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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
THE WALTER CASE.

All right minded persons will be
pleased with the result of the inquiry
into the death of Charles A. Walter.
THE PALATKA NEWS urged the inquiry
because serious charges had been made
and were on many tongues. The
reputation OF physician, one of the
class of professional men to whom we
trust, not only our own lives but the
lives OF the beloved ones dependent upon
us, was at stake. Had there been no
such official inquiry the public would
never have felt any ease of mind upon
the subject.
The evidence is spread before our
readers to-day. 1t will be seen that the
verdict of the jury is amply sustained.
Ii it is not, the writer of this is unable to
understand testimony This being true,
we congratulate both DIR. Ames and the
public on the result
There was much of the same sort of
professional acrimony displayed about
the time of the alleged case of yellow
fever last summer. In that case as in
this we believe the physician whose
reputation was attacked acted with the
proper degree of caution and under
due sense of his responsibility.
1t is good opportunity to remind the
medical profession in this city that it is
duty they owe their profession to sup
press their personal resentment in such
matters. 1t throws discredit on a
learned profession. While the first eff
feet is to divide laymen into parties, the
ultimate result is skepticism as to the
power of our medical advisors TO cor
rectly diagnose and treat diseases and to
throw many of them back upon reliance
on patent medicines and old women's
remedies
Ii it could make the physicians of this
city more charitable toward each other
this case would be productive. in the
end, OF great good to them and the pub
lie.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25

she comforts of seat all to itself, the
engine gave ''toot, ," s.toot,' and a
start In their scramble to turn about
and get out of the car, one of them was
unfortunate enough to lose his balance
and sat down, like a lump of lead, right
on the top of that new hat. With
one bound he got out of that car, and
when the valet picked that hat up he
could have slid it in his pocket, SO fat
was it. Private Secretary Phillip being
told of the accident, informed the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Arthur said it was good
joke, but he said he would like his best
hat tomorrow, as he wanted to attend
divine service.
After their arrival at tae Magnolia, in
quiry was made at the Office for the best
halter in town. Being told that no such
parsonage had ever been known
IN St. Augustine, the tailors and shop
keepers We're appealed to, but no one
had any knowledge of the business.
Now hats were sought and measured,
cut all in vain, none were of the right
size, (uot considering style).
Again the office was sought, and its oc-
cupants asked for some suggestion as to
might be done under the circumstances.
DIR. Gecrge w. Bayly and j. j. Krom
were then the clerks in the office. Bayly
turning to Krom says, why don't you
help him out of this trouble: You can
do almost anything, and you can restore
the Presidents hat, and he won't know
but what a halter did it," So Krom
| agreed TO tackle it, provided nothing
should be said should he spoil the hat.
He proceeded to the laundry, and after
taking the Innings from the hat got tin
can the size of the inside of the hat and
filled it with hot water, and placed
| it inside, then he set the hat in tub of
warm water up to the rim. After Civ
ing ii n thorough soaking, he took II
| out and set ii down ON the table with the
| crown down and the can of hot water
stll inside. lie worked out all the
creases with his hand, afterward iron
Ing, pressing and brushing it,
| until lie got it to it's original shape and
| finish, am the President got his hat and
went to church the next day, never
knowing but that Knox or Dunlap
had restored his damaged tile, and Krom
in his inoiesty has never claimed to be
Halter TO his Royal Majesty" etc.
Alr. hroIn says he hopes no such mis-
fortune will befall President Cleveland
! but should such be the case and he
be called upon to remedy the evil
he will do the best he can foi
Growers hat. providing he can find :
si.r-gltdft can to inyert inside, instead OF
a four quart one, which he used in the
other case. OLD MAN.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
A Partisan "spen of Weather. >,

