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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23

The Maine II ii,herlucn want 10 90
to war with Canada. Pat Blaine at
their head aud let em go. Times.
I'uiop
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23

The secretary Of the treasury has
transmitted to congress, in complI-
ance with Il resolution Of inquiry, 4
list Of the customs districts where
the cost OF collecting u dollar cl.
cecd- that sum.
At icrnanlna II costs ~, 90 to
collcc, dollar; at st. Augustine,
$2.ij, at st. Marks, 500, aud at
Mobile, Ala, Sl.3l. lie also advises
that the salaries Of Florida collectors
be fixed a. follows: -. Johns,
$1,000; Key West, $500, pensaco.
Ia, 5000, and Appa'achicola, 81, 200.
There are 81 custom districts that
are recommended TO be at once abol.
ished a. independent districts and
ports, and that they be consolidated
with the nearest customs districts
adjacent, and Secretary Fairchild
says he sees no good reason for their
further maintenance.
IN one ot these districts, St. Mary =,
Georgia, we notice that it costs the
United States s23. .lG to collect one
dollar al Nantucket, Massachusetts,,
it costs slo.ll; at Pe,ersbnrgh, Va,
1855; Little Egg llarbor, \. J.
sj.42; Dnnkirk, \. Y, %5.3l, and so
on in lesser amounts through the
whole list, including Mobile, where
it costs Sl.3I to collect a dollar,
while Pensacola contributes about
that amount TO help Mobile pay ex.
penscs Pensacola Commercial
The Maine Fl ,herIucn want 10 20
to war with Canada. Pat Blaine a,
their head aud let 'em go. Times.
nion.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23
"rlin" Whites Career

/ The career OF PIN Whit, tAa NO
/ torloui confidence man. who has iust
died in Vermont, shows that there i
something radically wrons IN our syS
tenn of dealing with criminals. tlnlnS,
from hoyhood this man WAS a swindler,
and II is estimated thai dHrir: hi, "A
reer he ohtanedhy fraud am lion lul
half of dollars from hi, victims. IN
more than one instance men We're driven
10 ruin by his rascallty committed sui.
eide. To his other tilyu>,s lie added
bigamy. and even his lIlcga r!,arr;age~
appear 10 have been part nt hfs general
scheme 10 live by swinlhng for in at
least one instance he wa, enabled by such
a marriage To cheat hi, pretended wife
AMI her relatives out Ut large sums pf
money
The man was arrested again and
agaip, but imprisonment only served TO
temporarily cheek his tarccl. Ii did
not always accomplish even this. for "A,
one time while in lnil in tina city White
actually managed to swlhdle the sheriff
out Of $4,000 The mans aujactt, wa.
phenC nenal and his succrss was IN PRO
portion To- his alidacitv He sometimes
obtained over SlOo,OOO from "A single
victim, and frequently managed the af
fair with such shrewdnrss as tn escape
criminal liability for hls acts.
Why Is il possible for swtndIcr 10
run such career. Whites deed, were
chronicled throughout the country, lila
picture was probably hung in half n
dozen rogues galleries. lie does not ap.
pear TO have attempted any Disguise
Vet he was able to live openly in cities
where he had been tried and convicted,
AMI to enter on operations that male him
conspicuous. The reason seems 10 he
too much laxity in the administration of
our criminal law, and i0u little inter.
communication between the various lo
cal police forces. Even where a collcc.
tion Of photographs OF criminals is made,
little attention seems to be paid tu il, and
u notorious rascal whose picture il ~ the
rogue5 gallery can become Il con-picll.
ous parsonage IN this city. and the pu-
llcc remain ignorant Of his identity.
The only eNpelicrt that can render
such Il career as that of 'I'lin" White
impossible is tho thorough complication
and diffusion Ut information concerning
criminals. Not only tho police in cities,
but sherils in rural eountios should co
operate in the work, aud such knowl.
edge should bc available for informing
the Judgment Of tn" court in pronounc.
ing sentence.
When a man has by repeated oHcnscs
demonstrated that Ie is an incorrigihc
il Is 10 the interest of society
that he shall be continuously impris
nnpd, and little cooperation between
the authorities will render this result
easily attainable by securing his transfer
10 another state when he has served the
term of imprisonment TO which he has
lust been sentenced. Now York Star.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23
L fragment.

