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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22
4 HIOODY AFFAIR.
"Details or the S.,oOi ing Scrape At
NnrtiN,Xilic. Cause ofthr toW,

" AsnlxGroN. MaS -. Specials from
Mar,insyile, Va. give the iolinwlni; h's
tory Of the tragedy of which brief meh.
lion was made last night. Saturday
night AN Anonymous circular was 'sS'l'''
ana posted upall over town. 1t s'rla''s'
Is reflected on ". X. Terry, Il young
business man. and his father, the laio
William Terry, prominent citizens.
MONDAY morning Terry Telegraph for
his Two hr,y -, .,i ss- r.p ...,.,itf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

In auproach tEtm t,zt sttlsrltiy. an
J,rstand what thrir feelings must h..
"piI YOU drive Mr. Norse 10 the dt-
pot this morning When he went TO Ne"
York
NO. That would not have been he
proper thing. 1t would have caused =
great deal ot comment, AMI perhaps hut,
Mr.. Morse's feeling. Tarrytownt IS a@fr,tt
place for scandal.
When did YOU first know that tte ia
rents Of your wife knew She ".~ m1f
riei To YOU:
Not until this morning. went to
bed early last night, slept We'll an dld
not dream of the trouht" that wi> IN
store for me until got up
Minton sighed as he said this. y hits
the reporter WAS talking with MInton
young Howard Morse, 4 handsome
bright faced Young man, walked over
the Iobbly path from the manor
house AMI stood listening IL what htS
newly made brothcrin Ia" saii lie
still held the huge mastlS tN the Sith'
der cord. hut 1T Il sign from h'S master
the brute lay quietly down at the f'-
norter's feet. II can make no statement
further than to say that my SISTER slept
at home last night said Morse. 1T
was not a RUNAWAY match. iot the par
ties did not leave Tartytown, ana my
sister i, now in her own room IN our
house. How ii will all end do NOT
know. Ny father AMI mother ar" IN 4
wretched tondition. You cannot SEE my
sister. We admit no visitors.
Tarrytown i, alive with gossip Over
the affair Some say the Young saiy E
not more intelligent than tine eoaetlhah.
while others say She MAS refined anu
cultured young lady, ami has mate Il
mess of it in marrying Il man her lntcl-
| lectual and social lnferl"r. Miss ''fa.s
taught the infant class IN thirst rhnttn'
and was q great favorite with The rhl'
dren.
Miss Trace was pretty well gone on
George Minton. said an urchIn "t1
liv, near the Morse mansion. - used
To- see 'em nearly every day when I've
was driving herou She would lean her
head or his shoulder and feed INN W'i''
candy.
Grace Morse became infatuated Wltn
t;eorge Minton becaus" Siir never ha'l
any other male company" sand IN o!d
Tarrytown citizen. The Mons. d'
not "a into society, even if Mrs. MORSE
is i'm recent Of SlJ,OOo annually IRON
fund lef, i, old Commodorc vanderbilt.
The girl grew lonely and sen''meh'a,
and no, having ANYTHING better to iaHI.i,
her affections upon. got = It on M'nt"h.
Tarrytown l.eople think that att'on
citation will take place. and that the
roacbman and hi, bride viii he forgiven
by the proud parent, New York Star
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

,iov. Swinrtorl. Of Alaska, tells some
strange tales Of how things have been
conducted in that territory. lie says
that on his arrival there he found the
affairs being run hg tIic old collector. the
old marshal, and thc captain ot the
Pinto. The collectors name Is French,
and hc is q brother If &tero French the
republican politician of Now Nurk. GOV.
Sntrpfurl ly4 there is u law prohibiting
the importation Of liquor of anY klnd
into tn" territory, and yet the wntst uF
whisky IS bought nt Portland oregon 1T
about 81 ~ per gallon, aud brought tu
Ala ka and sold ut from ~ to Sl2 per
gallon. When the governor suuk" Of the
vicious quality Of the whisky. h. acted
AZ though Ir had tried It. II y had only
been in posse esaiun Of the hUtlsc u short
time, when tho rtiifing marshal brought
linn bill fuf the furniture. lie paid
the bill. amounting ~ between $500 and
$500, and soon after a-rnltpiuch the fur.
nitnrn uciongcl to the government, Tho
marshal j now far away, Soon after
his arrival in Alaska the steamship com
panv sent him pas. He At first hcti-
tatod about accepting it, tn' finally did
50. and 1on after had nrcasljn tO make
Il trip to Juno. ~ miles II stant. The
regular firn is $50, but with "A pass it Is
only -, - the ship simply charges for
the nrals. When he returned he asked
the clerk ~ make ont his bill When II
was presented it wH4 for $50. lln eS-
postlatcd saying II only paid 80, and
why do you make it out this way
a. IL, ,.a,iI Lao
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

