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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-07-12
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HERE AND THERE.


Cheyenne, Wyoming
Professionalism is making rapid head
way in Tabasco, Mexico.
Mrs. Sudden Rich Is the name of q
lady who resides in Boston.
A children's home costing 81, 1000 will
soon be erected at Coney island.
Three thousand teachers of elocution
ply their vocation in the United States.
A factory in Madison, Miss, turns
out 10 barrels of cotton-seed oil every
week.
Huachuca will be the headquarters of
Gen. Miles during the Apache cam
paign.
The stages between Greenvlle and
Kineo, Me-, still cross the Kennebec
river on the ice.
1t costs New York city S5O0,000 to
support the children committed by the
police magistrates.
1t is said that two hundred varieties
of wild flowers grow in Los Angeles
county, California.
Canadian prophet predicts that the
month of May will terminate in furious
ly hot weather.
Two English sparrows have built a
nest in the hood of an electric-light
lamp in Portland, Me.
The Norfolk, Va, crop of strawber-
rios is larger this year than anv grown
since its trucking career began.
A roller-skating rink, which has out
lived its usefulness, will be converted
into an armory ut Springfield, Mass.
The publishers of The tJanduSky (O.)
Register attempted to adopt the eight
hour law, and the employees struck to
man.
The health board of Brooklyn has
found traces of cOppcras in the green
peas imported from France to this
country
Hunters in southern Oregon are
wantonly slaughtering the deer for their
SKINS. Their carcaSSeS are thrown in
TO the rivers.
A rabbit hunt on large scale re-
Gently came off in Tulare county, Cali
fornia. Eight thousand of the bobtails
were slaughtered.
Bears are unusually bold this year in
Maine. Sheep folds are frequently raid
ed, and the farmers are organizing for
the determination Of the marauders.
The Rhode Island liquor r-dealers OBJ
ject to prohibition on the ground that
under its operation men will drink more
liquor than they do under license act
Minnie Schaefer, u notorious witness
in the Laverty impeachment trial, has
made an engagement with Snowman
to exhibit herself and her illegitimate
infant.
An electric clock that runs without
winding that is not affected by the at
mosphere, and that can be sold for one
half the cost of common clock is said
to he Il recent invention.
The park commissioners of Allegheny
City, Pa, have accepted gift of $25,-
600 from Henry Phipps, who wants
them to build greenhouses which will
be open to the public on Sunday.
A Calf Butchers association of New
York has sent out delegation to make
tour of the state for the purpose of
making arrangements with the farmers
in order to do away with the middle,
men.
A dense fog, only few yards in
breadth, settled down upon one of the
wharvcs of New Haven at noon one
day lately, and remained in that isolat-
| ed position for two hours or more while
the sun shOne brilliantly elsewhere in
| ~ xyio;nifNy
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-07-12
A Good Reason.

"Say, Chum, would you mind lend
ing me your dress suit this evening?
I've an invitation to a wedding"
"What's the matter with wearing
your ownP"
"Well you see, old man, was out
calling on my girl last night and her
father dog borrowed the basement OF
my pants. "-NationaL Weekly.
Mrs. Lew, aged IS years, of Columbus, o.,
10 the heroine Of two marriages. She was first
married when but IA years old.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-07-12
Fortunes joys.

Alas! the joys that fortune brings
Are trifling, and decay,
And those who prize trfling things
More trihing still than they.
-EOLdStnifh
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-07-12
Ma Takes 1t All.

School Teacher Now. Master Thomp-
son, tell me the denominations into
which the money of the United States
is coined?
Master Thompson-Don't know.
School Teacher-Don't you know
how the money your father brings home
every Saturday night is dividedP
Master Thompson-'Tain't divided.
A Utica, n Y, citizen went into butcbev
shop recently, and delivered an order fos 'two
pounds of veal culvers.n .-..,..
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

on Thursday aud Friday of last week,
1t being the end OF the first TWO months
OF the West End school, which has been
so ably managed 10y the Misses Mack, q
general examination OF the scholars took
place, which made a most gratifying
showing of the progress they are making
in their studies. Out of about twenty
o. the written examinations shown the
reporter yesterday, embracing spelling,
history, grammar. arithmetic, geogra-
ply and writing. the scholars made close
on 20 100 as an average, the lowest being
s. ana all the others between o. and 100,
This school IS meeting with the great
est success, and new scholars are added
each week. These young ladies are de-
termined TO build up one OF the best
schools in Florida, and all will wish them
success in the undertaking.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16
GETTING DISPATCHES in TIME.
The Labor and Ingenuity Required mt
Obscure Telegraph Offices.

