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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

a gentleman who is acquainted with
the President and his habits said that the
story from Paris about MISS Folsom de-.
nying the engagement has 10 him great
deal Of truth in it. The President and
Miss Folsom we're never engaged. The
President never thought Of such thing.
When the story started in the newspa.
pers, he did not deny il. because he
thought it would die out. Instead Of
dying out it grew, until 1t became use
less to deny it. Then he began to won.
der what he should do. hest man
BSsell was sent for, anil he advised his
old friend to marry the young lady. just
then the Folsoms took it upon them.
selves to acknowledge the wedding, and
NJ he consented that il the young lady
would say yves" he would wed. Gable
grams went under the ocean to the
young lady, but only an understanding
was reached, and Col. Lamont has gon.
to New York especially to break the
news to her. u all Ia correct. then the
wedding is to take place. The gentle.
man who tells me this says no knows il
to be true. Baltimore American.
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Farther south,

On recent visit to farther south Flor.
ida, We took look at the crops. and
made some inquiries as to prospects. The
crops generally have turned out well so
far this year. The great trouble with
the truck pa,chers' is. how to realize
the green cash for the green cucum-
hers. etc We found cukes by the wag
on load rcttng in the fields. The early
cabbage crop is about all shipped; late
cabbage are heing devoured by bugs.
We asked several parties about ship.
ments. returns etc. One man
had shipped eight barrels of cabbage to
Philadelphia-worth SIC in the patch.
Net returns, ~ cents. Another party
shipped three crates Of cukes to New
York: net returns. G, cents. Another
three crates of Cukes: net returns. G3
cents Another two or three crates Of
cukes and Irish potatoes; the commits
sion man returned. due us one c. mt. ''
The farmers raise plenty Of stuff
ing II Is the rub.
We were told by an old orange.
grower that this years orange crop will
te over an average short years crop,
and that the size Of the oranges this year
will nearly make up for the shortage in
number. Also, that scale insect has
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01
In the Tall Tower.

Yesterday u NEWS reporter went up
into the tall tower Of the Pr, sbyterian
church. with Mr.. j. f. jackson, who has
charge " the hig clock recently put up
there. The clock is a handsome piece of
machinery, with no more works or
wheels about it than AN ordinary clock
and II is now work ing in good style the
$50 pound pendulum ticking OF the See
onds It, regular rs possible. The ma.
chnery of the clock II run by heavy
100 pound weight, while the big striking
hammer has 800 pounds hanging to it.
Climbing fight Of rickety stairs puts
one ny in the opening above, where the
big bell IL located, and though there are
no shade trees up there. it is probably
the coolest spot In the city, and it is
worth journey to take in the beautiful
scenery stretching out on every hand
from that POINT. Ono glance revealed
the trains moving along on three rail
roads, and n long stretch of the river
seemed at our feet a look down into
the heart Of the clty will readily convince
even a skeptic that land is valuable.
for the houses ara huddlcd so close that
solid roof almost is presented to the
eye. Looking eastward, about twenty
new houses are seen going up. the work
men seemingly not larger than flies.
The Heights, one of the prides of the
city show to- good advantage. and the
elegant residences located there adj u
charming feature to the picture Of green.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01
Fish Law.

fRUTIAND. FLA, May 18Th, NJ.
Mr.. : L. HAMMOND,
PALATKA. Fla.
DEAR SIR: viii YOU be 80 kind as to
publish all the law regarding the pro-
lection Of our fish. that is fresh water
fish. The reason Why want this infor-
nation. is that our fish are being des-
troyed by the thousand by seins. At
this season of the year they bed on the
shell bottoms. and these places are sein-
ed. and all the fish are bsing caught and
shipped off, Ii il is against tine law our
society wishes TO know il - some STEPS
can ie taken tn st0pit before ii H. too
late. Yours tuly.
WY. ALLEN.
The law ON the subject mentioned 10y
MIR. Allen Is ample enough. bat it does
not appls to Putnam county at present.
Nee 'leltand's digest, after enunlerating
the provisions If sections -, a, -, a6,-
%, -, 90. ami -, of the statute, SAYS
they shall become operative in the differ
ent counties OF the state AMI after the
publication OF the same for four weeks
in some newspaper Of the county and
after the county commissioners have ac-
ceptei the same. On inquiry We learn
these sections have not been published in
this county. Therefore. there is no law
in Putnam county against fishing Will,
net in any season Of the year. Until the
law is published and duly accepted by
the county commissioners, everybody is
at liberty to fish as they please within
the limits u this county.
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The lBugg COttOu-1stCkcr.