lSNiliticT ., gR SNIvst rt. 1850 !,
tiicato from the faculty Of htlIrtur 10
the effect that these operations woto
painless, to tie animals, and Of the great
est possible benefit ~ erttnce. No. |
don't think We shall try any experiments
on degs or cats just Yet MI that
troubles us now il tn yet together Il at.
ticivnt supply Of rabbits, II tou know
Of anybody who has raIHls tp trl .ud
him up here, nnd "" ahall hr glad 10
buy them. New York Sun
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22
Iiauiit..

The question of the cultivation vt ramic
is still agtating the minds Of IT," farm
ers nf this state who feel that It Wlll
give them that variety III th"r 'f"l4
needed Ia assure prosperity.
Mr.. Arthur Sh'tf writes ir1tn Ina Ai-
gusta plantation, Ibefville, to General
Sewell
II consider the future weliair uf the
state ,!.ppnls on the culture ot rainit.
The one thitlg missing is the decortica,
tor. anl | hope you will bring. 1t forth
shortly. As soon as your machine has
proved success, and If | am obliged to
keen my plantation. sugar cane, with
all its risks, troubles and unceftsinif,
will disappear from my fields forever.
When do you rropose tn ray me a VISIT:
With my best " she's for tie sncc"s7 "i
YOUR machine. remain. etc.
This. indeed is tlc only question m
volvptl-the etltrn$s Of q 'l"eHrbcatoi
A. soon aS the planter are cohvInced on
this uoint. hundreds uf them viii devote
their acres to the cultivation % rainle,
and Louisiana will b. relieved from lts
present condition Gf devoting too much
land to a single crop. ~. o. i'em. 'raf.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

The people of South Australia or" ma
king great preparations for The in'"rha-
tinual Exhibition which will bc held ~
The city Of Adelaide, on juno ~ lNS,.
It j. expected that the exhibition wiii
call the attention If thu world generally
to the wonderful progr, = Nhlch austria
Tia has made in the last twenty I'VE
ycars--l progress only rafhllrIlel ht
that If tine [ nited State.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

Il his two oJheTEi-r4. hTE-r4 j. x and 'DrlI..;l;t,
Icrry, living ut Aiken Station twenty
miles away. They arrived at =. m"
and. after a brief consultation, went TO
the printing office and demanded the
author of the card. fhc printer told
them it was Col. 7. y. Spencer. n mem
Der of the town board. Monday evening,
soon after the tobacco factories bad clos
ed for the day. AMI the street, were til
ed with operative, returning from Their
work. the Terry hr they, started in The
direction Of Spcnecrs factory. When
about half way they were met by Spcn-
eer, with his brother and several flIend..
W. *. Terry addressed n few words to
Spencer. who told him not 10 shoot.
Just then some one fired a istoI and the
became general, Forty aho's
were fired.
W. X. Terry waj shot from the tear.
the ball entering near the ~pno and lodg-
ing in his right hAa-t JaE" Terry waS
shot through the Hdnmcn and fell dead.
Ben Terry was shot through the neck
AMI in the body. Spencer was shot
in the hip aud hi4 hi,lne.e PARTNER,
TarJrton Brown. received two balls IN
the groin and j. thought to b" fatally
wounded H. t.. Jones a saloon keeper:
4. l.. Gregory. clerk ut the Lee hotel,
and SANDY Martin, II acolora merIanic.
are all seriously hurt. I'll" last two werh
hit by stray balls
The Terry = are we'll known aud mem
hers 1T an old family and urehpy high
social positions None uf tlrm are mar
riel Saturday afternoon W. \ Terry
card ridicnllng the Tax hll
rasscd by the town hoarl. u' winch
Sppucrr was member. but tli. did not
Justify. in popular opinion, H." card
which followed it at night AMI WItici,
brought ON the tragedy. T',tnc>l Mon.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

