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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

vertrees & Co. have q very large stock
Of Seed Potatoes on hand, and for sale.
Call and secure prices. Can be furnished
In any quantity. jan-lStf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

Round Trip Tickets at one fare, to the
quests Of Hotel Interlachen, Interlachen,
Fla, over the Florida Southern railroad.
i16-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

FOR RENT.-Seven-room Cottage on
Kirby street. Apply to Jos. E. Bald
win. Running warter on premises.
j19-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

L. Meyer has just received a beautiful
and varied selections Of wall paper OF
this years pattern.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27
To Truck Farmers.

For RENT-Second floor, with Lemon
street entrance. Apply to NJ. Loeb. j22-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

Ten dollars will buy . good lot for a
homo in West Palatka. Apply to j. W..
NeIaury, Harris Block.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27
THE DAILY NEWS.
CORREsPONDENCE

= solicited ON all interesting topics through
cut the state. We will be especially grateful
Tor al local items OF interest { o the public.
NoVD sent by wire should be Abbreviated when
urncficable. and sent after O'Clock p. m, ad-
treoDed to PALATKA DAILY NEWS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

The elegant schooner-rigged steam
yacht Leila, now leaves Harris wharf
daily for Crescent City, on arrival OF the
1915 train from Jacksonville. Return
ing, arrives in Palatka in time for sup
per each evening, Excellent band on
board and, all necessary accommoda-
tions for passengers. jan-13-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

Ten acres of good fruit land within
one mile of Keuka-$10 per aero. Ed
eumloy, Keuka, Fla. nj
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

Paint your roofs with the celebrated
Fire Proof Black Tar Paint, for sale by
L. Meyer.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

To Truck Farmers.
For eale, 90 acres of land one-half
Hammock, one-half Pine, with house,
fencing and improvements, oue-half mile
Of Hotel Interlachen. Sulpher springs and
nursery stock, strawberry patch and gar
den. Apply at 80 Hotel Interlachen.
jan2e-1m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

In putting on your wall paper be sure
10 use ''Simon's Bug Destroyer" in your
paste, which prevents reaches from eat
ing the paper /; keeps ont dampness and
destroys insects. For sale by l.. Meyer.
emily, state agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

L. Meyer has just received new lot
Of imported wall paper, direct from
France. Call and examine. dec1Otf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27

Tho Now0 once.
Tho once ofTHD DAILY NEWS Is located on
water street, in the Iron building next 10
RA.d'O brick store.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27
PALATKA, FLA, JAN. q. 1886.

The Daily News
Can be purchased At c COCHRANES.NEws
STAND, at the postofnce building.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
Soldiers Bounty,

Second Comptroller Maynard has
settled an important question arising
out of the act of April %, 1872,
which directs that every volunteer
soldier who enlisted for the three
years prior to July -, 1861, under
the Presidents proclamation of May
5, 1861. and the orders of the war de.
partmcnt issued in pursuance theof,
and was actually mustered for three
years before August 8, 1861, into any
regimint, company or battery which
was accepted by the war department
under such proclamation and orders,
and who was honorably discharged,
shall be paid the full bounty of 500,
under and by virture of the said pro.
clamation and orders Of the war de.
partment in force at the time of such
enlistment and prior to July %, 1861,
provided such bounty has not already
been paid. The second comptroller
holds that said bounty is payable to
the heirs of every deceased soldier,
who, if living, void he entitled there.
whether he died before or after the
passage of the act.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
A Unique SyClOpedia.