Few people have any idea of the amount OF
ingenuity that is sometimes involved, even i'll
these days of nearly perfect telegraph facili-
ties, in getting Information into newspaper
offices in time for use. At all important
points the telegraph companies are careful to
keep on duty men who are able to perform
feats in the way of getting off press matter,
even to the taking of manuscript that would
have made Horace Greeley 5 compositors turn
pale, dividing il up among half dozen differ
ent operators and getting it into newspaper
office hundreds of miles away in intelligent,
consecutive story. But fully half of the best
news of the day happens at points not impor-
:ant, and the special correspondent getting
of a train just at evening in some small vii
lage, days journey from the city, where
somebody has had the bad taste TO commit
murder or do some other interesting thing,
more likely than not finds at the station
shanty man i'll charge of the telegraph
Office who has never sent n dispatch longer
than twenty words, and who is benignantly
and patroniZingly ignorant of pretty much
everything except that his regular time for
closing comes in half an hour, and he hasn't
had any orders to keep open later than usual
y dispatch addressed to the nearest district
manager of the company, reading something
like this: Il shall have so many thousand
words to send to such and such n paper to-
night operator refuses 10 Keep open to re-
ceive it" handed in with a tender of paw
ment generally defeats the early closing
movement. The operator gueSses he'll keep
open. Once in while he is green and sends
the message. The answer that he gets back
makes his hair stand on end and he will STAY
on duty till dOomSday if the special lasts that
long Occasionally it is impossible to get
such n dispatch in before the closing hour
and then the only thing TO be done is to paw
the operator. They get about $3.50 or 81 in
country towns And the money Is only in
vested at any rate, for a statement of the
case to the officials of the telegraph company
brings back, in the course of n few months
after the proper amount of red tape has been
gone through-a polite little note from the
company, incloSing check for the amount
of the blacllnail, and the statement that it
has been deducted from the salary of the
operator.
Getting the man 10 stay, however, is only
dispatch ut one of these stations Nothing
more appalling than the ignorance of these
operators on any subject outside of the send
ing of dispatches about the running OF trains
can be imagined. The only thing the CORE
spondent can do is to hang over the instru-
ment, telling what every other word is, and
prayerfully hoping that he is not sending
The ballot perpetuated the paregoric, y
where there was written The bullet pene-
trated the periton1um. Uncle Biz in
Chicago Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16
city ha, not been afflicted with maIarial

city has not been afflicted with mslarial
diseases.
Hon. Mr.. Evarts has long had the rep
utation of being the master OF long sen
fences, and so far all imitators have had
to go to the wall. But new candidate
is now in the field, hailing from Canada,
but his sentence is published in the Re
port of the National Board of Health for
1885. \ Palatka gentleman has taken
the trouble to count the words in the
sentence, which foot up 4'G. This far
eclipses anything that Evarts ever did,
and will win fame for its author. Who
ever ne may be. The sentence can be
found on page % OF the above report.
Yesterday morning the police shot one
of the worthless dogs that are contiu-
ually prowIing about the streets. The
dog had fit just in front of the old
Putnam House cottage, and the police
thinking that he might he mad, shot
him. The police may have been mista-
ken in the diagnosis Of the dogs disease,
but we are glad TO know that they made
no error in applying the proper remedy.
/ We hol several other worthless dogs
! will meet the same fate.
The police court had little revival
! Yesterday, after a somewhat lengthy
rest. p. Newport was fined s. and costs
/ for beirg drunk. John Ciausey was
also charged with plain drunk. and
| his fine was also 81 and costs. j. r.
/ Rock was charged with being drunk and
tiisorderly, and 50 likewise was Henry
/ DAVIS, each OF whom was fined 81 and
costs. Jim Smith, for shooting little
gun within the corporate limits of the
town. was fined 81 and costs.
There will he calico carnival at the
Putnam Skating Rink on Wednesday
evening. which will be given for the ben.
eft of Geck's Silver Cornet Band. The
Band is a Palatka institution, and de
serves well at the hands Of the public,
as they will soon be proficient enough t.
/ furnish all the public music needed by
our city.
\ short while since, while out hunt
/ ing. about eight miles west Of the city,
Messrs. Martin Griffin, Jr., and George
Weller succeeded in killing one Of the
largest rattlesnakes ever killed in Put
nam county. The snake measured sever
and half feet in length, and had tifteer
rattles and button. lie was skinned
and his hide preserved as a curiosity.
y general change of schedule went
into effect yesterday on the railroads
and a. result the mails were received
here at irregular hours. The schedule
will be perfected hy to-day, when The
regular time of the arrival ami depart
ure of mails will be made known.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16
PERSONALS.