MIR. .. T. Bugg. Of Georgia, the in
ventor of the Bugg cotton. picker. has
been recently on visit Ia New Orleans,
where he was interviewed on the sub
ject Of his machine, which il expected
to accomplish so much for the southern
planter. He states that the COMPANY
engaged in tho manufacture of these
machines do not propose to sell any of
them this season, but will devote their
energies to demonstrating the praclca.
bility of the picker to the planters Of the
south. Ii is desired, he saws, that the
machine should I've seen actually at work
in the cotton fields before they are Of
fered for sale, and to that end they will
be put in operation in all sections of the
south this fall, and next year il il ex.
pected that the demand for them will he
very great.
MIR. Bugg says that tho machines will
pay for themselves very quickly, al.
though he expects that they will cost
about $500 each. He expects that the
money earning capacity Of each will be-
$40 day at the present prices paid for
cotton picking by hand, and, therefore
though the company have expended
about $4,000 in perfectng the inven.
ton. he thinks 1t has cen money well
laid out. For the past two years Mr.
Bugg has carried on a series Of most en-
haustive experiments. and the results
show that the machine vii, pick 20 per
cent. of the open cotton without doing
any injury TO the limits or green hollis.
lie says that the brass barl,s that do the
picking are inserted in the bottom of the
grooves of the picker stems or fingers.
These fingers are small cylinders made
of wood, eight inches long and on inch
in diameter. with threads or grooves
cut in them, precisely like an ordinary
screw. The elevated ridges Of these
wooden fingers prevent the brass points
of the barbs from catching the limbs or
green bolls, but the moment they come
in contact with the open cotton il will
be wound around the fingers and with
drawn from the boil. The action of the
machine is simply to thrust into the
plants large number of these picker
stems or fingers, which are revolved.
Being constructed as stated. they will
gather nothing but cotton. The ma
chine has sufficient number of these
picker stems to reach every point Of the
plant from within six or eight inches of
the bottom to the top, 80 that every
two inches of the plant will have one Of
these stems inserted and given three OF
four revolutions, and very little cotton
will escape. There Is no threshing OF
beating motion to the machine: II sim.
ply rolls the picker stems back to the
rear exactly as fast as the machine moves
forward.
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\ STOLEN DRAFT RETURNED.
ltcstorcd tn it's Owner After Twelve
Years Through the Confessional.

Hest orcd to it's Owner After Twelve
Years Through the Confessional.
SCRANTON, May aos.-Twelve years ago
James Moran returned to Scranton from
Australia. where he had been in search
Of wealth. lie stopped in San Francis
90 for few weeks, and while there he
met with an accident that made him al
most blind. When he reached here he
had sight draft Of 81 900. which hal
been drawn in his favor by Wells, Far.
go q Co., Of San Francisco on April l2,
1874. lie was in the habit OF exhibiting
this draft and a lot Of gold, and m the
summer Of 1874 he missed them both.
Moran had some money besides, with
which he started . little business, but
he was not successful, and long ago ne
became an object al pity, both on &C.
count Of his poverty and his loss Of sight.
Yesterday devout old lady who hal
been attending services in the Rev. I. r.
kiernans Catholic chssch, picked up Il
small and well worn piece of paper near
the confessional. II was taken to the
Rev. Father Herman. who saw that it
was draft for ~ 900. drawn by Wells.
Fargo 4 Go. in 1874 in favor Of James
Moran. The priest took il 10 a bank
where it was ronounced genuine. and
later he learned how, when helpless and
blind. James Moran Of his parish had
lost draft twelve years ago. The sup.
position is that the person who stole the
draft kept it in his possession until he
became conscious stricken, and that he
left 1t in the church so that it might be
found and restored to Moran. who is sal.
~ in need Of the actual Nee ssaries Of
life.
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Dissolution Notice,

The firm Of webb & Nichols is this day Ills
solved by mutual consent, W. j. webb sue
eccdinl tu the business.
". J. WgBl,
&c NICHOLS.
rHlatka, June !. lsS6 mayatbl
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