An extremely valuable Cyclopedis,
and Of very great popular interest is
Alden's CycLopedio Of UniUersal Lit
eraiure, Volume III, Of which is just
published Novel in plan, and at a
price low even compared with Mr.
Alden's always low prices, this vol.
ume gives in its nearly 500 pages
biographical sketches of one hundred
and eleven prominent authors, with
characteristic selections from their
writings. The following authors
among others, appear in this volume /:
Audubon, st Augustine, D'Auvergns.
bacon, D4lzac, Bancroft, Banip, Bar.
baOld, Beaumont Beecber (scveral
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tial storm handles an old shirt on a
clothes-line in the back ysrd.-NOc
Domination The "Deltas" are a
Rowlesburg club; but they are able
10 do the work Rowlesburg has q
railroad and they cannot be f+'chi.
ened by the toot OF MorgantuM q.
"bulgine."
The venerable Capt. Stoy WAS
in town Thursday on his way to Oak.
land to teach the boys how TO "toot. q"
Mrs. Tate, of Missouri, who
has spent the winter in Florida. Wis.
tied Gen. Browns this week, on her
way To kingwoo1 for a visit to her
sister, Mrs. VIM. G. Brown Mr..
{. l.. Ellis of Newburg, was in town
this week. lie informs us that the
total fund to this date for the New.
burg sufferers amounts to s655l. 90,
besides some donations in. the way
of clothing &c. The fund is being
paid out at about the rate of 5000 per
month, which would exhaust it in
about 10 months, unless additional
amounts are received,-GrGf Sen.
tiuel.
Some of Our correspondents are
in the habit OF using pins to fasten
together the pages of their communi-
cations instead OF numbering them
consecutively as should be done.
Please don't use pins heresfter-not
loug ones. We have reason for
this; Last Saturday we vent TO the
Post-oftice, and after separating our
letters from the exchanges we put
the letters in our hip pocket. On ar.
irving at our Office we squared our.
self in the editors easy chair to read
the daily news. We had no more
than unfolded the paper and placed
our feet up on the table, to get a
comfortable position. until We found
that it would be more comfortable TO
take our feet down and stand straight
up, and to be quick about it, too. We
reached to our hip pocket and took
ont letter which had its pages pin.
ned together by four huge brass pins
with their sharp ends all pointing in
our direclion-and that direction was
not towards the bottom of the chair.
either. Please do not use pins!
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02

Mrs. Geo. Gilbert. Bryan, Ohio, writes:
DIR. y. IL. HARTMAN n CO., ColHmbus,
Ohio: commenced on the fifth bottle OF
your PHRUNA this morning, and should
Just as soon think OF doing without my
meals rs without my medicine. /
have been doctoring for about four
years, and kept getting worse all the
time and was just giving up in despair
when got one OF Your books, "The Ills
OF Life | was i'm bed at the time. /
read and re read your book and felt like
trying your medicine. My folks thought
there was no use i'm trying anything more.
was too far gone, and might as well
make up my mind To die. | told them
iERUNA was the medicine | needed, and
intended totry a bottle. IL proved sue.
cess in breaking the chills, and il il had
not done one thing more, would have
been satisfied. But il has done more and
feel like another person. Everybody
that sees me is surprised 10 see me looking
80 well, as they all thought was diving
with consumption, and now my own folks
have Us much To- say for the PERUHA AS
l. | recommend II To- everybody sec.
There were two OF our ncighbors i'm YES.
tcrday inquiring about the PERUNA. |
gave the ono my book To- read; told her
to bring 1t back, as priced IL very high.
~ The other got the name OF the Pr.
RuNA ~ send TO his son in Chicago. lie
is a telegraph operator My disease is
something similar To- Mrs Milo Migrants.
though nothing compared TO being so bad.
There Was n lump raised on my collar
bone, aud IT was long time before il
looked like opening The doctor said he
would have 10 lance IL in few days, but
! thought would attend To that myself,
80 put little fly blister on il and It
opened; then put a poulticc on and then
salvc, and kept the salNc on all the time.
II got SO bad and spread upon my left
shoulder, and one place under my lett
breast. Then there were two places on
my head one near the temple and one
back of my ear that was Just dreadful
No tongue can tell what suffered. NY
head felt so strange sometimes, thought
l was going crazy. Since | have used
the PERUNA Il don't Use the salve any
more) my sores healed up right away.
And oh, what n relief il is to get around
without chilling and having to suffer with
my sores. ! feel like letting everybody
know all about it,"
John Ferguson, Gallitzin, Pa, writes:
Your PERUNA Ia n good medicine, and
we sell lots OF II. Will you please send
w some more lille OF Lie with few
German"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02

OF the nancy, Bentham, Bion, Born.
son, Black (WIliel, Blackstone,
Blessington Countess or, and Boo.
caccio; thus representing nearly all
ages and sll nations even in this vol
ume-Americsn, English, French.
German, Italian. Greek, Latin, Swed.
Isl. Portuguese, Scotch. Dutch, Irish.
Norwss - and Danish authorr-from
the period 30 r. {. to A. u. 1886.
The literary and mechanical work
manship are both OF high order.
The work is really one that ought to
find place in every home library
it offers a fund Of entertainment and
instruction that will prove well.nigh
ineXhaustible. The price, only 60
cents q volume, max, 5 its possession
possible even To nearly every school
boy. The work is published also in
parts of 100 pages each ,cxchangc-
able at any time for bound volumes),
which are sent post paid for 10 cents
each. Every reader of this notice
ought to get at least specimen Psrt
for examination. John b. Alden,
Publisher, New York.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
Pisgah.
More snow and cold weather.

