The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-06
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

shipped daily from Titusville.
Gen. John b. Gordon is at the Ara
gon hotel, Jacksonville, for rest.
Rev. d. A. Dodge, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Winter
Haven, has resigned.
The twentieth annual session of the
Florida w. G. r. Z. will be held in
Kissimmee April q to 24th.
The First Methodist Episcopal
church at DeLand, entirely remod-
eled, was dedicated last Sunday.
1t has been stated upon apparently
reliable authority that the Florida
Supreme court has gone to work.
The total receipts of the Catholic
fair in ST. Augustine last week were
81 ,66l ri, the largest amount ever
realized.
Frank f. Bond a prominent citizen
of DeLand was married on Sunday
evening to Mrs Stouch of WillOugh-
by, Ohio.
1t is stated that the grading of the
Atlantic Coast Line extension from
Punta Gorda to Fort Myers will be-
gin shortly.
A new Hotel Granada will be built
on the site OF the old at st. Angus
tine the coming summer at cost of
100000. 1t will be a 200 room house.
Gen. W. B. Lamar was presented
with IL loving cup by Governor Jen-
nings on retiring from the attorney
generalship last Saturday. He is
now Congressman Lamar.
Flimflamers have been at work in
Jacksonville but have been arrested.
The farmers of Florida will find
some comfort in knowing that all the
"Rube's'' do not reside in the "bush.'
Seven of the largest battleships of
the United States navy are anchored
in Pensacola harbor. These ships
are the Kearsarge, Illinois, Iowa,
Alabama, Indiana, Massachusetts
and Texas.
DR.. Noah Tiller, Pensacola den
tist was accidentally killed by his
gun being discharged while he was
climbing a fence near Vernon, Wash
ington county, last week The doc
tor was Oh a hunting expedition.
S. j. Baldwin has shipped twenty
Car loads of sweet potatoes from
Callahan to Birmingham, Ala.
These cars represented twentythous-
and bushels for which Mr.. Baldwin
paid so cents per bushel cash to the
farmers of his neigbOrhood.
Ex-president Cleveland spent a
whole day in Jacksonville this week
and steadfastly refused to talk poll
tics with reporter of the Times
Union. 1t is possible he may have
seen that Metropolis cartoon with
Editor Wilson on the bicycle.
Judge j. b. Wall of Tampa has
decided that Polk county is not a
dry county for the reason that the
returns We're not canvassed by the
board of county commissioners. We
could tell the judge another reason,
but perhaps too many people of Polk
county are ION tO'' it already.
Lawrence and Penn the two expert
diamond thieves awaiting trial in
the county Jail at Tampa for looting
Adams jewelry store of $1,000 worth
of diamonds, escaped Jail on Sunday
through Il hole they had cut in the
roof. They are still at large, but the
officers are on their tracks with
blood hounds.
The house of representatives in
congress has finally agreed to an ap-
preparation of $2O0,0OO for an addition
to the government building in Jack
sonville This appropriation has
now passed both Senate and House
and-goes. And thus again is Flori-
da under obligation to its fully alive
Washington delegation.
The heavy downpour of rain in
Dade county last week lasting for 48
hours has caused untold damage to
the tomato growers in the vicinity of
Biscayne and Little River. Many
growers with a fortune almost with
in their grasp, will lose all. Reports
from Boynton and other sections say
that the crop is not materially in
jured.
On the east coast the planting of q
lot of pecan trees for the East Coast
Railway Company is in progress.
There have been eighty acres set out
or provided for. Twenty acres have
been arranged for at Dania, twenty
acres at Fort Lauderdale, and forty
acres near Miami. The trees are all
of the best varieties of paper she'll
pecans. Many pecan trees are being
set out in all parts of the state.
Gov. Jennings has appointed Sena-
tor Mallory to be United States sena-
tor for the interim between the eXpi-
ration of the term March 4th, and
the date when his new term will be-
gin on April 7th. There was no ap-
plication for appointment for this
short term. Senator Mallory can
now qualify and take part in the eX-
traordinary session of the senate
called by the president to meet i'm
mediately on the adjournment of the
present session.