There are 1T present 40 old soldiers in
France who have served untler the First
Napoleon. and each of whom receives
lifr annnity nf 30 francs. II is stated
that thi. venerable battalion loses annu-
ulIy On an a.crage ~ of its meinlera,
and it may thus le expected that within
the neg, four years the last veteran will
take his departure from this life.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22
4 Tale OF rCauNas-baCks, =,

Mr.. Rateman was pasSionatcly fofd "i
canvas back duck. which hc imported
into fngland. Tn" canvaS.hack was I"
h., the piece dc resistance Of this pattlc-
ular Sunday feast uf which Mr., Irving
smoke. For ,lays bctur. Mr. Bateman
had ,ycAt hours in ,ln,r CONGRATULATIONS
with the cook respecting the pittar'-
tion of the birds. The evening came.
Th, guest, we're sharp set They had
ho,s duuvrcs in plenty to increase their
zcst for the ducks, II last the gr"at
moment arrived, Horror on horror : !.
Instead of being ho, and triaay - that Is
the wo,tl Mr.. IRVING used canvas
backs wire cold ard ilabby From tha'
rlomcnt the spirits Of The guests loii.
and f,ll from boiling point to zero They
uuaifctl bumper after bumper, ana
drank bottle after bottle of no aNall.
The horrible miscarriage ct the canvas
back. weighed ON host and guests. They
babe each other adiru teariully, ana
wont home 10 their wives or their lodE
inps, Time went on, and whenever nv
Irwin met Batcman he always tried 10
discover the reason of the great canvas
back ttasrn. But without avail "r.
Ratrnna, Was always silent on the su''
iect. One day the two men met ~ Tue
club. "Rateman have You heard III.
news asked Mr. Irving IN n sep''I''hral
tone of voice to his host Of that mem,
WV! .."u'..y night. No What s ,.,.ll. IS It.
rLr tnul;' 4 ,lpa,i "fiau I'm
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22
\ descendant OF iicttic Washington On

Gen. WIslngton's sister, Elizabeth
Wtehnston married Col. Fielding Lew
l., wiu Was tiuartermaster General Of
the Virginia forces during the rcyolu-
toparv war. and rendered valuable ser
yicest 10 the American cause in that
great struggle. Miss Annie Putnam,
who !, the telegraph operator at Mad
i on is a great grand daughter of Mrs.
Lewis. aud thereto closely related to
the father Of his country. Miss Putnam
is also lneal descendant on the fathers
side Of Cen lsrral Putnam, of trvoln.
tiunary fame. Probably no young lady
in America can boast Of more distin-
gulshr,i ancestry than Miss Putnam.
She ha inst received handsome portraits
If tonnpl and Mrs. Lewis. from rel.
atiye- in Boston. The portrait Of Mrs,
Lewis Lnaf9 u strong resemblance to that
uf her distinguished brother, Glen, Geo.
WASHINGTON, and while tho face ia one
If gtrat sweetness. il is also marked
with an ar oI commanding presence
which would be shown only in the fea-
tires Of person of the highest breed.
ing In dress AMI appearance. the por.
trait Of Col. Lewis IL a perfect picture OF
ti, odd Virginia gentleman and officer
Ni-5 Putnam will be remembered "a u
cltl,n ol Washington several years ago,
while ~ o,tr telegraph Office viii, Miss
itpkln. Washington Ga. Gazette.
There are some rather curious things
in newspaper statistics. There are, for
instance. 700 religious and denoinlna-
tionll rcw papers published in the lni-
ted state b, nearly ono third Of then,
are t4i.a.it, New York. Philadelphia,
I,,s'uu and Chicago. New York ~ far
ahead in this respect, but Chicago leads
lirtun Three newspapers are devoted
tn the siik worm, six to the honey bee,
and nut loss than - to poultry. The
dentists base Is journals, the phonogra-
rLef4 nine. and the deaf and dumb and
blind -. There are three publlca.
tions rsclusively devoted to philatsly,
aud on, to the terp4ichorean art, The
proI,iItinist9 have i20 organs to the
ipuor dealers eight. The woman suf-
fraeisls have seven. the candy makcrs
thftr. Ct-tronnnJinv is represented by
three papt,a, Eas hv two. There ar"
about GOO newspapers printed in Ger
man, and t. in French. The towns
which have most French periodicals are
New York. New Orleans. and WorcCs.
ter. Mass four apiece. There ore more
Swedish rtirts fhan French. Two daily
newspapers atr printed IN the Bohe'
miau tongue
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22
WANTS roWDEGI.N'S PLACE.
irons Candidate for the Position
ur General Master Workman.