More snow and cold weather.
Schools are all closed; and Oh
dear, how we 10 hate to so To- work.
The boys say they did not have
very much Gun st the close of the
Pleasant Hill school, from the fact
that they did not know when it was
out.--We notice in the ARGUS
some one writing from Bruoeton over
the nom DE- plume kissem sweet, who
speaks Of the trouble between the
trustees ~ the Fleasant Hill school
and Miss May Forman the teacher
We would like for the gentleman to
know what he is writing about here
alter; but We will say no more.-
Our farmers have been very busy for
some time past turning the soil over
Tor their spring crops ---Mcssrs
Walls Bros. purchased 100 acres of
land the other day. These men
mean business. As we passed
through their log yard the other day
we notice about 1000 logs and larg,
amount of lumber stacked. o
were down at the closing of the Rock
willie school, Tuesday There was a
spelling match in the afternoon and
Mr.. A. l.. Gibson got the prize
We would like to know where Laurel
Mountain is ? But we suggest that
when the correspondent from that
place writes to the paper, that he
would not steal our name, az the
hinces Duck is bird of fine plum.
age. -Professor ). L. Wiley will
teach a normal school at Laurel Run
this summer.-Mr. Editor, is there
any difference between foot square
and "A square foot 2'
After examining great mass of
authorities, both ancient and modern
and reading in many(2) different Ian
gurges to get information upon this
important su ject, we haye carefully
and solemnly come TO the conclusion
that the difference is about this One
has the foot" before the square"
while the other has the Square" be
fore the foot altogether matter
Of position, you know. Borrow IA
square from some ncighborly carpen.
ter, then take it behind the barn,
where the carpenter cant see you.
and stick one end of 1t in the ground
and then step before the square and
you have foot square :" TN
change your position So that the
square will be before you and you
have square foot or difference
OF about 5S2 inches. We feel very
feeble now, else we would "disquis.
ish' further on the subject. EDITOR.
Miss Laura l.. Gale is going to
teach the Pleasant Hill school out
The teacher that commenced this
school failed TO teach four months,
hence the cause OF hiring another
teacher. CITIZEN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
A Valuable Lead Mine.

The GAINESVILLE Republicans Bel.
laire Ohio correspondent has the fol.
lowing; John Kilgore, of this city,
was born near the old block house st
Wheeling, 81 yeas ago, and almost
from the time he could walk he was
compelled to paddle his own canoe
without parental Suide and affection.
He had the cholera 10 1882, the yell
low fever in 1888, and again the chol-
era and typhoid fever, but he came
out best Teller every time. He vol.
unteered early in the war rnd served
to the end, but came out all tattered
and torn. Every time a rebel gun
wou d crack Kilgore was almost sure
to get pop. lie was shot twenty.
six times and still carries sixteen bul.
lets in his body. Boating and mining
has been his occupation through life,
except when he was in the army. He
had many narrow escapes from drown.
ing and was once taken out for dead
but was finally resuscitsted. He has
had twenty-five hard fights and was
never whipped. And in.addition TO
this he has had a broken thigh, a
broken arm, broken finger, and has
"got religion three times, and yet
to day retains pretty good health, is
Of sound mind and able to attend to
his own affairs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
BrandOnVille.

