The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24
Crescent City News

Some of the prettiest, most adj
vanced orange trees in town are
those in the block now owned by
Mr.. Hawkins of City Island, New
York, late the property of James A.
Close. The trees are being well
red for and are full of fruit.
w. b. Shotwell is building a large
round bottom row boat for DR.
q. f. Sprague from designs obtained
from a prominent boat building firm.
The boat is to be built of the best
heart cypress and will be thing of
beauty when completed. The boat
will cost $40.
Rev. II. s. Miller of the Groves
dale M. E. church, south, will ofIici-
ate at baptising to be held in the
lake at Denver, the first Sunday in
August, at o'clock in the morning.
Thee adult persons will receive this
sacrament. Immersion is not the
usual Methodist mode of baptism.
Chas. w. Benham an old time citi-
zen here, and who still has interests
at the Clifton property up the lake,
was visitor here one day last week.
Mr. Benham s home is now in Evans
vile, Ind, but his time is nearly all
spent in Florida, where he is the
state representative for "Buckskin
Breeches."
Mr.. James Morrow, of St. Angus
tine, is spending few days in
Miami, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Simpson on Avenue G and Bird
street. Mr.. Morrow is Mrs. Simpsons
brother. He is prospecting with Il
view to engaging in the mercantile
business, having sold his interest in
the hotel business at st. Augustine.
Miami Metropolis.
News has been received here of tt e
serious illness of Mrs. DR.. H. A.
Hastings at her home 239 Riverside
ave, Jacksonville, and this, after the
d lctor himself is just conyalescing
from II dangerous surgical operation
which kept him confined to his room
for five weeks. The friends of the
family here will hope for better news
soon. Later advices state that Mrs
Hastings is no better and that she
has been removed to st. Luke's Hos
pital.
J. p. Cowburn has been distribu-
ting samples of some "Hart's Late"
oranges which he gathered from his
grove. This is an orange that was
very popular before the big freeze OF
80, since which time it has largely
gone out of fashion owing to the de-
sire of growers for fruit which will
mature early in the winter. Mr.
Cowburn has very few of the late
variety, but they were certainly a
rare treat to those among whom he
distributed generous samples. Mr.
Cowburn's grove is making fine
progress and he has every prospect
for big crop of fruit this winter.
The steamer Crescent will proba-
bly, 90 on the ways at Jacksonville
about the first of September, when
he boat will be off the run for about
1 month. Capt. Miller will have the
steamer remOdeled and enlarged
his to be done by cutting her in tive
md adding 20 feet to her length,
thus greatly increasing the carrying
capacity of the boat. This in antici-
| patton of n large increase to its usual
winter business. The steamer will
also be fitted with new boilers which
are now being made at the shops OF
the Merrill-Stevens Engineering
ompany, Jacksonville. When COM
pleted the new Crescent will be tn,
Queen of the st. Johns and tributa
ries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gilbert have
been spending couple of weeks at
Saratoga Springs, n. Y. and write
that they are both in excellent
health, Mr.. Gilbert having gained
81 pounds in two weeks. They will
return to their home in Georgetown,
Conn this week and after a little
rest will go to Mortified, Mass,
where they have engaged board at
the Mortified Hotel for two weeks.
Hon. J. r. Howe of Brooklyn, N. Y,
will probably arrange to meet Mr.,
and Mrs. Gilbert at Northtield nj
this time, and then the matter
which most every one in Crescent
City knows is so near to Mr.. Gilbert's
heart, it is hoped will be consum'
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