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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26
Crescent City Items.
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CRESCENT CITY, May cath. So.
The postmastership has been and is
much discussed by the people, in and out
If power, Each party has had its say in
III" Gazette. and now Mr. Allan declares
that the columns Of his paper can be
used for such purposes no longer. As a
/ natural result of our last Presidential
! elctiou. change has been made; that
the chosen one Is not quite SO popular as
some others makes but little difference.
| II h. Is faithful To his trus, and performs
hi, duties accep,ably, he will suit Uncle
sam, and we have not IA doubt but that
the post office affairs will be conducted
as well now as they We're under the for
mcr administration.
It ts ruuored that the Potter house is
to NE rebuilt ly the insurance company,
ana that the contract is already given to
Mr. l.. +. Willis. of this place. and Mr..
J.. c, Green. Of AlhUp. Mass.
Mrs. DR.. Ncelyc leaves for her home in
Cleveland, Ohio, to-day. The doctor
wiIl remain here during the summer.
Mis- Beers and Miss Lizzie Gilbert.
neces Of Mr.. Edwin Gilbert. left for
Connecticut last Friday.
Capt. j. +. RhoaIS has again east his
IL; with the Crescent City p, oplc. and is
now keeping house at the Lake Side.
The Lake side hotel closed one day
li,, week We understand that DR..
l.ound4 now provides for those who were
made homeless ht Mrs. Coles retiring
from hotel life
During the absence of NJ. Mitchell.
the Pr, Sbyterian minister. sermons are
ready every sunday morning by Rev.
y. W. Burton, a former missionary To
Africa.
The name Of our most convenient rail-
way station, Mason. Will he changed to
llcnvcr, and then a post office will be es-
tah',hcd there.
Mrssr4 T.. q. Sackrtt, John Il. Pierce
aud Willis : Kemp, made visit To
Sanford and Del Land last week They
took advantage Of Of the low rates pro-
vldel for the colorcd people to- celebrate
the 10Th anniversary of their cmancipa-
ton
Mr. : v. Uoodalp. our real estate
AZ NJ, with his family vii, start north
one day thj5wcek.prohably about We'd.
nrslnS.
Nr. g. j. Beach and wife. Of RolS,on.
are visiting their son. Capt. Beach,
Please state to your readers that YOU
have no hired man to write for YOU in
Crescent city.
Mr.. Geo. Learned now tliSpenses ice
cream where he formerly 50 efficiently
handled the mail. /. e. the oil post office
building has been converted. into an ice
cream pltlor The Young fellows will
hr careful tn walk on u more secluded
street with their girls now. oi If not.
viii have to pay the penalty Of their
mashes hy buying ice cream.
The Crescent City Gazette has not
reached its city subscribers vet. We
presume the delay has been caused hv
the change Of hands Mr.. Allan. the
new editor, is a very clever gentleman,
aud j. well liked by all who know him.
Some Of our citizens are sanstiine that
WE will have a railroad at last. They
think that Crescent City will I've promi
neht station on it, NoCSG FELLOW.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

