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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
State of Florida, County Court fol
Putnam County,

In the matter of the estate OF Frederick D.
Lente, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed by the county court of
Putnam county, Florida, administrator of the
estate OF Frederick ID. Lente, deceased. All
persons having any demands against the es-
tate of said deceased are hereby notified to
present the same to the undersigned, within
the time prescribed by law or this notice will
be pleaded in bar
WILLIAM kEMBLE IiENTF.
Administrator of the Estate of Frederick D.
Lente. deceased, PalatI1a, Florida.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
Notice,

In the matter of the Estate of A. H. Johns,
Notice is hereby given that win apply to
the honorable county judge of Putnam county
Florida, in the town of Palatlxa on March Goth.
1885, for an order to sell the following describ-
ed lands lying and being in Putnam county,
Florida, which belong to said estate to:wit:
Lots Number one a and two (2) in section
fourteen (14) and lot number five % in section
eleven DID township number nine 80 south of
range number twenty-three (23) east contain
ing one hundred and thirty-two (132l acres
more or less.
Said sale being made for distribution among
the heirs and settlement of the estate.
February 24th, 1885. J. NJ. JOHNS,
Executor of the Estate of A. Fl. Johns, late of
Bradford county, Florida, deceased.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

Jacksonville Herald: 1--WE call atten-
ton to the birthday announcement of
THE PALATKA NEWS, published in an
other column. It's first years work
makes up a record of honesty, ability
aud usefulness, of which any paper
might be proud. We trust the succeed
ing years, which viii surely bring honor
toits brow, may also bring wealth and
power in their train.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

HORSES AND MULEs.-Look out for So head,
draft, light harness and fine saddlers. They
win arrive at Palatka about the 18TH: We viii
keep a supply on hand that Will be sold at
Jacksonville prices Call and sec us at our
new stable on Lemon street.
Rafferty, Bros.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

Lenten services at St. Marks church
every afternoon, except Saturday. at
o'clock On Wednesday afternoon there
will be 81 lecture. The services ON sun
day remain the same.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

Campbell's Mapof Palatka and Vicin-
ity for sale at f. c. Cochranes.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

Mr.. S. II. Mays, who resides two miles
south of Crystal river, killed panther
last Sunday which measured seven feet
six inches in length and two feet in
height
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
Reading notices.

Flower pots and hanging vases for gale; also,
fine roses and everereens. III. +. DINsES,
At West View Cemetery.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
THE DAILY NEW S.
coRREsPONDENCE

Solicited on al interesting topics throughout
the state. We viii be especially grateful tor
aIi local items of interest to the public. news
sent by wire should be abbreviated when Piile-
ticable and sent after 9 O'Clock, p M, agsl5 eas-
Ell 10 PALATKA DAILY News.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

George Kirk, of West Apopka, is en-
gaging in raising cucumbers extensively
this year. He Melted s475 on one acre
of cucumbers last year and that without
one pound of manure of any kind.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
Crescent City Items.
BY CHRIS.

The entertainment at Grove5dale school
house on FFFiiddsR night last1as a com
plete success, and the receipts amounted
to sevenUy-five dollars. Mr.. Joss;Hyn
very generously exhibited his amps ng
and mirth provoking automaton figures
free of charge for the beneftof the school.
The gallant young gentlemen voted a
cake basket to Miss Lille Harp, for being
the prettiest young lady present. Excel
lent music was furnished by the Mathis
Band, aud the young people spent several
hours in the merry dance.
Miss Matte Simmons, Of Abbyville s.
c., is visiting her friend, Miss Sadie Ma
this.
Mr.. Johnson's little son, Homer, acct
IDENTIFY fell into fire which had been
made near the school house at Grovesdale
on Friday night last, and was painfully
but not seriously injured.
Mr.. F. B. Shirley is supp ing our mar
Set with fine fish from Haw Creek.
Sunday School Convention in Put
nam Comfy
The following announcement speaks
for itself. We hope all interested in the
rising generation of all denominations
will take an interest in the'matter of relig
ious and literary culture of our young
people We shall.refer to this matter
in the future more extensively. We
herewith present the call for the conven-
ton with several names of character
and responsibility. Other names viii
be added in time;
We, the ministers and members of the
various Evangelical churches of Putnam
county, Florida, with a view to creating
a greater interest in Sabbeth school W ork
in the county, think It desirable to meet
for this purpose and to form a permanent
County Sabbath School Organization,
agree to meet for this object, in Palatka
the second of April Thursday at 10 m.
The place of convention will be des-
ignated in the future, and an entire pre-
gramme of exercises published.
Signed.
JOEL HAUGHTON, Interlachen.
A. II. ROBINSON, Lake Como
J. b. DUNN, Palatka.
w. f. STANTON, San Mateo.
j. 3. LEE, Palatka.
All the schools in the county are re-
quested to send two or more delegates
to the convention.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
ArtinciaI StOne.