Mrs. DR.. Burlaud and her daughter,
Miss Burland, have returned TO Pa!atka
from the North. where they spent the
summer, and will be here for the winter.
Col. Oscar Barron, the proprietor of
the Putnam House, is in the city. We
learn that he will open his house early
next month, and he is here now u ar
range for the season. The outlook is
that the Putnam will have better sea-
son this winter than ever before. and it
is expected that it will be crowded with
guests during the entire winter.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Evysl Il-,urIaut thought against sshcrs Is
a sword ;.lsd calls uut from others u sword in
return The Thought You put out. You receive
back of JU" ..une kind The coming empire
Of pcunr j, IL he hu.lJ mp hyreconciling differ
encls. making Of cucini friends, telling
people ,,t tho good that i, in them rather than
The bad -lreuticc Milford.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

There is good prospect, thanks TO the
publicity given the matter by the news
papers, of the skeleton found over at
Devils Elbow a short time since beng
identified. Everything so far developed
has pointed to the bones as being those
OF the Mr.. Steadman already men
toned in the papers, and the following
letter published in Mondays Times
Union, throws a little additional light
on the mystery. All that remains now
to be done, il seems. is for the author
tiles TO fully investigate the matter, and
see if the manner by which the man
came to his death cannot be ascertained.
If crime has been committed, the
guilty parties should Ice made o pay the
penalty, if they can possibly be appre-
hended:
WASHINGTON, Nov. ~.
Edit0r Times Union:
In last weeks Times. appeared a no
tice of the finding near Palatka of a hui
man skeleton. presumably that of =
man named Steadman. | DO not know
what additional light has been thrown
on the mystery, but will state that a
BtIIlLS bttii tIl- NAAN l-sliAit VI - ] .
Steadman, and possessed of considera-
bic jewelry, accompanied my family to
Florida, in the early part of 1884, whence
after stay of two months. he returned
TO his former home in Clinton, La, for
the purpose of moving his family II :,
permanent home in South Florida. The
last news we had of him was through a
letter written by himsel. TO a member Of
our family. over twelve months ago.
He was then in Polk county
near Barlow, but seemed unsettled
in his plans. His health was not
good. and if m! surmiSe Is correct. he
may have been travelling with others in
hopes of benefting it, ami becoming
wearied. sat down to rest. never to rise
again. | do not know what his wife'S
address is, but her married daughter
living in Clinton, La, will be able 10 give
it. Her full address i. Mrs. Moses
Baird, Clinton, La.
MIR. Steadman, besides the articles of
jewelry mentioned as being found on he
skeleton, always wore gold trimmed
spectacles, and generally had walking
cane with him. His age was probably
sixty.
These are all the particulars | can give,
but my impression is that those cuff but
tons and shirt studs was no others than
the gentleman whom l know.
Hoping truth will soon be known.
l remain, Respectfully,
Miss NJ. \. NORWOOD.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Yesterday MessrS. J. +. Speck & Son
received the following letter, which, as
literary curiosity, we reproduce, as
nearly as written as possible. The man
evidently means business, but he didn't
send the necessary Iucre 10 obtain the
ex-~ample,
CARRAEaLLE, FLA, Nov. the 9.
Mr.. John, F, Speck, & Son | have Re-
ceived Your Paper on November the an
| have Read Your Paper an | think " ei
Of IT an | vii Xix TO BE an Agun for You
an Mr. Speck You Must send me an ex.
sample Of your New Jewelry an | VIII
BE sPonsjbie for What Ges from You !
Know that / can Get a Good SAIL for
Good Jewelry You Must ANGER this Noat
Sure your friend
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Mr.. Chas. Kupperbusch offers Prize
to be shot for at his Rifle Gallery this
week, a Silver Pickle Dish and longs,
which will bs given to the one making
the Best Score in Ten Shots. The Prize
will be delivered Saturday night. Call
and try your luck. 1t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Wait. Everybody that is needing
horses and mules until Rafferty, &
Mack's horses arrive, Dec. LIST. You will
have two carloads to select from, that
were bought expressly for the Florida
markets; also a large stock of buggies,
wagons, and harness which will be for
sale at prices to suit the times. At
Rafferty, u Mack's Livery Stable, Lemon
Street. PaIatka. no14- 6td&3tw- "a
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Another 'old public functionary" has been
discovered-the Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart,
OF Virginia, an octogenarian, who was a
member Of Fillmore's cabinet Mr. Stuart
Is just now among the guests at the White
Sulphur Springs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16
Hcat Rng in Dnknta.

