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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

COY McEncry, Of louisiana, has sen.
in very long message to the legislature
Of his State, II embraces very many
important matters. As to the levces Of
the State no says they have been in bet.
ter condition the past two years than for
a quartrr Of n century before, and rs
consequence there have been no iuunla.
tons In tho past two years. Educational
matters have greatly improved aud
equalization of assessments hn. worked
great relief and benefit to the tnxpay-
ers. He says there has been some little
depression, ~ everywhere else in the
world, but witt, good health, good crops,
no overflow, improved credit and immi.
grafton, Louisiana has less cause for
complaint than almost any State in the
Union. The assessed value of its prop
erty has increased from $l.1, O06, 4j0 in
1880 to $el2.72 5G5 in 1883, an improve.
nient Of $35, 1920, 100. or over % per cent
las great an increase as shown nv any
corresponding State.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Seven weeks ago George a. Barrett,
OF Clarsn,on,. n. H.. Il prominen, bus.
mess man. mysteriously disappeared.
AT that time he wrote his family from
Rutland. VI, that he WAS going TO Troy,
n. y. and would return in n few days.
The next day letter was received from
him, written at the As,or House, New
York, saying that he had arrived safely.
lie had in his possession $1,000 in bills.
From that time nothing was heard from
him until yesterday, when letter writ.
ten in London reached his wifes broth.
or, stating that ho has no recollection ~
leaving New York, but awoke on u
steamer 1870 miles out bound for Liver
pool. There wns no one on board he
knew, md how he got there he is unable
to state. His money and baggage were
all safe. lie will return by the next
steamer
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

We have received pamphlet o. forty
elgL, pages, Containing the correspond
ence between Hon. John \. Henderson,
general counsel for the Florida railroad
company, and ex-senator b. l.. Yulae.
formerly the manage VI said road. SIR.
fulee's letter is review Of senator
Calls action relative to the lands grant
Ell to that road. and which he /. trying
to have restored to market. II isl val.
liable public document and will com.
mand very careful attention from all
parties who are following the con,ro-
vesy between Senator Call and the pres
snt managers Of the Florida railroad.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

We're Horace Greeley alive he might
repeat his famous young man, go
West, without danger Of losing fame
Tor his saying. In 1890 Nebraska had a
population Of ij2, 900; now it, latest cen.
Gus shows II to have nearly 10000.
Then il people owned 2Gj,000 horses,
$4,000 head Of cattle and ,2ia, 900 hogs;
now they own 80, 600 HORSES, i.sOs. 900
head Of cattle and 2,l5G,0Oo hoga. In
the same period the wheat acreage has
been increased from fji 900 acres 10
l,21O, 900, corn from 2,372, 900 acres to
3,7ss,OU. and an almost proportional in
crease has also been made in the acre.
age Of rye, barley, oats and po,ato.a
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
State Hoard OF Equalization

When the state board Of eoualiza.
ton was created in Louisiana. doubt.
were expressed whether it would
prove satisfactory or not public
sentiment was avcrsc to il, but in
less than two years this mode of cor.
rec,ing inequalities in assessments
has proven popular and is now hear.
tily sustained by the tax payers Of
that state.
We need such u board IN Florida
The valuations fixed by the differ.
ent counties are so unequal thai,
great hardship is worked to many,
and there seems no way Of correct
ing this except through board of
equalization for the state. We do
not assume that it is possible to per.
feet system that will do away with
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
frauduient'Entry Of La nd /.