Two car loads horses and mules will be
found at Rafferty, Bros. stable on Lemon st.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

For RENr.-Two fine cottages centF lily To-
Gated. By WEBB NICHOLS, rooms ana
RiehOp Block.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
The Florida Southern Railway Com

The Florida Southern Railway Conn
pany.
The annual meeting of the Florida
Southern Railway Company will he held
at the Office of the company, in Palatka,
Florida, on Tuesday March 10th 1885, at
10 o'clock, noon. for the election of Off
GERS, and the transaction of such other
business as may legally be brought be-
fore the meeting.
JOHN w. GAMBLER,
Boston, Feb. 10, 1885, President.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

Samples of artificial stone for window
caps and silIs at Drew FL. L. & Gardner.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
For Marshal,

offer myself as a candidate for City Mar
shall at the coming municipal election. subject
to the decision of my friends and the voters
generally. PHILIP J. MANUCY.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04

The Office .f THE DAILY NEWS is located
on W lter street, in the new building next to
REID general store.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
The News Omcc.

Can be purchased at i. G. COCHRANE'S
NEWS STAND, at the Masonic Building.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
The Daily News

PALATKAFLA.. MARCH, 4 1885.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Two Pairs of Pants.

From the St. Louis st-Dispatch.
Sibley and Ramsey were the guber
natorial candidates III Minnesota in 1858.
and party feeling ran high, that is,
votes became high, because they were
mighty scarce. The part t'sans of each can
didate were worked up to great pitch
IN their endeayors to have the honor of
electing the first governor of the new
state. When the returns began coming
in it appeared that Ramsey would walk
away with the state. There were few
of Sibloy's men who smiled in quiet
way as hey sat back and waited for pre-
cincts Z the northern part of the state
to be heard from. Away up near the
Brit tIsh line, and just across from Penn
bir i, Man, one Wilson had been sent
III the interest of Sibley. According to
IN organic provision, Indians were al
lowed to vCte if clothed as legally quail
fed citizens. In that locality there are
several thousand redskins, who had
been overlooked by all the politicians
except Wilson, who was a genuine speci-
men of a genius, of frontier statesmen
thet have passed away with the advent
of the baser practices of a more refined
civilization, He would talk French to
the half-breeds from the Hudson Bay
region, Sioux or Chippewa to the abor-
igines, who then were spread all over
the Northwest When he reached the
place where the Indians were the thick
est election day was only ten hours away,
and what he proposed doing had to be
done quickly. During the night he
skirmished around trying to procure
two pairs of pants, but the settlement
couldn't produce a single spare pair. Viii
son was nearly despairing of working
his game successfully, when two old
whisky-logged frontiersmen volunteered
to keep to their shanties during the day
for couple of bottles of the best. Will
son was well supplied with this, and the
next day the two old topers were missed
at the polls but their breeches were in
the hands of Wilson, who appeared on
the scene as soon as the sun rose. With
one assistant he marshaled the Indians
in line, and in iargon of Indian and
English, explained what they should do.
The first savage was robed in the pants
of the old chap who was then playing
old sledge with his "pard" robed only
in blankets. While this first vote was
being cast the other pair of pantaloons
was being hung upon the limbs of the
next noble red man, and while this fell
low was dropping in his ballot the
breeches were taken of the first Indian
and put on No. 3. So the entire line
was gone through with, and when the
hour for closing arrived, those trowsers
had covered hundreds of strange legs
When that district reported Sibley's
election was assured, and when Wilson
arrived from his successful northern
tour he not only got a grand reception,
but even the sobriquet of "Pembina"
that clung to him for years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
A Ouppr New England Case.