IT. lurt>. May 10. There appears 10
H.. no doubt that Martin Irons Is a cam
,llate for powderly's place. In con
versation a day az two ago he Is reported
as saving:
Il am going to sue the papers for Ii
bel that have cast reflections upol INV
n, rsonal character. have been rlade
the scapegoat of the failure of the strike
hy Powderly and otheiS, and have
come in for little more abuse than
am going IL stand.
How about the stcry that You are 4
candidate fcr Prwier,s place: was
asked.
We'll. have received "a great many
letters urging me Ia he a candidate, ami
there seems To hc a general feeling
among the knights that must make
the race. OF coarse, my duty Is Ia serve
the order In whatever capacity they de-
site. ruN,lerly has not used me riSh
lie began arrangements ior arbitration
without even consulting me-. WAS mol
considered in the matter ut all.
"Should he have seen You hrsi;
"pf enurse. am, by virtue OF my n"
sition, the chief the order here. Ills con-
duet IN Ignoring me was mol tNat 7"
Gentleman. II was discourteous IN cv-
erv PARTICULAR Now I'm getting the
HAM. for his management, iiut never
mind | am going as "A delegate to the
next convention nf the kniShtS, ana
think shall he able Ia set myself rIEht
uron the floor there. ! think that
il will be seen Iy what is done there that
tie Knights in,lorse my action.
MIR. Irons stated tina, he would soon Go
Fast where he would lecture upon the
labor question. Il was intimaied IN thus
connection that his crrand would also
include Il little looking after the chances
in connection with his candidacy Tor
General Master Workman.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22

itIb'' ilNHiiluiiN 'tidi tN'I. IA -
Il Il glad Of it. replied Mr.. Ha,onlah.
"Vhy;' exclaimed the other. rather
shocked. ''llc cooked those canvas
backs over gas. And Mr. l;atemnn
marched off never to rccur to the sub
p,t a.ain. Pail Mall Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-09
RIPTON.

Our special town meeting came off on
the 3D. inst. and resulted on the second
ballot in the election of !. +. Goodroe
as Selectman.
Workmen under the supervision of
Henry Smith are busily engaged in
framing the proposed new bridge near
Huntleys mill.
C. ). Albee has lately found nice
little colt dead in the pasture under cir
cumstances warranting suspicious of
poisoning
The Ladies Aid society in Ripton are
to have festival with dramatic enter
tainment in the town hall on the evening
of the 10th inst.
The barn of l.. l.. Caswell, with its
contents, was burned early on the morn,
ing of the 18th. He claims loss of some
5000. Amount of insurance and also
cause of fire unknown.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-09
MONKTON.

The 18th passed of very quietly in this
place.
Nearly all the schools in town have
closed for a vacation.
Samuel Miles is quite i'll with nervous
prostration. DR.. Collins of Ferri-burgh
is attending him.
The strawberry festival, which was
held at the town hall last week, was a
success both in attendance and tinan-
cially.
At the regular business meeting of the
W. c. +. L., held last week, the resigna-
ton of the president was accepted on ac-
count of her feeble health. and Mrs. Nj.
+. Potter, vice-president was appointed
to fill the Office. 4 public meeting will
be held at the town hall on Thursday
evening, July Is. Exercises will consist
of readings, recitations and singing
Mrs. Naomi Purinton, the county presi-
dent, is expected to be present and speak
to the people A general invitation is ex-
tended.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-09
GOSHEN.