Brandonyille and Bruceton are
both worked up to a high pitch on
the railroad question, Nearly every
man you meet in either town in.
quires about the latest railroad
news that is, relating TO the pro.
posed route between Fairchance, Pa i,
and these two towns. On this qucs-
ton, as an all others, there appears
to be quite rivalry between the
places. What suits Bruceton don't
at all please tn Brandonville folks
and anything that would please the
Brandonville people is sure TO raise
q kick from the people in the lower
town. Thus the matter stands at
present and there is no reason to be-
lievc this spirit Of rivalry can be al
layed. IL the two towns would es.
chew old prejudices and work in con.
cert they might get railroad soon.
AS matters stand now we have some
doubts as to the early completion Of
railroad to this section. The Bruce.
ton people are sanguine in the belief
that the road will be built soon, how.
ever. They have secured the right
ofway from the Pennsylvania State
line to Bruceton and claim to have
interested in the road now three or
four eastern capitalists who will not
see the project fail for want Of funds.
We hope this is true.
Lowry Hagans, who is attending
Wash. and JEFF. College at Washing.
ton, Pa, is home on vacation of
two weeks
We1hear they had little row dowr
at Bruceton on Wednesday.
1t is rumored that Mrs. Hyde con
templates breaking up housekeeping
and moving to Kingwood in the
spring.
Frank Burke has moved TO Valley
district near Masontown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Scott arrived
home from Pittsburg on Tuesday and
Wednesday night the boys at Bruce.
ton gage them regular, old.timc ser
enade. We hear that they will com
mence house keeping at Bruceton.
The young men here amuse them
selves evenings throwing rings The
$4,000 pin is apuzzler but when one
gets it he feels awful good
Alpheus Hagans swears vengence
upon the Rambler and Is endeavor.
ing TO learn who that parsonage IT,
Mr. Hagans thinks he has been libel
ed and is prepared to mete out speedy
Justice 70 the libeller. We make this
note that the Rambler may be on bis
guard ifMr. Hagans should accident
ally Stumble upon him At some on
expected time.
Ayers Nixon, oftbis place, claims
TO be the possessOr Of a silver mine
ont In the mountain that is sure e
make him wealthy,
VIM NJ. kensInger, proprietor oN
the distlllcry here, spent most OF this
week among Pennsylvania friends
The fishing season viii soon open
and then many hnvs will arrive home
at night wi "a, 49,. slfrm tn's luck,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
Dissolution of Co-Partncr-
ship.

The undersigned. composing the
mercantile firm of Brown Bors., at
Albrightsville, will dissolve partner
ship, April LIST, 1886. The business
will be continued BY b. l.. Brown.
All persons indebted to the firm
will please call and make settlement
at once. j. S. Rrown,
st. b. l.. Brown.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
Sunday April 25th.


Mrs. Byrne entertained q few
of her friends on Saturday evening.
Mr.. Thos. Cooke. of Housewife
was at the County seat on Tues
day.
Brown n Thomas have toe largest
and most select stock ofcsnned goods in
town.
-Four or FIVE 6ne shade trees have
been planted in fornt Of the Court
House.
Gz-Good shoes can be bought at Brown
& Thomas for ttst Vhdt hey cost in Balti-
more.
MIR. and Mrs. Dan Fawcett spent
Sunday with friends down at AL
Fayetteville.
y - Raisiu Dried Peaches Prunes
Dates ana all kind Of staple and fancy
groceries at Brown & Thomas.
Sheriff aud Mrs. A. Staley Shaw
were visiting friends at Terra Alta
last Saturday.
-Jno. II. Brown will soon move
to his farm, where he expects to live
for year or more.
@e-BIown Il Thomas have offered
their entire stock OF clothing at 10 per
cent 6elow cost call anil see for yourself.
Esq. VIM I. Kelly, Oh Portland
district, was in town last Monday
looking as well as ever.
The Cheat River was very high
last Saturday, and many logs were
floating down the stream.
p. j. Crogan, Esq was at Rowles
burg since our last issue. visiting a
sick brother at that place.
There was full.hedged blizzard
at Terra Alta last Saturday. At 8
o'clock p. NJ the snow was six inch
es deep.
The Religious GleGrer, formerly
published at Sinclair, this county, but
now published at Deer Park, Md, is
for sale.
E. X. Lantz, one of Kingwood's
charming young men, is at Oakland,
Md, visiting friends and relatives
this week.
E.s-If you hSve nsv Ell tried the Famols
flower 20 and get one of Brown & Thorn
as 25ib SACKS. They have it in both the
sack and barrels.
School opened here on Monday.
1t will be a two months term. A
good many pupils from the country
are in attendance.
w. w. Wright, d. Il. Jackson
and J. II. Brown started for the east.
ern cities on Monday morning to
purchase goods for the spring trade.
The notorious Daniel Gsskell
was tried at Uniontown, Pa, last
week for a felony, and convicted. He
was sentenced totem years of hard
labor in the penitentiary.
-Ithas been sscertained that Capt
A. @. Mutt, OF Uniontown, Pa, was
S42 500 short in his account 50 cash.
Ter of the State Treasury when shot
down by Dukes. Tnt,lligencer.
Some editorial matter and sever.
al communications have been crowd.
cd out this week. We are sorry but
we hope to do better for Tunnelton,
Bruceton and other places hereafter.
The headquarters for fresh beef
have been removed to the south room
Of the old post-ofFice building. Jim
Worthington will always be on hand
to attend to the wants Of customers.
"A telegram was received last
Friday from Rev. Father Hickey,
saying that he had crossed the ocean
and landed safely, though they had
many heavy storms on the voyage
State Journal.
The cadet corps Of the State Uni.
yersity, now that there is railroai
TO Morgantown, propose taking ad.
vantage Of IL TO go to Grafton on
Decoration Day to take part in the
exercises at the National cemetery
there.
DR. Manown moved into hi,
newly purchased property on Main
street Monday. aud Mr. Jacob Hers
man ROW occupies the bouse on Court
street vacated by the doctor Wes
toS DSmbTd.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
COUNTY AND STATE NEWS.
REMEMBER THIS (!

