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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
STATE pRESS.

Cotton is blooming at Bronson and
vegetables are being shipped.
Cucumber shipments from Barlow to
New York are proving profitable.
4 Spanish silver coin was found near
Mariana day or two ago bearing the
date OF 1922.
Charles F. Rogers, of Orlando, has a
clock which came from New England,
the age of which is known to be 98
years.
At Greenwood a few days ago, as Mrs.
Dickson, wife of Capt. NJ. N. Dickson,
was walking near a pile of burning brush
her clothing caught on fire, and before
assistance could reach her she was badly
burned Capt. Dickson had his hands
badly burned in the attempt to extin-
guish the flames.
Y. NJ. Fulcher, of Marianna, writes of
his experience with an incubator as fol-
lows MY per centage has up to the
present been about 65 per cent. Of fertile
eggs. In one hatch l got So per cent,
think that when once the regulation of
heat is thoroughly understood that can
get so per cent. Of all eggs set. Regula-
tion of heat is the big trouble, and a no
vice is very apt to regulate too high, "a
did last week, when I killed two-thirds
Of all the embryo chicks. The brooder
(arefcial mother) which have is a poor
one-but almost any kind of a brooder
will do to rear them in this climate
Grants 1fomory and Dry Husn0r.
From the Philadelphia News,
This was in 1869. I went to Washing
ton, and Senator Nye asked meIf [ would
like to meet the president. | said yes,
and went to the White House. The Sen
ator introduced us, and | looked at Gen.
Grant and he looked at me. | didn't
have anything to say, and it was the
most awkward moment of my life. Fin
ally [ stammered: "Mr. President, | am
awfully embarrassed-are you?" Ididn't
stop to hear his answer, and don't know
how I got out of the White House, hut
I had met the president anyhow. In
1879 I was in Chicago, Gen. Grant had
! Just arrived, and was to review the
Grand Army of the Tennessee-the frs,
| that he commanded, you know. A re-
viewing platform had been erected il
/ front of the hotel. The crowd was awful
/ It was the largest ever saw. | wanted
to see that review, and with the old in
stinct of the reporter to shove himself
where he had no business to be, l edgec
/ through the crowd and got on the plat
! form, and there / was alone facing tina
/ tremendous crowd. Presently a mar
came out behind me. 1t was that MAJ
who they either have or have not jus
elected mayor of Chicago-Carter Harri
son. I knew him and he knew me. II,
looked at me and looked at him. Righ
behind himwas Gen. Grant. Mr., Harri
son said: "Do you know Gen. Grant !?
"No," said. "All right, I'll introduc
you" he said was embarrassed again
when Mr. Harrison introduced us. 'Hov
do you doI" said Gen. Grant. II an
| not embarrassed-are you p
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
Gcorgia Rond. ana Polilics.

New York Evening Post lind, Rep}
A dispatch from Atlanta, which we
publishe lsewhere, ought to be reassu-
ring to our friend Mr. William Walter
Phelps In the course Of remarkable
views on President Cleveland's admins
tration he was unhappy about the mil
lions of dollars in the east ready to be
put into business enterprises in the South
had Blaine been elected" bat which .'is
now locked up in Wall street" The
State Of Georgia has opened bids for the
new thirty year s., 500. 600 loan, and
found among them three offers from
Wall street for the entire issue, one of
which was at a premium of 4 per cent.
krhere were thirty-five bidders in all, and
he highest offers were from citizens Of
Georgia, several of whom offered a pre-
nium 1s per cent This does not look
z Is il the South was suffering because OF
#President Cleveland's election. either in
domestic prosperity or in the estimation
of outside capitalists.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
''FreedOm, cheor the hickory tree,
Long It's b0ughs have sheltered thee,

\ cowardlv murder occurred at Padg
ett's MILL about ten miles from Mariana,
last Saturday night about s o'clock.
Three men went to the house of Elijah
Porter and asked him to come out. Mr.
Porter being The miller, and thinking
they wanted some corn ground, prompt
IL responded, but before he had gotten
800 yards from the house he was fired
upon by three men, who had secreted
themselves near by. He died on Mon,
day. Suspicion rests upon some persons
who had difficulty with Mr.. Porter
about twelve months ago.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
old Hickory.

