The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-28
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

Dave Quinlan an employee of the
ice works at Pensacola has had seven
of his ribs broken by being crushed
between two cars.
Gov. Jennings is expected to re-
turn to the state about Sept. 9th.
He is at present visiting his cousin,
VIM. J. Brennings at Lincoln, Neb.
The foster-son of excounty treasur-
or Shannon, Gainesville, has been
kidnapped. With his foster mother the
boy was ivited to visit an aunt in
Providence, r. I. Five days after
their arrival the aunt stole the boy
and turned Mrs. Shannon out of
doors Mrs. Shannon adopted the
boy when only seven months old,
and after the death of his mother,
Mrs. Ward, at Gainesville.
Miami will continue hot for some
time-there is municipal election
in sight.
The first bale of cotton this sea-
son from Florida to arrive in Savan-
nah, was forwarded from Hagen, Co
lumbia county. 1t was raised Oh
the plantation of G. A. Douglass.
The experiment of shipping peach
ds from Fort Valley, Ga, to Eng
land, has proved successful. The
fruit arrived in good order and
brought fancy prices.
The clergymen of st. Augustine
have been arousing sentiment
against Sunday base ball in that
city, and will likely succeed in sup
pressing the sport. The games have
been played on the fort green, in
plain sight of people passing to and
from church service.
The store of r. l. Bowling at Pea
cock, was destroyed by fire Sunday
night. The loss is $4,000 with in
surance of $500.
The Atwood company has a grove
of 22,O00 grape fruit trees just COM
ing into bearing a little east of Pal
inetto. The grove will have about
1900 boxes this year.
1t is stated that the acreage near
Hastings this winter will be in
creased to nearly 1900 acres of pota-
toes.
Carlos Perez, a Cuban cigar maker
of Tampa, aged 81 years, has COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
in the head.
l.. r. Willet, of Miami, bit on the
hand by a rattlesnake last week, has
about recovered from the effects of
the bite.
Mrs. Polk Cochran, who commit
ted a recent brutal assault upon Miss
Alice Heard, teacher of the primary
grade i'm the school at Wauchula,
has been fined $50 and costs and
placed under bond to keep the peace.
Mrs. Cochran was taken before Judge
Cason, but a change of venue being
taken she was tried before Judge
Ogg, at Bowling, Green. He is be-
ing criticised openly for letting her
off so light. She has been put under
5000 bond, as it was feared she
would do further damage.
Gov. Jennings will deliver an adj
dress of welcome at the Turpentine
operators convention to be held in
Jacksonville shortly.
Many of the phosphate mines in
the neighbOrhood of Barlow have
been forced to suspend owing to a
scarcity of water.
st. Augustine will celebrate labor
day with big picnic run into the
city over the East Coast Railway.
Geo. r. Macfarlane, deputy collec-
tor of customs at Tampa was shot by
ii. Bomford of that city last Friday
while engaged in an alteration over
business matters. The bullet en-
tered the abdomen on the right side
and passed through the lower por-
ton of the lung, lodging somewhere
near the spine. The chances are
considered unfavorable to his re-
cOvery.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
last Friday night to burn group |
Of large wooden buildings in Tampa |
belonging to G. g. McCraine.