Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-11-14
LETTER FROM r
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Nov. o, 1880.

day. Why even bill" Bowman's
poodle dog" got there with both feet.
The election here passed off very quiet
ly as there was only members of Con-
gress to elect, and there vas or no OPP,
position to the regular Democratic
ticket. The betting here on New York
was pretty lively on election day. One
funny incident occurred. An over con.
fident Democrat having a friend in
New York telegraphed during the fore
noon as to how New York was going,
and received the answer, "New York
is going to hell" Hastily glancing
over the telegram he mistook shell"
for "Hill," and Immediately went to q
bank and drew out several hundred
dollars and took all the bets offered for
a few hours, when he showed his tele-
gram to an intimate friend who in
formed him of the true statement con-
tanned therein. Taking it and closely
scrutinizing the contents he exclaimed,
well this is hell" 1t is safe to say he
took no more bets, and went out and
vigorously kicked himself and took a
wee bit to drown his lacerated feelings.
A large amount of money, many hats
and cigars innumerable changed hands
here on the result especially in New
York and West Virginia. A large Dor
ton of the people here are gamblers,
anyway, and elections, horse racing
prize fights, &c. The Duval Club, who
backed Corbett and Mitchell, is located
here and almost every form of gam.
bling is INDUCED in by them. j. E. T..
Bowden, Ex-President of the club, was
recently, publicly COW hided by a Pull.
nan a conductor for insulting his
wife. Bowden is a very wealthy man
and is owner of one hundred and fifty
houses here besides vast interests other.
wise. Since the great storms of Sep
TENDER 20 and October 6, the weather
is delightful. Just cool enough of
nights to sleep good, and not too warm
during the day for work and out door
exercise. TT ere has been only on frost
here to date. 1t did considerable dam
ages to early vegetables, &c. Work on
the Union Car Sheds is progressing
rather slowly on account of lack of
material. The Railroad Company has
made SO many changes in the plans
since the destruction of the shed by
the late storm that it has DELAYED the
contractors in giving out bills for lum-
Der. We have all been layed off on
this account, but will be all right in a
day or two. Some of our BOYS have
spent the time in hunting and fishing.
Plenty of birds and fish in this section,
and since November l all persons are
permitted to kill quail and other game.
There is a strong prejudice against cat
fish here. There is "a city ordinance
against the catching of cat fish along
the river front, but like most other CITY
ordinances, it is not enforced. In fact
there has never vet been an arrest for
its violation, which occurs every day
by men and boys who catch them by
the wholesale and sell them to one or
two dealers who handle them. They
find a market all over the interior of
the Southern States where they are sold
as cod fish, or if there happens to be no
prejudice in those towns against cat
fish they are sold as that article. The
preparing of these fish for market is in
teresting. A quick, supple mar circles
the fishes neck with a sharp knife cut
ting through the skin; the fish is thrown
over to another man, who hooks him to
a post by the head and with a pair of
~pinchers, pulls of the hide; the next
man cuts of the head and q fourth dis
embowels him and they are the sailed
and shipped to places all over the South
where they are sold for from six to ten
tents a pound. As they only cost the
dealer one cent a pound the profits are
enormous. A Jacksonville person
would no more think of eating a cat
fish caught along the out flows of the
sewers than they would q rattle snake.
Our company, "The Knoxville Build
ing Co." has secured the contract to
build a large phosphate plant at Bar.
tow, some 200 miles south of here;
work will be commenced at an early
day.
New buildings are rapidly going up
all over the city and u spirit of enter
prise and improvement seems to per-
wade almost the entire city. Many streets
are being paved. A new electric light
plant is being put in by the city, also
a market house and city hall. An
electric railway is being put in opera
ton by the Street Railway Company.
In ad 1ition to this, a large brewery
plant and many other enterprises are
spoken of and no doubt will soon be
erected.
The influx of travel from the North
is said to be greater than ever for this
season of the year. The trains and
steamers are bringing them in by the
hundreds and thousands, most of them
going on further south. There will,
however, be u vast number spend the
winter here. The large winter hotels
will open on Thanksgiving day, and
they all have promise of all they can
accommodate. What a pity Uncle Gro
yer did not appoint a much earlier day
for Thanksgiving so our Democratic
friends could enjoy it too. But then
they will know how we felt two years
ago. The cold weather of the North is
bringing hundreds of tramps to this
country. However they have a poor
show in Jacksynville, any of them
seer lettering around are taken up by
the police, and they know a tramp
when they see him, and complaints
lodged against them as suspicious
characters, they are then tried and
put to work on the street FIR I'M thirty
to ninety days. However, they get out
Of part of the time by running away.
Of course the authorities do not care,
as by so doing they get rid of the tramps.
What has become of all the correspond.
ents of the Herald and Tribune. Did
they all join the Democratic party and
go up Salt River before the electionp
Monld like to hear from than and