/ suppose Paris has never had a ''spell
of weather" equal to that of the last few
weeks. Dark, cold, dismal, forbidding,
sickly, wet, throat destroying, grippe in
spring. We are paying. perhaps, for
the most glorious, warm, bright summer
in the annals of the almanac maker. To
me it is especially cherries, coming up
as 1 did from the glorious weather and
the cIoudless skies of AK, which is a
''beaker full of the warm south, and |
Immediately took the Paris grippe, my
only comfort being that | was in the
height of the fashion, every one else
having it as well, or as i'll.
think the French language is especi-
ally eloquent in phrases which express
this complaint. ''Phthisie pulmonaire, ,
sounds like a sneeze; 'infiammations
aigues'' reads very shivery; .'catarrhe
pulmonaire'' expresses that aifreuse
maladie much better than our simple
phrase, and l take great pleasure in read
ing the statement of my feelings in the
etiquette of my 'sSirop Lenitif Pectoral. I"
'.Des affections dies poumons" are more
interesting than could be the affections of
Paul and Virginia. LES divers pheno-
menes que presentent ces maladies"
sounds much more dignified than '.symp-
toms. and so the eloquent and dramatic
French tongue has been of infinite solace
the more so that an utter extinction
de voix' has prevented me from using
my own.-Mrs. John Sherwood in New
York World.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
The termination of Menlth.

Next to the possession of wealth in in
convenience is the reputation of having
it. A friend tells with good deal of
drollery how he has suffered this summer
from the undeserved fame of fortune.
you know he says, .'that the Ks
went abroad in June, and they offered us
the use of their cottages at Wareview for
the summer. OF course we were delighted,
and if | hadn't made a mismove in the
first place we should have had beauti-
ful time. Such trifiing thing, too. 1t
was only buying a dollars worth of
postage stamps at the village postoffice,
but it came very near spelling our whole
summer. . OF courseshe was asked to ex
plain, and did so by saying that in place
where people bought single stamp for a
letter after the epistle was written, the
purchase of fifty stamps at once took on
all the magnitude of magnificent finan-
cial transaction. The purchaser was from
that moment regarded as man of
enormous wealth. He was charged ex-
travagantly for everything, his steps were
haunted by committees soliciting sub
scriptions for the church and charity, and
he was, in a word, subjected to all tue
annoyance of being wealthy without the
satisfaction Of having the reality of which
, this was the unpleasant shadow. And
| hereafter. he concluded. 81 shall never
buy more than single stamp in the
| country. Boston Cor Providence
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
MEDICAL.


Thoroughly cleanse the blood. which is the
fountain of health, by using DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion,
fair skin. buoyant spirits, vital strength, and
soundness of constitution will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple, hlotch. or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or blood-poison. Es-
peciaiIy has it proven its efficacy IN curing
Salt-rheum or letter, Fever-sores, Hip-Jolnt
Disease. Scrofulous Sores and Sweillngs, En-
larged Glands, and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures ConsuInp-
ton (which is Scrofula of the Lungs, by ITS
wonderful blood-purifyiBg, inyigoraflng, aIio
nutritiye properties For Weak Lungs Spit
ting of Blood Shortness of Breath, bronchitis
Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred anec-
lions, it is sovereign remedy. 1t promptly
cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver, Biliousness, or :" Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, 1t IS
an unequaied remedy. Sold by Druggists
DIR. PIERCE'S PELLETS - Ante
Bilious and Cafhartic.
25. vial. BIZ druggists.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
THE DAILY NEWS

THE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing, except Monday. and delivered by carriers
n the city, or mailed, postage free, " Tor three
months 81 for six mouths or So per annum
THE WEEKLY NEWS is a large four-page %
column paper. published every Friday, con-
tanning all the news of the week. local anu
sgeekIy paper published in Florida and VIII De
maiIed postage free, for 81 a year, or 90 cents
for six months. Specimen copies Tree 10 any
address. -
Local advertisements, 70 cents per lire for
first insertion, and 10 cents per line Tor each
q isiitional insertion. Special notices, 10 cents
per line. Reduced rates on continued adver-
fisements
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month Special and short-time payable
la advance
All remirtances should be made by express,
m0ney-order or registerta letter.
address THE NEWS,
PAIATKA. FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES,
Recoiieciioss OF President Arihur's Visit to St.
Augustine,
q the Pdldtkd NeuS.


