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Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-18
Patents in Mexico.

Patents in Mexico cost from S1O to tSOO. according to the ideas of the ofsco 'nere as 70 the importance of the inven@ 'on coyeFe The usual rate is S25
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-18

IT'S wise dollar that knows ITS own daddy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-18
rueire Ton. of Plates.
r.Halston'' in New York Times.l ]


 sat in the office of leading electro typing and stereotyping firm the other day and enjoyed a conversation with one of the proprietOrs that proved exceedingly entertaining His business was the text In the midst of our chat a messenger brought him letter from a well known publisher It Was brief. saying simply that twelve tons of old plates" were ready tO be melted l asked some ques tionS This is what he told me: ~Since the beginning of this year l have melted over fifty tons of plates for this firm electrotype plates of books which this firm has been publishing Some curious things come out in an examination of the plates that are thus destroyed l have had curiosity enough to look over the larger part of the mass that has gone into the pot
 The publishing house is an old one. and its publications cover a wide scope from text books to novels. In the list of plates tO be melted the biggest share by long odds is composed of novels. and. though the house has been printing novels for years. l find that the books condemned the plates for which no further use can De found, are almost wholly those of most recent date. You may think this explic- able on the theory that plates of previous date are already out of the way; q little investigation shows me that this Is not so 10 such an extent as might be imagined A plate of a page of the ordinary novel will weigh from Q pound tO pound and a half; the entire make up of a whole volume will average 100 pounds. and the fifty tons that have been melted represent over 200 books for which thp Dublisbpr finds m further rSa- tHss additional twelve tons send fifty or sixty more tO oblivion. Rather sad, isn't il. for the hopes and dreams of your aspiring scTibbl s?
 ~Out of the two hundred and odd vol tunes already thrown overheard by this house this year fully fOur-fifths bear i'm prints of dates since 1876. Now, while destroying these more recent books, this publishing house has stored away over 300 tons of other plates of work precisely similar 10 this that is put out of the way.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-18

R. T. Mellus will leave today for a visit to his family in California.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-18
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
OF IMPORTANCE TO BACHE-
LORS

The newspaper editors and many
noted writer's are of late giving a
great deal of attention to the notice
able decline of marriages. The Phil
adelpnsa Times, for instance, allud-
ing to the statement that marriages
in New England have declined of
late years, attributes it to the fact
that the young men of New England,
who have any vim or energy about
them, have generally realized that
that portion of the union is good
country to emigrate from, and have
acted accordingly. This has left
the girls the only alternative of eth
err becoming old maids or marrying
the few men left who did not have
pluck to strike out for themselves,
and most of them, with true femi-
nine instinct, have wisely chosen
the former. Besides this, too, the
steady stream of male emigration
from New England has left the wom-
en- decidedly in the majority, and so
even if all the bachelors left were
mated off there would still be large
surplus of females, and even then,
as the Tunes expresses it, there
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
STATE PRESS.

J. NJ. Lee. manager of the Everett
house in Jacksonville, and Sanford house
in Sanford, has leased the Hotel Rock
Ledge for three years, which is to be
opened Dec. 1.
NJ. Simoniu informed the Geograph-
ical Society of Paris the other evening
that the Cherokees and Greeks of the
American Indians possessed the art of
writing. The former, he said, write
with seventy phonetic characters,
invented by one of their tribe in $780,
The Creeks have nineteen characters
The notorious Sitting Bull had written
Ills % .,rat.i. :, pictorial writing, each
figure roughly traced i'll ink. His ''Ce-
sar's Commentaries were written on the
back of hook which belonged to the
commissarial of the Third United States
Infantry, and contained a recital of his
adventures between 1864 and 1870.
The Hon. Edgar NJ. johnson, of Gin
cinnati, the law partner of Gov. Hoadly
says: Gov. HOadly will not be a can
didate. l have his word for it and
know he means it. The last thing he
said to me before leaving was that under
no circumstances would he accept the
mously. 1 believe he would even refuse
in convention if an attempt was made
to force it upon him. | am certain also
that President Cleveland has not asked
Gov. Hoadly to be the administration
candidate in Ohio. There is a very warm
friendship between the President and
the governor, but know Mr.. Hoadly to
be candidate for no office, appointive or
elective. He will return to his law bust
ness after his term expires on Jan. 1.
He does so much because 1 wish it. My
health is failing and L must have a years
rest"
A Washington pedestrian reports a
curious incident of the effect of the warm
weather upon the asphalt pavement. 1t
was 2:20 o'clock when sparrow flew
down to catch a grasshopper The grass
hopper didn't move, for the good reason
that its feet were stuck fast, and before
the sparrow was through eating the NOR
sci it was in like condition. Its mate
flew over its head and about chirping
piteously, and flew down to rescue its
better-half. 1t, too, upon resting its feet
in the tar was stuck fast. If sparrows
were like men all the feathered tribe in
that tree would have flown away with
out hearing of the piteous cries of their
kindred. But they didn't, but one by
one they flew down to the rescue, and
one by one their tiny feet stuck in the
tar, until by $40 o'clock the reporter
counted seventeen sparrows stuck fast in
the concrete.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
Savannah, Florida & Western HI
WaycrOss Short Line.