Poore's "reminiscences.
Gen. Jackson was known among the
soldiers who had served under him as
"Old Hickory" a sobriquet given him
during the Creek war. His brigade was
making a forced march, without baggage
or tents, to surprise the Indians in one of
their villages, and were for several days
and nights exposed 20 the peltings of
March storm, the rain freezing as it fell.
Gen. jackson got a severe cold, but did
not complain as he tried to sleep in
muddy bottom among his half-frozen
soldiers. Capt Allen and his brother
John cut down a stout hickory tree,
peeled off the bark and made covering
for the General who was with difficult
/ ty persuaded to crawl into it, The next
morning q drunken citizen entered the
camp, and seeing the tent kicked it over.
/ As Jackson crawled from the ruins the
topper, cried: Hello, Old Hickory; come
out of your bark and iine us in drink
Thenceforth the general was known in
camp as "Old Hickory" and when he
was talked of as presidential candidate
the nickname was adopted by his sup
/ porters. The liberty tree" of the revo-
+ luton was revived in the hickory tree
/ planted at every country crossroads and
village by the enthusiastic democrats,
while they sang
Freedom, cheer the hickory tree,
Long It's hOughs have sheltered thee.n
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
Life Insurance Companies.

N. Y. Tribune.
The first company for the insurance of
lives in the United States was organized
in Pennsylvania in 1912. The first Of
fetal record of the business of life insur-
ance was in 1889, when the New York
Life and Trust Company, organized in
1881, reported to the Comptroller that it
had during the year paid six losses,
Sc, 500, and had 694 lives insured In
1850 ther weree ten life insurance COM
panies in existence. with total assets OF
81, 100000. In 1860 reports showed six
teen companies. with about 100000, 900
assets and $14t ,000, 900 of insuran ce car
ried. The comm issions paid to secure
this business was per cent. The assets
of the companies now reporting to the
New York Insurance Department are
$472, 900, 600, with a surplus of $50, 600,
600. The assets increased in 1888, $26,-
600, 900, and in 1884, $22, 100000.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
Beautiful China.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. George w. Childs is said to have
the finest collection of table china in the
country. Her dinner plates include Sew
res, Worchester, Derby, Dresden, Min
ton, and Copelands; no two. as a rule,
are alike, and each is a gem. Many of
her plates have cost several hundred
dollars dozen. She gives orders to
people of experience to be on the look,
out for very rare specimens. 1t is said
that for dinner of twenty persons Mrs.
Chiids can without difficulty set a table
the decorations of which alone will rep
resent an expenditure of $4,000 or $40
600.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
Facts About Ceutral America

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Central American states, to which
attention is now especially directed, are
five in number-Guatemala, Honduras,
San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa
Rica. Altogether they have something
over two millions of population of which
Guatemala and Honduras, which are
supposed to be acting in concert to sus-
tain Barrios, have more than half. Costa
Rica is the most southerly, bordering on
Columbia, and Nicaragua comes next
above it. Both these states extend from
Atlantic to Pacific waters. Honduras
comes next and borders largely on the
Caribbean Sea, touching the Pacific side
only at point. Guatemala is the most
northerly state, bordering Mexico, and
has a large coast line on the Pacific,
touching the Gulf of Honduras at point
only on the Atlantic side. San Salvador
is the smallest but most thickly popula-
ted of the five states, and lies wholly on
the Pacific.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
Coming at an Importune Time.

Coming at an ImpOrtune Time.
n. Y. sun.
He began telling her of his love in
impassionate tones, when suddenly her
face became perfectly expressionIess, her
eyes assumed a far away, whither-am-I-
drifting look, and all interest .of life
seemed departed.
Pardon me, )" he said, coldly, your
evident indifference leads me to believe
that my words are distasteful to-"
"N-not a-at a-tall, George" she articu-
lated, with great difficulty, "b-b-but ]
f-feel th-that Tn a-a-about to s-s-sneeze
-aw, chew-hasp--chew--shoo! There
Now, George, as you were saying"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21

The Penalty of a Great story Teller.
Boston Traveller.
Senator Blackburn is man of unques-
toned loquacity, He loves to talk and
keep up an incessant stream of conversa-
ton wherever he happens to be. Tom
Reed, the ponderous Congressman from
Main, whose nimbIe wit and stinging sar-
casn have driven Blackburn to the wall
on more than one occasion, said the other
day to = party of friends with an out
ward semblance Of the utmost serious
ness: There go>s joe Blackburn, and
he isn't TALKING, I've seen him two or
three times lately when lie wasn't say
ing any thing. / guess hen4ust be think
ing"
The first coiored district meeting ever
held in Orlando convened at the COIored
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
N. b. HnLYARD. secreLary.