W ashington, Nay 10 ne coin
missioner OF tie general land office,
IN his resp0ust. 20 the senate resoiu
ton calling for the number Of spe-
cial agents employed in his Office
anJ In other duties, says that IL the
increased force enumerated in his
annual report be granted, the en-.
tries suspended by his order Of
April 3, lssj, can all be investigated
aud disposed Of in abou, a year and
half. A large per cen,sge of these
entries, he thinks, are fraudulent.
The proportion of new cases that
will require such investigation will
he much less than in those previous
10 April 3, 1885. since the order of
suspension had the effect to mater.
ally check the making or completing
Of fraudulent entries.
|, was the ease with which frauds
could he perpe,rated under existing
laws and the immunity offered by u
hasty issue Of patents, he says, that
encouraged the making Of fictitious
aud fraudulent entries. The certain.
,yoi a thorough investigation wonll
restrain such practices, but great
fraud must inevitably exis, so long
a, the opportunity Of fraud Is pre-.
served in the laws, and so long AZ i,
is hoped by the procnrers and pro.
moterA,i fraud that examination
NAV be impe'led or suppressed.
The commissioner renews his rec,
commentator that the presumption
commutel homestead timber culture,
timber and desert land laws be re.
pealed, and says the questions, broad.
~ stated, are whether the public
lands shall be protected and an hon.
est acquisition Of It'll. thereto insis-
ted "a Oh, or dishonest appropria-
ton thereof be allowed. The ques.
ton cannot long remain in allegiance.
With the present rush Of speculation
and monopoly the public domain
will be absorbed in period Of time
SO brief that even preventative meas.
ures against fraud and misappropri.
alton may soon be too late to save
any considerable portion of the pub.
lie lands for the homes Of the PEG.
pie.
The commissioner closes his CON.
munlcation with a statement that
his gencrel Information leads to the
conclusion that no large amount Of
public land remains in The western
states and territories east Of the cat.
Ito belt which an actual settler can
take up without first buying off a
speculative claim and avoiding con.
test proceedings, while within the
cattle region II is notorious that ac-
tual settlements are generally pre-.
vented and made practically lmpos.
siblc outside the proximity of towns,
through the unlawful control Of the
country maintained by cattle corpor.
atoms. The demands for free lands
for the homes Of American citizens,
which is daily increasing in intensl.
~, can no longer be met unless pat
cnted lands, now nnlawfully held or
claimed, can he recovered to the
public domain and future illegal and
fraudulent land appropriations de.
cisvelv stopped.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
There was great storm in southern

There was u great storm in southern
Ohio Thursday, accompanied by floods
Of rain. Near Xeina twenty five persons
wero drowned and largo number in.
jured. The rainfall exceeded anything
Of the Kind known for years. 1t is sup.
posed II was lengtlened cloud.burst.
The railroad bridges were all washed
away, and the tracks also in many places.
Il will require many days to repair the
railroads. The crops are destroyed.
Over twenty dead bodies have been re-.
covered. Everywhere houses were I'M
rooted. The loss Of property Is ,hous-
snds and Thousands OF dollars. The city
Of xenia has appropriated $1,000 to bury
The dead. Il ID one Of tho most fright.
fol storms we ever read about.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Within tho past two years fifty seven
ipiles Of Of new levec have been huilt
along the Mississippi in Louisiana. ut a
cost Of over $5OO,OOO. The river parishes
have, In addition, raised 40 miles Of
lsvees from ono to three feet. The PEG.
pie OF Louisiana seem to b. getting
along pretty well without the aid Of the
United States government. in construct.
ing and maintaining their leyecs
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Albert Myers, u new church tenor.
who recently carried Nashville people by
storm, has decamped after securing an
advance OF 800 from the Church of tho
Advent In that city, and new dress
suit borrowed from ono OF his male adj
mirers. He came south to iii an on.
gsgernent at the Southern Chautauqua
meeting in ElOrjdn.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

In the new extensions az tie Balti-
more ard Ohio telegraph sy.tem. il is
said that there " Il be main line from
Washington to No.; faerF. Ala. and
to New Orleans, Hiaklng direct c1HUsc-
tons with other southern eit;fs. about
$50 miles u wire are To be connected,
the pole mileage being aboa, !, 100 miles.
1t Is said that 40, 900 has been raised 10
push the enterprise TO SUCCESS, while the
cost is not expected 10 rise much, IL any.
above tsO0,0S0. 80 saws the New York
Tf,p.s
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Made a lawyer at last. Mrs. Cora
Burnham kllgoro was, on the ith inst,
admitted to practice in the supreme
court Of Pennsylvania. She is the only
woman In Pennsylvania who practices
In the supreme court OF that State. This
certificate takes her into all the courts Of
the state, including those in the cit, Of
Philadelphia. to which she has incifcctu.
ally seeking admission for wears.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
According to the Washington cnrrea.