What Il. " hlle Stt h f. alone.
\ voice / have not heard tuF wear
should greet me in low, sweet toI.t
That once wis mtgSlt tu uly C4E<
Aud I should start FROM mrmnrv's >wly,
Aud. turning, tint you s.tfiu1 thsrr
nehanged. rs though 'tuert YESTERDAY
Nour tert went triPqiu~ dow "a ;hs stair.
Or ii, upon some slliamrr tLly,
Mid song of birds AMI hGm vf trt,s,
] should 20 down the Weaa nj V,ly
To our old trsst beneath the tle,~
And. starting back in glad >rrprls,
should behold yaft Waittr thrtr.
The old light shining in Nrrlr ewes
The sunlight tangled u Nput 1atr
In vain shall not see ta, A#Nu
0t Wine-browu eye en- eft,ll ttg ssuiL.
uf ruby lips bat yrt SHOW
That your are near me aii htN ie.
Fur >o loved Nau in that ttt'Ha
Of sunny years that my rrar attrs
Would bleed afrcSh aHd cutgu' j., -trar..-
To think tod held ItS fan nj t5...
Ami So, when ~ Culttg shataW -e5tasH
And night fats softly o'er tn H,l.
You touch my cyc.ld> and S,t,fr.
And sleeping. dream of heaven ana tn,.r.
And " hen some summer morn Nh f,l frj~tk
Ihat lnis me chilled ~ dratEr. ..t / .t-N
You need but kiss ME, shan wake.
And NakinS, he III h,atcu with lnU
IC3EI tine. -,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23

and had good dea, of what we boy,
n0w call cheek. She went where she
wanted 20 ~. IN spite of army regula-
tlonS. ami went 10 So many places that
w4ll ontv try Ia tell you of few Incl
4ent, She tirst stopped week or two
among tlse freedmen at Island No. 10.
and as she was going to the boat To de-
Part, she was hailed by female voice
calling out: ",lisSus. miss,s, don't pass
by Ills yere way" Looking up. Aunt
Laura saw sitting on Lex. clad IN
mans hat, coat and shoes. with an old,
patched. nesra, cotton shirt. very old
woman.
NO, can't tell you how ole | is"
She said; only knows is been here
great while. f0' ste Tat white house
over the rthbtr dar; OATS been my
home great many wear, but massa drove
me ot', he say, cause lis no count.
gwine wheczin Ike an old hoss. an he
brains ol,, ef didn't 90 To de Yankees.
An' mi>suN come out and say she set tire
TO my cabin some night an burn me up
IN it. TO long to lie Yankees; da want
nigGer, an yo' hain't no count, no
how, An tole 'em. Want | count
good many vars ago. hut da say.
Gar ont wid you.' An seed some
boys ti,hlu Oh de hank, an de fetch me
obcr
AZ Bethel, Tenn, near shiloh, an old
Ne gro woman said;
My ole missu, come here las week to
Let Il lot Of us Ia go back wild her to de
ole plantation. We wouldn't go. hen
She went 10 Gcn'ral Grant. an he say.
IL your people wan; to 20 back they
may, Den She try us again. but not one
would 20. ben she went back 10 the
Central. an begged an cried an hel' out
her han, and say. t;en'ral desc hans /
never WAS in dough; never make cake
o bread in my lite. Please let ms have
my cook An She tuck on 81 jus' /
trmble. l'sr feared he tell mo to go Wid .
her. But all her cryin' didn't help her.
Gen raj he say, lcan't help you, mad.
am: il your cook wants to go wild you
she can; but she is free and she can lo
as She likes about it, An she went oil
cr,in', and "" could Jus kiss dc grnun'
Gen'ra Gran, walks ON ever since"
Hc ttlI vi tUt NdI ult HOT DTtNg uu
end to Aunt l.aura's labors. She joined
the free,man's Bureau. and went to
work in the south distributing supplies
ami establishing schools She has been
ali over the south, and has visited Kan.
sas two or three times. Next week she
will start for Kansas again, going to dis.
tribute among the needy and worthy
freedmen the sum of $4,000 left her for
this purpose in the will of a good woman
who recently died up in Vermont. This
is quite an undertaking for one of her
ag", don't you think? Bnt Aunt laura
is very active. She never seems to tirc
oe doing good, and isalways visiting the
sick aud helping the poor in somo way
or another There arc many more things
| want TO tell but this is already n pretty
long piece to put in your paper. have
always thought it rather queer, though,
that we read so much about great society
ladies and SO littlo about women who
have spent their lives in doing gool to
others, as Aunt Laura iiaviland has
done. Maybe il is because there arc so
few AUNT l.auras. Il Clicago Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23
PASSING TIiE PENSION Mill.
tftcr II lsunnin. Debate. II Goes
Through ~. senate by - tO1i.