Twenty-Five or thirty years ago few
men were more distinguished in con.
temporary American history than John
G.. Fremont. the Rocky Mountain pio.
neer. the first standard bearer Of the
Republican party, and the Union Gen.
eral in whom high hopes were conferred.
Since that time he has gone through
many vicissitudes. and experienced
many Iisappointments. To the present
generation the romantic incidents con.
nected with his prime of life are al.
most unknown. We are therefore glad
to learn that this veteran explorer and
soldier has undertaken the task Of pre-
pairing a memoir of his life. to be pub.
Iished in sumptuous style, with an abun.
dance Of plates and maps. The speci.
men sheets Indicate that the completed
work will be very handsome. But We
are sorry to learn that Belforl, Clarke *
Co.. of Chicago. the publishers, have be.
come heavy losers by fire, which near.
" DESTROYED their printing house. We
presume, however, that this calamity will
not interfere with the early appearance
Of Gen. Fremont's book.-N. y. Sun.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

Is there cleverer young man in the
country than Col. Dan Lamont? He il
useful as well as handsome and from
keeping of bores to keeping aprospect
i've marriage dark there is nothing he
cannot be trusted to do.
II the administration is not success
it will not be Col. Lamonts fault. IN.
Y. Sun.
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Jail Delivery.

JatI ueiiSery.
Mrntion Mas made one day last week
Of III. fact that the prisoners confined in
the county Jail had made an effort to saw
the bars II one Of the windows. When
their clients Z" escape We're discovered,
the sheriff took all the most important
prisoners out If that cell. and chained
them 50 that they could not reach tie
window in the other cell. leaving the
other pris' ners. Head. Smith and Evans
in that cell, rs it was thought they would
be safe there. they having but a
short time to remain in Jail serving out
their sentences Of thirty or sixty days.
But it seems they still hungered for ill.,
erty, and during the absence of Tailor
Perry from the Jail between II and Il
o'clock Saturday night, they succeeded
IN breaking the bars and eiiecting their
escape. The window. the sheriff in.
forms us. has been hacked and sawed by
prisoners for years, but il was thought
that i, would be safe until the new Jail
which will be ready for the prisoners
this week, was completed, and SO it was
mot put in repair.
The prisoners will be transferred to thu,
new Jail one day this week. where they
will h. much more safe and comfortable.
81. Augustine and I'alatka Railway.
We return our thanks to the managers
Of the st. Augustine and Pala,ka Rail.
way Company for complimentary
ticket over their line.
Yesterday Messrs, W. J. Jarvis, su.
pcrintcndent, and a. I. Sherwood, gen
eral freight agent, Of this road, were in
the city, having come over from the
Ancient City ON the first regular passen-
ger train. The schedule has been mos /
conveniently arranged. so that close
connections are made with both the
Florida Southern and the j., T. n X. ".
railways. and the road il now open and
ready for business. The steam ferry
boat l.onise. 81 long ON the ferry at
Toco has been brought up and she will
do Tia" ferry transfer for the road. land.
ing ut the docks Of the Florida Southern
| aud j., 7. & X. W. railways.
From passengers who came over the
road yesterday, We learn that the train
runs remarkably smooth for u new road,
and the time between the Gem City and
the Ancient city has been reduced to
only sixty five minutes. The road will
do a large passenger traffic from the
start, and is destined to be one Of
the most popular roads in the state. The
schedule will be found in our adv-rts-
ing columns.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

For SALE.-Steam yacht Red Wing,
- feet long. foot beam: rebuilt last
September. Apply to Fred. Hubbard, at
a. V. Mounts. my2J eodtf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

not been seen in that section since the
freezing Ct 1853 i.-Orlando Daily Re
cord.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

For RENT.-Three new brick store
rooms, ON corner Of Lemon and Third
streets. Apply to NJ. II. Rolton. at wood
yard. my NJ lw
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

TO to Dr W. W. Estes over Moragne
& kersting's drug store for fine Dental
work. fli.tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

SLATE RooFING.-We arr now pre-
pared to furnish the hest quality Of Roof
ing Slate at 1915 per square Of 10 feet
AMI others who desire safety from fire
sparks and good pure cistern water to
this very beautiful and durable material
Address X. NJ. Shonse. Agent, Box No.
$50, I. o., Jacksonville, Fla. apes 3m
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That school Building,