According to the Washington cores.
pendent Of the New York Sun. Gen.
Ro,encrans has weakened decidedly on
his charges against Gen. Butler. Gen.
Rosecrans made reror. in the House
that Cen. Butler was defaulter in the
sum Of $e0O. 1000 to the Home of his.
ablsd Volunteers. These two gentle
men met face 20 face at the room OF the
Senate committee on the llth inst. Gen.
Butler had n copy of this report in his
hand when ho entered the room, and
1t contained an assertion that he, no
treasurer Of the board, was u defaulter
to the amount Of 100000 or So He
charged first that Gen Rosecrans had
given this report TO the House OF Repre-.
ientativss in an irreg ular manner; that
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Tie iroh and rolling stock las
been purchased for the Orange Bel,
railroad. Andres johnson, the ,.c.
retar! Of the company, has returned
from the north, where he purchased
sufficient iron for the road. Thi-
roai begin. where the jacksonville,
Tampa and Key IVES, railroad cross,
e. the ST. Johns river, six miles
sbov. sanford, and ran. to Oakland,
at the south end Of Lake Apopka, a
distance Of 80 miles. The iron i,
all to be delivered by June 3O,h, all
the engines, coaches, box ears, etc,
have been purchased and train, will
be running regularly between ,he.,
two points by August iirs,, next.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

The Tallahnssean reports crop pros.
poets AZ fair In Leon county. II says:
Considering tho very late spring, the
crop prospect Of this county is said -
bs fair. Corn Is backward, hut looks
green and promising. Cotton, II not IL.
tackled by worms or rust, promises fair
yield. There has been enough dry
weather to give farmers plenty Of time
to keep down grass and weeds, and We,
crops have not suffered from lronih.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
peenle cOurl

There's big row in the second con.
gressional district in Louisiana. DR..
Boards nomination on the democratic
ticket the Times. Democrat regulates,
and says he cannot command the sup
port Of the democracy II the district.
The Times Democrat refuses to support
LIZ.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Gov. McEnery. Of L01isiaHa, says that
the real estate Of his State pays too great
& proportion q the taxes. and that the
personal property Of the State does rot
share its due proportion q the burdens
o. The government. lie says tha, zeal
estate PAYS more than three-fourths Of
the entire State taxes. He recommends
that corporations he taxed Oh their Taii
up capital AMI thus relieve tie landed
property u much Of It's present tUrlsn.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Orlando IL soon to yoto on the question
81 bonding that city for $lG, 600 to build
u school house. The Daily Record is do.
cidedly in favor Of the measure. and
gives many excellent reasons why the
city should vote favorably on the sub.
.ject. Tho Record thinks the vote viii
be nearly unnnimous..for the loan.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

II Is reported that Mr.. Cleveland will
marry In June. that Mr.. Bssell, his law
partner, Il to be the "best man" at the
wedding, AMI that he has ordered and
he's now ready the Presidents wedding
coat. This looks as II the time was
drawing near. May he G happy and
atill continue To be- President.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

The Appeal, a newspaper started by
the striking printers 81 jacksonville,
has ''petered" out and the proprictors
gone 10 parts unknown. II died a nat.
urn! death on Saturday last.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Mr.. G. G. Newsom received this
week a package containing II dozen
large boxes of matches. On open.
ing it all the matches in two Of the
boxes were found to have ignited
and burned out. The boxes were
much scorched, bu, no damage was
done to the other matches. --Talla.
hassran.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
Poison

had produced great holes in my back and
chest, and had removed all the han OIL OF my
head, yet began To improve IN a week :
time. and the sores began to heat, aud were
entirely gone inside oi eight weeks.
WILL JOKES, Porter. Union Pass d. pot
Cisco, Texas. July1 >. lHSi
Sold by all druggists.
Treatise ON Blood and shiu disease tl,c.
TVS SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawers Atlanta. ga.
n. T., lb1 ". 2,d -
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
Contagious