The case of Nils Nilsson VS.. Eley NJ
Chase, DIR. Welcome O. Brown, and
Huldah Bede, which bas caused much.
comment here from time to time when
ever brought to public attention, has
finally been settled, says a Providence,
Il. J., telegram to The Boston Journal.
The plaintiff, Nils Nilsson is Swede:
was employed on the farm of Mrs. Eley
NJ. Chase in the Tenth Ward, and an
intimacy sprang up between him and
Mrs. Chase's daughter, Eley Ann Chase.
On the 20tb of October, 1880, they
were married and determined to keep
their union a secret for some time.
Eley, however, acquainted her mother
with the fact of her marriage, and three
days later the young woman left the
house, and her husband searched in
vain Tor her tor several weeks. He found
her at last at the residence of friends of
the Chase family, and secured a writ of
habeas corpus, on which his wife was
br ught before the supreme court.
She announced her intention of never
living with her husband, and the court
took no action in the matter. Eley re-
turned to her home, and on the 2Sth of
January, 1881, she died, having taken
arsenic. Nilsson went to the house to
attend the funeral of his wife. but was
driven away. Alter that he contested
the probating of his wife's will, which
bequeathed all her property to her
mother, but the supreme court sus-
tanned the validity of the instrument.
He then brought the action which had
just been settled against the defend
ants above mentioned, on the ground
that that they had estranged his wife's
affections, secreted her from him and
deprived him of her society and aid,
laying the damage at $4,000. The
trial of the case at the last March term
of the supreme court occupied two
days, the defense claiming that they
had not deprived Nilsson of his wife's
company and that she left him because
she was afraid of him, and that she
married him only through fear. The
trial resulted in a disagreement and
the case went over to the present Octo-
ber term, when it was settled, it is I'M
derstood the defendants paying Nilsson
about 81 900 and all costs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
A Notable Character,

From the Philadelphia Times.
Gen. William Preston, of Ken
lucky, is a character. He was our min
lister to Spain when the war began and
afterward chief of staff to Albert Sid
ney Johnston. He was with that dis
tinguished confederate officer when he
was wounded at Shiloh, and held the
chieftain when he breathed his last
The old general naturally has fund OF
reminiscence and experience, and de-
MES Gen. Beauregard's claim that he,
instead of Johnston, planned the battle
Of Shiloh. Preston says that he took
the plan of battle direct from his chiefs
hands and telegraphed it to Mr.. Davis
before Gen. Beauregard arrived" This
whole dispute about Shiloh, which is a
very interesting and important one, is to
receive very heroic treatment within a
short time. Gen. Grant, Gen. Beaure-
gard and William Preston Johnston are
each to prepare elaborate papers upon
the incidents and accidents of that
great battle. Gen. Preston, speaking OF
that engagement, said: There were
three battles of the late war, all of them
greater than the battle of Waterloo
Shiloh, Stone River and Chickamauga.
Each of them were most stubbornly
contested, and the losses on each side
considerably greater than at Waterloo
Shiloh | regard in many respects the
greatest battle of the world. 1t was
practically the crowning glory Of Amer
lean valor. Here were two great ar
mles of raw troops who met in the shock
of battle and never fiinched. It was
the most stubbornly contested battle
of modern times. Once, when Sir Gar
net Wolseley, the present commander
of the English army, asked me at a din
ner party at Montreal if the South could
not have held out longer, I replied
AS mere matter of physical endurance
yes; but do you know, sir, that in the
four years of war through which we
passed, the South alone with its few
millions of people, lost more men in bat
tie than England did in all its wars
from William the Conqueror to Queen
Victoria?' / spoke with some feeling
and it ended in discussion as to the
reason why the South did not continue
TO fight"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
ANOTHER OIL BLAZE.