-
" ,~illN"rnN, May lo-'Tle pension
bill was taken up in the senate again
this afternoon, the pending question be.
INK the motion made by Mr.. Mcpherson
Ia rcrominit the bill to the committee,
with Instructions to report to the senate
an estimate Of the expenses that would
be incurred ly its passage. The motion
was relectel-yeal "a, nays 2s. The
question then REQUIRED on Mr.. Blair
amendment to fix the minimum Mt ~ II
month, Mr.. blair modified his amend.
ment 50 g. to include sailors, marines, ,etc.
SIR Logan gave notice Of his intention
t. move to make the amount 49, DO
bate ensured. during which Mr.. Beck
took occasion to remark that the taxes
To- pay these pensions fell heaviest on
poal people. Mr.. Blair's amendment
Wa agreed to.
Nh Logan then offered his amend
mcnt lXing the minimum pension hero.
after payable under any law at ~ a
month. After some debate the amend.
nont was reiectod-yeas 90, nays II.
The Van Wyck amendment, az amend
cd. Was agreed to. Mr.. Logan moved
an amendment extending the provisions
uf the bill 50 "a to cover men who
served three months, which was agreed
to hy n viva voce vote. Mr.. Butler Of.
ferpd as on amendment provision FOR q
service pension for the Mexican veterans.
To this Mr.. tonger offered nm amend.
mprt excluding persons under political
disabilities. On motion of Mr.. Blair,
Mr. Buffers amendment was tabled,
TIC bin was then passed--ycas "a, nays
li-a4 follows:
Yea, tldrich. Allison, Blair, Bower,
Brown, Conger. Cullom, Frye, George,
Gibson, Hale. Hampton, Harrison. Haw-
loy. IIoar. Ingalls,, Logan, Mcmillan.
Mahone. Manderson. Miller, Mitchell
Oregon, Morris, Payne, Plumb, Riddle
berger. SAWYER, Sewell, Sherman, Spoon
or. Va1 '"5r't. Voorhees,. WalthaIl anu
Wilson Maryland Total, 81.
Nays-Beck. Berry, Blackburn. talI,
cD-kriIl, Ens'is. Gorman, Gray, Jones
arkansas, Mcpherson. Morgan, Sauls
bury. Vest and Whit horne. Total. II.
Florida ba4 this season taken the place
Of Bermuda in supplying the North with
ca,ly vegetables, and this business it
will probably monopolize hereafter. The
supply starts from Key West and the al.
jacont Islands, but th" largest early sup
plies come from the Manatee river and
Tampa south of Manatee the weather
is apt to BE- hot md dry, except on the
coast. while the region named is saubri.
Gus and ia visited by frequent rains As
we proceed north the gardens increase
in number and Importance, and IL not
a. early in reaching the markets, are
still ahead of Georgia, the Carolinas and
Virginia The January freezer in.
stead Of Icing a misfortune to our loo-
pie has only developed their energies
and opened up fresh fields and pastures
new in which to exercise them. Jack
snnvIlle News.
,
II is strange that no shrewd Yankee
fisherman has yet invented patent bait
that will do away with the necessity OF
buying from the Canadians. Here il a
iieh field open for eastern ingenuity.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23

After working several Years on the un-
derground railroad. Aunt Laura returned
home to ser the institute, which had be-
come quite largely school for rolDr d
folks. During the war she vas often
tempted to 60 south to do what she
could to alleviate the sufFerings Of sol
ders and the blacks. but her school was
in such condition that she could not
leave. At last. however, she declared
she could stand it no longer. and selling
her school and gathering carload Of
supplies, she started for the Lower Mis-
sissipi river. Coming to Chicago. she
conferred with Mr. Livermore. Mrs
Hague and other workers. and aucreetIpd
in getting what they told her she could
not get-a pass for herself and supplies
to Cairo. If should try to tell YOU q
all the interesting thing that Aunt
Laura did. saw and heard in the south
you would have to give mo two or three
pages Of your paper, and grandpa says
you won't even give me n column " !
will Just say that she did great deal of
work in the hospitals and camps and
prisons and among the freedmen. She
wasn't AFRAID Of anything er anybody.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23
4. n. EDWARDS & co.
DEALERS II
Fine Wines, Liquors and Beers
Imported and Domestic Cigars
.IsILIIARD pAleIOIsS

The bar IL provided With nl the beat acres
sOries and i3 presided over BY an accomplish
cd mixologst The patronage OF he public
respectfully solicited. Good order preserved
at all times. myy!-tf
Water stfest--ilart's Eiupk-Pulntk kU. Florida
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23

