The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-04-10
GoINGs oN1N FLORIDA.

| Springs.
DR.. Edward Delcuest, for % years
a prominent citizen and physician of
Ocala, is dead.
Sam Jones is going to hold n two
weeks revival in Tampa. The field
is white for the harvest.
The government will establish a
wireless telegraph station ut Key
West to communicate with Havana.
The cantalcupe farm of the Ester
ling brothers at Martin contains 700
acres, and is the largest farm of the
kind in the world.
The Normal department of the
East Florida seminary opened in
Gainesville Monday with prospects
for large attendance.
Stetson university orators hested
the wind TANNERS from the state Ag-
riciIltural college in debate at De-
Land last Friday night.
John B. s. ets0n the wealthy Phila-
de PhiH hut manufactures is going to
build sheds over so icrcs OF orange
groves near DeLand this summer.
Gainesville ha. just Paid Off its
first series of bonds and thereby re-
lieTed itself OF the annual interest
naYmHnt OF Si,l6t. Tho city is in
healthy financial condition.
The Florida Sunday school conyen-
zion is in session at 'Gai,iesville with
Il large attendance of debates from
Ill parts OF the state. X. O. Excel,
the singer ind nRsiG;l Publisher of
Chicago is present. $50
The temperance people OF Lake
City have resolved that they are
alarmed at the rapid increase of the
drink evil in their city and that the
right thing to do is 10 have mass
meeting to discuss the question.
The Strawberries at Lawtey this
year are large, bright and firm . 1
the crop is very larg, ; car loads e
leaving for the north frequently, i,nd
never before in the history of the in
dustry have prospects of growers ap-
peared more favorable.
The corner stone was taken from
the ruins of the Jacksonville court
house the other day and opened by
two of the county commissioners.
There We're many interesting relies,
and some of the papers when taken
out crumbled to pieces. The con-
tents of the box were damp.
The saw mill plant near Palmer,
Alachua county, has been seriously
injured by maliciously inclined par
ties who in the night smashed the
cylinders, took out bolts and reader
ed the machinery useless. The au-
thor of the crime is unknown, but
efforts are being made to discover
him.
H. II. Temple of Tampa was ar
rested upon a charge of criminal as
sault upon woman named Alice
Wallace, and placed in jail. Later
the Wallace woman went to the Jail
and married her assailant. Temple
is still in Jail, but as 1t is unlikely
that his wife will testify against
him, he will probably go free.
A Tampa company headed by
John P. Martin of Xenia, Ohio, has
applied for a charter to build II street
railway and electric lighting plant
in Tampa and construct 200 miles of
trolley lines over South Florida,
with Tampa as the centre. The
company has a capital of million
dollars and is said to have the sup
port of eastern capitalists.
Fire at Mannville on Thursday last
destroyed the residence of Newton
Hampton. The family were away
at the time and no fire had been
built in the house that day. Mr..
Hampton's father who celebrated
his l02d birthday on the 10th of
March was out in the field nearby
planting corn and he didno see the
fire until the roof of the house fell
in.
There was peculiar midnight
marriage at the Grillion House, Key
West, one night last week, when
lloyd H. Barker, of Tampa, aged
30 Years, and Mrs. Jane Il. Kowald,
of New York, aged "A years, We're
married by justice of the peace.
The bride left the next day ''all by
her lonesome" for New York, and
the groom left for Tampa the follow
ing night. II is stated that the new
Mrs. Barker is worth $1,000 in good,
hard cash, which added greatly TO
her charms.
A special term of circuit court was
held at Sumpterville on Monday of
last week for the purpose of trying
John Henry, eolored, for the MUIR
der of Lee Grahams The trial lasted
two hours and 40 minutes, and ver-
dict of guilty was returned. lmme-
dlate sentence of death was pro-
nounced, and a special messenger
dispatched to Tallahassee to see the
governor and secure death warrant
calling for immediate execution.
Prompt action on part of the COVER
nor is the only thing that will keep
the hands of the mob of.
The story of a mostrevolting crime
comes up from Tanpn. Mrs. Katie
Watson, II years old and recently
married, daughter of Mitchell Till
man prominent farmer in the Do
yer section of Hillsb; ro co lnty,
comes into court with her husband
and charges her father with the
crime of criminal assault as we'll rs
incest. Mrs. Watson says that her
father first assaulted her when she
was but l3 years old, since which
time he has kept up the unnatural
crime. She states that she was
thre tened with death by her father
in the event that size ever divulged
the secret, hence She remained gaiet
until she WAS married and h; q the
protection of a husband. Mrs. Wat
son was only recently married Iill-
man is a well-knowu man of the
county and has always enjoyed an
excellent reputation. The exposure
If his eri',ae h.,s eaneca ',ip e,seits
ment. He has been arrested and is
in Jail. A pecalsars s,rcul.,stahess =,
the case is the fact that Tillman was
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