sixty Thousand Harrels Of Burning
on i'm the streets OF "a New Nork VIII
iage'
At West Junction, town five miles
form Elmira, n. Y, a terrible oil fire
occurred on the Doth. 1t started little
before o'clock. in the morning, when
the citizens were startled by a terrific
explosion, which caused houses to rock
and destroyed the glass III nearly all the
windows along the principal streets.
There were two large oil tanks near to-
gether, each containing about 10000
barrels. The explosion of the first tank
sent burning oil flying in every direc-
ton, and before they could be pre-
vented the flames had communicated
with the streets, and the citizens were
compelled to leave their dwellings and
fight the t1am.s. Several persons were
near the tank when it exploded, but it
is not known that any one was danger
ously hurt, although several are said to
have been burned, while others were
struck by falling missiles. A number
of dwelling houses in the vicinity were
badly damaged, and over half the town
viii have to provide new chimneys. The
shock was felt at Elmira, in many cases
knocking dishes from shelves and break
ing mirrors. 1t was a long time before
the flames were under control, and the
total damage is, as yet, difficult to es-
innate. 1t Will not fall below 100000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Picture Framing.



A good deal of attention has been
given to the artistic framing of pictures
recently, and very novel effects may be
produced which make a handsome sub
ject of the simplest engraving or colored
photograph. For a large picture, "
cheap and unique frame may be man
ufactured of an ordinary pine frame,
over which is tackled, crossing at the
corners, three rows of small rope-the
usual clothes-line grass rope being the
proper kind Tack or secure the
ends on the back of the frame, so
that when the picture is fastened with
IN, heavy brown paper or muslin may
be pasted over as a finish. After the
ropes are on, stain the whole in imitation
ash or oak; then with gliding, bronze,
or the blue, rose and copper tints that
may be bought, touch the rope lightly
over either at intervals or entirely. A
mat or coffee -sacking gilded, or some of
the rich Japanese papers that may be
bought reasonably, would harmonize
well with such g frame. Old frames
covered with velveteen of any rich
shade, with mat of Madras drawn full
over pasteboard, come out quite hand
somely. Another effect may be made by
fastening small leather straps, tinted or
gilded, across the corner. Bunches of
fruit on dark walnut, ash, or oak frames
that is, a single bunch at the upper
right hand corner, with bow of ribbon
have taken the place of flowers.
An old frame may be made new by
covering it with putting of tinsel gauze
the ordinary tarletan would do-and
pretty mat within. Instead of the
plush and leather standing frames for
photographs, very artistic ones can be
made of two pieces of water-color paper
pasted together and one side cut with
openings for the card. They are to be
made like the panels of screen, and
shaped with somo kind Of points at the
bottom so as to stand when joined
This joining of, say, couple or three
panels is done with filoselle fastened
through eyelets pierced at the top and
bottom. A bright gold or dark red
ribbon, tied in a doubled looped bow is
pretty. When the frame is made { may be
tinted a delicate shade with water-color,
and ornamented with stray blossoms, or
bits of creepers, or a little sentiment
worked out IN quaint lettering. 1t would
be better to cut the exact pattern of
each panel in brown paper, so as to
leave the opeuing for the cards prop erly,
before attempting to make 1t up in
water-coIor paper. 1t works out very
nicely, and is dainty conceit for
gift.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
WISCONSIN NEWS.