All trains of this road run by Central
GOTH Meridian time, which il - minutes
slower than Jacksonville time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11

COIIiItCtIIIR at tIlittitOtCite VIII ftIl9lII.I-
10 and Atlantic Railroad daily for Pensacola,
Mobile, New Orleans, Texas and all trans Mis-
sissippi points. Passengers for brunswick take
TINS train. arriving at Brunswick via b. X w.
Railway at LILO p. IN.
Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars Jacksonville
to Pensacola. Mobile and New Orleans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
PALATKA, FLA, AUG. II, 1885.
AN ENGLISH VIEW.

MIR. trankland, the edltOf or tue
Burnley (Eng.) Express and Adver-
tiser, who was in Florida last May,
and gave Palatka short visit, has
this to say in regard to what he saw
here:
ssThe columns of the Express and
Advertiser have now for some time
back given space for short articles
which have, from time to time, been
culled from the pages of American
contemporaries in Florida, the Land
of Flowers, though there are no
doubt skeptics in our midst who
have accepted the favorable ac-
counts given of the wonderful re-
sources of Florida cum grano sails
with grain of salt. We can, how
G. err, now speak with some degree
Of authority, as the proprietor of
the Express and Advertiser, having
recently paid visit to that region,
has every satisfaction in stating that
what has appeared in our columns
from time to time respecting its eli
matte conditions, its healthgiving
resources, its natural beauties and
its productive soil are as rule, true
to the letter. Mr.. FARMLAND paid
n visit to the orange growing locali-
ties, such as Jacksonville, Palatka
and other places, was indeed surpris
ed to see the number of English set
tiers who, with patience and indust-
ry will soon be on the high road to
fortune. He found the people who
inhabit this favored State intelligent
and progressive, and who welcome
the emigrant with open arms and
with kind-heartedness which must
be indeed gratifying to the stranger
who seeks home amongst them. As
to the heat, Mr.. FARMLAND says it is
undoubtedly hot at times, but it is
tempered with such elightfully cool
breezes as to have no very uncom-
forable effects, and better to bear
than the heat Of the north.
In conclusion, we can but repeat
nat we have Oft-times stated, that
orida has great future before it.
IS advancement within the last few
aars has been marvellous, and not
thstaI,iing the predictions to the
F., .rar- the number of emigrant
AMI the tnlo'.ut a ,tp.tai wi..oh =.
ually find their way into her borders
are constantly increasing. Railways
are being gradually pushed further
south, and the orange groves are
gradually taking the place of the
pine forest. Over 900 families are
said to have settled in Florida dur
ing last winter, the greater portion
of whom are possessed of sufficient
means to acquire and improve prop
erty and to live in comfort and pros
perity."
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11

would not be left seven the fraction
of husband"
But while the decline in marriages
i'm the northeast is thus easily and
satisfactorily accounted for, it Is
strange that similar state of affairs
is to be found in the west. OHIO, for
instance, which is a young, vigorous
and progressive state, from which 1T
is not considered at all beneficial to
emigrate, shows a strange falling off
in matrimonial statistics. During the
year preceding the war there were
upwards of $4,000 marriages in the
state out of n population of ., $40, 200.
The war ran the number down to an
average Of 1880. When the boys
came home the girls found husbands
at a rapid rate, the number of mar
riages running up to 30,47O the first
year. From that time up to 1878
the average was about $4,000 year
ly. The panic of the latter year
caused a drop to $4,000. The revi-
val of business in 1882 brought the
number again to $4,000, but it has
since dropped back to 28,7oo. Ac-
cording to these figures it is estlma-
ted that while the marriages in Ohio
should average annually at the pres
ent time $4,000, they really only
average $4,000. Our Philadelphia
contemporary is inclined to accept
these statistics as denoting a very
marked decline in the family life of
this country. Ohio occupies a Pc
culiarly fortunate geographical posi-
ton, is one of the most prosperous
states in the union, and it cannot
be said that there is any local or
special cause for the falling off
shown by these figures. If marriage
is decreasing in Ohio it may be
taken for granted that it is decreas-
ing in a much greater ratio in some
other states.
The causes for this are believed to
be the constant gravitation of the
population towards the cities and
towns, and chiefly to the artificial
ideas inocu.ated by city life. The
young people want to begin life on
as grand a scale as their fathers and
mothers leave off, and, failing in the
ability to do this, remain single.
The large cities also foster a con-
stantly increasing class of people too
poor to marry if they wanted to.
Our contemporary well says: This
tendency is to be deplored, but it is
hard to see how it is to be checked,
until the principles of economy and
modest living are again made n part
of the education of American youth.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
Cancer of the Tongue !
Casa Resembling Gen. Grants.