People everywhere have only words Of
praise for Palatka, until public schools
are mentioned when the citizen bushes
rs he remembers the old building used
for school house here. and the stranger
opens his eyes in wondering why such
an enterprising and growing city is So
far behind her ueighbors in this particu.
lar. Just read what Hon. A. j. Russell.
state superintendent OF public instruc
ton, has to say in regard to the shanty.
in recent letter to Prof. \. J. Wood.
Here is what he says: II hope with YOU
VT shall have gnod,public school build.
ing IN palatka. she is now behind every
other place of any Importance at all in
the whole state in this one thing.
The Grant monument fund in New
York is at Standstill. The total amount
contributed is about $l22 900. but its is
hoped that several thousand more will
I've added Monday during the Decoration
Day exercises. Ii is more thanrrobable
that the proposed million dollar monu.
ment will have to be cut down to the re
quirements Of about $3.50, 900.
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A first class new house, containing
eight rooms, in good neighbo-hood. for
rent. Webb x Michel, agtf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01

l-c the seminole Insect
Powder only. 1t - the best.
100, 2Jc, SOC. 81 100.
For SAFE by
4. xerst'ns. Druggist. Lemon ST.. Pa'attd.
Richardson 4 Co. Front " I"
N. T. Core, Lemon " :"
j. p. Tdyior' Req Store, Lemon - -
Gay Brothers. krby "
3. j. Crooms. Lemon " -
!, /. PURCELL g " I"
J, N. 0In9fe. Blake L"
NJ S. Bacon Sdn Mdteo
Oosenbprg & Ellis Como
lnayl6 If
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fRUTIAND. FLA, Nav 18Th, II.
Mr.. :. L. HAMNOND.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-01
NY ENDEANOR.

| have endeavored, in all my inter
course with you, to be impartial. | hav.
sought in my public ministrations. tC
arouse conviction that would lead /,
duty and development Of Christian
character, rather than what woult
merely please the intellectual or emo
tional man. Yet have had a desire :,
please, but it has been to please Him
who is our Savior, and IN pleasing Him
trust have pleased you.
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Gen. Grants Son Jesse.

At another time his youngest son,
Jesse, then a boy of only seven years,
came out on the platform when b cries
for a speech were loudest and his fa-
ther was as silent as the SphynX. The
lad looked first ut the mass of enthusiast
tic people before him and then at the
great soldier by his side, and inquired:
Papa, why don't you speak TO themS'
But Grant remained mute, and Jesse at
last cried out: II can make a speech If
a p can't" The shouts instantly went
up: "A speech from Jessel A speech
from Jessel" Then there was a hush, the
child began in his treble voice, but with
out q shade Of the embarrassment his IA
ther would have felt:
THE boy stood on the burning deck"
Jesse made another speech during the
same summe that was even more felic-
itous. Grant and his family were ut the
farm near st. Louis, where Mrs. Grants
father resided, and one hot day after the
2 O'Clock dinner. when everybody went
out on the lawn, Jesse mounted a hay
stack, and exclaimed: 'Tn show you
how papa makes q spsech." Grant him
self laughed, and we I'll went up to the
haystack. Then Jesse made a bow
(which his father would not have dOne),
and began: Ladies' and gentlemen: l
am very glad to see you, and l thank you
very much. Goodnight Every one
laughed, but Grant blushed up to the
eyes. | don't think he relished the imi-
tatiOn mt all; it was too close. But Jesse
was the baby, and we talked about some
thing else.-Gen. Adam Badeau's Letter.
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a Select Collection.

Obese fellers what fill der winders up
wild rellicks for people TO look at have ter
take a back seat nOw," said q Canal
street salOonkeeper the other night.
"Now dcre's q Teller over on Madison
street what thinks he's smart. He got a
lot Of old swords and guns and things in
one of his front winders wild all these
'scriptiOns tied 70 'em: A gun from the
valley Of the Shenerdoah; a built from
the field Of Gettysburg; a sword that
went trough tree wars, and paint from
Capt. Jacks face. Wait till | make my
spread in the mornin'. I'll make all desc
fellers sick. Mines genewine too. Now
dere's O nail from the ark called Noaher,
an dis is a back tooth from the whale
dat swallowed joiner. Let me see; ali
yes. Dis is some of der hair dat Alb
SALON left on der tree, an dis yer piece of
iron is from one of the picks dat Cyerus
used when he jimmied his way inter Bah
bcrlOn. Dis little piece of brass is what's
left of a suspender button dat Dan left
in der lions den, an dere's de string
Of q cross gun what a Teller named
L'onidas lugged round at Their at The
mOpalay. What's dat2 Let's see. Oh
yes; dat's de core of the apple dat Bill
Tell, shot at; an; that? Why, that's n
pretzeI what de umpire of Germany cut
his teeth n. Oh, just wait till l label
desc things an l puts EN- in der winder. "
Chicago Herald.
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The Creek Nations Reservation.

