The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-04-24
GOINGS ON FLORIDA.

concluded its annual session at Tam
pa last Thursday.
Seventeen men have been indicted
by the grand jury at BraidentOwl
for fence cutting.
Fifteen car loads of vegetables lef
Miami and Cutler last Saturday TO
the northern market.
Rev. Henry Hice, Methodist pasto
at BraidentOwn, was married las
week to Miss May Parks of Key
West.
The corner stone of Sanford's new
high school building was laid las
Saturday with appropriate ceremO
nies.
The rebuilt McTyeire Memofia
M. E. church, jacksonville, was oc
cupied by The congregation las
Sunday. .a.
Orlando people are entertaining al
unknown burglar, and are anxious tC
lay hands on him before he gets any.
more of their goods.
The serate has passed bill grant.
ing an appropriation of $4,000 fol
the establishment of fish cultural
station in Florida.
Delray, II miles south of Palm
Beach is n growing pineapple town,
mostly inhabited by people from
Bay City, Mich, who have money,
The Methodists of Orlando feel
that they have outgrOwn their pres
ent church house and are taking
steps to build new and larger one.
Howard X. Glover of Tampa has
been made defendant in suit for
$4,000 brought against him by New
York actress named Lenora Ray
mOnd.
The Alcazar Hotel, st. Augustine,
is to be enlarged this summer, and
in addition Il covered arch will be
built over the street connecting that
house with the Cordova.
,Hon. James E. Broome of Quincy
has presented to Gov. Jennings a
fine life size portrait of his father,
Hon. j. E. Broome, the third COVER
nor of Florida, from 1858 to 1857.
The striking Tampa carpenters
have returned to work on the 8-hour
basis, for which they are to get the
same pay as when they worked 8
hours. In other words, the strikers
won.
An enthusiastic anti-dispel.sary
meeting was held in the Methodist
church at Tampa last week. The
meeting demonstrated that the Chris
tian people of Tampa are opposed to
the dispensary. E
A farmers institute was held at
NJ Melrose on Saturday last with good
The speakers We're
Prof. Stock bridge of Lake City, b..
n. Bradt of Huntington and t. X.
Godby of Waldo.
Some one who gets reckless when
toying with figures estimates that
over 100000 has been turned loose
around Lakeland this season as re-
suit of strawberry shipments from
that section.
Col. r. Il. BoOzer has been made
of a temperance cam
paign committee at Lake city, and
yet there are people who fail to see
any reason why the colonel
serve.
Mrs. r.. Morrison, the oldest resi-
dent of Melrose. died at that place
last Sunday aged 81 years. She
leaves three children, three grand
six great-grand children,
and three great-great-grand children.
Zack Rust of Lockhart Mills, near
Orlando, met Miss Martha Sjlobesen,
of Tampa, at Kissimmee one day
last week, when the two went before
Il minister where Martha changed her
unprOnOunceable name to that of
Rust.
One of the most interesting base
ball games of the season was played
at st. Augustine last Friday between
the local club and the team of the
college. The score
stood to in favor of the st. Au-
gustine nine.
Isom Malphus, who killed his
nephew near Lacrosse, Alachua Co.,
on March Is, was discharged by JUS
tice Knight of Lacrosse, before
whom he was taken for prelimi-
nary examination. The father of
the boy who was killed refused to
prosecute his brother.
Ben. H. Hopkins, candidate for
the legislature in Duval county is in
st. Luke's hospital and in critical
his trouble being caused
from accidentally swallowing his
false teeth. The plate is now in his
stomach, but in the swallowing his
throat was badly cut. He cannot
take other than liquid food, and even
this causes intense pain.
Three desperate criminals attempt
ed to break Jail at Key West last
week, attacking the turnkey and
using him rough in attempt to get
hold of the keys. Help came and
the men were driven to their cells
at the point of guns. A search of
the prisoners showed them to pos .
sess a knife and pistol which had
been smuggled in by the wife of one
of them.
A. NJ. Nicholson and M. c. Ham
lin returned on Friday from ten
days snake hunt, bringing with them
snakes, fifteen being dia-
rattlers from five to six
and half feet long, with from ten
GFE,A.. f.
proved the better of the. two for
finds from start to finish, and as a
snake hunter he is up to his Job.
But when 1t comes to catching them
he has n job to let. The mascotte
for the trip was beautiful little
creature known as polecat, not
skunk. It Is a beautiful little ami.
NAL, with black and white xig-zag
stripes all over its body, and weighs
about one pound. .--Orlando Star,