CORRESPONDENCE Of the Palatba Ne,rs.
ST. AUGUSTINE, February %.
The coming of the President and Mrs.
Cleveland to visit the Ancient City re-
minds me of the late President Arthur's
visit here during his administration. and
some little incidents connected with it,
lie had been travelling through the
southern part of the State, and return
ing, took the steamer from Palatka to
Tocoi, where the regular passenger train
land the only rail running into st. Au-
CUISINE at that time), took the party
aboard for st. Augustine. Mr.. Arthur's
valet had taken the Presidents new silk
hat, just received that morning from
New York, out of the box, and brushing
it, had set it down in an empty seat
ahead of him IN order that 1T might be
IN readiness to hand TO him in exchange
for the soft hat he had on. The train
stopping to wood up on the road,
some of the wood choppers happening to
be there, and learning that the President
was aboard, crowded into the car to get
a glimpse of him. When they got in
tide, and just opposite to where the
Presidents new hat sat quietly enjoying
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
No. /. No. 3.
500 am 1879 pm.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
CONNECTIONS.

Trains No l and make connection at Day
tona with steamer leaving $50 n. III. following
morning for Port Orange, New Smyrna. Titus
vile and Rockledge.
Trains No. . and make close connection at
Rollestun with ferry for Jacksonville and st.
Augustine, also with steamers for points on st.
Johns and Ocklawaha Rivers.
u. J. WHITE, W. II. PINGBEE,
Pres. q. P \.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25

The Boston Herald and New York
Erening World are sugary but not
sweet. "No Trust" is their motto. The
sort of fire they are pouring into the
saccharine combine viii produce
neither candy nor refined sugar.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25

We omit the communication promised
Yesterday, at the request of the writer
1t was almost too much richness, that $
a fact, but there are many would have
read it with delight.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
,ironrng POWER.

Among the sentences worth repeating
for their own sake are the following:
Suspension of judgment is another fac
ulty that is steadily becoming the COM
mon property of mankind. 1t is a grow
ing power, under civilization. to hold tho
mind in hand, to restrain it by ascer-
tanned laws. Our Heredity froTa
God
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
EUROPE. SEASON E1ssT,s.
1900 MILES, Sc DAYS

OF Foreign Travel, including the principal
Countries, Capitals, Sights and Scenes. All
travel and hotels first-class All expenses in
cluded. Party select. Fullest enjoyment and
profit with greatest economy of time and
money. Absolute freedom from care. Good
management and intelligent conductors. Send
for circulars free. L. TOURJEE, Franklin
Square, Boston, or to RUD. KEBSTING, Agt.,
Palatka, Fla. fel9-Sn&w3mO
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25

The President spent an hour in Palatka
after ALL Fate was against him, but 1T
was rather mockery Of Palatka's desire
that he should treat us to a visit.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
Paiatka Heights.

DUILDING LOTS FOR SALE VERY
choice situations for dwellings and also desir-
able locations adjoining the new Academy for
a school boarding house, which Will be neces-
sary as so ~ as the institution is fully prepared
with a graded school next season. The grounds
command a bild's-eye view of the city of Pa
atka and the river St Johns. being on an ele-
Vaton OF TO feet mile Distant taking in Il
Scenery of over five miles in area surprising
any other landscape sight south of New York
Its attractive advantages for a winter hotel
is Incompatible in the state of Florida
JAMES BURT.
Address applications Post Office Lock Box
No. II, or in person at residence from 10 a. M
to p. IN. on the Heights. feS-lm
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25

President Cleveland stopped at Winter
Park but he missed the chance of seeing
the most home-like hotel in Florida, the
Putnam House
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
PALATKA. FLA. FEB. %, 1888.

That was liberal jury. We are glad
to say it exonerated Drs. Aines, Cole and
Strauss. everybody but Nature.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
SUNDAY TRAINS.