Persons desiring stock viii please adj
dress Adam Thomson, Treasurer. box
o01. New Orleans, La.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21

The first colored district meeting ever
held in Orlando convened at the coIored
Masonic Hall, West Orlando, ON Thurs
dav
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
THIS SPACE is RESERVED FOR
R. G. SANDERSON,

Who will, on November ist, open
a shop for the manufacture and re-
pairing of Saddles, Harness. Brides,
Etc. Also Buggy Trimmings of all
kinds, Shop in Fry's Building, two
doors from Philips jeweirY Stores
Lemon Street.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE dry goods clerks Of New York
threaten to strike against reduction of
wages.
THE Neuchant iron mills, the nail plate
and fish plate mills and nail factory st Bay
View, Wis, resumed operations on the 9th.
THE Pennsylvania Steel Works, shut
down in December for repairs, resumed
work on the 9TH.
THE County Court has appointed a CON-
mission to procure the necessary act from
the Tennessee Legislature for the issuance
Of 5000, 900 Of bonds to build a bridge across
the Tennessee river at Chattanooga.
The late Iynching at Clayton, n. c., of
two negroes, shot and thrown INTO the
river, receives sensational interest by the
alleged temperance of one of the negroes,
Henry Davis, in neighboring county.
JUDGE H. Fl. CHALMERS, associate Justice
Of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, died
at Jackson on the night of the Sd from
appopleXy.
GREAT damage has resulted from the
heavy rains in the vicinity of Little Rock,
Ark.
JACOB MICHAELs, a prominent church
member Of Indianapolis, Ind, having been
discovered in forging an order by which he
got 800, shot himself dead in the presence
of a constable sent to arrest him.
THE bodies of fourteen men were found
near Gordon City, Neb., on the 9th. The
men were frozen to death.
PREsIpENT-ELEcT Cleveland resigned the
office Of Governor of New York on the 9th.
THE steamer Belle of Shreveport sank
near Mound Landing, Miss, on the oth
JOIN C. PAYNE, sent to the Mississippi
penitentiary in 1883, for the killing OF Joe
Hawkins, was pardoned on the 9th.
HENRY FINK has been appointed receiver
for the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia railroad.
JUDGE JAMES nj. ARNOLD has been ap-
pointed by the Governor of Mississippi TO
fll tie vacancy on the Supreme Bench OF
that Stae caused by the death OF Judge
Chalmers.
MAYOR Low OF Brooklyn, i'll his annual
message, informed the Board of Aldermen
that the Brooklyn Bridge does not pay. lie
says 1t must earn SzZo,UU yeoi -
to provide the sinking fund required by law
for the bonds issued by the two cities ioT
its construction.
JOHN VAREK, of Easton, Pa, was attack
ed on the night of the 7th by three tramps-
After being brutally beaten, he was strip
ped naked and his clothes divided among
the tramps, the night being very cold
SEVERAL Thousand head of hogs and cat
tle were drowned by the recent floods In
White river, Arkansas.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
XLVlIITH CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 9Th the inter- State
commerce bill was the principal measure
discussed. Mr. Wilson favored the bill, and
spoke in strong terms of the benefits he
thought would accrue to the country were
such a law to be enacted. Mr.. Sewell OPP
posed the bill. He thought the clauses to
prevent pooling and to require railroads to
charge no more for short than long haul
We're unjust provisions LIN the House
resolution offered requesting the
President to inform the House under
what limitations American represen-
tatives were sent to the African Con-
ference at Berlin. A bill was introduced
providing for assistant signal service
officer with the rank of Colonel of infantry,
which it is understood is to be filled by
Lieutenant Greely. Mr.. Hiscock moved to
suspend the rules and take up the bill to re-
peal the internal revenue tax on cigars, to-
bacco and certain liquors. After a lengthy
debate the motion was lost Similar mo-
tions in reference to the Mexican pensions
and the Lowell bankruptcy bill were also
lost. bill was introduced appropriating
81 ,000,0C0 for the improvement of the Missis-
sippi, which was referred
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
THE LIBERTY BELL
Preparations For Its Transfer and Trium-
phaI Progress to New Orleans-A Special
Car Being Built For it.

