The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-25
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.
Judge John r. Mizell a life long
resident of Orange county has moved
to Miami.

resident of Orange county has moved
to Miami.
Sneak thieves are doing Jackson.
vile just now, and giving the police
much trouble.
So much building going on at st
Augustine that there is a demand fol
! more carpenters and bricklayers.
Capt. Francis r. Skunk, engineer
ing corps. u. s. A., has been station
ed in Florida with headquarters in
st. Augustine.
The governor has appointed r
Hudson Burr, commissioner. elect
to the uneXpired term of Railroad
Commissioner II. f. Day, resigned
The fall term of the East Florida
Seminary at Gainesville opens to-
day under bright auspices. 1t is
thought that there will be a large at
tendance of pupils.
Mrs. James Fl. Lewis, daughter-in-
law of the aged couple murdered
near Bronson some three weeks ago,
is dead from the efforts of the shock
produced by that tragedy
Palmetto is growing town and it
needs good all-the-year round ho-
tel. The people of the place offer in
ducements to the right party who
will come there and build one.
An order from Mayor Fletcher,
put in execution by the police, has
closed all the dives in Jacksonville.
Did we say all? Well, hardly, but
nearly all of the toughest joints.
Frank L. Woodruff has been made
acting postmaster at Sanford by the
bondsmen of the late postmaster,
Chas. S. Partridge, to serve until a
permanent appointment is made.
Hon. Jeff. B. Browne, nominee for
railroad commissioner, has arrived
at his home in Key West. been given
q serenade, made a speech from the
balcony of hotel, and held a recep-
tion.
The Eastering Bros. of Cutler will
plant 100 acres in tomatoes, and Is in
beans on their land at that place.
The men, mules, teams and imple-
ments for the work are all on the
ground.
Punta Gorda people offer total of
5000 reward for detection and conyic-
ton of party who tried to murder
Albert Deney of that place by firing
at him from ambush as he stepped
upon the porch of his residence.
On Wednesday night of last week
burglars entered the postoffice at
Waldo, cracked the safe and secured
about $75 in money. The office pa
pers We're left scattered over the
floor. There is no clue leading to
the perpetrators.
Henry E. Day, chairman of the
state railroad commission, has
placed his resignation in the hands
of the governor to take effect Oct.
list. Mr.. Day has accepted the posi-
tion as freight agent at Jacksonville
of the Seaboard Airline R'y.
Mrs. Benjamin Russell of Key
West was burned to death by the cX-
plosion of a kerosene oil can at her
home last week. She was trying to
start fire in wood stove, and after
several unsuccessful attempts picked
up the OIL can and poured oil on the
wood.
A county association is to be or
ganized at Lake City, and it will |
have the authority to elect delegates |
to the State Association, which will |
meet in Alachua in the near future. |
The State Association will soon take
action in reference to the marketing |
of the cotton crop.
A member of the Gainesville
Guards who faced the alternative of
at home and attending an in
spection of the company, or making
Il trip to Tampa and standing a trial
by court-martial for his absence,
very sensibly chose the latter A
visit to Tampa is worth Il cOurt-mar-
tial any old ime.-Tampa Tribune.
Prof. o. p. Steves, principal of the
st. Augustine high school, died at
Valatic, N. Y. last week of bright's
disease. Prof. Steves had been a
school teacher for 40 years. Six
years ago he went to st. Augustine
as assistant to Prof. H. O. Hamm.
Two Years ago, on retirement of his
L
5he responsibilities. He was con-
sidered an able instructor.
The national board of underwri-
,ers has sent out circulars offering a
reward of $3.50 for proof to convict
The party or parties who may be
'ound guilty of the crime of incendi-
lrism, or arson, in setting fire to the
own of Green Cove Springs on the
18th day of May, 1902. This, added
o the former offer of the town
council and citizens, makes $500 for
heir detection, and would appear
% be an inducement sufficient to fer
'et out the guilty party.
The body of Mrs. Arcadia lie Oza
Cuban woman of Tampa was found
loating in the bay last week near
Palmetto beach, Two bullet holes
we're in her head and a revolver was
ound in the water near where the
,ody lay. She had disputed with
Ter husband the day before over
money matters, and when last seen
the was with another Cuban
named Canonas. Both have been
leld ON suspicion. The woman held
real property in Tampa.
When the dredging of the canal
low being cut by the Florida East
Coast Canal and Transportation COM
lany to connect the Mantanzas and
Halifax river is completed, light
iraft vessels can make the inland
rip between st. Augustine and Bis
,ayne bay, distance of nearly 400
niles. There is one stretch of nine
niles of solid land to cut through.
It is estimated that it will take two
lredges more than twelve months to
complete the work. They are al
.nahu af work