y lO0-acre peat bog has been dis
covered near Glendale, u. I. The peat
reaches to a depth Of from seven 10 ten feet,
and i said t. oyerlay surface Of icc--New
York sun.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

West End Photograph and Tin type
Gallery, corner Of Fourth and Lemon
streets. Everything new. First class
work guaranteed. Give US trial.
GEO. BROWN,
novi4 6t Manager and Artist.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16
PALATKA, FLA, NOV. 1s, 1886.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All advertisements inserted in this column
will be charged eight CS) cents per line for
each insertion. There will be no deviation
from this rule. Persons who wish to avail
themselves OF this column can make their
own estimatcs of cost. where the advertise
ment is inserted in both Daily and Weekly,
fhe charge will be Ten tlOJ cents per line, each
insertion. Terms-CAsH-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Granulated Yellow Corn Meal, Ora
ham Flour, Rye Flour, Buckwheat
Flour, Dat Meal, ETC., just received.
no13 st A. NJ. HAUGHTON s. BRO.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

W. d. w EBf.
Palatka, November Is, 1856.
X. Kersting, opposite Putnam House,
agent. nol4-6t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

have used the Magnolia Ague Cure
for nearly two years, and find it the
most effectual Remedy for Fever or Ma
laria have ever used.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Sugar Cured Shoulders, Brunswick
Hams and Breakfast Bacon at
no13 st A. NJ. HAUGHTON s. BRO. S.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Herring's Safe, nearly new, for sale by
Baldwin & Cochran. motif
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Orange Wraps
At COchrane's Book Store. Full Count
and First Glass. Send for prices.
no1-12td&2tw-;}:5
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-16

Direct from New York, very choice
"OId Dominion" Pig Hams Uncanvased,
Pigs Feet, F. NJ. and Smoked Beef, Her
ring, Mackerel, ami full line Fancy and
Staple Groceries, Canned Goods, etc, at
The Family Store. X. r. REID.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-04-17
An Odd Family.

