The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-09

years HlemDef OF the house
hold of the late Bella Hubbard, and
well known and esteemed by large
circle of Crescent City people, is
now living at Porter's Hill, Ontario
Miss McDOugall still takes a lively
interest in Crescent City, and keeps
posted on town affairs through the
News.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. H. Carpenter
and little children, Mrs. S. B. Car
penter and Mrs. Hale, all of Attic
boro, Mass, arrived on Friday eve
ming of last week and went direct TO
their pleasant home facing North
Park which had been put in readi-
ness for them by Mrs. Fred Ander-
son. Mr.. Carpenter and the ladies
expect to remain through the winter.
AS result of the public advertis-
ing of notice, by the board of alder
men, that tax deeds would be APP
piled for on all delinquent property
in the city, Paul g. Smith, town
clerk and treasurer, states that over
$40 in delinquent taxes have been
paid. Mr.. Smith went to Palatka
last week and made application in
the name of the town for tax deeds
covering property on which back
| taxes are still unpaid.
Mrs. Josephine Bunker, of SPRING
field, Mass, arrived here last week
and will again pass the winter sea-
son in Crescent City. Mrs. Bunker
is an elocutiOnist and inTpersonator
of marked ability, and contributed
much to the social pleasures of our
people last season. 1t is understood
that she contemplates giving read
ings in other Florida towns this Win
ter Mrs. Bunker certainly has the
ability to amuse an audience, and all
who heard her last season are hoping
that she will appear in entertain
ments again this winter.
News comes from Galesburg, Ill,
of the recent death of Mrs. M. L..
Overstreet of that place, mother of
the late ]. l.. Overstreet, a former
popular visitor to Crescent City,
whose sudden death occurred in the
fall of 1901. Deceased was q noble
Christian woman who had rounded
out "a years of useful life, and the
local papers of GalesbuTg devote
much space to sketches of her use
full career. Mrs. Overstreet was a
sister of Mrs. Mary Day, of Chicago,
who spent a winter or two in Ores
cent City some ten years ago.
Little Gertrude Benham who has
been so i'll with typhoid malaria for
the past several weeks and who
seemed to be improving, had a re-
lapse last week and at last accounts
was in a very critical condition. DR..
G. M. Sandusky has charge of the
case and with the able assistance of
Miss Lucy Gautier as trained nurse
all that human power can do in a
sick room is being accomplished
Coupled with this are the prayers of
her loved ones and a host of sympa-
thizing friends which ascend daily to
/ heaven in behalf of the restoration to
health of this little girl.
Marshal Lastinger arrested u Jew
peddler one day last week for ped
ding from house to house without
the formality of taking out Il license,
When brought before the mayor the
peddler, whose name is Josephs, re-
fused to pay the license of $3.50 re-
quired of HIM. and Mayor Sprague
thereupon imposed fine for that
amount. This the fellow also re-
fused 10 pay, whereupOn the mayor
instructed the marshal to put the
man in the town lookup. On the
way to the lookup JOsephs stopped
short and refused to go further, be-
sides acting in threatening man
ner toward the officer. His attitude
of defiance led the marshal to sus-
pect thath was armed and he there
upon put his hand over Josephs'
breast pocket which seemed to bulge
a little more than common, and, as
he suspected, the pocket.was found to
contain revolver. After compel
ling the peddler to give up his wea-
non the marshal had no difficulty in
get ting his prisoner to Jail after
spending a night in which he seemed
satisfied to pay fine. Mr.. Lastinger
being also a deputy sheriff then ar
rested Josephs for carrying con-
cealed weapon, and took him to Pal,
atka, where Judge Coke imposed
the minimum fine of 500 and costs,
in all amounting to something over
SllS, which the Jew paid, although
he swore before the mayor that ne
didn't have cent.