A. r. FAUNT LIE ROY, of the Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railroad engineer corps,
fell dead in his room at Milwaukee ON
the 10Th. He was recovering from a
congestive chill, and was thought to be
out of danger.
COUNTERFEIT fve-dollar gold pieces
are in circulation at Menomonie, Dunn
County. They are of the mint of 1881,
are a little too thick and have not
the genuine ring, but look well.
THE Eau CLAIRE Y. NJ. G. A. are to
have a course of lectures.
THE Rev Morgan J. Dempsey, ma
tive of Wisconsin, ordained at Detroit,
is named as the new secretary of the
Episcopal diocese of Michigan.
A CHILD of Patrick Lyons, living on
Fifth Street, Milwaukee, died on the
night of the oath, after suffering two
days from burns caused by kerosene
lamp explosion.
A STOVE in the Union depot at Fan
Claire exploded a few days ago, and so
injured an employe named Peter Null
ligan that it is thought he will lose his
sight.
frederick Filming, an inmate of
the Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, com
mitted suicide on the 23d, by cutting
his throat. No cause is assigned.
THE Eau Claire Leader was seized by
the sheriff on the 23d on attachments
issued by Mayor Davis and John S
Smith.
THE Valley Paper and Pulp mills, az
Appleton, were sold on the 23d, to a.
". Patton, of Neenah, the considera,
ton being $4,000. Mr.. Patton will
convert the mills into an exclusive pulp
mill Immediately, for the purpose of
supplying his paper mill with material.
THE Eagle Lye Works, Milwaukee,
Wis, were entirely destroyed by fire on
the morning of the 22d, involving a
loss of $40, 900.
A SMALL frame building on Main
Street, La Crosse, owned by Bliss, Sill
& Mcmillan, and occupied by George
A. Dalton, fruits, CONNECTIONS and
Christmas goods, burned at three
O'Clock on the morning of the 22d.
Loss, 1900; insured III the Htna for
$1,000.
AT Wausau, on the afternoon Of the
22d, Francis Delaliez, a Frencbman,
went to the house of his brother Isaac
who was sick III bed, and killed him by
chopping him in several places with an
axe. Only women were in the house
and they ran for aid, When officers
arrived the madroan had done his work.
He gives no cause for the deed, but ad-
mits that he did it. He was at once
lodged in Jail.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
ANOTHER HOTEL HORROR
The Blake Hotel and Opera House,
Racine, a Prey to Flames.
Narrow Escape Of the Hotel Guests
EhTee Lives Lost.

Shortly after midnight on the night
OF the 9th, flames were discovered is
suing from the Blake Opera House,
Raeine, and before the fire department,
which was promptly called, could get to
work, the entire building was a mass of
fire. The Blake Hotel, which occupied
part of the block, Immediately became
a scene of confusion. The hotel con-
tanned about sixty persons, every one of
whom escaped in their night clothing
except Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Glover,
members of the Thompson "Beggar
Student" Opera Company, and Mrs.
Patrick, the chamber maid. These
three persons, 1t is known, made des-
perate effort to escape. and were seen in
the hallway on the fourth story of the
hotel by fremen and others who entered
the building to assist IN rescuing the
guests. Assistance was telegraphed for
from Chicago and Milwaukee, but al
most before answers were received it
was evident that the entire structure
was doomed, and the efforts of the de-
partment were directed to preventing
the spread of the flames. The hotel and
Opera House are total loss the only
thing saved being the hotelregister. The
"Beggar Student" company lost all
their baggage, valued at $4,000. The
other guests of the hotel also lost ev-
erything. The building cost 100000,
upon which there was an insurance of
$4,000. This does not include the
furniture. Manager John Vaughn, as
well as all others connected with the
building, are unable to account for the
cause of the fire. Vaughn had a mar
row escape. There are no fire. escapes
on the building, and it had been
dubbed a grand old fire trap ever since
it was completed in 1882. The block
contained one cafe, the Telephone ex-
change, Wood Bros hardware store,
and W. T. Villas drug store. Nothing
was saved from these stores. The loss
on Villas stock, S25,000; insurance,
$4,000. Flanagan & Cary, proprie-
tors of the hotel, lose IS, 600; insurance,
81 800. Wood Bros loss is unknown.
All the guests an n1ployes of the hotel
have been seen ounted for. except
MIR. and Mrs. aud Mrs. Patrick,
and they hav -, ven upas lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Tho Cuttpr of the Period.

lFrorn the New York Mail and Express.
The cutting machine is run on table
twenty feet long and four feet wide.
The cutter does not move the cloth, but
takes the handle of the cutting machine
and follows the chalk pattern mapped
out on the cloth. The slightest twist
of the wrist moves the instrument with
its guillotine-ike knife over many thick
nesses of cloth clean through, leaving
smooth edges. The action of the knife
is up and down. ike the sewing machine
needle, but it is so rapid, no matter how
fast the hand moves over the surface,
it goes through buzzing like a whipsaw.
The little knife makes 1000 revolutions
in q minute. 1t takes eight or ten men
chalking out the patterns on the cloth
for each instrument, so rapidly 90 they
work. Twenty pairs of tick trousers