The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-03-06
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

Mlcanopy is to nave q new tWC
story brick store.
The sporting season for game in
Florida came to an end last Friday
The brick work has been completed
on the south wing of the capital
building at Tallahassee.
Vegetable growers throughout the
state can almost see their truck grow
since the rains OF last week.
Gov. Jennings has troubles of his
own. He owns an orange grove at
Citra, and he visited it last week.
Abner Mckinley brother of the
late president is spending the winter
at Tampa and Manitee river towns.
The sheriff of Escambia county
has seized a lot of inferior cotton
seed which did not bear the official
inspection tax tag.
There were 6,357 births and 3;0S6
deaths in Florida from June lst to
December 3lst, 1901, according to re-
port of the state health office.
The annual birth rate in Florida
in 1901 per thousand of population
was 2O.O6. The death rate per thous-
and of population was 10.
The steamer Naiad of the Chata-
| hOochee river line was sunk at
Blountstown last week. There were
many passengers on board but all
were gotten off.
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copal pastor at Orange City fell and
broke a rib while engaged in regula-
ting the church clock. He will be
laid up for some time
Judge ]. b. Wall of Tampa has au-
thorized the statement that he will
be candidate for the supreme
bench. Judge Wall is the present
Judge of the Sixth Judicial circuit.
Fernandez, Hermanoz & Co.,
prominent New York cigar manu-
facturers will move their factory to
Tampa. Most of the leading clear
Havana cigar factories of the coun-
try are located in Tampa.
Mrs. Besse Miller, wife of a promi-
nent citizen of St. Petersburg has
secured temporary injunction
against her husband, forbidding him
to enter her house. She represented
that she was afraid of him.
Thos. Estrada Palma the firstpresi-
dent of Cuba will be in Jackson
vile in few days en- route to Cuba.
where he goes to assume the reigns
of government. The Jacksonville
board of trade will give him a recep-
ton.
Gen. f. NJ. Law commander of the
United Confederate Veterans of
| Florida has appointed G. l.. Baltzall
of Fernandina chief of engineers on
his staff with the rank of lieutenant
colonel. There is no money in
| the office.
Will Stone, arc light trimmer for
the city lighting company in Jack
sonville was electrOcuted while at
| tempting to trim an arc light at the
corner of Riverside ave. and Estelle
street, last Saturday. He accidental
ly caught hold of live wire, when
! the full shock of the current passed
through him and he fell over dead.
| DIR. Theodore Turnbull, prominent
physician of Monticello, and broth
er-in-law of ex-senator Samuel Pas
CO. died suddenly in Baltimore
hospital last week. The remains
were brought to Monticello for inter-
ment last Saturday in the private
car of Superintendent Denham of
the Plant System. The dead physi-
clan was born in Monticello in 1850,
and was the son of the late Hon. 5.
j. Turnbull.
Among the very vital work being
now done by the state organization
of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union is the writing and distri-
button of their letter against the pro-
posed dispensary plan. Five hun
dred copies of this letter, written by
Mrs. Alice c.. Brown of Fort Reed,
have been printed and distributed
/ throughout Florida. Mrs. Brown is
at present travelling in the southern
part of the state organizing new
unions.-Mmes-Union and Citizen.