Diseases are prevalent ell over the world.
am native Of ENGLAND. anA WhIlc Ia that
cOcntry contracted a terrible blood poison.
and tor two years was un.cr treatment ~ AN
outdoor patient ~ y tlnPuam Hospital,
England, but was not cItt'L ! Suffered 10.
most aypniaiuE pains inIIy bones. ana WAS
covered with sores Hll over MY body ana
limbs. had vertigo and dea!ues%, with par
tial loss OF sight, severe pain, in my head ard
eyes, etc. which nearly ran ne crazy. | iu>'
all hope in that country. and sailed iur Amer
lea. and was treated ut Roosevelt in this v.fJ
u well as bya prominent physician IN New
YORK having no connection with the hospitals
| saw the advertisement Of SwIit's specific
and determined tn give ia tfia' ~ Il last r.
sort. ] had gwen up all hope 90 being cured
Ms had gone through the hanis OF the bea'
medical men ia Nottingham and New York. >
took six bottles al :. :. =. ana can say witt
great JOY that they have cured me- ,Htu"iy.
am as sound ana well ~ ever was IN my
life. !. FRED II tIloHp
city .Iuu,, II ISS,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

The famous "Scott liquor law" of
Ohio, has been re.enacted by the lcgisla.
ture Of Ohio and will 90 into effect at
once. 1t isa heavy license law, but was
declared unconstitutional by tho III.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Beginning on Monday n;x, Glad.
stone's Irish home rule bill will be taken
up for consideration, and continue from
day TO day until voted on by the House
Of Commons.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Henry Il. DiHey, who has been 40 sue.
ces-ful in New York as an actor, is 90
ing to England to ny the fortunes Of
"Adonis' in the country Of the beef.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

The Pensacola Commercial Ia. been
shown an old copy Of the Gaz tie, pub
Iished in that city in 1870. It is a six
column four page paper.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
THE DAILY NEWS.
BENZ. HARRISON. Efiiror.

fHe DAILY SEws i published crrry m1rn-
ing, excett Nons.ay. and deilsrrs6 20 esrr-sfs
10 the cry. or TIA is fzr-tsfF 80. fs.- Df liz
Q nonth. Si,a for three n0H'E-. = iuf 81
months. OF - pr snuutE.
ms wrEsLT SKs- y an s-page si-e1s4ina
pzf--r. pasbilztss'i st@Fy SatuFtay. .ii'itair4Es
oil tie tis~- at the ss7sk. lOEsi sitI :. zeal 10
10 Tia .sFse.. aus hsnsyIFaesf S@s.a4F Faisr
puhia-kE'i ia t.1tIs.a AMI 81. b. Jfl.'t5 tF~'-
Age free fnT 81 FFGf. 90 '- K
months. -tr giti.,-t cope, lft. -H- fSftL--
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aryt irssr n s and n cent? b. l-rt 10 81 aG-
d.tianEi tn stirf -Istit. Lf'}..- srHf- pFr
line. itssiuetd Fst.- IN g. 'f.att' n.E~rtise-
Eanf-.
AL sivefthfl- niIl- tss, ne doe trn rata
every tnprrh. iJ<ai a iyeftss.IEc ~. due a.
the expiration u' tr.F.I fF ghi-t ties are
t0eerfeI.
An rvm.,raac, -aogld.. nal. ~ express.
a9nes -Oflis ~ Frgl,fsrs liter.
Address
y. q. HAMMOND.
bTsIsEss HANAsEI-.
PAIATgA. fLIDHIDA-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

II Is Tree from opium and parents need not
hc afraid that their children will be poisoned
ny u " never does harm but always does
good. Cures darrhoea ami tuy in both did ana
young. When you have run down in any of
these troubles here u your relief The moth
crs Will ne yer cease To sing ts praises for their
iittie children will suffer no more from their
bowels II they keep 1t On hand
ACkERMAN 4 JACKSON. AGrs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
PAIATKA. FLA, MAY u, 1856.

The republican. oi OHIO have called Il
State convention tb convene at Cplum.
bus, on the 25th day 81 August next.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

Two years ago ! contracted hlrrl poison.
After taking prescriptions from the hest ply
scans here and Mt Dalla- concluded To visit
Hot Springs, an, on reaching ToNarkana
doctor recommended me To Try Swlit's
Specific, assuring me that 1t would benz ~ nae
more than Hot Springs. Although the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15

nHs:syAsri, Al Tnk PsLAIEs Po~I UEEiCe
A. sEauND-t'LAs- MAIL NAITEA
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
THE GREAT SOUTHERN CURE !
King of Malaria and Debility
Take il an be Well!

