The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-12
BisOOkSVII.LE MATTERS.

Refreshing Rains - Congressional
Convent ion Some Disgusted
Truckers "Wax Figssrs" The Fu-
ture Of The News Various Items
of Interest.
BeooKSNIIL, Fla, June II, 81.
Special Correspondence Paistka News.
Lots Of building going on here.
Bfooksyille is rapidly building up.
Large sales Of lands were made here
this week in default Of taxes due AMI un-
paid.
The town has been out Of lee foI tao
days. II sells here from two to five cents
a apound.
Watermelons and cantaloupcs in mar
ket. but too high for newspaper editors
and correspondents.
Refreshing showers have gla,dened
the hearts Of farmers. AMI caused yese.
tation 10 take new "lease on lfe.'
Mrs. Jarley's ''wax iiggers" were the
attraction last "Wednesday night. Well
attended; $50 realized. Mrs. farley MAS
'Immense.
Tn Mystic Owls met at Mrs. Marshall 5
Monday night. and the Methodist Ten
Cents Social had music, recitations and
ice cream at Col. CJoglers last night.
Nonr genial representative. ". ID.
Randall, ESP, was here few days since.
We hope he will come again soon. AMI
would rejoice To- have him permanently
with MS.
Brooksville gets the congres ,ional con.
yeniioh for tins district. The idea Is
prevalent here that Daviison will lie his
own SUCCESSOR. Very little excitement
or stir here politically.
There are some lisgusted truck farm
ers' in this section. One shipped twen-
" four crates Of vegetables to New York
and received 81 cents. Another sent oil
"a dozen crates and got back u cents in
postage stamps therefor.
Elyar Davis mot Vim. jackson. rs We
enormously had it). the negro murderer,
has teen sent to jacksonville for safe
keeping. a petition asking conlmlta'
tlon Of his sentence, was IN circulation
last week, and this week one was circu.
late and numerously signed asking that
his sentence be executed.
Considerable interest aud some excite.
ncnt here this week over a petition ask
in, renewal Of license Tor retailing in.
toxicants. The temperance people en-
ployed counsel and fought the petition
strongly, and considerable rottenness
was developed. such as signing mens
names without their knowledge, and
putting on names Of men who are not
voters or who had moved away, aud one
of "A man who had been dead u year.
The county commissioners threw out
thirty Illegal names. defeating the appli-
cation for license. The applicant is a
prominent citizen and baptist. lie runs
two saloons here. and two at Other
,oints. He is strongly critized, and lii
church will probably excommlnicatt
hun. PERHAPS il would ba well for the
,eople in other localities to closely scan
and scrutinize their whisky petitions
There Is much rottcnness in many ol
them.
II ha. been whispered to us that TIN
NEWS would soon put on metropolitan
airs, and begin the publishing Of the as
s,ci,t,d press dispatches. That II th'
one lhing nee,Iful to make it iirst class
daily. Edited with ability, well con
Quoted aud well rinted, possessing tn
confidence .: the democracy OF Florida
it would soon outstrip all rivals for pub
lie favors, if il published the ass'ciate'
press reports. The democracy. has NJ
faith in the I. L. Of Jacksonville, nor II
the democracy of its editors. They onl.
take i, for its tclegrams, and South florl
ia people would gladly welcome tn
D>llN News and give it their hearty an'
substantial support. II would soon be
come the lea ling paper and recognize
exponent of democratic interests an
policy in the state. SO mote il be.
XENO.