The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-13
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at college in this country.
The three daughters of Mr. tanker
Drexel, of Philadelphia, are set down
for 81, ,OC0, COO each.
Nea1ly all the cattle have now been re-
moved from the Indian Territory III ac-
| cordance with President Clevelands or
| der.
The most renumerative professorship
| is that of Prof. Turner, the distinguish
| ed anatomist of Edinburgh, which yields
him $50 OCO year.
The patron saint of whist, Hoyle, was
born over 600 years ago, and lived to
the advanced age of 81, dying in Caven-
dish Square, London, in l769.
Among the Indian tribes one in four
die of consumption, larger portion
than among the white or colored races.
| Consumption is more prevalent among
the Irish than any other race.
A snail brought from Egypt to Eng
land as a Genealogical specimen IN 10
so, AMI Immediately gummed to bit OF
| card board. was found to be alive IN 1854,
after Iaying in the British Museum for
four years.
Miss Carnie Jenkins, a well-known So
| ciety girl of Baltimore, has entered
convent and will soon take the whlte
veil. Miss jenkins was an exceedingly
| clever ameteur actress and is a very cul-
tivated young woman.
| Adyices lust received in Holland from
| Java show the great development OF the
sugar industry in the East India island.
The crop just gathered amounts to 3'4'-
| 3S9 tons. There are about 100 sugar
mills in Java.
| According to decision of the Iowa
| Supreme Court, an hotel-keeper who re-
cieved guests while knowing that there
| is a contagious disease i'll his house, is IL
| able for damages tc any guest who may
contract the disease.
| An eel weir near Albany receives the
! entire volume of the Mohawk river, ana
| Monday night over 10 barrels of eels
| were taken out, and the next night over
| |, barrels One Jumbo eel weighed 13t
pounds.
DIR. Charles Sketchley, of Anaheim,
who is engaged i'll the ostrich farming
| industy in California, is SO well satisfied
With his preliminary experiment tfat he
| is about to leave for South Africa for the
purpose of bringing back large number
of birds to add to his collection.
The State of North Carolina derives
| revenue of 800, 900 from tax on drum
| mers A proyisIon of the law gives
resident drummer u rebate, the effect of
which has Just been pronounced an un-
| iustdiscrimiuation against non residents,
| and the law is. Therefore, declared un-
| constitutional.
| In England the government has the
| wit to tax snohbery and hu,nbug. Some
| -, orb people pay a guinea each for tie
privilege of using n crest on their plate
and note paper, and 17,347 pay two gain
eas for painting it on their carriages.
| Thus nearly $500, 600 revenue is derived
| from n foibIc.
| The original text of the treaty of peace
| between France and Chira is sealed up
| in a roll Of yellow silk, fastened by gold
| cords and secured in red lacquer box,
| handsomely decorated with mother of
pearl and guarded by a gold paddock.
| he box is placed in richly carved
| .ndal-wooi casket, and then in turn, is
| sealed up in a metal'ic case.
| Four brothers, who've been i'm busnt s'
| ever since 1850. withort keeping elabOr-
| ate Looks, or any accurate account of
! the moneys each has drawn from the
| ENTERPRISE, have filed a deed San in JOa-
| qtlin county. Cal, providing, as it. IS inn
possible to sttaighten out their accounts,
| their heirs shall never ask for an ac-
counting. but divide the property share
| and Share alike.
Cotton manufacturers in st. Peters
| burg are much interested at present in
the successful application of electricity
for the purpose of bleaching cotton and
! flax fibres. as we'll as tissues. The ma
tcrial is stepped in water, which is then
deComposed by electricity, the oxygen
which is thus set free at ONCE acting on the
fibres. This process has been found to
occupy very considerably less time the
ordinary one.
The Pope has desired of Franciscan
monks to suppress the numerous brew
cries which belong to that order in Ba
varia. which produce the famous Fran
ziskanner Brau," highly esteemed by all
beer Or mixers in Germany. The person
age who will most deeply regret (and re-
senn this step will he Prince Bismarck,
who was a large consumer of this par
ticular brew, of which he - exceedingly
/ fond.
Some people look with suspicion on