At Palatka connects with the Florida South
ern Railway, JacksOnN lille, Tampa and Key
West Railway, and st. Johns and Halifax
Railroad and st. Johns River steamers to and
from all points in South Florida
Connects at TOcOi with st. Johns River
steamers to points in South Florida.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-25
Mr.. W. COyeriale,

LATE rHECEATOR OF BEV ETLG MIN
sTER, England, is now prepared to give lessons
in both Vocal and Instrumental Music. win
also tune and repair all kinds of Musical In
struments. Forty years experience.
p. o. Address, Meanwhile, Fla.
de}-3moeod&w
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19
Lamar Confined.

WASHINGTON, January l6.-The fol-
lowing nominations were confirmed to-
day: Z. Q. C. Lamar, to be Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court; VIM. F.
Villas. to be secretary of the Interior;
Don N. Dickinson, to be postmaster gen.
eral, and E. L. Bragg, to be minister to
Mexico.
The nomination of Mr.. Lamar was
utirmed BY vote OF 80 to 2S. Sena-
tors Riddleberger, Stanford and Stew
art voted with the Democrats. All the
other Republicans voted, or were paired,
against Lamar, and all the Democrats
were in his favor. The discussion was
almost entirely confined to the Republi-
can side. The principal speakers were
Senators Edmunds, Evarts, Cullom,
Sherman, Allison, Hoar, Hawley, In
gals and Riddleberger. The last named
made two speeches in favor of the nomi-
nation, and covered the official and po-
lltical record of the nominee, as we'll as
his age, business habits and legal quail
fications. 1t is understood that no
speeches were made by the Democratic
Senators.
The voting began at O'Clock, but was
interrupted, and nearly an hours argu-
ment intervened before roil-call was fin
ished. The nominations Of Villas and
dickinson were then at once taken up
and confirmed without debate, and it
was ordered that the President he no i
fed of the three contirmaiiuns.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19
The Church and the Theatre.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, January IL
Another chapter of the Kelly.Chan.
dler.Abbott episode of last Septem-
Der comes up in the shape of q card
from DR.. Kelly, who is missionary
secretary of the board of missions of
the Southern Methodist Church. This
card explains the circumstances un.
der which he presented the letter to
the board in November, which was
deemed satisfactory, and goes on to
say that he has been very much mis-
understood, and his letter has been
attributed to compulslon on the part
Of the board. He therefore withdraws
the paper accepted by the board as
far as in him lies, and then leaves
the full board to act upon the ques-
tions at issue. He said:
IF I could have offered the letter
to the board Of missions under tbe
date of November % to avoid the
loss of my official position, or to es.
cape censure from the board, | would
be unfit for place of pecuniary trust
in the church and totally unfit for a
place in the ministry"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19
THE PUBLIC ROADS.

TO say that the public roads in the
county are in Il fearful condition and AL
most impossible is to EXPIRE 5 it mildly.
We DO not know that anybody in par
ticular is to blame for this state OF
affairs. Ii may be the natural and nor
NAL condition of the public roads at this
season Of the year. We do know, how
ever, that it is almost impossible to
travel them at this time. We had oc-
caSion ! few days ago 70 make short
TIP in the country, and we had good
horse and = light buggy, and about three
miles AL hour was all We could make,
and we are satisfied that this speed was
wov:e for horse aud buggy in the pres
ent condition of the reads than six or
seven miles an hour would have been
over good roadS, and we know further
that it was much worse on US. We
ought to have better roads in this county.
The iaultmar bel. o.rSyStem OF working
them; or it may be in our want OF sys
tenn; or it may be that the roads have
not been worked at al.
l, would certainly pay everybody who
has 10 tra1e any OF these roads to be in
teres,ed n having them worked. 1t
would pay in he saving OF vehicles and
horses. We think it would be good
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19
THE ENPORTANCE OF GOOD
TEACHERS.