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malaria this tazlc Eiil Do t. 7. yr1I want - -
blood purlnAt and your digestion T4sisItfi,
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, 1886-12-09
KNIGHTS OE PYTMIAs.

Among the secret orders none seem to
be more Furnishing than the X. of p.
Many new lodges are springing into eX-
iStence, and old ones are adding 10 their
membership with wonderful rapidity.
The latest candidate for charter Is
Olympic" No. II, to be instituted this
evening in Port Townsend, by J. L. Bill
yea, deputy organizing officer. The
following are among the charter mem
bers: Chas. b. Wood, DR.. Spencer G.
Devan, w. f. Fennimore, Alf. A. Plum
mer, Frank w. Hastings, q. j. Calhoun,
Norman G. Sweeny, Clark Aldrich, A.
II. Wintrode, Dan S. Swerdfiger, George
Trenholm, G. G. McNamdra, Walter H
Merrick, j. w. Banta, II. T. Beechcr, Ct.
W. Thurman, L. F. PIummer, John j.
Stockand, l.. B. Hastings, George Swan,
]. d. Fitzgerald, Robt. Sinclair, W. s.
Minty, II. l.. Tibbals, Jr., Oscar Devoe.
Among those who will assist in the or
garization ceremonies will be Rev. A. s.
Nicholson, Grand Chancellor; Will ID.
jenkins, Grand X. of r. and s., and W.
NJ. leach of Whatcom; MediIl Connell,
also Messrs. J. B. Metcalf, j. l.. McDon-
aid, o. o. Denny, w. G. Ronald, T. G.
Young, Ii. Hagenmaker, r. Osborn and
T. D. Brown of Seattle. They chartered
q special steamer to bring them from Sc
attic. A pleasant social time is antici-
pated. All members are requested to be
on hand at 7 80, sharp.
, 1886-12-09
From 'TuCsd&S's DasIz.

Congress convened yesterday
Bark Fresno arrived yesterday at Por.
Gamble.
Schooners Corona and Peerless arrived
yesterday.
The time for graveIing street crossings
is at nand.
Customs Inspector White seizad five
pounds of opium on the Geo. L. Starr
this morning.
The Dispatch started out last evening
for Neah Bay, but returned and waited
till this morning.
The schooner Perry, Captain Bowden,
will soon be converted into a steam pro-
peller, for freigbting on the lower Sound.
The sale of land In the Ballard estate.
advertis ed TO take place yesterday, was
postponed OH account of an informality
which might have affected the title.
The steamship Mexico arrived last
evening. She brought n passengers for
inc EoOuuui u!Sti4OusSu ao AOiAO"S' ~
toria, 80; Port Townsend, /; Seattle, 26;
and Tacoma, II.
The steamer Brick, Captain Hannah,
which has been engaged in carrying the
mail on the Whatcom-Sehome route for
the past two months, mas been relieved
by the Evapgel and returned to Seattle.
The Lodge of Knights of Pythias, for
which preliminary arrangements were
recently made, is expected to be organ
lied tomorrow evening, Messrs. w. d.
Jenkins, and W. M. Leach Of WhatcOm
coming here for that purpose.
We are requested to state that an item
in Saturdays paper, in reference to the
contract for erecting the Red Mems
Hall, was partially IN error. The con-
tract was awarded to Alfred Swendsen
on his individual bid. Mr.. Starrett is
not connected with the contract.
EASTERN MAIL BURNED.-No eastern
mail arrived here Sunday, and the pos
tai authorities were unable to account
for it until yesterday, when they learned
the mail car with New York di,,,s of
Sunday, Nov. 2Sth, was burned in col
lision at Muskado, Minnesota, Dec. lst.
The Associated Press dispatches said
part of the mail was destroyed, but it is
reported that all the Oregon and Wash
ington mail-letters, registered matter
aud newspapers-was destroyed.
"The Streets of New York" was rem
dered again last evening-to a good
house, though OF course the attendance
was not as large as on Saturday evening.
We understand that the gross RSoceeds
of the two entertainments was about
S245. The Histrionic Club has every
reason to be proud of its achievement,
while the fire company will get financial
aid enough to be worth while striving
for. And it is safe to say that our peo-
pie have enjoyed the play fully as much
as though they had sent the money out
OF town.