leave at once on my quarterly visit
30 the Creek nation, at their ervat
III mdlan terrIUory, TO pay them the
money due on the leasehOld of certain
grazing lands. They are, next to the
CherOkees, the most civilized Indians In
the territory, and, In my opinion, are SUI
periOr TO the average Mexican farmers.
They cultivate the soil, raise cattle, and
have school houses, stores and churches.
These leasehOlds have proved an advan-
tage TO them, as the lands which they
cover are Of no value To them, and bring
them q splendid revenue. There is no
danger Of a repetition Of the Cheyenne
and ArapahOe tlascO, as the Creeks are as
competent to make contracts as the aver
age American. Settlers are not allowed
on their domain, but permission is given
To traders to erect houses along the line
Of the Frisco road, which is now pushing
its way through the territory. These
traders necessarily bring butchers and
bakers, who in turn attract others, and
thus there are q number OK 1Ourlshing
towns in the heart of the reservations.
The territory is the best game resort In
the country, rs the Indians do not hunt
TO any great extent. On the Creek reser-
walton the small game is plentiful. Very
few Of the men hunt, and those that do
only seek large game-deer or bear. l
have seen us many as twelve cOveys Of
prairie chickens in one field. A sports
man who enjoyed the favor OF the
Creeks could live in a paradise OF quail,
prairie chickens, ducks, geese, bear and
deer.-AttOrney Marston in GlObe-Demo-
crat
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Writing for the Magazines.

Writers are much better paid than they
used to be-the rate varying from SIC
To $25, sometimes $50, per 1000 words;
the highest figures being those of the
TWO mOnthlies. But even these scarcely
allure a writer, who must depend on
other work to earn a livelihood. Con
tributing to magazines is a narrow field
at best, and he who is industrious will be
likely to fill his position for a year in a
month. The man or wOman who shall
produce ten or twelve articles a year,
and get them published, would seem to
get eternally in print, and would suffer
in consequence from a reputation for
NINETY. Writing for the magazines is
sometimes spoken Of as n trade; it may
be q profession; il can hardly be q prac,
tice. One might as well talk Of picking
up gold eagles for a living. The majority
Of persons have never picked up q single
eagle, and never will. To the majority
of writers: Do not write for a magazine
il you wish tn avoid losing money; never
publish q magazine; if you care To make
money, never write for onc.-Junius
Henri Browne in Chicago Tribune.
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Views Of che Oueen,s Gardens.

One way In which her majesty intends
to celebrate her jubilee is by filling an
album with specially taken Photographic
views Of all the more notable and inter
esting spots in the gardens and grounds
of her various royal residences. Mr.. Yer
non Heath, who is to execute her majesty's
orders, has already set to work at Buck
ingham palace, the extensive gardens OF
which are as beautiful as they are I'M
known, and will in turn visit Osborne and
Windsor and possibly Balmoral. The
photographs printed are to be limited tc
thirty-six copies, which will be arranged
in as many albums for presentation 10 the
queens most intimate friends. London
Figaro.
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Paid To the Actors.

Before Henry f. Abbey went back to
England he gave these figures from his
books to indicate To what extent Ameri,
can people have paid 90 see celebrated
actors under his management: Bernhardt,
in 1SS0-1, $685. pa; Booth, in 'Gl-2, $3.50
600; Patti, 'Sl-2, $S36,S9 Nilsson,
'S9-S ,$90S, 800; Isngtry, 'S23, SOB, 500;
Irving, 'S34, $685. ESQ; Irving, 'SI5,
$S90,0OO; Mary Anderson, $50 $34,-
$40; total in six seasons, 2,525, 534. OF
course Patti and Nilsson sang compare,
lively few times, and the season of Bern
hardt, Booth, Langtry, and Irving were
short Even allowing the usual leeway
most managers estimate require. it
the sum total is SUPPLEMENTARY York
SIM.