We claim that the advocates OF better
schools are the truest friends to the chill
dren. The influence for good that a real
teacher-one horn, not made-eXerts Is
inestimable. while the bad effects OF a
Door teacher, one who ought rather to
follow the plow, are likewise incalcula-
bic. We do not allow novices TO build
our houses, we do not like for novices to
minister to our bodies when not in
health, and yet we commit the plastic
minds of our youths, who are to oc lnflu-
enced for veal or woe, TO the person
that will take charge Of them Tor the
least money. 1t is morally wrong, and
the responsibility will some day be prop
erly placed. 61.
There is much truth in the above. The
children Of every age are to make the
men aud women, the fathers and moth
ers. OF the next generation, and it is q
duty we owe poSterity to see to 1t, that
we do the best we can for the children.
One OF the bess ways to discharge this
duty TO the children OF our land is to
give them good schools, and in order to
do this We must have good teachers. The
teacher should be man OF character as
we'll as ability to te ach. Character must
be built up along with the develcpment
OF the mind and the teachers example
wields 4 great influence. The office
of the teacher is akin to that OF the min
lister OF tie GosYe!. The influence the
teacher wieldS is for all time and will
last long after he is gone, whether it be
for good or evil. How important it is
then that he should be the best of men.
1t is one Of the great educational needs
of the present day and time. The faith
ers n ,uld look more after the training
of their children and See that their in
structions is intru>ted TO the right kind
OF men and women.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19
A Newspaper Company Organized.

GREENv1LLE. January 14-At a
meeting of the leading citizens and
business men, held at the National Bank
rooms this afternoon, prl fminary steps
looking to the organization Grecnrlle
Neus Company was taken. The COM
pany will be a Joint stock concern with
4 capital stock Of $4,000. The Green
rifle Daily Ne,cs, now owned by A. B.
Williams, will be purchased and ell
larged, and made complete newspaper
with full press dispatches, SC. A. B.
Williams, who is q stockhoder III the
new company, will return to Greenville
from Charleston, to take editorial con-
troll OF the NeaOS. The scheme has re-
ceiyed the hearty endorsement Of the
community. At the meeting this after
noon Col. H. 7. HammetC presided, and
the following stockholders were desig-
mated to file the petition for a charter
of Incorporation J. F. Richardson,
James L. Orr, H. P. Hanmett, John
Ferguson, j. W. eagle. ". E. Beattie
and Ellison a. Smythe. Application
will be made ut once for the charter,
and as soon as possible the organization
will be completed. 1t is expected that
the operations Of the paper under the
auspices of the new company will be be-
gun by March /.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19

idea TO utilize some of the convict labor
BIZ putting it to work On the public roads.
These are more needed than railroads or
factories or anything else that we can
think of just now. If we could once get
all the public roads in good condition,
then under the present system, properly
carried out, they might be kept up. But
the way in which a majority OF the public
roads is worked now is waste OF time,
and. we were about to say, labor, but
there is very little labor expended upon
them.
In the multiplicity OF l&w-maklng II
some Of our Solons would adopt some
plan to give us good roads future gener-
atoms would rise up to praise them,
and many to-day would do likewise.
Everybody is interested in this subject
of GOOD roads, especially our friends in
the country.
What the roads need is more and
better work. How to get this is the
burning question OF the hour.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-19
The Sumter Rioters in Jail.

SUMTER, January l7.-Mr. h. Pen.
nington, having sufficiently recovered
from his wounds, was conveyed to
jail by the sheriff this morning. All
four of the parties under Indictment
for the killing Of Mr.. Haynsworth.
are now incarcerated. No effort has
as yet been made by their counsel to
secure their release on writ of ha'
beas corpus, but it is suppos that
the, applications will be argued very
shortly. Pennington was placed IN
the cell with John r. keels. All par
ties in the Jail now are in as comfor-
table a condition as the attentions Of
their friends can make them. Their
cells are carpeted. and small stoves,
put up for the occasion. keep the
temperature of their quarters at a
very comfortable point.
The weather to-day is cold, raw
and windy, and despite the fair
weather assurances Of the signal ser
vice bureau. q cold. driving rain has
been falling all day.