Preparations For It's Transfer and Trium-
phaI Progress to New Orleans-A Special
Car Being Built For it.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January 6.
Theidate of departure of the Liberty bell
for New Orleans has been changed from
January 24th to the 23d, the day on which
Mayor Smith has signiied his intention
Of arriving in New Orleans. The de-
parture will be accompanied with great
pomp and ceremony. The bell will be
escorted from Independence Hall to the
Pennsylvania Railroad station by 500
policemen and Councilmen committee.
At the depot it will be placed in the car
which is now being built for its reception
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The bell will rest in the center of the car,
under a red, white and blue canopy. The
sides of the car will be open, and at one
end there will be a compartment for the
accommodation of three officers, who
form the guard. On one side
of the car will be embla-
zoned the word philadelphia,
and on the other ''New Orleans" Each
side will bear the legend, "Proclaim lib
erty throughout the land" The car will
be run in the Exhibition grounds and the
bell will not be disturbed until its return
to this city. The train will make thir-
teen stops, as symbol of the thirteen
original States, during the trip between
this city and New Orleans.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
HUNTSVILLE, ALA, SATURDAY, JANUARY TO- 1885,

SECRETARY TELLER has written the
President of the Senate long letter In
reference to the leasing of Indian lands.
A PARIS journal says that the recent
victory OF General Negrier near Chu is
the prelude to offensive action in China.
MR.. JOHN MAXWELL, who poisoned his
three children recently near Springfield,
o., hanged himself in jail with towel.
EARNINGS of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Road for eleven months were
$23,422,S13, decrease of $516,137 compared
with the same period of 1888.
SUIT was brought in the United States
Circuit Court at Cincinnati, O.. on the 5th,
for the sale of the Cincinnati & Hooking
valley Railroad, narrow gauge line.
The President will visit the New Or
leans Exposition about the 18th instant,
and will be accompanied by members Of
the Cabinet
AT Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, on the
9th, there was another furious Orange
outbreak. The Redemptionistf fathers were
besieged. The United States Consul de-
manded protection for American citizens.
AT Hardenberg, Ind, on the 5th,
Jacob Michaels, prominent church mem
Der, having been discovered in forging an
order by which he got 500, shot himself
dead in the presence of the constable sent
to arrest him.
The Pittsburgh iron trade shows signs of
revival. Several mills started up on the
9TH. Others will resume within a few
days. Wages have not been restored,
though.
THE New York Commercial Bulletin esti-
mates the fire loss for December in the
United States and Canada at $11 900, ,0C0;
and for the year SIP 1908, 900; or 1850, 900
more than the annual average for nine
years.
The California Legislature assembled on
the 9th. Balloting for United States Sem
ator will not take place before the goth. 1t
is stated that if Ex-Governor Stanford will
permit his name to be placed in nomina-
tion he will be elected.
THE Pope has given 10000 francs to the
relief of sufferers from the earthquakes in
Spain.
THERE have been repeated shocks of
earthquake in South Styria "a province of
Hungary. Considerable damage to prop
erty has been done.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
DANGEROUS ICE GORGE.

Nearly Forty Niles of a Michigan River
Gorred With Ice-Dynamite to BE Used
To Break 1t Loose-Damage to Property.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, January 6.
1t is believed all danger to the bridges
from ice in Grand River is past. The
gorge still extends from Grand Haven,
thirty-fve miles below this city, to about
three or four miles above, but the warm
weather and action of the water is thaw-
ing the ice rapidly. Much damage has
been done to goods stored in the base
ments along Canal street, where the wa
ter rose to the height of two and three
feet. The total amount OF damage can
not be ascertained at present. All manu-
factories along the river are shut down.
A considerable portion OF the north
western part of the city is under water to
a depth Ct from six inches to six feet
Many people have been driven from their
homes, but no loss Of life is reported.
Mayor Belknap went to Grand Haven yes.
terday to arrange for the blowing up o.
the foot Of the gorge with dynamite,
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
A HUMAN FiEND.
One Of the Most Cowardly, ,Unprovoked and
Deviiish Murders on Record--A Young
Georgian Shot Down in the Road While
His Wife Vainly Pleads On Her Knees for
His Life.