II IL strange that no slrewd Yankee
fisherman has yet invented patent bait
that will DO away with the necessity Of
bnyng from the Canadians. Here il a
iieh field open for eastern ingenuity.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11

The great plateau between the Rocky
Mountains and the sicrras, comprising
the territory 81 Utah and the state Of Ne
vada, isapparently destined to become
the greatest clttle range ii the country.
Already immense tracts Of land, some
embracing nearly $50, 600 acres, have
been purchased, and owners Of large
herds in Texas anl other southwestern
states are looking for ranges ID this wide
section Of natural pasture land. The
pressure Of settlers who wish to engage
in agriculture and found homes upon the
lands in the great fertile plains of the
West and South has been to crowd out
the cattle kings who have for years mo-
nopolized the largest part Of the State
which by nature are better fitted for the
raising of crops than for the pasturagc
Of herds. Thus there has begun he
sgira Of cattlcmen toward the west
which bids far to aid materially IN the
development Of those great sections Of
our country TINT have hitherto been LETT
almost exclusively in the hands Of In
dams and peripatetic gold funt n.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11

A correspondent Of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat has found maiden,
dumb, wild and beautiful, ID cave At
Moose lake, Indian territory. The girl
lives with an old Indian sorcercr named
Koomo, and the only fact which throws
light on her presence in that desolate
region is that family named Holbrook,
and consisting ot husband, wife and
child, settled in the country previous to
1877 and then disappeared. Il Is sup
posed that the father and mother were
murdered and the child turned over to
the Indian in whose care she was found.
The romantic flavor Of the story, how
ever, is somewhat spoiled by the readi-
ness with which the aged sorcerer held
out his hands for aims.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11

The business Of killing deer for their
skins IS still carried on in Oregon. In
every direction il Coos, Curry and Jack
son Counties the camps Of these skin:
hunters are found, and around them are
the carcasses Of deer rotting on the
ground. Two hunters will start out
with pack horse, each loaded with pro-
visions for two weeks, and at the end Of
that time return with their horses loaded
with 100 to $50 deer skins. For thess
they get about 30 cents each.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11

Major E. A. Burke, late director
general Of the Worlds Cotton Centen-
NAL, has just returned from three
months trip in Spanish Honduras. He
rode 1000 miles on mulcback, and criti-
cally examined the country and all Am
erican and European enterprises. The
prospects for gold and silver are as great
as in California and Nevada in their best
days. It's agricultural md fine timber
resources are marvellous, but cannot be
utilized without intelligence, and capital.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11
The Choctaw Indian Nation had ths

The Choctaw Indian Nation had the
prohibibitory law thirty years before
Maine, and it was 10 their Constitution
thirty years before Kansas had II. i i
enforced fairly we'll, particularly as the
United States intercourse laws prohibit
the introduction Of intoxicating liquors
into the Territory As to the general
laws Of the Indian Nation, they are not
as we'll enforced as they might be.
Whipping is q favorite punishment.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11
There are go, 600 lead pencils, accord

IncIE arc 1sJO, VVV IS dSt peKC1Is5 NV0O1u
ing to some unknown statistician, used
each day in the United States. The
Chicago Tribune feclingly observes that
sif every woman who uses lead pencil
were to sharpen her own, the consump-
ton, it is estimated, would amount to
about ESQ. O0O, 600 q day.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11

The best cure Tor runaway girls Is bread
with no butter and q Washtub.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-11

Ten cents IN stamps.
PILE TUNK0HS and (
treated under guarantee
sent for ten cents in stamps.
DTsPENgARY MEDICAL Assoc
Street, Buffalo, N. X.
, 1886-10-16

The Stuttz New York Dramatic COM
pany opened its engagement here in "A
Celebrated Case. The play is from the
pen of the famous French dramatist,
D'Enney, and is in itself a recommends
ton to the performance. 1t is full Of
tragic situations, and carries a ripping
vein of comedy. The play was well rem
dered by the company, which contains
many actors of merit. The leading role.
Jean Remand, was taken by MIR j. G..
Stuttz, with good effect. The various
grades of feeling, the sorrow and despair
of the galley slave, were well represented
by this gentleman. Miss Alma Stuttz
and Miss Booth were excellent in their
respective characters; also, the support Of
the troupe was good. This afternoon
will be given a matinee. The regular
matinee prices, 25 and so cents, will be
charged. To night the great Irish drama,
Under Tpo Flags, will be presented.
There will, no doubt, be a crowded house.
, 1886-10-16

