The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-07-24
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

ii. II. Lykes, jr. of Tampa, shipped
400 head of cattle to Cuba Monday
Several of the Lake county schools
will open the first Monday in August
Lamar makes protest. Files af-
fidavit of fraud in precinct IA in Leon
county.
Jim Elliot shot his wife's sister and
then his wife Sunday about pm. at
Chairs, and made his escape.
The new county court house OF
Bradford has been completed and
? turned over to the commissioners
A whale, seventeen and half feet
long, and five feet in diameter, is
stranded on the sand spit opposite
Lanark.
Last Friday was surely Gainsville's
day. She won both games of ball
and took first prize in the shooting
contest.
Baars, Deenwoody & Co., of Pensa-
cola, are bankrupts. Liabilities and
assets aggregate over half million
dollars.
There are about 600 dogs in Talla-
hassee valued from $5 to $500 each.
We know of some there that are less
valuable.
Col. S. L. Varnedoe, a prominent
citizen of Tampa, died in that city
last week. The remains were taken
to Valdosta, Ga, for interment.
Sheriff Fennel of Alachua captured
George Barr. a deserter, at the naval
stores camp of b. F. Mccall, Fair
banks, and conveyed him to his post
at Fort Dade, off the cost of Tampa,
last Monday.
The merchants and citizens of
Gainesville are so well pleased over
| the result of the excursion to that
city on Friday of last week that they
are taking steps to induce the rail-
roads to give another.
A negro named Scott killed another
named Andersen near Pablo last Fri
day. After performing the deed
Scott fled to the woods. The coro-
ner's Jury after hearing the facts, eX-
onerated Scott upon a plea OF self
defense.
The carpenters of Jacksonville are
still on a strike. They number about
$500. The men demand more wages
and shorter hours. Building is prac-
tically at stand still and the result
is being felt by the merchants and
other business men.
Ell Baird, South Gainesville, has
received from Tampa parties con-
tract to manufacture $4,000 orange
box sides for delivery as fast as same
can be turned out. Mr.. Baird has
also Il large contract from a Jackson
vile firm to furnish orange box
heads.
Messrs. Hudson and Blain, fish
wardens, arrested Peter Black with |
three of his sons and James freeman |
and son, Jackson, Friday at Ock-
lawaha, and seized several barrels of |
fish, some seins, etc, and took all to
Ocaia, where the men had hearing |
before Judge Bullock for illegal sein-
ing and shipping of fish.
A trade has been closed for 44,00O
acres of timberland in Lake and
Sumpter counties, the seller being |
the S. l.. Varnedoe Land Company !
and the Winn-Ashley Land Com
pany. The amount of money invol-
we'd in the deal is little over 500, 600.
The sale was engineered by Mike
Smith of Winter Park.
One night last week as Mr.. w. F.
Bozeman was vending his way home,
up Kolb street, an alligator made a
lunge and snap at him and carried
away part of his trousers leg. For
tunately the saurian, which was
afterwards killed, did not succeed III
fastening his mighty jaws on the
leg.-Leesburg Commercial.
One day last week Mr.. Vickers
Smith lost a large, fine COW at his
home place at Fruitland Park. The
cow was feeding in a pond when a
large alligator caught her by the nose,
drew her head under the water and
drowned her. Mr.. Smith saved the
cow from being eaten by the alligator,
but reached the place of the struggle
to late to rescue her from the saurian.
Judge GeO.M. Nolan and Cromwell
Gibbons of Jacksonville, have re-
ceived advice from Washington that
the Spanish treaty commission has
made a decision in the matter of the
claims of the Narclssa Sugar Com
pany and others, which involves the
payment of about So, 900, 900 of claims,
for which Nolan d Gibbons are the
agents. The fees that will go to
them by the collection of these
claims will be about $4,000 each.
An item is going the rounds about
Il girl>dying from tight lacing. The
corset, saws one of our brothers of the
quill, should be done away with and
ii the girls cannot live without being
we suppose men can be
found who will sacrifice themselves.
AS busy as we all are at this office,
we would rather devote three hours
q day without cent of pay than to
see girls die off in this manner. Office
hours almost any old time.
Earnest Legallis, ayoung man con-
nected with a prominent family at
Pensacola, was drowned at the navy
yard Wednesday evening, the body
in the water for hours be-
ore being found. Legallis was un-
having one brother and sis
ter. He was hard working young
man and at the time of his death was
engaged on the dry dock at the yard.
His " ork made him crawl out over
the water on u rope. This broke, and,
not being able to swim, he sank at
once.
THE Boss WORM MEDICINE.
H. P. Kumpe, Druggist, Leighton,