His Life.
COLUMBUS, GA, January 5.
Nothing in the criminal annals of
this State rivals in cold-blooded brutality
the murder of Samuel M. Baker at the
hands of gang of desperadoes led by
John W. Smith, who has for years been
recognized as terror in the neighbor-
hood. Not only was there not the slight
est shadow OF provocation or pretext for
the deed, but the peculiar circumstances
surrounding the case render it one of the
most atiocious that could possibly be
Imagined. Surrounded by the band of
ruftans, the unfortunate victim was shot
to death while his weeping bride knelt at
the feet of the murderer, imploring vainly
for the life of her young husband.
Mr.. Baker, who was only recently
married, settled a few weeks ago on a
farm in Carroll County, nearly on the
line of Heard County. The young couple
were supremely happy. The farm was
well stocked, and the planning of the
farm operations for the coming year had
been discussed and agreed upon, the
yield promising an abundant return.
On Wednesday evening last about
twilight Mr.. Baker took his brides arm,
and together they went out to look at
their stock. Just as they turned to re-
trace their steps toward their home,
three men, armed, and infiamed with
liquor, approached them. They were
John w. Smith, Andrew Smith and A. S.
King. All were known to Mr.. Baker,
who stepped aside with his wife, in the
hope of avoiding any controversy with
them. John Smith stepped across their
path, and, cooking his gun, ordered them
to halt.
"Go down on your knees" said the
ruf1ian, cor I'll blow your brains out"
enforcing the command by poASng the
weapon at the head of Mr.. Baker, who
was unarmed. Smith then poured forth
| the most villainous abuse on the head of
| his intended victim, interlarding his
| frightful oaths with the most shocking
| obscenity. Realizing the perilous posi-
ton in which her husband was placed,
Mrs. Baker, hoping to save him from
violence, left his side, and approaching
Smith, knelt at his feet, and clinging tl
his knees, shrIcked out:
"Spare my husbands life. For Gods
sake spare him! He has never wronget
you. DO not kill him!" and in the ex
citement sinking to the ground in hall
! fainting condition.
The pathetic appeal, instead of moving
the ruflian's pity, appeared rather to in
fame him to crime, and spurning the
PROSTATE, weeping woman aside with his
boot, the inhuman desperate took delib-
crate aim at the kneeling man and fired
The entire load of shot pierced Bakers
heart, and he fell toward, dying almost
instantly.
Smith coolly reloaded his gun, and with
his two companions walked away, all
firing their weapons in the air, cursln9
and shouting as they went. Smith, the
murderer, made his escape.
The killing of Baker has aroused the
neighborhood, and if the murderer is
found he will no doubt be lynched.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10
OIL ON THE WATERS,
Which, Instead of Allaying Trouble Causes
the Destruction of the Entire Ice Crop of
the Penboscot and Consequent Heavy
Loss.


the Destruction of the Entire Ice Crop of
the Penboscot and Consequent Heavy
Loss.
BANGOR, ME-, January g.
The ice business of Bangor has received
an unexpected blow. In the store
house of Henry Mclaughlin, where the
fire occurred Saturday night, were
stored 1900 barrels of kero-
senG oil. A large part of this
oil ran into the river, and a thorough ex-
animation to-day shows that it has en-
tirely spoiled the splendid field of ice.
Even mile below the place where it en-
tered the river the ice has been rendered
unfit for use. The oil has been car
ried by the tide to the upper
fields, and the ice there has
been impregnated with kerosene. About
the wharf where the oil was stored there
are barrels Of oil, and hundreds of
people have been busy dipping it
up. 1t is thought that the ice can be
started out of the river by means of dyna
mite and that new crop can be formed.
If it is not possible to do this, it will
be severe blow to the gentlemen in
terestcd in the ice business, as well
as to, many laboring people. 1t
is estimated that in cutting and
shipping the ice 0,000 would be paid to
the .laboring men and the ice itself is
worth 100000. 1t would also be unfor-
tunate, as the ice business here is just
being. established on a permanent basis,
and many dealers were looking towards
The Pcnobscot for their annual supply.