Some ten years 40 had Il ecrpfrIau- sore
on NV rirfe! har:d which rave me rnft from
bic ami Enda. the aIl-rfUlr treatment was
healed IIp ana / asTuf-a..l was a-ril Fgr!uJ
however. il had only TtrE driven inf, tho
system bs- fit. use Of uf,faefl ami r,.fo,fr,-
and in Nirch 1--y r. h5-,. orr i'm my ri,f-,.rt
and cpuceuf,.-..5 ian xIf-+ -r,l. az n ,, m
,lcuo;niuaf"4 cf,ncrr vas r.ll,,l un.Ilr
treatment for this disease, som. TX .li. seven
of the best fhysigi..u- in tho country had U,.
NJ different tfilt under tE.fi. ,.I....r. fr4.t,r
them tElraa snac=iIi-- in This limo fIIt n,i,,
after au0t her would exhaust thrfr sill! and
drop me, for | grew worse vaut.nua.lg The
cancer had eaten through my cHcc<. destroy
inr the roof OF my mouth ana uyprr lin then
atfrt,I5 81 MY tongue Illl-,.tu1 I.,y,g i,r, .
strnXinr ~ T,i.tr All t,rr 10, ,.rt i.,,i, .,-l
half my ron rll. C41iIte- one 10 rho I'M ~ m,
ICTt check bone and IiI to tIa Iaft ryr Frnf,
n hearty rnE,lst t.-1rsitft oI tt r,1:tiy. 49,
reduced IL = NOR. rrtfttn ,t .l.uin XXI !, ,'.s
aIrr,n-+ Tr,,,i't,s +. p ..- ,,.-..F ~, J,.I ..i
not C,.r s"Ij,I r,.t IN. d. 'f'
ana mn +r,l'.fit. - ~, t..t ONO ,.' ,,,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
pALATKA BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Banks

Banks.
IsIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PALATKA,
Il successors to VIM. j. Vinegar Il Co. A
Street.
nEvEREUX, ROGERO & SON. CORNER
ALemon and Water Streets, carry at all
times full stock of Dry Goods, Clothing,
Hats, Shoes, etc. Also deal extensively in
Groceries of every description.
T JACOBSON, LEMON STREET, DEALS
L exclusively in staple and fancy Dry Goods,
Books and stationery.
L c. COCHRANE, AT MASONIC BUILD
Il ling on Lemon Street, wholesale and re-
tail dealer in Books, Stationery. Florida Curl
ositieS, Maps, etc.
Groceries and Com
NERTREEs CO, WATER STREET. COM
' mission merchants, and Wholesale dealers
in Hay. Grain, Fertilizers, etc.
A NJ. HAUGHTON & BRO, GRIFFIN'S
"a. Block, Water street, wholesale and re-
tail dealers in groceries.
THREW. III. L.. & GARDNER, NEAR FLORI-
Ida Southern depot, wholesale and retail
dealers in Hay, Grain, Fertilizers etc.
Hard ware Etc.
L t. LANE, WATER STREET, DEALER
uishing goods, building material; plumbing,
Architects.
II J. CAMPBELL, GRIFFIN'S BLOCK,
IL .architect and civil engineer.
Musical Instruments and
Sewing Machines.
n F. SULZNER, LEMON STREET. DEAL
O.er in Musical Instruments and Sewing
Machines.
Drugs and Medicines.
DUTNAM PHARMACY, CORNER REID s.
Front Streets, Drugs, Medicines, Toilet Ar
ticles, etc.
A CKERMAN JACKSON, CORNER LEM
Aon and Front Streets. Fun line Drugs and
Medicines.
THE MORAGNE PHARMACY. CORNER
l. Lemon and Front Streets Established 1856
Prescriptions carefully compounded day or
Beef, Fish, Etc.
A W. MANN, LEMON STREET, OLDEST
.beef market in the city. Orders filled
promptly.
w B. CROSS. WATER STREET. BEEF.
w Mutton, Fish, etc.
Furniture, Etc.
u L. LILIENTHAL, CORNER WATER Il
D.Reid Streets. Wholesale and retail dealer
In furniture, house furnishing goods, etc.
Bakers.
D J.GROOMS, LEMON STREET, NEXT TO
DsOpera House. Fancy and Family Grocer
les, ana Bakery.
Undertalxcrs.
d s. MOONEY, LAUREL STREET. UN-
III .dertaker and embalmer.
Miscellaneous.
THE PAIATKA INSURANCE AGENCY
L over three hundred millions capital, repre-
sented and correspondent with |. Harkns Hill
lard, Manager.
yOHN RAMSAUR, FRONT STREET, ONLY
q stables in the city: prices moderate.
ID CUNNEELY, WATER STREET, FINE
L Wines, Liquors, etc. Billiard and Bowling
ParlOrs.
HARRY HEATH, LEMON STREET,
matchmaker and engraver
r H. MERRYDAY, CORNER OAK AND
- Fourth Streets. House and Sign Painter.
TT. CONOVER, ARTISAN WELLS. Pc.
= Box, 207
UTEBB s. NICHOLS, real estate agents.
w Harris building, Water Street.
CALHOUN, GILLIS & CALHOUN, LEMON
OStreet, Insurance agents; represent only
first-class companies.
T MEYER, WATER STREET, DEALER IN
LPaints, Oil. Ladders, etc.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11

