The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

a steam sirup mill and evaporator
is to be put in at Mount Pleasant.
A shell and clay road is being
built between Enterprise and Osteen.
The churches at Winter Park are
being repainted-an evidence of
prosperity.
The contract has been awarded
for the new First Baptist church
house in Jacksonville, to cost $3l 1897.
DR.. j. F. Appel, one Of the oldest
and most substantial citizens of Lake
City, and the college physician, is
| dead.
Liberty county will have an cleo
tion on Nov. 4th to decide the ques-
tion of issuing bonds for new court
| house.
Smyrna is being groomed as a Sec
ond district Congressional candidate
two years hence.
Orlando is to have a new ice fac
tory and the founders are making
contracts with consumers to finish
ice for two years at 20 cents per hun
dred.
Miss Glenn Hampton of Gainesville
will have charge of state education
al matters at the State Fair, and is
even now at Lake City arranging her
exhibit.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church in Jacksonville is to be re-
Of nj at
of $4,000. Work was begun Monday
morning.
Citizens of Newberry, Alachua
Co., are getting up a petition asking
the governor to call a special term
of the circuit court to try John Es
Gerlin for the murder of Tom Clark,
the bartender, in that place last
week.
Orange county will indulge in a
special wet and ''dry" election in
December. The county is now
dry Col. Manley of Sanford
gives it as his opinion that the cleo
zion will result in a victory for the
VETS
d. Smith has bought 5000 acres
of pine land near Limona, 10 miles
out from Tampa, on which he pro-
poses to settle a colony of thrifty
people and also establish an Indus
trial school providing he can get the
cooperation of the board of trade
and citizens of Tampa.
Rev. j. &. Porter of Ocala, editor
of the Baptist Witness, has just un-
dergoue surgical operation at the
Marion County Hospital, whereby
his seventh rib was removed in order
to permit a free drainage from an
affected lung. The patient survived
the operation well, and it was COM
plete success.
The captors of Faircloth and Smith,
executed for the Lewis murders, are
going to law over the reward. Short
" after the murder DR. o. b. Lewis
offered reward of 5000 for the arrest
and evidence to convict. There are
so many interested that it is a ques-
ton to whom the money should 20,
and law suit will be required to
determine.
Bishop Kenny of the Catholic dio-
cese of Florida has assigned Rev.
Father Maher of st. Augustine, to
the pastoTate of the church in Jack
sonville. Rev. Father Clavereul of
Mandarin goes to st. Augustine, and
Rev. Father James Veale, of Jack
sonville, has been assigned to Man
DARN. The appointment of vicar
general for the diocese has not yet
been made.
Chas. l.. Fildes of Gainesville
announces in the Metropolis that he
will be II candidate for Congress from
the second district two years hence.
At the same time he throws it into
]. NJ. Bars in this wise: II am not
at all surprised that Mr.. Bars should
want the position. | have known
him many years, and am unable to
recall the moment when he did not
hold office or was trying to get into
one.'
In street fight Monday, growing
out of dispute over a lawsuit, w.
G.. ON cal, president of the Ameri-
can National Bank, Pensacola, stab
bed AdOlph Greenhut, wholesale
grocer, under the left ear near the
large artery, also in the back and on
the arm, the wound in the neck be-
ing serious. O'Neal was arrested on
warrant charging him with assault
with intent TO kill, and was released
on $500 bond. Greenhut is resting
easy tonight, but is not yet out Of
danger,