The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-04-03

MISS carrie Hodges, society
young lady of Satsuma Heights, was
in the city Monday in attendance
upon the dance.
Sheriff Perry, of st. Johns county,
was noted among the visitors here
last Saturday. He was transacting
official business.
Misses Gertrude Powell and Leone
Ennis made trip up the Ocklawa-
ha river to Silver Springs last Satur-
day, returning Monday morning.
Robert James went to Daytona last
Thursday afternoon on visit to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Kupper-
busch. He returned to the city Sat
urday.
]. r. Cone & Son have moved from
the Hart block OH River street to the
stand in the Dalton block on Lemon
street, formerly occupied by w. H.
Thompson & Co.
Miss Ada Bulky, who has been con-
fined to her home for the past three
weeks with an attack of fever, is
rapidly improving and will soon be
entirely well again.
A new spring dressing of white
wash has been literally applied to
the large board fence enclosing the
plant of the Palatka Gas, Light &
Fuel Company on River street.
The Palatka Telephone Company
has purchased the out-of-town lines
connecting Crescent City and the
other towns on the Fruitland pen
insula, and promises better service.
County commissioner Jenkins and
School Director Laban Price, of the
Melrose section of the county, were
in town Tuesday in attendance upon
meetings of their respective boards
Harry E. Stewart, formerly res
ident of this city but now a promi-
nent citizen and business man of
Macon, Ga, was in town several
days this week looking after his
business interests and greeting old
friends,
Prof. Fosket, a musician of Gaines
Vile, came over to Palatka Sunday
as substitute for a member of Hes
toms orchestra who was unable to
play with the band for the dance on
Monday evening. Mr., Fosket re-
turned home on the noon train Tues
day,
The plant of the Monkridge Man
ufacturing Co., has been shut down
several days this week on account of
a breakage of machinery. A new
machine has been ordered from Buff
falo, N. Y, and itjs expected to ar
rive in the course of few days when
operations will be resumed.
Elizabeth Powers, a colored girl
IL years of age, was adjudged insane
by legal committee in Judge Coxe's
court on Tuesday and by the Judge
committed to the insane asylum
at Chattahoochee. Elizabeth has
been an inmate of the asylum be-
fore.
Two local base ball teams selected
with care) from the Gem City
Guards and the Knockers Athletic
Club will cross sticks at the ball
park in this city on Friday afternoon
at o'clock "ROoters" for both sides
are now practicing the war whoop.
and the coin of the realm is some
what in evidence pending the result
of the game.
Charles Read an escaped convict
from the state camp in Alachua
county was captured by Sheriff How
ell last week and returned to the pen
to finish out his time. For this
work the sheriff gets 800 reward.
The sheriff also captured three me-
groes wanted for burglary at West
Palm Beach, and with them he cap
tured nearly all the goods and 80 per
cent of the money.
People in all parts of the county
will feel sincere sympathy in the
bereavement which has come into
the home of the Hon. and Mrs. John
P. Wall, of Putnam Hall, in the sud-
den death, on Wednesday of last
week, of their little Swear old son
Worth, from blood poison. The
trouble originated from a mosquito
bite on the finger on Monday be-
fore The little fellow was an I'M
usually bright child and the sun
shine of the home.
A fishing party composed of P. NJ.
Hagan, ]. w. Hagan, C. H. Wigg,
Chas. G. Smith and ]. G. Brown
left here last Wednesday morning
for days sport in the wilds of west
Putnam. Grandin was their desti-
nation. The catch amounted to
something over 300 pounds of fish,
and one of the local nimrods is au-
thOrity for the statement that many
of the trout caught tipped the beam
at 10 pounds each. Wednesday night
a fish-fry was in order on the shores
of Lake zeigler, after which the
party went to the home of Mr..
Kellum where a dance was given,
which lasted all night. The sports
men arrived home at 9:35 Thursday
day morning, slightly disfigured
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