There we've D. ua.oftaEasss j,t.re
us major Yesterday. AID the lla7,..al
AMI p1liee xer- AZ 81 sye,l al. al nan . ~,
~ e .7f
III -:saAas Fre4E. f-Earv. of The
DeHsry Baya merchants line. ut fcr
New IoEk yesterday Afternoon. ia ei.arce
= Czi;. Fitzgerald. She l-s ben ut
NJ thets 10 md em.,oytnea..
APT. Y Is, Wa,son IL, TIL a..sA., 4.
~ Day;ona, aLere he j. still engaged in
securing the figA, Of Say for tEe -.
Johns &; Halifax railroad. Tie captain
-4sl It aas undecided Whether tie r5zI
weul! 90 to Day,0na OF rot, hut since
ia. people Of that place he'd -u0scr.ls q
literally towarti- securing II. he feltto.
eraa'r certa.a it would ultimately ~ "a
c.slel 70 L'iil % that point,
Tie tl4se seheduIe of the -. Johns &
lie'I'az railroad takes ,fect to-day. We
refer our rea'lers = the schedule ltrelf.
q ar f1unI in oar advertising columns.
it i, convenient one FIR the tray,l.a.
pubic. a the steamers coming DOWN
from Lake George and Cfescen, city. N
n" morning. aEd the jacksonville tran
coming up, viii connect with the rad
IA. btyt1ua al 80 ii. IN.
The drama Down by the sea was
given hy the Welaka Dramatic Com
pan, At Pomona Hall, on Friday evening
last, for The benefit OF the ". T.. church
II Helaka. 4 large crowd was Pre- sent.
ami a poollr sum rea.iz.d. Though the
stage Wa mall tor H." play, the actors
wrrr capable If overcoming that, anil
excl grea,eF difficulties M enacted
H." part assigned them with ease AMI
ability, The different characters nere
represented hy Ncssr-. VIM. Stevens,
q. {. i,Utlcr, t.. Il. COMBS, e. EThorn,
{. Packard. e.. +. Carr, Mrs. X. lIutc.
kin-, Mrs. Thorn and Mas Amy CASTOR.
Music was furnished by lr, and Mr..
Geo. Ba2ley After the entertainment
thu Pomona leoplc finished with a dance.
The NtwS reporter took peep through
the IL" brick builliEgs Of Mrs NJ. t..
Boyd, on Lemon street, yesterday. The
huiiiing, ha," ju-t been completed, and
are about n nea, and comfortable and
substantial as any in the city. The htick
stofo contains two large and handsome
store rooms. with plate gla-a fronts
which are now ready for tenants. Each
store room has very large clos,t. where
"A large amount 81 goods can be stored,
Upstairs are eight handsome airy rooms,
arranged in suits for families or office,
neatly finished in Florida pine Each
room has closet, and there is Il front
and rear entrance. The plans for the
building "ero drawn by Mrs. Boyd her
self, and the arrangement shows her
good taste and judgment.
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Twill |! Thursday May 2,th, ST at
the rosiIenc" Of Dr. \. H. tDl conner
Emmett and Dodge streets. the fplIuuing
articles. belonging ~ Mr. Dietrich, and
sold only on account u removal ! very
fin" Parton Suit. black walnut and o,r-
'irl With siIk plu,I, and crushed y,l,et.
I,t, 81 design 'hirkrt.u.. Piano. sgliaf.;
! solid walnut Hall Stand viii te,,l
plat" glass; ! walnut square Dining Ia
Die, very heavy French Be,cl Plate
t'lp. Sid" BOARD, richly carved iinps.
Tennessee Marble, lnt Easy chairs,
Dining thairs, Porch hairs, Hall hairs
! very tine East Lake Carved and French
Ncnccred Walnut hanbcr Suit cherry
Chamber Suit q very select lgt ~ Car.
PETS consisting Of Westminsitf EpIg,ts.
Noqurt and Btusr.I., Paflar. Bedroom.
STAR and Hall oarpet~' French CHINA
Dinner and Tea Set, tfockcry and
fliss"ar": Range with Iatest imwo,u.
mcnts, Kl.rhcnwato. etc. NJ The above
poods were hough, n the factorict lat
Oclob,r, therefore iut ~ good q, new.
Auction W.! commence III ! O'Clock and
continue until sid House will BE- or,on
for the inspection Of goods ou the dtl Of
fale, at 3o'cloc' q. ~ Il. /. iiii,nthal
huthiUnccr.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

SPECIAL Correspondence rtiutka NLw,.
\ native Iloridian once said YOU
northern people spend all your money
experimenting. before you get down to
business that yields you any profit
There is much truth in that saying an i
most Of lis would have succeeded better
il We had taken counsel from the ma.
tiye- at an earlier day. The southern
method OF raising corn and leaving the
grass to grow IN the field in the fall. is
no doubt the hest method where com
mcrcial fertilizers are not used. H. may
he improved upon Ivy blowing in the
grass while il is yet green.
one stalk in tic hill is ~ item worthy
to b. needed, bul you will find many
still experimenting to their loss with two
or three. The native viii tell you that
northern and even Georgia peaches will
be Of no account here. But every now
arrival must try the experiment. So
also Of plums. The European varieties,
and also the stern-thc Chichlsaw
family-arr failure No trouble t,
make the trees grow, bat they will no,
fruit. Recently set trees hndicd upon
something native 10 the state may show
a i"W specimens. Eat each year the
number will be less and lcss.
Northern and European grape, are
also failures. Aftrr bearing Il few crops
they fail to ripcn good bearing woo1.an
hence the fruit is II failure.
Raspbcrrics. gousrhcfrics aud entrants
may bear the first year after being
brought from the north. But our long
season induces them in the fall to take
feeble growth and they never recover
from it,
Not season has passed for the last
ten years. but some sanguinc expert
mnnter has announced his success iii
some Of these particulars. AMI it has been
announced in some Of our journals that
IL i now demonstrated that European
grapes are a success in Florida, northern
grapes are success, ra~phnrrirs arc a
success and 50 on. have noticed that
in every case vt this kind these triumpl-
ant victors within very short time be-
come silent and we hear no more of
them. | do hope We NAV lind varieties
of each of these fruits that will accom-
modate themselves 10 our long summer
become acclimated and furnish VS. AZ
least with a small quantity of the fruits
We have so dotted upon even from child
hood.
Hut we must no, expect ~ lind all the
ool things possible to any one country.
II We cannot have the fire grapes Of the
north or Europe. we have southern va
rlotics that are equally rs good. II
peaches We lave been accustomed to
will not grow here. the Florida and t'h-
ne>e varieties will. And we have na.
tive plums that are very desirable. and
when improved ~ the apple and pear
have been. will be equal to the best
grown anywhere. There Is ~ lack Of
fruit the year round, and wc do well not
to spend the time and money we cannot
well afford IN these urrert liuucs.
RrsTr
Now that the Colured Bishop Turner
has denounced the Supreme Court OF the
United States as an infamous mob and
an oirshoot of the Ku-klux-klan, isn't
it about time for Justice Harlan to re-
sign; or, perhaps. better still, to produce
evidence that he never was much of n
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26
AnOMANrIC ELolrMl,Nr.
\ Monticello Belle Rune Away With
Gent lrnan veil known
in Jack Sun,iIlc.