ON and after Sunday, May 3. 1885, Pas
~ senger Trains will leave and arrive as
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS.

Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars Via WaycrOss,
and Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars via .Jcsup,
Jacksonville TO Cincinnati. Connections ut
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 ThomaSvillc.
Pullman Buffet and Sleeping Cars Jackson
vile 10 Washington, ID. &. Connections at
montgomery with Louisville ana Nashville
Railroad for New Orleans and Texas
points and the West and the Northwest. At
Savannah with Central Railroad of Georgia
for ali points West and Northwest. Charleston
and Savannah hallway for all points North,
with steamships for New York, Philade phia,
Boston and Baltimore. At Charleston with
steamships for New York, Philadelphia and
Baltim ore,
Through tickets sold 70 all points by Rail
and Steamship connections, and Baggage
-;hccked through. Also Sleeping Car berths
and sections secured at COmpaHy's Office in
AstOr's Building, ~ Bay street, and at Depot
Ticket Office, and on board Peoples Line
Steamers H. b. Plant, Chattuhoochce ana
Jennie Lane
JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
General Passenger agent
A. NJ. IVES, Agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11
H. j. CAMPBELL,
ARCHITECT & CIVIL ENGINEER
Plans, Specifications,
Superintendent and Estimates
For all Kinds of BUILDINGS.

Surveys, plans and estimates made for all
kinds OF civil engineering, canals, docks, ter
minal facilities for railroads. water works,
sewerage, irrigation, drainage, river and har-
Dor improvement ts, and landscape gardening
Land surveying, examination, laying ont and
mapping of town sites. Bdrom"tric levels and
flying reconnaissance taken. Properties and
proposed work examined and reported on for
nOn-rcSiticntS. Office in Grillu'S Brick Block,
PalItka. Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11

NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-11

J. NJ. Lee. manager of the Everett
house in Jacksonville, and Sanford house
in Sanford, has leased the Hotel Rock
Ledge for three years, which is to be
ODenpd Dec |
The Washington critic., 1885-11-03
COTRT RECORD.

CRIMINAL CouRT - Justice Mcrrick. -
Maicr King, grand larceny; recognilance
taken In the sum Of 500.
CRouIT COURT No 2-Iustice Merrck.- .-
United states, use OF Stencil, vs. Marvman
ct al; a non pros. entered; llassctt VS.. B. &
o. II, II. Co.; non pros. entered:
CmcuGT CouRr No. 1-Justicc Cox
Spaids vs.. Cooley; argument In progress.
CoURT rs GESERAL TERM-Chicf Justice
Cartier and Justice James. --Wcscott VS..
Riley; judgment below affirmed. Wilcox
vs. Mcdaniel; Judgment below affirmed.
Marks VS. Main; on hearing.
EQUITY CoURT-Justice lIagner.--Talia-
ferro VS.. Douglass ct al; rule granted on
defendants rCturnablC November 10, Fred
erck vs.. Washington Beneficial Endow-
ment Association; case set for argument
on demurrer at present term. United states
vs.. Howgate: auditors report on Trustee
Coyle's accounts ratified and trustee author
ized to accept payment of note before
maturity.
PoilCE CouRr - Judge Smell. -- John
Fisher, William Miller and Frank Wood,
disordetly conduct, - or 10 days each.
John Lawson, suspicious person; 30 days.
Sandy Bacon, assault; collateral forfeited.
Il. Lief aiIray; do. Sampson j. Asher, as.
sault; DO. Taylor Ready violating dog
law; continued. Charles Stewart, assault;
dismissed. Henry Friedlouder do; do.
John Baruell, threats; do. Milo Sweeney,
assault: personal bonds. Charles A. Ede-
lin, assault with intent to kill; continued
indefinitely. John Fisher, assault; s. or
10 days John b. Mulloy, assault; g
months in Jail. Charles H. Dean and
Charles Burch, larceny; months each.
The Washington critic., 1885-11-03
SOuyn n.iSnLYGrOY.

