The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-14

breeze.
Mrs. M. w. Stewart of Jacksonville
is in the city this week for visit
with friends.
Mrs. Herman Lynn and infant of
st. Augustine spent several days
here this week with relatives.
Mrs. jackson, wife of the Atlantic
Coast Line ticket agent at the union
depot, has returned from a visit to
Barlow.
Mrs. Frank Tenny and daughter,
Florence, of Federal Point, spent
Wednesday in the city on shop
ping tour.
Miss Capo, the well-knOwn vocalist
of st. Augustine, assisted in the ser
vice at st. MOnicas church last Sun
day by singing beautifully rem
dered solo.
j. w. McAllister of Melrose, who
has been in Cuba the past year, re-
turned to Florida and his old home
last week. He has enough of Cuba.
DR.. Fred. j. Waas of Fernandina
was a pleasant visitor in the city
several days this week. DR.. Was
has gone to Baltimore, Md, where
he will resume his medical studies.
DR.. f. S. Grill left on Tuesday for
Il ten days absence in New York.
On his return he will stop in Virginia
and return with his daughters, who
went there to attend the wedding of
Miss Julia Deyerle.
Mrs. |. A. Boughton who has been
enjoying the ocean breezes at Good
all beach for the past three months,
will come to Palatka Monday for a
short stay before returning to her
home at Bridgeport.
w. F. Glynn of the old Colony
Trust company, Boston, was in the
city on Wednesday Ell route to Cres-
cent City, where he has fine 90
acre orange grove in full bearing,
Mr.. Glynn will remain III Crescent
City all winter.
The board of county commission
ers were in session at the Court
House all day Wednesday revising
the registration list. The list of
qualified voters of the county will be
published in the News within a
week or two.
Rev. and Mrs. A. l.. Woodward
are at Middleburg, Clay county,
where Mr.. Woodward is assisting the
pastor, Rev. D. B. Sweat, in a series
of special religious meetings. There
will be service at st. James church
next Sunday as usual, though it has
not yet been stated who will Otficiate.
Mrs. J. NJ. Cannon of Pencil died
suddenly at the breakfast table last
Monday morning. Her death was due
to stomach trouble. Mrs. Cannon
was highly esteemed in the commu-
nifty, and her sudden death is a Sc
vereshock to her family and friends
She is survived by her husband and
an infant child.
At II o'clock Monday night fire
broke out at the plant of the Palatka
Gas Light d Fuel Co. The blaze
was decovered in the same place as
the fire of last week-in the ventila-
tor above the gas generating ma
chine. The hose companies respond
ed promptly, but the fire was put
out by the brigade at the works
without much damage.
The death is reported, at the home
of his granddaughter in Brooklyn,
n. y, on Oct. Sd, of Mr.. James
Thatcher, in the S0th year of his age.
Mr.. Thatcher will be remembered
by many of our citizens as spending
the winter of last year at the home
of Chas. f. RowtOn in this city. He
was one of Brooklyn's oldest settlers,
having lived in that city for upwards
of 50 years. His widow, who sur
wives him, is tile neice of Justice c.
|. Rowton.
In last weeks issue of the News it
was mistakenly stated that George
Bassett was at the University OF
Florida to prepare himself for the
final West Point examin atiOns, to
which institute he was recently ac-
credited. Mr.. Bassett was already
entered as a student at the university
before he thought of competing fol
the West Point appointment, and he
is simply studying there to complete
his course and take his degree, which
he means to secure whether he en-
tiers West Point or not.
DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Cyrus have re.
turned from their journeyings in the
east and north. The genial doctor,
when asked where he had been, re-
piled that it would be easier to state
where he hadn't been. After attend
ing the annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Bos-
ton, DIR. Cyrus visited many points
of interest In the east and then went
to Chicago and his old homes in In
diana and Illinois. Everybody in
Palatka is pleased over the return OF
DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus.
Ed. Carr, cOlored bar tender at j,
G. Rabies saloon on upper Lemon
street, and the well-knOwn manager
Ioo,I hill