Society circles in Monticello. ll.. asp
all agog with excitement over thr fnrt
that Miss Emma Smpkinp. one Of the
most charming belize Of that clty. has
hrcn married t. 1lr. "Sandy" t,lrarIu,u
also of the same town. the marriage
having occurred at New Orlrans IN III.
early pant Of last week. II IL nIsos,a,,d
that the wtd,Ing wa. nm ,.tonru.nt mn
,.,nnl,'. uL,,,,t,,.,.,.. ,,,,,, H.. Wv
Sip,rk,ui the father If H.. L,i'
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Miss S,m,Ii,us Lay,,,, ,,.,,.i ,l,., IVY.
several tim, -. and n, ,ha ,,,,,, '" 81 ,' ,nS
r,apc her nIr,,a, ,h,,r wa-,.,,n,t,,l 'I'',
by Mr,. Den ,na.Jy. ,nwhn,n IL, .' """s
iScd visit. ''' '''
The hrid,, i, II choru,,n,,.n,I..t,,.
blonde, and wa j,n,n,n,,ly n,,'ni,,viI,
an who knew her. and Mr.. Gi,,.lr.n "a !,
to be- congratulated ON ,,rutlu.. sn.h 4,
mi2o MIR. o,radnnu was in,m.,t, ,n'
pIocd IN the drug hn.inef4 IN jackson
,lIo. and was for unite a while n.sn,,,.
ted with DR.. J.C. i.Enelc and III. nr,n
Vt 'rnDlut Il T,uu. tie is noA ON, ni
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

The mail Yesterday hronrhl lie ti"
follow ng inquiry
Ruu,i~ !. Vi t.. i.

The malls Yesterday brought lie Tia"
following inquiry
Ruu,i~ ! Vi e. i.
dA'h~"Ntitl.r' fIi" May 3D. '''N
h''l"r fAiAl"A NiNS
w n'' "'',''"a w '",',n a'' ~, u,
4 wn,l IN llori,L, pIc,s, ~, ns ,,,..
paa4 on YOUR time IL litl. aud give ~
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

The auction Of furniture. etc, corner
i.mmct and Fay streets. Wi ~, take
place Il, present r. IAiieatlai. sue
t!OGC-f. NV - it
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

T.. X. EArEAE d 60. make H." t'-st
AMI chralc-t ioor and wlEanw ,rrtcrs.
order, promptly filled. my IS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

There is good deal Of praise given to
the bringing charges Of the Western
Judges against the anarchists; what we
need Is some wrnging of the necks OF
these murdcrcrs of the public peace
Tines. Union.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

StFTE EDpf1NG. We are Lo~ Pre-.
pared To- furnish the best qualitynf Roof.
my SLATE ~ $50 per square %, 10 feat
hld, and call tho attention II Lgt!l,rs
an othrr- Who desire safety from fire
-pal- and good pur" cis;srn water To-
this V,ty lrautlini AMI 'iufalll. material.
Address H. VI. Shou-". tecnt, Box No.
lf, +. o., Jackrnnyl'r, TIA. al!I I'm
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

Go 10 Dr. ". v. fetes OYER Noragnc
q k~s'ing's drug store toi Tine Dental
work. fIu
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

For SALE. Steam Yacht Rcd Wing.
81 feet long, foo, team; rin h last
September. Apply to lri. liaLlaird. at
\. '. NpaF.t- my21 col II
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

