condensed form.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14

Mr.. Allen Andrus, of Hickory
Branch, dropped in a few days ago.
He confirms the report that all who
have improved homes are. busy put
ting in crops Of corn, potatoes, rice,
etc, and with a good crop year tue
pincy woods small farmers will make
plenty for home use, to say nothing of
larger planters in the Sugartowu dis
trict. This is u move in the right
direction. Our people should, and
seem to be determined to, make their
bread at home first, and then put in
logs for our saw mills, afterwards. He
further reports that those who have
been depending solely on the logging
business are having hard times, and
will continue TO do so until logging
revives. ..
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14


GdtcdsieH.
Kaiser q Rawitzky vs. Mrs. Charles Glasspool
DY virtue of a writ OF H. Fa., issued and
ID to me directed by the Hon. Court afore-
said, / have seized and taken into my posses
sion, according to law, and viii offer for sale,
at public auction, at the Court House door
Ia the town of Lake Charles, 70 the last and
highest bidder, for cash, with the benefit Of
appraisement, on
Saturday, April As. q. ID. 1855,
at II o'clock q. M, all the right, title and in
terest Of the defendant IN and 10 the follow
ing described property, to wit:
A certain Fleece OF NAamMs In the town
OF Lake Charles, commencing at a point 400
feet east from the corner of Puio and Ford
streets, thence running east GO feet, thence
running north between parallel lines one
acre, bounded north by land of Mrs. jose
phIne r. Spence, south BY lands Of Geo. II,
Wells, and east and west BY lands Of Jacob
RYAN, together With al the rights, ways,
buildings and privileges appertaining % tie
same,
The above described properly being the
same acquired BY the defendant, Glasspool,
from Jacob Ryan, by Act passed before
YIad. Magd, Clerk OF the District Court Of
the Parish Of Caleasieu and ax+ofllcio Notary
Pubic, en- the lsth day q Aag 1891
Constable Bird Ward, Calcaaieu parish.
mar7-iS5-td.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS,

LAND OFFICE AT New ORLEANS, La,
January 81, 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow.
IN ing named settler has filed notice Of
his intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the Judge or Clerk of District
Court, at Lake Charles, La, on April %,
1885, viz: Newton / Cooper, Of Calcasieu
parish La, who made Homestead Entry No.
536l, for the 81 of S. VIZ, Sec. Is. and NJ
of N VIZ, Sec. 10, TIP. 9, s. X. II West He
names the following witnesses to prove his
of, said land, viz: JAMES W. Cooper, John
Bevins, W. /. Smith, James Smith, all of
Calcasieu parish, La,
feb-7JS5.l &. B. DARRALL. Register
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14
Sunday School Reports for Last
Sunday, March 4, 1855.
Exposition.

Col. A. R. Mitchell, who has been
to New Orleans with his family, taking
in the Exposition, returned last Tues
day night, and gave us a pleasant cal
and his opinion Of the grand sights
seen while there. The Colonel ex,
presses the opinion that Calcasieu's
exhibit does us high honors. Indeed,
he says, old Calcasieu is not excelIed
by any other parish in the State, and
much credit is due our Commissioner
for the successful results of his labors.
We are glad to see the Colonel has
been very much improved in health
BY his recreation. -.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14

how little acting there is of hu-
mility compared with the preaching
of it.