The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-07-10
GOiNGS ON IN FLORIDA.

The east coast pineapple crop is
now shooting northward.
The railroad station at Kanapaha |
has been burned to the ground.
Geo. y. Aber, prominent business
man Of Eustis, is dead, aged Y years.
Hot weather and drowth pervades
the entire state and crops are suffer
ing.
The lumber manufacturers of
Florida b'ld Il convention in Jack |
sonville Tuesday.
The cantcloupe and melon season
of the state has closed, and there is
sorrow in the land.
1t is estimated that rU}ly 1000 eX-
cursionists visited Pablo and Allan
tic Beach on the Fourth.
Two female ball teams (colored)
entertained over 1000 spectators at
New Augustine on the Fourth.
The striking carpenters of Jackson
vile have gone Ia work on an eight
hour day with eight hours pay.
jacksonville cannot yet make up
it's mind whether it wants one of
those Carnegie libraries or not.
-Four thousand crates of peaches
have been shipped from Lake Helen
this season. Good peaches, too.
The Gadslen Circuit court has
heavy criminal docket. There are
seven negro nurdcrers to be tried.
The warrant in payment of the
FLORIDA Indian War claim has been
drawn on the United States treasury.
The pavilion at Phoenix park,
Jacksonville, is now open, and this
with II band, attracts large Sunday
crowds.
The Ost office at Miami became
secOnd-clnSS office on the first inst,
but the people still insist that the
town is firSt-class.
FIT. Myers celebrated the Fourth
with grand barbecue, races and
big, good natured time.
The East Coast R'y is preparing to
extend its line south of Miami, to
Cutler, thus opening up more rich
country, now well settled
At the session of the Florida Fu-
neral Directors and Embalmers in
Tampa last week the boys got II ca
daver and used it TO demonstrate
theories.
Garter & Wilson of Jacksonville
have purchased a tract of land at
Hastings for which they paid 81 800,
and will put in IL fail crop of Irish
potatoes.
Jose Garcia an habitual drunkard
of Tampa was picked up in the
streets in unconscious condition and
died soon after. He's a reformed
| man now.
Marshal Benet of st. Augustine
| aid conductor Rante of the South
Beach train engaged in a fight at the
| beach on the Fourth and both We're
badly mutilated.
James ~Hunnicut, popular East
Coast R'y conductor, seriously i'll
for past several weeks has returned
| to his home in ST. Augustine the
| picture Of health.
The Times Union states that San
ford had quiet Fourth. There will
be 1856 other quiet days there this
year, If reports are true. Sanford
long ago quieted down.
Senator w. A. MacWilliams of
st. Augustine has bought a potato
farm at Hastings and is going to raise
tubers. Couldn't do a better thing
if he remains in politics.
Tampa is going to enter upon a
crusade against immortality, and a
meeting of citizens has already
adopted a set of resolutionS,-a If
resolution were disinfectant for
vice.
Exports to foreign ports from the
Pensacola custom house for the fiscal
wear ending June Both, 1902 were
Valued at $l4 ,465,G3l The import
duties collected during the year
amounted TO $Sl ,075,2l.
A Kissimmee moonshiner has been
= discovered who for years has been
= making whisky in a tin lard can
Dunctured with one hole and sec.
. ton of gas pipe. He has been bound
over to the L. 5. court.
Whooping cough at st. Augustine
is being cured by permitting the
children to inhale the fumes from
the purifying boxes at the city gas
works. 1t is claimed it will knocl
/ the smithereens out of the worst cast
, and will not kill the child.
t The Gainesville and Lake City
q base ball clubs played a match gam
| at Gainesville on Tuesday. TIT
/ score was 20 to ,, in seven innings
, The Gainesville club has made aphe
|. nominal record, and is easily th
Ell best organization of rapid ball play
+ eTS in the state.
]. A. Huau of Jacksonville, promi
: uent as a Cuban filibuster in tn
t. troubulous times of the insurrectlor
& has been called to Cuba by Presiden
: Palma, who wants to make him tn
e public printer. The congress OF Gu
$ ba objects and wants to give til
: office to another man.
. Joe Dean, highly respected co
." ored farmer of Evinston was she
- through the heart and killed Will
y driving home from Micanepy wit
:, his wife last week. The murdort
: stepped out from the shade of trt
" and fired as they were passing alon
~ the road. Adger Watkins of Mici
y nopy has been held for the killing.
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