The bloody shirt, tho boycott and the
soclalissr cianl,s are all going cut to.
gcthcr They die hard, but they are dy.
ing, nevertheless, and the land won't hr
tilled With mourning when they M"
gone Md high above all the ruins they
represent the stars and stripes still proud.
" floats This ia the home Of the FREQ
Philadelphia Times
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26
CORRESPONDENCE
..iltII.- FLA. MAY -. issG.

for RENT. Three now bri K ttGrr
rooms. en- corner of Lemon atI Third
,rcrt-. tfli,y to u II. py,tou. At wool
ward. nv ~ : "
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

NOTirE To ITNfluP<. i am directed
hy the board Of lt.unr instruction to
hold the annual examination Of teach.
,r- lnf the public frbools Of lltham
count, on t., lGlh. ia, and l-,l, II June
80 1h" examination will begin at .
am, each LAY, At the white pubic
r'ho"l hrding IN palatka
Respectfully,
\. j. Wuon,
I'm sec. and Co.. Supt. II Schools
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

\ first class No" Louss, containing
light rooms, ~ gDod n'iPhhnshoni. for
rent Webb 4. hirlp'. 40 tf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-16
Mending Broken Limbs.

The legs Of any animal which NAV
be broken by accident can be repaired
bv the use Of wet paper bandages For
large animals the strip Of paper should
be dipped in paste made of calcincd
plaster Of Paris, which soon sets and
makes p stiff permanent bandage,
which holds the broken bone in place
until 80 heals. The animal. horse or
COW, should be held in sings 10 pre-.
vent injury 90 the limb by violent mo.
tUn. The broken legs Of small ami
mails. as sheep or fowls. require Only
To- ho brought tn proper position and
bound with strips Of wet paper until q
sufficiently strong b8ndage Is made. A
covering of cloth is then put on and So
cured with few stitches. or tied with
tape or string. The paper soon dries
and becomes hard and stiff Nothing
more need be done but keep the animal
in % quiet, dark place, to restrain too
much movement a little movement
does no harm, but excites inflamma-
ton needed TO produce union and heal
Ing Of the. bone. NJ \ Star.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-16
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

While the toad is very useful i'm the
garden TO destroy slugs and insects, il
is not good thing to have near your
bee hives, as IL also swallows heavily
laden honey bees. - Cleveland LeUdcr
Prof. Stewart saws green sorghum
Is better green food for COWS in
August than green corn, because il has
more soluble sugar and is quite as rich
i'm heterogeneous elements. Troy Times.
Cold baths are dangerous TO the old
or feeble. Warm baths are relaxing,
and should not be taken in the morn
ing. The morning is the best time for
cold bath, the evening for n warm
one. Boston BIdget.
Weed and hoe the onions, peas and
all of the garden vegetables, harrow
the potatoes again, replant the corn
and commence ploughing it the very
day 1t is large enough. Keep the
ground which the crops occupy free
from weeds, loose and mellow. IN J.
Telegram.
The hogs should have undisputed
sway in the orchard during the fruit
season and they will eat up all the
fallen and wormy apples and hunt out
many of the grubs, &c, which are in
furious to the trees. In this way they
destroy many of the enemies of sound
fruit and shade trees, and in other
ways greatly benefit the orchard
Prairie Farmer.
"A Delicate Souflle: Dissolve a quar-
ter of a pound of chocolate i'm luke
warm water; add the yelks of four eggs
and cup of powdered sugar. and mix
well together until you have a smooth,
frothy paste. Beat up the four whites
to a stiff frOth and add them TO the
mixture. Pour all into a baking dish:
leave it for twenty minutes i'm the oven
and serve. Toledo Btdde.
Squash and sweet potato vines
having rootlets that grow out from
the under sides of the joints, which
anchor them and prevent the wind
from dislodging them, should be lifted
very carefully when growing, as the
rootlets not only hold the plants in
place, but assist in procuring nourish-
mcnt and any damage done in hand
ling retards the vines. -- Western Rural.
DO not forget that fuchsias will
make their best growth in summer only
when partially shaded in the heat of
the day. The beautiful fuchsias which
skilled florists show are made so by
careful and liberal pinching back of
the fast growing stems. This induces
the trcc-likc habit which is so attract
i've in the fine specimens seen at exhi-
billions and florists greenhouses. -ED-
chnI0e
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-16
PLUCKY OLD SIMONS.
An Old Man Who Had No Faith in the
Dangerous Qualities of Powder.