some time ago a ploughboy found a
nest OF young rabbits, rather larger fla,
mlce' and took them to the poultrymap,
cottage, intending to feed the cat with
them. The cat had produced some KIT.
tens two days previously, which had.
however, been destroyed. As soon as
the rabbits were thrown down to her.
instead of bouncing upon them and de,
vouring them, she commenced atonce to
lick them, and expressing her delight by
loud purringS, took them tenderly in her
mouth, and bore them off one by one to
the basket that she had selected as nm-
sery for her lost kittens. The little Great
ures were not long in finding the CON-
fort they required, and which their fos-
ter-mother seemed only too delighted to
give them. The cat has continued TO
suckle them, and the rabbits appear to be
thriving well, the "happy family pre-
senting a most pleasing spectacle and
one not often to be seen.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-04-17
Chjld29n's Column.
w lllow and Alder

oGe' pretty Pussy Willow.
IN ermine mantle clad,
Is strolling by the river
~ 10 IN, make the Alders glad;
For all her yellow tresses
~ IN sunlight CLEAN with gold:
Inc breezes gently toss them
IN many a luStrous fold.
These ns, are my several darlings-
This ever-wedded pair;
MY lad with silken raiment
Ills lass with golden hair;
WITH merry words I greet them.
While blue birds sing amain--
"Ihe sweet south wind is blovioo
And spring has come again
JOURNAL OF EDuc,,
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-04-17
Young Peoples Page.
Left, the Son Of Eric the Red.
Of Miss Whitney's fine statue model,
exhibited in the East, of Left the Morse


"a strong-lmbed youth with free and
graceful pose, clad in medieval dress
that means attire without disfiguring con-
cealment of the grace of motion; al
manly and refined face, from whose
every contour and line beams the sun
NEST and happlest of care-free DISPOSE
tons; expressive well, of that whole
some interest which unfettered youth
must take in all those new but antiCipat-|
ed changes that the untried future brings.
This is what we see. If beautiful
statue is all that is desired, Miss Whit
ney has certainly succeeded in her task,
A light casque is pushed back upon the
ripping hair that shows in every soft,
loose wave, that the yellow Morse sun has
hidden there for warmth. One hand, the
left, is raised lightly to shade the out
looking eyes, and the strong feet in lat
ticed sandals are firmly planted upon
I'VE are expected to beieve) the swift
prov of his own vessel; but somehow
the same boyish motion seems apparent.
1t is Just here that one looks with puz-
zled glance at the little card below the
plaster and reads, "Leif, the Son OIL
Eric, who discovered America 1000 years
ago" This beautiful youth never dis
covered anything, except that life was
sweet.
If memory of ancient history and
legend serves us Alright, Left, the son of
Eric the Red, was rude, half-civilized
freebooter, who having quarrelled dis
astrouSly with his own tribe and family,
made sail with his people and followers
tor the new land Of which rumors were
in the air He must have been at best,
with such progenitors, rugged speci-
men of manhood, with those MATURING
marks which family responsibility, sec
tlonal wars and personal discussions
leave in indelible stamp upon the human.
face. 1t does not come to each onlooker|
at the resulting statue to comprehend its
motif and see the ideal soul about which
the author has builded this counterfeit
presentment of its personality But the
eternal fitness Of the form is of necessitv.
made by eachnew pair of critical or adj
m1rlng eyes to clothe the ideal of the
owner of those eyes with what varying
proportions tits easy to conceive. Miss
WhltneyS "Leif" is beautiful truly,
marvelously beautiful. 1t is not historic :;
it is not legendary ; therefore it is simply
Miss Whitney's ideal idealized, and as
such is to be accepted or rejected"
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-04-17

A plan for a Children'S Industrial N-
hibition originated in the fertile BRAN o.
Mr., Charles Barnard, and was carried
into effect by the managers Of the lnauS'
trial Education Association. Mr. D','
nard had the backing Of many energ'uI
women, who became deeply lntere'''o
in his enterprise, Thousands Of SPS',l
mems of skilful handiwork by Boys "uU
Girls have been shown in this nose | o.,
hibition, including needle-w0rk' oeil' aJ,
embroidery, practical designing 1 ,.;op
carving, carpentry, pattefn-i .nnJei.
casting, turning, screW-cul'lDS'
ling, etc,
ONLY French frocks for little girls .., a.'
made with sacque or gabrielle With "+'a a
and they are now made snOl'' .,;Ior Of
deep long V front and a ... saiIY,
Dauphin collar in the back ~ 1s hnoE from
in long revers in front turning =
V-shaped waistcoat. 1,
A second Of the Russian yolt 4lon5obil
tientsof Pasteur has died Of iY''0'