The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-14
ILLINOIS AND VA.
Good Crops in Both Statcs-PcorIa a
Model CIsy Bad Effects OF Prohi-
biiion in Iowa \ Floridian Among
the Smokers and HaNkcScS.
.mI Cnrrrspnnd.nrc rALAEkA NIws-

the smokers ana H3N Reyes.
spy Correspondence PALAgkA NTws-
PEORIA, H., sept. 10, lsSG.
have been here two weeks, and have
visited through the northern portion of
Illinois. find the corn crop somewhat
shoIt ON account of the drought The
wheat and oat crop was considerably
better than the average. The corn crop
is estimated throughout the State at
about three-fCurths the usual yield.
The weather here has been unusually
hot since my arrival. ! expected to find
cool weather, and found just the opp0-
site Tie air here Is close and mora diff
ficult 10 breath. and person Will suffer
more with the heat here, with the tner-
mometer at 50 than in Florida At So
made a trip TO burlington, Iowa
the Prohibition Stato-and went W,7t e.
Dies Moines. The farmers are ia =, cd
spirits, and have had good wheat and
oat crops: hut the corn is "a little short,
on account of the long dry spell. Bur
lirgton, which used 10 To- a lively tosn
before the prohibition laws were passed
is now altogether different. The Ger
mans, who are bound Ia have their gias-
Of beer. have crossed over the river into
Illinois, where they can get their accu~
TONED beverage. while the saloons that
,crc are selling the meanest kind 81
whisky behind double screens. and
making hypocrit.s ont of heretofore
honest men. SO much Tor prohibition;
while. the drug stores sell whisky t.
every one upon signing an agreement
not 10 uSt. the Wl. iSi,v except for medical
purposes, thereby defraudinS the tax
payers out of many hundred thousand
dollars heretofore paid 10y the saloons iuI
the privilege of dealing IN the beverages.
! The average travelling man likes his beer
or HE bitters. and when hc strikes Iowa
he gets out of the state as quickly as
! possible.
Now, / am in favor of temperance il,
the true sense OF the word; but l am
/ not in favor of this su-C;slled prohIhI-
/ ton, which Is wors" than hypoCrltical.
! drives business and enterprise from tn"
/ State. and retains all the disadvantages
caused from the free use OF Ilquor.
In Peoria, shocks of earthquake" were
perceptibly felt in tall three story build
ings on the LIST of September. but were
not perceptibIe on the ground
Ii has been nine years nee last vis-
tied Peoria, and W lille there has been no
great boom, like that in Palatka, the
CITY has had Il healthy growth. and
has advanced in population from y 900
TO 80 coo. Some Inc business blocks
have taken the place Of old ones, and
some of the finest residences one would
wish to see are located in this city; but
many are talking of going Ia lorIda TO
.Scape the cold winters, and 4 goodly
number may he expected this winter
from Iowa AZ well as here.
Peoria is one of the best markets Il.
the Middle States. ard pays the bes
price for gram. There are located her
sixteen distilleries, and they consume
daily sixtv-five thousand bushels Of
grain. and fatten a great many cattle
and hogs. This home consumption IN
ab;es Peoria to paw a better price fpr
grain than any other city west of Chi
cago. y rol ing mill i To he located
here the coming year. Coal - CHI HP,
and is delivered in large quantIti'- at
G. ,a &c per hushpl Ia these factoTi's y
government building, which i ," cost
{ $3.50. 600. Is very near completed aud
will Ice beauty and an attraction - the
CITY OF Peoria. ard the inhabitants are
Justly proud of 1t. The city Is we'll pro
Vtlcd with paved STREETS. horse railroads.
water-works, &c. ami is Il mode! city
for strict morality and clean'ines-. The
police are provided with a i'm" patrol
wagon. for the sole purpose Il convey
ing all persons 10 justice who are ac-
cused of immortality. and upon convic-
ton they have to pay the city we'll for
their ride behind the eight hundred dol
lar team.
The mercury stands day at IS and
{ IL is very sultry. j. r. Z.