.. Il. Severy sheared this season Is lbs.
of wool from four sheep.
Some of our citizens went TO Buriing-
ton on Monday to celebrate.
Mrs. human Aliens health has been
very poor for some time past, but she is
better now.
X. NJ. Brown and Edgar Cross sold last
Monday to parties in Rutland a nice span
of black mares consideration. $3.50.
This excessive warm weather which we
are now having is just what is needed to
start into active growth some late corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Persons left home
on Saturday last. and returned on Mon
day, visiting friends in Orwell and Corn
wall.
Judge Churchill and his sister Column
bia attended the W. NJ. quarterly meet
ing in Chittenden last Saturday and Sun
day.
well last Saturday to visit friends; meet
ing at the residence of G. F. Persons rela-
tiVeS from over the lake.
Considerable interest is manifested by
some of our farmers in raising good colts.
Some very valuable horses have been
sold from this town within IL few years
and most of them were raised here.
Most of the farmers have commenced
haying. The hay crop is better than it
was last year. Oats and barley are look
ing finely and Il large crop is expected
much more barley has been ,own this
year than usual.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-09
ORWELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Thomas rejoice
over the birth of a son.
II. NJ. Root took butter on Saturday
last, at from Is cents down.
Robert Young has returned from his
recent journey in the far West.
Charles Hale is in town, the guest of
his brotherin-law, Geo. Thomas.
Miss Abbie Root is in town. the guest
of her nephew. Deacon j. :. Wilcox.
John Wetherbee and Owen Mills are at
their respective homes for the summer
vacation of school.
Doctor and Mrs. w. II. Wright of
Brandon spent the Sabbath in town, the
guests of Col. :. y. Warren.
Ii. q. IIibbard took in II or $4,000 lbs.
of wool on Saturday last at prices rang
ing from 20 to 30 cents per pound.
Comical Brown gave one of his laugh
able entertainments at the town hall on
Saturday evening last to IA fair audience.
Rev. f. r. Wright of Rockton, Illinois,
who is visiting friends in Shoreham, will,
it is expected, occupy the Congregational
pulpit on sunday morning next, July II,
in the absence of Rev. Mr.. Calhoun.
\ number of people from this town
visited Hyde's Manor on Monday eve
ming to see the fireworks, and report IA
good display. the fire balloons being IA
marked feature of the entertainment.
Communion services were held at the
Congregational church on Sunday last,
Rev. Mr.. Calhoun officiating, at which
time two united with the church on CON
fession of faith-MiSs :. A. Kimbal and
George Thomas.
Rev. :. +. Calhoun preached his last
sermon previous to IA vacation of six
weeks, on sunday last, from John xvii.
20-2l. lie will spend most of the time
Oh the Sea-ShOre near Boston. that hC
may be near his oculist, Doctor Williams
and also enjoy the sea air.
This is the report of the school in dis
trict No. :, which closed its spring tern
July =, Miss ii. +. Abbey, teacher
dance II G3-S0; pupils having no marks
on the register are as follows; Arthur
Cutting, Marshal Walker, Mary Brancl
and Anna Branch; Elsie Wright, on,
tardy IN; rk; Willie and Thomas Purcell
each one days absence.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-09
County Ueps.
BRISTOL.

ii. c. Munsil's health continues poor.
The bueberry man has put in an APP
pearance.
A festival by the band in the near flu
ture is talked of.
"Comical Brown" shows at Holley hall
on Monday evening, July II.
Rev. p. b. Strong exchanges with DR..
Archibald of Addison next Sunday.
The Bristol Mfg Co. are cleaning out
their mill pound this week.
Nelson Wheeler is raising the roof of
his house and otherwise repairing it.
Regular communication of Libanus
lodge. No. a, Monday evening, July II.
f. B. Patterson is making extensive al
terations and repairs in the store occu-
died by f. NJ. Kent.
The friends of Dea. William Grant hear
that he is in poor health at Fort Edward,
N. Y.
viii MCGEE has erected a very fine
SIdllllt HlOllulltll lOI - ID. N'ldHi VI
New Haven in the village cemetery.
Mrs. William Haight died in Lincoln
Tuesday night and was buried here
Thursday.
There is Quaker minister from Ohio
preaching at the Advent church this
week.
The three entertainments given by the
Shepherd family, last Saturday and on
Monday evening, were first-class in every
respect.
The glorious Fourth was duly cele-
brated here by the usual gang of hood
lums by ringing bells, blowing horns and
beating tin pans.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-09
General 11eps.
CONGRESSIONAL

The Senate and House are still at work
on the various appropriation bills, which
have constituted their principal business
for the past three weeks.
Notes.-The President has signed the
Fitz John Porter bill.-In making an
appropriation of 1868 for deficiency
in the expenses of the board of visitors
to the naval academy in June, 1SS5. the
House passed an amendment providing
that none of this sum shall be used to
pay for Intoxicating liquors. Sem
ate has increased the compensation of
the commissioner of pensions from $4,000
to $4,000. The salaries of the commits
sloner of patents and the solicitor of the
treasury were also raised from $1,000 to
81 800.