The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-11
GOING ON IN FLORIDA.

The old ice factorv at Waldo was
burned to the ground on Tuesday.
The Tallahasseean, leading paper
! at the state capital, is now published
daily.
The grand lodge Of the knights of
Pgthias is in annual session at st.
Augustine.
Andrew Carnegie has been on q
visit TO relatives at Dmgenness, of
Fernandina.
The Miami board of trade is en-
deavOring to secure Il cigar factory
for that place.
st. Andrews Episcopal church at
| Tampa has decided to erect new
church ediflce.
There are probably more visitors
in Florida during March than any
other month in the year.
Tho Stetson University base ball
team defeated the Rollins College
club on Monday by IA score of to i.
The Dade County AgriculturaI and
horticultural Fair opened ~ Miami
Wednesday and will continue through
the week.
Four cases of steel to be used in tho
construction of the new Carnegie Ii
brary at Jacksonville have arrived
in that city.
Charley Miller, a young negro, was
hanged at Monticello last Friday for
the murder of Constable Poppell. 1t
was the first hanging in Jefferson
county in twenty-five years.
The business men of DeLand, 100
strong, assembled ut the College
Arms hotel last Monday night and
presented an expensive and elegant
loving cup to John b. Stetson.
Last Saturday ut Rochelle, L. J.
Cassells, Of Island Grove, shot and
dangerously wounded Joe William
son, of MiCanOpy. The trouble arose
over woman both had been paying
attention to.
The first car load of celery from
Sanford went north last Monday.
The car was shipped by J. i. Pace,
and was consigned to Kramerer
Bros, Pittsburg. Mr.. Pace has eight
acres in celery.
Rev. ]. G. Porter, until lately editor
of the Florida Baptist Witness, and
one of the best known Baptist clergy
Ocala last Saturday of consumption,
after long illness.
The first tarpon of the season on
the gulf coast was landed at Fort
Meyers on the lst 1t weighed 10
pounds. A second one was caught
last Monday by a lady visitor which
weighed l25 pounds.
Judge David j. Pulling, of Sanford,
who died last week, was 81 years of
age, and up to Il short time before his
death was accustomed to daily horse
back rides. He was an able lawyer
and distinguished judge.
Hon. Cromwell Gibbons of Jack
sonville, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives in the state legislature,
will be n candidate in the coming
primaries for National Democratic
Committeeman from Florida.
George Ray, a young white man
from South Carolina, who is planting
watermelons near Ocala, was stabbed
in the back by cOlored man last
Saturday night, and is in critical
condition. The cOlored man who did
the stabbing was chased by posse
and was shot to death.
Major +. w. Peabody, for many
years travelling agent in Florida for
the Jacksonville Times Union, died
at his home in Sanford last Wednes-
day evening of consumption. He had
been i'll for nearly a year and unable
to attend to business. He was secre-
tary of the Second district congress
sional committee. Major Peabody
was known and highly esteemed in
all parts of Florida, and there will
be general regret over news of his
death.
Twelve-year-old Benuie Vaughn,
of Cutler, Fla, has been missing
from home since the middle OF Feb
ruary. He was last seen on the Sea-
board Air Line track between Lii
monia and Brandon. His father fur
nishes the following description and
says: Twelve years old; small black
eyes, dark hair, wearing n brown
colored suit, barefooted, scar on the
right side of right leg below knee. If
found, | will send money to pay his
expenses to me here, also to pay any
expense to party giving me the de-
sired Information. Please have him
detained, if found, and notify me,
bis father. J. R. A. Vaughn, Cutler,
Fla.