Alter a close and anxious consultation,
u local contemporaries have at length
decided on red as the future color of the
fair ground fence, and the clear and CO.
gent reasoning. calculating the eloquent
appeals which will follow and support the
decision, must convince the public that
red it should be. 1.-THE LEADER be al
lowed a voice in this matter, it would sug-
gest that the painting be deferred until
the next general Republican gathering.
This gathering can doubtless-by the eff
forts of our local contemporaries-be held
on the fair grounds, and the fence can be
painted red with no expense to the fair
associatinn.
, 1886-10-16

An Irishman named Whalen was
brought into the city from the forty first
station on the Cheyenne & Northern
grade yesterday, and is now an inmate Of
the county hospital. " halen is badly cut
about the shoulders and breast. the result
of an ARRAY with a young German belong
ing to the same camp, named Jacob
Chicken.
1t seems as though the men had a dis
pute evening before last in the mess tent,
which terminated in the fist fight, wherein
the German got the worst of 1t The
next morning the German renewed the
quarrel, and after some words, stabbed
Whalen with a large knife. Some of the
cuts are quite serious in character. A
warrant was sworn out before Judge
Fisher, and Constable Smalley started
after the knifest yesterday afternoon. He
will return probably with his prisoner
tn.d.v
, 1886-10-16

Last evening, attracted by the constant
stream of people of fashionable bearing
and elegant attire pouring into HJd's
Masonic dining hall on Sixteenth street,
the reporter went with the current and
soon found himself at anchor within the
walls of this dainty restauratcur's estab-
lishment. Here was gathered for the
noted caterers 5 o clock dinner, a striking
assemblage Of Cheyenne's wealth, fashion
and culture. Elegance attracts and ex-
c%ellence retains, ard the dainty chef
dourre's Held daily spreads before
his guests has earned for him a reputa-
ton which, happy as it is at present, is
ever strengthening itself. An almost
priceless French cook graces the kitchen,
and insures the menu being a b~ewildering
succession of astronomical triumphs.
, 1886-10-16
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

The brand commissioners we're in SEES
sion yesterday.
All of the red sandstone for the second
Course of the depot has arrived.
w. D. Armstrong has decided a right of
way to the Cheyenne & Northern.
Attention is callei to the low price ad.
vertisement of Messrs. Smith & Harring.
ton.
Messrs. Smith & Harrington have a
greatly reduced price list. See their ad-
vertisement.
An insane United States soldier from
the Pacific coast was on yesterdays cast
ern bound tain. in charge of a corporals
detail.
Deep sea oysters and clans received
tri-weekly, direct from New York, at
Held's Masonic Temple dining hall. Tele-
phone 20.
During the recent visit OF Architect
Howe of Union depot. he expressed him
self much pleased at the way the building
was being done.
1t is reported that the candidate
sketches of the Tribune will hereafter
be run as pay locals. The business man
agement of the paper is to be congratu
lated.
Superintendent Deuel's division on the
U. 7. now reaches to Grand Island. The
superintendent returned yesterday from
his first visit Of inspection over his new
charge.
The Sun is perfectly correct in refer
ring to its biographical notices of Repub-
lican candidates as mere sketches" The
full pictures in this connection will lie
filled out by the Democratic voters on the
coming 2nd of November.
The Union Cattle company made a
shipment of 500 head of steers from Pine
Bluff the day before yesterday to their
feeding ranch at Gilmore, Neb. This,
with a prior shipment of the same num-
Der, makes l,60O head the company is
now feeding at Gilmore. The stables
there will accommodate 3 300 head.
, 1886-10-16
Mall seryIce Renewed.

The following letter was received by
Governor Warren yesterday:
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, WASHING
TON, u. c., Oct. IL, lss6.-SIR-In
reply to your telegram of Oct. 8, 1886, |
have the honor to inform you that in
compliance with your request, the order
disseminating service between Rock Creek
and Fort Fetterman. Wyo., has been re-
scinded, and made twice a week between
said points, with a side supply six times a
week, between Douglas and Fort Fetter-
man, to take effect to-day.
lSigned] G. NJ. SWEENEY,
Acting Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral.
Hon. Francis +. Warren, Cheyenne,
WyO.
, 1886-10-16

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street. The location is agreea-
Bile and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished. meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, walters who I'M
derstand their business, the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room are among the
many attractions of this popular house.
HERMAN KMME. proprietor.
, 1886-10-16

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup company, San Francisco, Cal,
Is natures own true laxative. This pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy may be
had Of W. N. Hunt. Large bottles at
So cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant, prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispel headaches. colds and
to cure constipation, indigestion
and kindred ills.