The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-06
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.
Tennessee capitalists think of open
ing a new savings bank at Tampa.

A company recently formed at
Barlow to build II new hotel want
estimates for $4,000 brick.
St Petersburg and the country ad-
jacent is to be traverscd by an cleo
trio railway now being built.
John Eagan, United States dis
trict attorney for the district of Pen
Sacola, died at his home in that city
Sunday.
DR.. f. N. Weightnovel the Tampa
abOrtionist has been sentenced to
six years in the penitentiary for man
slaughter.
II. X. Godby of Waldo is setting
out an orchard of 10000 peach trees
for the Gainesville Peach Company
near Archer.
The taxable value of real and per-
sonal property, railroads and tele-
graph in Florida for the year 1902
roots up $l03,04S,974.
Joseph Howell Il prominent citizer
and member of the county school
board of Manitee county is dead at
| Ills NOME Ill M mldkhd'
The first annual session of the Tax
assessors and collectors convention
of Florida will be held at Pensacola
on February % and oath.
Several car loads of tomatoes are
being shipped from Miami daily.
Farmers are privileged to sell their
crops to buyers who are on the
ground.
Acknowledgement J. Clifford r.
Foster has returned to his post IN
Tallahassee after an absence OF three
months spent III II hospital at st.
Augustine.
Because J. M. jolly of DaytOna is
firm in the conviction that he is the
social equal OF the negro the presi-
dent has seen fit to re-appoint him,
instead of a negro, to the Daytona
| postotiice.
Gen. A. r. Chaffee and staff have
been at Pensacola this week inspt Ct
| Ing Forts Barrancas, Pickens and
McRea. They have gone to Key
West to inspect the artillery post at
that place.
Andrew Carnegie will soon visit
his sister-In-law, Mrs. Lucy Carne-
gle, at her winter home at Dungeon
ness, near Fernandina, and the Jack
sonville board of trade has invited
the great library founder to visit
hat city.
Burglars entered the residence of
the new pastor of the Memorial
Presbyterian church, st. Augustine,
one evening last week while the
family were at dinner. They secured
four gold and one silver watch, and
SIS in money, besides a diamond
ring and one diamond pin. 1t is the
biggest haul recorded from the house
of preacher.
Miss Lillian Barbour of New Au.
gustine elOped with j. w. Elvin last
week. The couple went to Jackson
vile and We're married. They after
wards returned home intending to
keep their marriage Il secret, but a
PRESENT from the groOm's mother ad-
dressed to Mr.. j. w. Elvin put the
brides people "neXt" and then there
was confession and forgiveness.
Two locomotives smashed into one
another on the Palmetto division OF
the Seaboard Air Line near BOyett's
station at an early hour Monday
morning. Ben. Sturdivant, a negro,
was killed, and Bob Mcclure of
Tampa, the engineer, j. b. Jones OF
Ovida, conductor, and j. E. Hick-
man of Boyett We're injured. The
accident is said te have been the re-
suit of carelessness.
Doesn't this jar you. A very
wicked barber in Gainesville has
been actually caught in the act OF
shaving a man on Sunday. Speak
ing OF the horror the Gainesville Sun
says: at is u pretty come to pass
when the maVor of city, who is
sworn to enforce the city ordinances,
persuades a barber to shave him ON
The Sabbath, thereby violating the
law of the town as well as breaking
the Fourth Commandment. But
such case occurred in Gainesville
on the first Sunday in February"
Mrs. Josh Jackson of Bakervills,
l6 miles from st. Augustine died al
Alacia Hospital Monday evening
from the result Of a frightfuI burn
ing. The woman was at work on
sunday in the yard doing the family
washing. A fire was burning sever,
II feet away on which was a huge
boiler. A flying spark ignited her
dress and in a few seconds Mrs
Jackson was Il burning mass. In
her frenzy she ran distance of OF,
mile to her nearest neighbOr, where
she was taken in charge, though her
clothes were all burned off and she
was in awful agony. The neigbors
took her TO the hospital.
Every prisoner confined in the
Jail at Quincy escaped last Sunday
night through a clever trick Orignat
ing in the mind of a prisoner who
is said to he a noted postofflce crock
He turned on the alarm of fire from
the Jail and this brought out the
fire department and large crowG
of citizens who entered the jail in
search OF the blaze. OF course there
was no fire found, but the prisoner
succeeded in mingling with the
crowd and walking out of the Jail
The escape has caused great ex-
citement and the sheriff feels "sheep-
ish." Among the prisoners was one
man who had just been incarcerated
on charge of murder, and for whom
Il reward of $500 had just been paid.
A report from DeLand says that
1T is stated on good authority that
he name of the John b. StetsOn
University is to be changed, and
hat an advertisement will soon be
published announcing an intention
o apply to the legislature at its next
session for special legislation to that
end. The contemplated action results
rom the recent publicity given to
he name of the istitutiOn Mt Tampa