The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

aJ JACKSONVILLE this week undergo
ng some repairs TO her machinery.
Capt Miller is with the boat and
Purser Burton is staying in the
store, so that he can be near his
family, some of whom have been
quite i'll. The Crescent will probably
resume its regular run on Saturday.
Capt. Miller has been receiving
very satisfactory returns from his
shipments of squash. He had sever
al hundred crates, but many were
not considered large enough for
shipment, something he will remedy
next time by better fertilization.
He is well satisfied with the expert
ment and will go it again next sea-
son.
Capt. Adams will take the little
launch Wizard to Palatka next week,
and for time it will take the place
of the steamer Fearless between Pa
latka and Drayton Island while the
latter is on the ways undergoing
needed repairs. After that the
Wizard will probably remain in Pa
latka for charter. Crescent City
people will regret the departure Of
Capt. Adams and his pretty craft.
Fire at Omega on Saturday night
destroyed the company's boarding
house for the hands. The Omega
fire department turned out and did
its best to stay the progress of the
flames, but the alarm came too late.
Some of the men lost their clothing
and personal effects, and it is report
ed that one of the hands lost quite u
wad of money. The fire did not
break out until late and after the
boat for this place had left.
Thomas Hinchcliff received q
cheek Oh Saturday in full satisfac-
ton for the amount of insurance on
his house, recently destroyed by fire;
this in three weeks from the date OF
the fire. Some delay in the adjust
ment of the claim was caused from
the fact that Mr. Hinchclitf's policy
was deposited with his brother in
North Carolina The insurance was
in the Liverpool and London and
Globe Company represented locally
by Mrs. S. NJ. LaBree.
Capt. John Pigue's little steamer
Satlla was launched last Saturday,
having been on the ways here for the
past several weeks undergoing
thorough repairs to her machinery
and hull. On Sunday night Capt
Pigue and Capt. LaBree took the
Satilla to Palatka for government
inspection. Beginning with next
Monday the SatillH will make daily
trips to Omega, the lumber mill on
Dead lake, and in addition to its pas
senger and freight business, will
carry the U. S. mail.
A. r. Squires the recent purchaser
of the Deem Bros. Lumber company
ON Dead Lake is one of the former
big lumber kings in Michigan. He
has been out of the mill business for
about II years, but lately has been
acquiring extensive interests in the
south, principally in Mississippi and
Florida. During the past winter Mr..
Squires purchased a tract of 10000
acres of round timber in Taylor
county. His son and son-in-law will
have charge of the mills on Dead
lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet of Quincy, ILL.,,
have rented the home of Mrs. f. 5.
CrOtty on Park street for the sum-
mer. They have been residing at
Pomona during the past winter dur
ing which time they have made tre-
quent visits to Crescent City, whose
people gladly welcome them among
us. Mr.. Sweet is associated with the
Messrs. Cook, of Pomona, i'll the
company of western capitalists
which recently purchased vast tracts
of land in st. Johns county on the
opposite side of Lake Crescent, for
stock raising purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Buck expect to
leave on Tuesday of next week for
Philadelphia, going from here to Sa-
vannah by rail, thence BY steamer
Wednesday. They will make Phila-
delphia headquarters for the sum
mer, but will make frequent eXcur-
sons to Atlantic City and other re-
sorts. With their departure goes the
last of that delightful company of
guests who have made Grove Hall |
such a pleasant stopping place dur
ing the past winter, the largest ever
housed under its roof. Mr.. and Mrs.
Buck expect to return early in the
fall.
Mrs. Sarah |. GOrtou, wife of o. |
S. Gorton, died at her home in North |
Brookfield, n. Y. on Wednesday the
18th inst. Mr.. and Mrs. Gorton
spent many winters in Crescent City |
in former years and were interested
in orange culture and are pleasantly |
by most of our Older
citizens who will grieve to learn of
this death. The Utica, N. Y. paper
from which the News gets its infor-
nation speaks of her death as having
cast gloom of sadness over the