We want all persons who owe us To call
aud settle during court. We must haze
what L. due in order 10 meet our obligs-
ton. At.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
Dentistry.

DR.. A. NJ. jarrett, the dentist, will
be in Kingwood on the Sth OF April
and remain one week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
The Dentist,

DIR Loomis will be at Klngwood
on Monday April 5tb, for dental
practice and remain one week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

NO4u uIDOlONbll > DiDLs
Shailcr d Bonalield ct all
VIM. II. McGinnis ct al
BY virtue Of decree rem, cred in the
above styled cause on the 81 day OF De
CCnber 1888. the undersigned Special
Commissioner, viii, ON
Thursday, the sth day Of April, 1886,
Che same being couri day. at the ront
door of Court House i'm Ningwood West
Va. offer for sale the land bcreiu dccreod
TO be sold consisting OF
10 ACRES
OF land i'm Lyon District Of Preston Coun-
ty, being the lands inherited bV the de
PENDANT VIM. H.. McGinnis Ium jesse II
McGinnis, bis father. aud the Same upon
which said WIN. II. MCGinnis pow re.
sides.
TERMS or SALE;
Enough cash in hand to pay costs Of
suit and expenses Of sale and the residue
upon credi, OF d, II aud Is months, tho
purchaser executing interest bearing
notes wi'h approved security for the de-
terred payments.
y. J. CHOoAN,
pCcial COmmisAiOuer.
Bond ard security has been given in
the above mentioned suit rs required by
low,
Test: sm1n CnANu, Clerk.
BIZ It, g 10.
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ADVERTISING RATES ;

Transient siverH Sements will lie IN
serted ~ 81 per inch fer first insertion
aud tiey cents per inch for each addition
n insertion.
Personal cunmu y ications inserted tor
30 cents AN inch.
Local notices s cent? Ter line.
Poetry 5 cents per line.
Entered at Kingwood POST once as
second class mail matter
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

one dollar per year, invariably in adj
vance one dollar and my cents per
wear, when not Iwid i'm advance. These
terms will be strictly adhered 10 in every
instance.
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JUDICIAL SALE.

I}y virtue ~ 4 decree Oi the Circuit
Court oi Preston County, pronounced in
q chanccry cause of John A. T.. Martin,
Administrator, ETC., against the heirs and
personal representative Of the late Eliza
beth Fdirlsx. ! viii, on the first day Of
the next term Of said CoIr, which Ly law
is TO commence on
Thursday, April the 9Th. 1896,
sell at public auction, at tho front door Of
the Cuurt House OF said county. all those
twO cOteTniUi tracts Of land together in
said County. recently called the Taylor
tract but Composed Of two tracts formerly
known ~ he TAYLOR tract and tho Miller
and Tiugle tract, containing together
about
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
TERMS or SALE.

For $50 much cash boo hand ~ may be
sufficient 90 pay costs Of suit and proper
charges for sale and for The residue upon
70 credit Ol %, ls AND ~ months, the pun
chaser to- make notes for installmcuts Of
like amounts. with good security, 90 boar
interest. JoHv BRANNON,
Special Commissioner.
Bond aud security has been given by
said Commissioner Boo the above mention.
ED Cause.
~ ps. Test, SVIru CRANE.
3.l2 &C.. Clerk.
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Thursday, April The eth, 1886,
23O ACRES .

adjoining lands Oi Henry COpeman and
tome iarn OF the iatc T.. e. Fairfax. Tie
Taylor tract contains about ~ acres aud
the Miller and Iiugle tract contains about
lO1 scres.
will DIR the two tracts together and
separately and viii sell the same 9th Pr
together or separately upon tho highest
bid. These lands embrace "A river front
OF over 200 poles, small improvements
thereon but is chiefly boz timber with yalu.
4ffIr coal aa4upa