Dangerous Qualities of Powder.
THAT explosion of powder in store
down the river puts me in mind of a
personal experience said Detroitcr
the other day. II was living i'm Mis-
souri,, and the country store mt which 1
used to trade was kept by man named
Simons He was a queer, cranky old
chap, having his own ideas about every
thing, and, while he always kept i'm
stock several kegs of gunpowder, he
insisted on storing them for his own
convenience, without reference to the
danger twenty-five pound keg al
ways sat on the counter within ten feet
OF his weighing scales, and the very
first time ] entered the store the old
man weighed out pound for Gus
toner and kept a lighted pipe i'm his
mouth all the time. There were twenty
people inside. but was the only one to
skip out. The others had got used TO
IT. felt it my duty to warn Simons
against such terrible carelcssness. He
heard me through and replied:
stranger, mebbe you had better
patrOnilc some other store. I'm most
too old to want advice from BOYS
There was no other store within
seven miles, and therefore continued
90 trade with the old man, though he
seemed down on me forever after that
One night drove. up after something
and found fully twenty men in the
store, most of whom were smoking.
There were three kegs Of powder on
the counter this time, and when heard
q customer ask for a pound ! slipped
outdoors and didn't stop running for
half a mile. ] waited for half an hour.
but no explosion took place. When I
returned most Of the men had gone.
| got my goods, mounted nv horse and
| set Oft for the lead miro, wondering
I how 10 was that Providence fooled
around with the old mSn so long. /
I had noticed powder scattered ON the
counter and the wooden plug was ON
/ one Of the kegs ] was about mile
away when my horse seemed 10 be lift
| cd on the ground, and there came n
| rumble as If an earthquake had broken
\ loose. Fences along the roadside were
| lcvelcd, and heard glass breaking in
/ farm house windows. ] know what
| had happened, and ] turned and rode
| back. When / reached the site Of TN,
/ store there was simply q great hole in
/ the ground. The building had been
/ scattered for half mile around Old
/ Simons was found in 70 potato patch
| forty rods away. bruised. blackencd,
/ broken and dying and whom we picked
I him up be- ga-pcd out.
| " It's all nonsense to- be afraid OF
| Ihe burned stuff r"- Detroit Pre-,
/ Prcss
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-16
PLEASANT WORK.
why the washIngtou Fish Reservoir Is
Ctean.ed with Unusual ThorouRhness


Clean,ed with Unusual Tboroughness.
Immediately in front of the Capitol.
on the west side. is a large fish RESET
voir. II is probably sixty feet long by
thirty-five feet wide on the average, and
Is probably eighteen feet deep at the
upper end and fourteen feet deep at the
lower end. 1t Is shaped like an egg. is
built of stone, and catches the surplus
water from the springs beneath the cap
tal which supply the inhabitants with
drinking water An iron spout pours
the surplus water into the reservoir in
a constant stream. There is a large
variety of fish i'm the reservoir, and lean
ing against the rails which surround il
may be seen, at nearly all times of the
day, a crowd of spectators. for the water
IS 50 transparent that the fish may be
seen at any depth. During the past
week n body of laborers were engaged
TOR two or three days cleaning out this
reservoir. The water was turned off
and the fish taken out and placed in
watts. The bottom of the reservoir is
covered with stone and cement, but
on top of that was found mucous, a
slime of mud, moss and leaves. proba-
bly, three inches deep. The architect of
the hospital said that during the process
of cleaning the reservoir, although the
work was very heavy and unpleasant,
none of the duties about the hospital
were performed with greater zeal and
pleasure by the workmen. The reason
Of this was, he said. that the man who
cleaned out the filth often found a good
deal of valuable treasure i'm it, Sena-
tors and Representatives are often seen
70 throw dimes and nickles and fancy
buttons and scarf pins into the pool TO
see the fish dart after them. The
reservoir is cleaned out about every
.hree months and there is found depos-
ted at the bottom of it almost a peck of
hese little trinkets which are thrown
nto it, and occasionally the workmen
receive very valuable tips for their
extraordinary labors. On one occasion,
I is said, a diamond ring and three or
four five-dollar gold pieces were found
among the yaluab'cs. They had evil
IDENTIFY been cast into the pool by mis-
take Washington Cor. chicago Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-16

The English court for crown cases
reserved has just decided a curious point
in criminal law. One man aimed a blow
at another, but missing him struck and
wounded woman He was tried for
striking the woman and found guilty by
the jury. 1t was admitted that he did
not intend to strike her, and that the
blow was purely accidental The court
sustained the conviction. Lord Cole
ridge explained that the prisoner Gin
tended to do an unlawful act. and in
doing it he inflicted the injury The
intent to njure particular person is
not required That is, the offense is
made out if the assailant purposely and
maliciously strikes at one person but
hits another