The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-07-31
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.
Several of the schools in st. Johr
county have opened.

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There is a large fire burning in the
muck lands across the lake from
Kissimmee.
The law firm of Anderson & Hook
er, Ocala, has been dissolved by mu-
tual consent.
The seven-year. old son of b. So
lano was severely scalded at Arm
strong last Friday.
There will be an interstate gun
shoot at White Springs during the
latter part of August.
A colored woman was choked to
death at Titusville Sunday morning
by some unknown party.
Two white boys about II years OF
age have been arrested in st. Angus
tine charged with breaking into Il
store.
Very important changes are being
made in the Flagler hotels at st. Au-
gustine, the Alcazar and Cordova,
this week.
An effort is being made to induce
the city council of Tallahassee to
amend the eleven o'clock closing law
General protests have been filed.
Letters patent have been granted
for the Incorporation of the McDon-
aid Lumber Company at Paradise,
Alachua county, with capital stock
of $4,000.
Tallahassee will soon have an cleo
trict light plant. l.. A Pool of Glyn-
don Park, Md, has been awarded
the contract of supervising the con-
struction.
Arch Jackson, charged with the
murder of 0. l.. York at Gainesville,
was placed under $1,000 bond for his
appearance at the next term of cir
cult court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritchie Monson are
the proud parents of II fine little boy.
The little fellow is Mrs. MOnson's
first and Mr.. MOnson's seventeenth.
st. Augustine Record.
The corn and cotton crops of the
southern part of Madison county were
greatly damaged by storm few
weeks ago, but the farmers are now
hopeful and expect fair crop.
James M. Hilliard, eX-mayOr of
Pensacola, died at his home in that
city last Saturday night after long
illness with typhoid fever, cOmpli-
Gated by an abscess on the liver.
The five-year old daughter of
Green johnson, living near Talla-
hassee, was kicked by IL horse while
sitting in II. a.buggy about two weeks
ago, and died from the effects last
Thursday.
Albert w. Gilchrist of Punta Gorda,
a member of the House of Represent
tatives for 1893 and 1896, has annOun-
ced that he will be candidate for
Speaker in the event of his election
in November.
The pier and warehouse used by
the Clyde line at the foot of Gather
inc street, Jacksonville, were des-
troyed Sunday night by fire between
llo'clock and midnight. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
Judge R. NJ. Cooper of st. Angus
tine, has been appointed special mas
ter for the purpose of ascertaining
the indebtedness against the South
Beach Railway. The property will
probably be sold within a few
mouths.
The people of Centre Hill and vi
cinity are greatly excited over the
prospects of the discovery of petro-
ieum near that place. A party of
capitalists has been in that section
Investigating, and it is stated that
there is every indication of oil.
Death cheats the gallows at Quin-
CIV. Horace Murry, one of the three
negroes confined in the county jail
at that place under sentence to hang,
died in the Jail Friday morning of
drOpsy. The other two negroes, Ed
die Turner and Walter Danier will
be hanged tomorrow, Aug. |.
The electric and ice plant of Will
liam Curry u Sons, Key West, eX-
ploded at s O'Clock Saturday morn
ing. Three boilers burst, delnolish-
ing the entire building. Pieces of
the boiler were thrown ten blocks
away. Many citizens in the vicinity
were slightly hurt by bricks and
pieces of iron. Glasses We're broken
down town. Two firemen were
killed and five other men were Sc
verely injured.
B. w. Wrenn, late passenger
traffic manager of the Plant System,
is now president of the Wrenn Com
bustion Governor Company, which
manufactures combustion governors
and steam damper regulators, The
office is 229 Broadway, New York.
Mr.. Wrenn has with him as secretary
and treasurer of the company James
J. Farnsworth, lateSgeneral eastern
agent of the Plant System. H. B.
P. Wrenn is vice-president and gen.
eral manager of the company.
The wife of a certain candidate in
this county who wound up in the
''alsO-ran" class, is said to have given
her disappointed spouse pair of
oversalls and advised him to apply
himself to learning the gentle art of
| farming, for which he was evidently
better fitted by nature than for poll
tics. The lady's advice is sound, and
might be taken to heart by many of
those who apparently aspire to he
political bell-weathers. Indeed, for
everybody farming especially in
Dade county-wOuld prove a for
more profitable and satisfying avo-
cation than spouting politics. Some
''politicians" will have an opportu-
nifty to give It a trial anyway
Miami Metropolis.