The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-05

ing her absence the telegraph office
will be managed by Miss Green
Geo. e. Gay, J. j. Finn and Capt.
r. j. Adams are the incorDorators of
a new industry in Palatka-a, duck.
farm. Capt. Adams was the Origi-.
nator of the suggestion that it would
be the proper caper to water the
stock.
w. A. and l.. H. Merryday are still
in Sidney, Australia, where they
have been sojourning for the past
five or six months, They like the
climate cit is mid-winter there now
and state that the minimum temper.
allure is about 32o-about the same as
a Florida winter.
Arthur Rylander the saw mill man
at Jamestown, Bradford county. has
a Plymouth Rock chicken without
wings-hatched II freak. NJ. ID. La
mon was exhibiting pictures of the
bird here this week. Mr. Lamon
says that when the chicken gets
down it has hard work to get to its
feet without assistance.
The Ell Perfecto Cigar Manufactur-
ing company has re-occupied it's old
quarters, recently seriously damaged
by fire. The building has been tho
roughly repaired and many conven-
fences added, and Mr. Flynn is GER
tain he now has one of the best
equipped, factories in the state. The
work rooms are well lighted and
ventilated.
4 "Thus conscience doth make cow
ards of us ALL" q. w. Saunders, u
,deserter from the regular army, who
fled Camp Thomas in Georgia several
months ago, surrendered himself to
the sheriff last Friday. He said his
conscience pricked him. The sheriff
wired for instructions as to what to
do With the man and he was request
ed to deliver him to Camp De Soto,
near st. Petersburg. Deputy Lee
kennerly took the prisoner to that
place early in the week.
The city council on Tuesday night
voted $50 to fit. up a library room at
the high school, authorized tempo
raay repairs to be made at the fire
bell tower, passed a hog ordinance,
turned distress warrants of 1900 over
to the city attorney for collection,
asked the chief to report on distress
warrants of 1901 and instructed the
clerk to issue distress warrants for
unpaid taxes of 1902. A communities
ton from the Palatka Gas, Light and
Fuel Co. was read but no action was
taken on it. This communication is
published in another column.
J. H. Wylie the welI-known Inter
lachen nurseryman was in the city
Wednesday. Mr.. Wylie reports
heavy rains at Interlachen and all
crops as good He has fine stock
of over $4,000 citrus trees, most of
which have been sold. He is ship
ping this week trial order of sever
al hundred to South Africa and if
these reach their destination in good
order he will make further and larger
shipments. The trees will be four
months on the way. Mr. Wylie has
also booked one order for 10000 trees
to Mexico, to which country he made
satisfactory shipments last year.
The Stanton. foundry is soon to be
moved to the site recently purchased
by the Stanton company on Water
street adjoining its machine shop.
The company recently purchased the
200 feet front known as the Teasdale
lots. The machine shops are also to
be enlarged by the addition of an
other story which will be used as a
pattern room. The company is now
employing large force of men and
its business appears to be forging
IIO hO1tIhJOli
ny does work for some four or five
railroads.
Col. H. NJ. de Montmollin is the
ComGissary-general of the Florida
State Troops and as a member of the
governors staff has the rank of
colonel That's not news in Palatka,
but the state troops will soon go into
annual encampment at st. Angus
tine. There will be several hundred
of them and they are all expected to
take their appetites into camp with
them. Their appetites must be Ca
tered to at state expense. That's
where Col. de Montmollin comes I'm.
It's his duty to provide the Todd er
and he will give any grocer in Palat-
ka an opportunity to look at list of
goods needed and chance to put in
a bid for furnishing the supplies. |
The state has made no requisition for
beef.