The residence Of MIR. Lawrence Ahcrn,
liI u street southwest, was the scene Of
large and merry gathering Of friends last
evening, the occasion hcing in honor Of the
aruivcrsaty Of the birth OF his daughter,
Miss lutitia. Tho guests were received
with urbanity 10y the hostess that assured
all that tic occasion was TO he an enjoyable
one. A programme overlooking with social
games, singing aud rccitations, was adj
mirably carried out. The hostess was as
sisted by her friend, Miss Susie Osborn Of
Baltimore. A sumptous rcpast was par
taken Of and the guests departed at a
reasonable hour, after wishing many
pleasant returns for the coming year.
The ladies Of the Grace Episcopal Church
have arranged for fair and garden party
To be given at the residence OF Mrs Thomas,
at the corner Of Tenth and & streets south
west, November 10 and 90, for the benefit Of
the church. An admission fee Of ten cents
will Ec charged.
The sidewalk on + street, between Second
and Four-and-a-half streets southwest,
where the sewerage was recently laid, has
sunken In In several places, making II very
dangerous for pedestrians after dark The
damage should be repaired at once.
The Washington critic., 1885-11-03

There is a dcplorablc lack Of harmony in
the Sweeney family, as was shown by the
proceedings in the Police Court to-day.
Milo Sweeney keeps bar-room at Four
teenth and streets southeast He was
charged with assaulting his wife, and pleaded
guilty, and at the request Of his wife the
Court took defendants personal bonds to
keep the peace,
Sweeney was then charged with making q
deadly assault on his grown step-son, Charles
Sweeney, last Saturday. The latter showed
a ghastly wound on the side of his face. lie
said his stcp-father was beating his (the
witnessO mother, and he went to her as
sistance. He was some distance from home,
and as he drew near the house the accused
drew an iron weight from his pocket and
struck witness in the face with it, knocking
him down. He then tried to kick witness,
and afterwards got butchers knife. \
fine Of $50 or GO days was imposed.
The son was then charged by the father
with throwing a stone at him during the
melee. This case was dismissed.
The Washington critic., 1885-11-03


Opening of the National Rifles Fair
Last Night.
The National Rifles Fair opened last
night at the armory OF the corps, ON g
street The attendance was large and the
scene brilliant. The platform was mass
Of flowers and plants very prottly arranged.
American flags, the folds Of which hung ar
tistcnlly covered the walls. Fourteen
gaily decorated booths were around the
hall Behind them were the bright and
happy faces Of prcttly dressed ladies Of
whose coniuring powers TO draw the last
nickel from u mans pocket there could be
no doubt As the crowd moved about the
different cOlorCd globes Of the chandeliers
threw over those passing beneath streams
Of light OF various culOrs. The effect add
cd greatly to the constantly changing scene.
The upper gallery In its decorations
showed great care, labor and taste. The
many different colurs used In IT'S decoration
were SO distributed os to make the whole n
very picture.
The fair was opened by General $. s.
Burdett, who said that the Rifles had a debt
Of 10000 to be paid, and to aid in It's liqui-
datiun was the object OF the fair. Captain
oyster Of the Rifles thanked the citizens of
Washington for the generosity with which
they had always treated the organization as
shown by their patronage and contributions
Of articles TO the fair.
The voting for the various articles com
mcucCd, but, as is always the case, made
lut little progress the first night. The
booths were, however, well patronizcd. The
young ladies who, in Japanese costumes,
told fortunes and sold cups Of tea at the
"Mikadon booth, took in very gratifying
number OF dimes and quarters. The fair,
which will continue two weeks, will, iudg
Ing by the opening night, be very success
ftt1