The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-04
FLORIDA.
S tate News Boiled Down, Scissored
and Pasted.

Peach trees in Orange county. are
blooming out.
Base ball is popular with the young
men of Key West.
Mr.. George Harbry died at his home in
Gainesville last week.
of no better-Florida has no equal in
that pect.-Floridian
The Leader says that there are six
teen new buildings going up at Kissim-
NEE.
Lands in Sumter county have been
changing hands rapidly since the late
'reeZe.
Mr.. Samuel Westwooi and Miss Lucy
Ronom were married Monday night last
at Jacksonville.
The young gentlemen of Jacksonville
have abandoned plug hats, and the
Herald thinks it strange proceeding.
\. committee from Fernandina has
goi,e to Washington to press the claims
for an appropriation for the Improve
ment of Cumberland Sound.
Lieut.. Greeley, of Arctic fame, has
4 track OF 100 acres of land at the south
end of Lake Conway, some twelve miles
| north of Kissimmee.-Leader.
The Key of the Gulf says Major Cou-
| per, chief engineer of the Florida South
| ern railroad said that by March LIST trains
| will be running to Fort Ogden, and on to
Charlotte Harbor by April LIST.
In every instance the orange groves
| that had fall and winter cultivation, and
hence were in vigorous growing con-
| iition, were most seriously injured by
| he late freeze. This is conclusive evi
| jence that it is best to cease cultivation
in early fall.-Sumteyille Times.
| Jim Richardson, colored man who
| resided in East Gainesville, was found
dead in his house Sunday morning. An
| inquest was held, aud the verdict of the
| jury was that he died from heart dis
ease, fits, lack of breath or some other
fatal cause.-News.
Good work could be done on the farms
IF this country with improved farm ma
! chinery. The soil is light and when
freed from stun ps Will rapidly yield to
| the benign influences of feeding. The
use of improved machinery will serve in
n measure to solve the labor question
| and make farming most profitable and
! 4. e,-aut ca.liDE.-Nldison Recorder.
Arrangements are being perfected
which, if successful will give kissimmee
a manufacturing enterprise with a cap
tai of 100000. An agent has been sent
to inspect certain machinery which, If
it proves as has been represented, will
assure US the enterprise. It is alrerdy
considered as settled, but the Leader
prefers to wait and present rs the evi'
dence of our boom only the cold, naked
facts.-Leader.
\ correspondent of the Jacksonville
Herald, writing from Tallahassee say:
the citizens of that community are de
termined to overcome the misfortune:
that have SO recently befallen them. The
burnt districts will be rebuilt, other sub
stantial improvements will be made anC
every possible effort will be made 10 Sc
cure the building OF road 10 Thomas
vile, Ga, to give this section more di
rect communication and cheaper trans
portatiou to and from the northwest.
We published last week an extract
FROM the report of the state Comptrollel
for the fiscal year ending Dec. 81, 1885
and this week we print from the same
report table showing the the assessment
Of the taxable property of the state by
counties, which foot up S7O,66 AS. II
continuous and rapid increas in the
taxable resources of a state is the besl
evidence of its prosperity-and we know